1981 Wiltshire County Council election
1981 UK local government election
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Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1981, following boundary changes to the county's electoral divisions. The whole council of seventy-four members was up for election and the result was that the Conservatives retained their control, winning forty seats. Labour ended with twenty county councillors, the Liberals twelve, and Independents two, including one Ratepayer.[1]
Election result
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Conservative | 40 | 54.1 | |||||||
| Liberal | 20 | 27.0 | |||||||
| Labour | 12 | 16.2 | |||||||
| Independent | 2 | 2.7 | |||||||
References
- ^ a b 'Declarations from the county councils' in The Times of London, issue 60923 dated Saturday, 9 May 1981, p. 4
External links
- Colin Rallings, Michael Thrasher, Wiltshire County Council election Results 1973–2005 at electionscentre.co.uk
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