1981 South Yorkshire County Council election

Elections to South Yorkshire County Council, a metropolitan county council in the north east of England, were held on 7 May 1981, resulting in a council with Labour members forming a majority.

1981 South Yorkshire County Council election
7 May 1981
All 100 seats to South Yorkshire County Council
51 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Seats won 82 14 3
Seat change 20 17 1
Percentage 58.8% 23.1% 13.3%
Swing 13.9 16.6 7.1
Election results by metropolitan borough.
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

Labour

This was the last election to the South Yorkshire county council, as metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986.

Results
South Yorkshire County Council election, 1981[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 82 58.8 13.9
  Conservative 14 23.1 16.6
  Liberal 3 13.3 7.1
  Green 0 0.1 0.1
  Independent 0 0.5 0.7
  Other parties 1 4.2 3.8
gollark: - I believe we should end racial discrimination by replacing computer monitors with 1-bit black and white displays so race cannot be distinguished.
gollark: - As eating meat places suffering on millions of innocent animals, I believe animal meat should be replaced with human flesh from donors, as humans are able to meaningfully consent to this while animals are not (and don't get a choice in practice anyway).
gollark: - To increase the efficiency of the education system and encourage self-directed learning, I believe schools should lock children in individual cubicles with textbooks for 5 hours a day instead of using classrooms and teachers.
gollark: - It's important to me that women aren't forced to have children they don't want or may not be able to take care of.- which is why I support mandatory sterilization for all - children would be grown in vats and raised by the government instead.
gollark: - I support the right to privacy!- In light of governments' large-scale mass surveillance campaigns which they do not seem inclined to stop, I would support an open and transparent volunteer spying agency using open source software and hardware to gather and process data in order to act as a competitor.

References
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