1981 Essex County Council election

The 1981 Essex County Council election was held on 7 May 1981 to elect members of Essex County Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

|-bgcolor=#F6F6F6 | colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total | style="text-align: right;" | 98 | colspan=5 | | style="text-align: right;" | 462,244 | style="text-align: right;" |

Division results

Basildon

+Basildon District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 6 3 19,752 42.9 +11.9Conservative 3 2 14,059 30.6 –22.0Residents 1 1 3,873 8.4 –1.5Liberal 0 7,249 15.8 +11.9Ind. Conservative 0 907 2.0 N/AEcology 0 165 0.4 N/ATotal10 246,00541.5 –5.2

Division results

Braintree

+Braintree District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 5 2 16,196 45.1 –16.7Labour 1 1 13,509 37.6 +10.1Liberal 1 1 6,202 17.3 +7.1Total735,90743.4 +4.0

Division results

Brentwood

+Brentwood District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 5 1 13,144 52.2 –18.2Labour 0 6,176 24.5 –1.6Liberal 0 5,871 23.3 +20.1Total5 125,19145.8 +1.7

Division results

Castle Point

+Castle Point District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 1 11,770 46.8 –24.5Labour 2 2 8,280 32.9 +7.4Liberal 0 3,628 14.4 +11.2SDP 0 1,460 5.8 N/ATotal6 125,13839.4 +0.9

Division results

Chelmsford

+Chelmsford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Liberal 5 5 20,288 42.9 +19.2Conservative 4 4 19,431 41.1 –16.9Labour 0 7,539 15.9 –1.7Independent 0 42 0.1 –0.5Total9 147,30045.8 +2.9

Division results

Colchester

+Colchester District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 5 2 19,456 49.8 –18.2Labour 4 3 16,431 42.0 +14.3Liberal 0 2,646 6.8 +2.4Ecology 0 559 1.4 N/ATotal9 139,09239.1–1.8

Division results

Epping Forest

+Epping Forest District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 5 4 19,317 51.1 –20.9Labour 2 2 12,096 32.0 +7.5Residents 1 1 1,683 4.5 N/ALiberal 0 4,527 12.0 +8.5Ecology 0 159 0.4 N/ATotal8 137,78243.0+2.8

Division results

Harlow

+Harlow District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 5 1 14,436 58.5 +9.4Conservative 0 1 5,119 20.8 –17.7Liberal 0 4,716 19.1 +7.1Independent 0 389 1.6 +1.2Total524,66042.0+2.9

Division results

Maldon

+Maldon District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 3 7,218 44.9 –20.0Liberal 0 5,114 31.8 +23.6Labour 0 3,756 23.3 +0.1Total316,08845.5+1.1

Division results

Rochford

+Rochford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 3 2 11,154 51.8 –10.5Labour 1 1 6,746 31.4 +12.1Liberal 1 1 2,686 12.5 +8.0Independent 0 928 4.3 –9.6Total521,51438.3–1.6

Division results

Southend

+Southend District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 6 5 22,345 43.9 –20.6Liberal 4 2 15,305 30.1 +10.5Labour 1 1 11,775 23.1 +7.3Independent 0 986 1.9 +1.8Ind. Conservative 0 305 0.6 N/ANew Britain 0 160 0.3 N/ATotal11 250,87640.5+2.1

Division results

Tendring

+Tendring District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 4 16,779 44.1 –24.6Labour 2 2 10,939 28.8 +6.2Liberal 2 2 8,955 23.6 +15.0SDP 0 574 1.5 N/AIndependent 0 486 1.3 N/AEcology 0 142 0.4 N/AInd. Conservative 0 130 0.3 N/ATotal832,45037.3±0.0

Division results

Thurrock

+Thurrock District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 8 4 22,054 63.5 +22.0Conservative 0 5 10,633 30.6 –18.2Ind. Labour Party 0 973 2.8 N/ALiberal 0 885 2.6 –5.3Ecology 0 97 0.3 N/ASDP 0 63 0.2 N/ATotal8 134,70535.3–0.3

Division results

Uttlesford

+Uttlesford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 10,840 50.1 –23.2Labour 0 5,492 25.4 +6.0Liberal 0 2,819 13.0 +5.7Independent 0 2,504 11.6 N/ATotal421,65547.5+2.5

Division results

By-elections

Thundersley

Basildon Gloucester Park (March 1982)

Dunmow

Basildon Gloucester Park (October 1982)

Thorpe

Gray Thurrock

Springfield

Netteswellbury

References