1981 Humberside County Council election
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All 75 seats to Humberside County Council 38 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Map of the results of the election in each division. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1981 Humberside County Council election was held on Thursday, 7 May. Following boundary changes to the county's electoral divisions, the whole council of 75 members was up for election. The Labour Party regained control of the council from the Conservative Party, winning 42 seats.[1]
Humberside was a created as a non-metropolitan county in England by the Local Government Act 1972, with the first elections to the county council taking place in 1973. It was abolished on 1 April 1996 and replaced by East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire.
Results by division
Each electoral division returned one county councillor. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below. "Unopposed" indicates that the councillor was elected unopposed.[1]
Electoral division | Party | Councillor | Votes | |
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Beverley Rural | Conservative | A. Pollard | 2,033 | |
Boothferry West | Labour | D. Rose | 1,855 | |
Bottesford | Conservative | H. Fletcher | 1,741 | |
Bridlington North | Conservative | D. Tarran | Unopposed | |
Bridlington Old Town | Conservative | D. Connelly | 1,461 | |
Bridlington South | Conservative | I. Macdonald | 1,905 | |
Cleethorpes - Croft Baker | Labour | R. Neal | 1,137 | |
Cleethorpes - Haverstoe | Conservative | A. Turner | 1,776 | |
Cleethorpes - Park | Labour | J. Hoyle | 1,894 | |
Cottingham North | Conservative | J. West | 2,194 | |
Cottingham South | Conservative | G. Stroud | 1,550 | |
Dale | Conservative | A. Langdale | 1,972 | |
Driffield & Rural | Liberal | P. Redshaw | 1,539 | |
East Wolds & Coastal | Conservative | D. Duke | 1,810 | |
Ermine | Labour | D. Poirer | 2,641 | |
Ferry (Glanford) | Labour | J. Mumby | 1,411 | |
Goole | Labour | D. Brown | 2,280 | |
Grimsby - Freshney | Labour | J. Sterling | 1,675 | |
Grimsby - Heneage | Labour | M. Parker | 2,144 | |
Grimsby - Marsh | Labour | V. Burgess | 2,071 | |
Grimsby - North East | Labour | F. Franklin | 2,143 | |
Grimsby - Park | Conservative | S. Blackbourn | 2,047 | |
Grimsby - Scartho | Conservative | M. Rudkin | 2,202 | |
Grimsby - South | Labour | W. Wilkins | 2,466 | |
Grimsby - Yarborough | Labour | R. Buckley | 2,405 | |
Haven | Conservative | R. Huss | 1,946 | |
Hessle | Labour | J. Ainsworth | 1,759 | |
Howdenshire | Conservative | L. Clayton | 2,487 | |
Humberston | Conservative | M. Field | 1,939 | |
Immingham | Labour | E. Blackband | 2,084 | |
Kingston upon Hull - Alexandra | Labour | M. Wheaton | 2,449 | |
Kingston upon Hull - Avenue | Labour | C. Sargeson | 1,475 | |
Kingston upon Hull - Bellfield | Labour | T. Geraghty | 2,838 | |
Kingston upon Hull - Bilton Grange | Labour | C. Brady | 2,888 | |
Kingston upon Hull - Derringham | Labour | F. Moore | 2,292 | |
Kingston upon Hull - Drypool | Labour | A. Fee | 2,397 | |
Kingston upon Hull - East Bransholme | Labour | N. Kendrew | 2,333 | |
Kingston upon Hull - East Ella | Labour | E. Walgate | 1,552 | |
Kingston upon Hull - East Park | Labour | S. Salingar | 1,746 | |
Kingston upon Hull - Endike | Labour | G. Templeman | 2,940 | |
Kingston upon Hull - Ferry | Labour | J. Considine | 2,083 | |
Kingston upon Hull - Inglemire | Conservative | L. Hall | 1,418 | |
Kingston upon Hull - Longhill | Labour | N. Stephenson | 3,048 | |
Kingston upon Hull - Marfleet | Labour | H. Whatling | 2,443 | |
Kingston upon Hull - Myton | Labour | M. Smith | 2,550 | |
Kingston upon Hull - Newington | Labour | G. Chapman | 1,933 | |
Kingston upon Hull - Newland | Labour | E. Tarlton | 1,945 | |
Kingston upon Hull - Orchard Park | Labour | H. Dalton | 3,173 | |
Kingston upon Hull - Park | Labour | K. Robinson | 2,011 | |
Kingston upon Hull - Pickering | Labour | J. Pearlman | 3,136 | |
Kingston upon Hull - St. Andrews | Labour | R. Wallis | 1,976 | |
Kingston upon Hull - Sutton | Labour | W. Haughey | 1,922 | |
Kingston upon Hull - West Bransholme | Labour | L. Bird | 1,695 | |
Mid Boothferry | Conservative | D. Haynes | 1,761 | |
Mid Holderness | Conservative | R. Croft | 1,790 | |
Minster | Labour | A. Dobson | 1,632 | |
North Holderness | Conservative | D. Southwick | 1,927 | |
Pocklington Provincial | Conservative | N. Knight | 1,574 | |
Ridge | Conservative | T. Atherton | 1,620 | |
Scunthorpe - Ashby | Labour | A. Bryan | 1,978 | |
Scunthorpe - Brumby | Labour | V. Wilson | 1,896 | |
Scunthorpe - Crosby & Park | Labour | W. Martin | 1,910 | |
Scunthorpe - Frodingham & Town | Labour | D. Spooner | 2,004 | |
Scunthorpe - Kingsway | Conservative | H. Lewis | 1,929 | |
Scunthorpe - Lincoln Gardens | Labour | J. Sturman | 2,052 | |
South Axholme | Conservative | D. Stewart | 2,111 | |
South Hunsley | Conservative | A. Ramshaw | 2,277 | |
South East Holderness | Conservative | R. Armitage | 1,609 | |
South West Holderness | Conservative | H. Procter | 1,348 | |
St. Marys | Conservative | T. Martin | 1,841 | |
Tranby | Conservative | C. Sonley | 2,339 | |
Wold | Conservative | G. Appleyard | 1,968 | |
Wold Parishes | Conservative | V. McCracken | 1,936 | |
Wolds Weighton | Conservative | K. Wilson | 1,821 | |
Wolfreton | Conservative | E. Eaton | 1,684 |
References
- ^ a b "Humberside County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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