1981 United Kingdom local elections

1981 United Kingdom local elections
← 1980 7 May 1981 (England & Wales)
20 May 1981 (Northern Ireland)		 1982 →
1 Unicameral area, all 6 metropolitan counties,
all 39 non-metropolitan counties, 1 sui generis authority,
all 26 Northern Irish districts and all 8 Welsh counties
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Margaret Thatcher Michael Foot David Steel
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Leader since 11 February 1975 10 November 1980 7 July 1976
Percentage 38% 41% 17%
Councillors 10,545 8,999 1,455
Councillors +/- Decrease 1,193 Increase 988 Increase 306
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in May 1981.[1][2]

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1981. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.