1981 Humberside County Council election

1981 Humberside County Council election

7 May 1981
All 75 seats to Humberside County Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Seats won 42 32 1 Popular vote 114,318 92,602 37,061 Percentage 44.74% 36.24% 14.50%
Map of the results of the election in each division. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Labour

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.

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.

Electoral division		Party	Councillor	Votes
	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