Greater London Council election, 1981
| Political Party |
Votes |
Share of Vote (%) |
% Change |
Seats Won |
Seats Change |
|
Labour |
939,457 |
41.8 |
+8.9 |
50 |
+22 |
|
Conservative |
894,234 |
39.7 |
-12.8 |
41 |
-23 |
|
Liberal |
323,856 |
14.4 |
+6.6 |
1 |
+1 |
|
National Front |
21,582 |
1.0 |
-4.4 |
0 |
0 |
|
Social Democratic Alliance |
21,582 |
1.0 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
|
Ecology |
17,515 |
0.8 |
+0.7 |
0 |
0 |
|
Independent |
7,763 |
0.3 |
+0.2 |
0 |
0 |
|
New National Front |
5,877 |
0.3 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
|
Communist |
5,275 |
0.2 |
-0.1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Nationalist Party |
4,857 |
0.2 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
|
Workers Revolutionary |
2,753 |
0.1 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
|
Save London Action Group |
1,727 |
0.1 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
|
Abolish the GLC |
1,158 |
0.1 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
|
Irish National Party |
793 |
0.0 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
|
Fellowship |
637 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Independent Conservative |
362 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
|
New Britain |
346 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Workers (Leninist) |
145 |
0.0 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
|
Revolutionary Communist |
116 |
N/A |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Socialist (GB) |
83 |
N/A |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
Turnout: 2,250,118 people voted. All parties shown.[1]
This was the last election to the GLC. The Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher took the decision to abolish the council in the mid-1980s. For more information on this see the article, Greater London Council. Following the abolition of the GLC, there was a direct election to the Inner London Education Authority in 1986.
References
- ^ GLC Election Results Summaries