Nottinghamshire County Council election, 1985

2 May 1985

All 88 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council
45 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Labour	Conservative
Seats before	55	32
Seats won	48	37
Seat change	7	5
Popular vote	133,761	124,618
Percentage	40.29%	37.53%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Independent
Seats before	0	0
Seats won	2	1
Seat change	2	1
Popular vote	69,511	2,469
Percentage	20.93%	0.74%

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

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 1985 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 2 May 1985. The whole council of eighty-eight members was up for election and the result was that the Labour Party retained control of the Council, winning forty-eight seats. The Conservatives won thirty-seven councillors and the SDP–Liberal Alliance made gains in terms of percentage vote share, but won just two seats. An Independent councillor was elected in the Retford North division.^[1]^[2]

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.^[2]

Electoral Division		Party	Councillor	Votes
	Arnold Central	Conservative	R. Griffin	2,343
	Arnold East	Conservative	T. Roach	1,916
	Arnold West	Conservative	A. Dalton	1,870
	Balderton	Conservative	W. Keeton	2,317
	Beeston North	Conservative	J. Dwan	1,504
	Beeston South	Labour	M. Warner	1,715
	Bingham	Conservative	K. Thompson	2,659
	Blidworth	Labour	L. Jones	1,999
	Blyth & Harworth	Labour	T. Nicholson	2,117
	Bramcote & Stapleford East	Conservative	M. Cornish	2,256
	Calverton	Conservative	E. Collin	1,793
	Carlton Central	SDP–Liberal Alliance	R. Poynter	2,161
	Carlton East	Conservative	H. Stanley	2,412
	Carlton South	Conservative	P. Read	1,940
	Carlton West	Conservative	B. Noble	1,776
	Caunton	Conservative	R. Tow	2,643
	Chilwell	Conservative	E. Hudson	1,945
	Collingham	Conservative	E. Yates	1,880
	Cotgrave	Conservative	D. Jeffreys	2,220
	East Leake	Conservative	D. Lingham	2,401
	Eastwood & Brinsley	Labour	D. Pettitt	2,143
	Greasley & Nuthall	Conservative	C. Minkley	2,703
	Hucknall East	Labour	W. Whitehouse	2,312
	Hucknall West	Labour	D. Philby	2,463
	Keyworth	Conservative	S. Pattinson	2,698
	Kimberley & Trowell	Conservative	A. Briggs	2,070
	Kirkby-in-Ashfield North	Labour	J. Thierry	2,159
	Kirkby-in-Ashfield South	Labour	G. Young	2,074
	Mansfield - Cumberlands & Ladybrook	Labour	K. Williams	1,815
	Mansfield - Leeming & Forest Town	Labour	P. Turnbull-Edmunds	1,765
	Mansfield - Northfield & Manor	Labour	B. Whitelaw	1,621
	Mansfield - Oak Tree & Lindhurst	Labour	T. Butler	1,147
	Mansfield - Oakham & Berry Hill	Conservative	E. Cheesewright	2,024
	Mansfield - Pleasley Hill & Broomhill	Labour	W. Morris	1,497
	Mansfield - Ravensdale & Sherwood	Labour	F. Warsop	1,592
	Mansfield - Titchfield & Eakring	Labour	C. Winterton	1,539
	Misterton	Conservative	G. Berry	2,700
	Newark North	Conservative	V. Dobson	1,670
	Newark South	Labour	C. Bromfield	1,778
	Newstead	Conservative	L. Kelly	1,783
	Nottingham - Abbey	Conservative	M. Whittaker	1,855
	Nottingham - Aspley	Labour	F. Price	1,701
	Nottingham - Basford	Labour	J. Heppell	1,996
	Nottingham - Beechdale	Labour	W. Churchill	1,882
	Nottingham - Bestwood Park	Labour	W. Higgins	1,889
	Nottingham - Bilborough	Labour	M. Cowan	1,263
	Nottingham - Bridge	Labour	A. Mullender	2,594
	Nottingham - Bulwell East	Labour	S. Tipping	1,728
	Nottingham - Bulwell West	Labour	F. Riddell	1,963
	Nottingham - Byron	Labour	V. Bell	2,065
	Nottingham - Clifton East	Labour	A. Palmer	1,603
	Nottingham - Clifton West	Labour	G. Dobson	1,861
	Nottingham - Greenwood	Conservative	R. Tuck	1,746
	Nottingham - Lenton	Labour	M. Aslam	2,114
	Nottingham - Manvers	Labour	A. Simpson	2,095
	Nottingham - Mapperley	Conservative	E. Chambers	1,621
	Nottingham - Portland	Labour	D. Woodward	1,250
	Nottingham - Radford	Labour	I. Clark	2,464
	Nottingham - Robin Hood	Conservative	A. Shaftoe	1,571
	Nottingham - Sherwood	Conservative	J. Jenkin-Jones	1,685
	Nottingham - St. Anns	Labour	M. Riasat	1,952
	Nottingham - Strelley	Labour	E. Hoskin	1,511
	Nottingham - Trent	Labour	R. Stenson	1,480
	Nottingham - Wilford	Conservative	J. Armstrong-Holmes	1,657
	Nottingham - Wollaton	Conservative	J. Hayes	2,647
	Ollerton	Labour	S. Smedley	3,161
	Radcliffe-on-Trent	Conservative	F. Hobson	1,874
	Retford North	Independent	A. Wright	1,641
	Retford South	Labour	S. Clark	1,777
	Ruddington	SDP–Liberal Alliance	S. Bennett	2,042
	Rufford	Labour	M. Gray	2,251
	Selston	Labour	J. Taylor	1,793
	Southwell	Conservative	T. Butcher	3,422
	Stapleford North & West	Labour	G. Miller	2,266
	Sutton-in-Ashfield Central	Labour	W. Shaw	1,643
	Sutton-in-Ashfield East	Labour	T. Barsby	1,837
	Sutton-in-Ashfield North	Labour	J. Anthony	1,757
	Sutton-in-Ashfield West	Labour	R. Walters	1,703
	Toton & Attenborough	Conservative	G. Bottomley	1,615
	Tuxford	Conservative	J. Hempsall	2,194
	Warsop	Labour	F. Taylor	2,771
	West Bridgford East	Conservative	B. Borrett	1,751
	West Bridgford South	Conservative	P. Wright	2,226
	West Bridgford West	Conservative	B. Fiars	1,856
	Worksop East	Labour	F. Groves	2,291
	Worksop North & Carlton	Labour	A. Burton	2,270
	Worksop South East & Welbeck	Labour	S. Rolstone	Unopposed
	Worksop West	Labour	A. Davison	1,825

References

↑ "Election Results". Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
1 2 "Nottinghamshire County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 September 2016.

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