West Yorkshire County Council election, 1981

Ward Results

The full results for all counties are available here: Local Elections Handbook 1981 ^[1]

Leeds Ward Results

Aireborough^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Janet Ann Brown	4,296
	Conservative	J.D. Atkinson	4,141
	Labour	K.P. Evans	2,069
	Ecology	R. Cresswell	179
Majority			155
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Leeds No. 1 Armley and Castleton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	P.M. McCarthy	3,196
	Labour	A.R. Gunter	2,607
	Conservative	G. Broadbent	762
	Communist	J.A. Light	57
Majority			589
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Leeds No. 2 Beeston and Holbeck^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Dennis Burrill Mathews	4,883
	Conservative	William Birch	1,616
	Liberal	J.W. Ellis	1,011
	National Front	P.A. Spink	97
Majority			3,267
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Leeds No. 10 Bramley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Michael J. Meadowcroft	3,043
	Labour	F.H. Watson	2,412
	Conservative	L. Hargreaves	691
Majority			631
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Leeds No. 14 Burley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ken J. Patterson	2,026
	Liberal	David A. Gazey	703
	Conservative	H.B. Woodhead	632
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Leeds No.3 Burmantofts and Richmond Hill^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Margaret Grace Clay	4,984
	Labour	P.J. Kelly	3,007
	Conservative	K. Robinson	600
	National Front	B. Wadsworth	72
	Communist	M. Monkman	102	0.8	-0.3
Majority			1,977
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Leeds No. 4 Chapel Allerton and Scott Hall^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Robert Alexander Charles (aka Alec) Wilson	4,028
	Conservative	R.M. Barker	3,642
	Liberal	T.W.J. Garbett	1,106
	Ecology	H.J. Terry	163
	Communist	Lynette Willoughby	78
Majority			386
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Leeds No. 5 City and Woodhouse^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Irene Ruby Levy	2,346
	Conservative	R. Simpson	657
	Liberal	Elizabeth Bee	751
	Ecology	Roger D Boyle	175
	Communist	J.M. Rodgers	148
Majority			1,595
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Leeds No. 6 Cookridge and Weetwood^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Adrian J.A. Lodge	5,346
	Labour	C. Burgon	2,484
	Liberal	Margaret Gardham	2,032
	Ecology	Claire Nash	313
Majority			2,826
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garforth No. 1 North and Barwick^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Tweddle	3,813
	Labour	L. Graham	2,891
	Liberal	B. Hutchinson	827
	Ecology	D.T. Corry	338
Majority			922
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leeds No. 8 Gipton and Whinmoor^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J.D. Moynihan	5,188
	Conservative	J.C. Suttenstall	1,521
	Liberal	N.R. Mackie	863
Majority			3,667
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Leeds No. 11 Halton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	W.K. Hedley	3,149
	Labour	Annie Margaret McQueenie	2,050
	Liberal	Keith Cecil Norman	869
Majority			1,099
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leeds No. 9 Harehills and Roundhay^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Maisie Maria Edge	3,631
	Conservative	Gilbert R. Lax	3,491
	Liberal	Patricia Jean Arnold	1,078
	Ecology	Penelope Jane Sanders	219
Majority			140
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Leeds No. 12 Headingley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harold Best	2,828
	Conservative	Alan Sydney Pedley	2,007
	Liberal	M.J. Hipshon	890
	Ecology	Christine Rushworth	214
	Communist	Barry Cooper	139
Majority			821
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Horsforth^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	J.P. Hopkinson	3,275
	Conservative	L.W. Robinson	2,341
	Labour	E. Barlow	1,131
	Ecology	R. Price	147
Majority			934
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Leeds No. 7 Hunslet East and West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Gunnell	5,057
	Liberal	M. Day	1,066
	Conservative	T.R. Davies	449
	National Front	E. Morrison	72
Majority			3,991
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Garforth No. 2 Kippax and Swillington^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	N. Cooper	3,985
	Conservative	A.C. Taylor	1,289
	Liberal	Diane Philipa Hadwin	613
Majority			2,696
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Leeds No. 13 Kirkstall^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Brian Selby	2,997
	Conservative	Albert A. Walkington	1,443
	Liberal	J. Ackrill	523
Majority			1,554
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Leeds No. 15 Middleton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	St John Binns	3,405
	Conservative	Anthony J. Larvin	434
	Liberal	Shirley Ward	534
Majority			2,871
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Leeds No. 16 Moortown^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Kenneth T Davison	2,166
	Labour	D.M. Winter	1,583
	Liberal	Rosemary Judith Clay	696
	Ecology	K.M. Rushworth	170
Majority			583
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Morley No. 1 North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Linda Rose Middleton	3,388
	Conservative	G. Rogerson	2,784
	Liberal	Anne Kathryn Gilchrist	818
Majority			604
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Morley No. 2 South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	R. Darrington	4,019
	Conservative	S.D. Hodgson	1,423
	Liberal	Marrion Elisa Hirst	631
Majority			2,596
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Leeds No. 17 Osmondthorpe^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John M. Sully	2,909
	Conservative	Jean Higham	709
	Liberal	Anne Weatherley	619
Majority			2,200
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Otley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Barry Peters	4,052
	Conservative	C.J. Fox	3,112
	Labour	Audrey Joyce Slee	841
	Ecology	A. Marriot	215
	Social Democratic	G.J. Malcolm	109
Majority			940
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Pudsey No. 1 North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Harry Gill	2,743
	Labour	Neil G. Rhodes	2,602
	Liberal	A.R. Booker	1,332
	Ecology	N. A. Strudwick	123
Majority			141
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pudsey No. 2 South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Andrew R Jarosz	2,111
	Conservative	C. Critchley	2,014
	Liberal	D.N. Collins	1,879	39.0	+3.1
Majority			97
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Rothwell^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	W. H. Banks	4,874
	Conservative	D. Boynton	1,665
	Liberal	R.C James	1,168
	Communist	R Horsbrough	90
Majority			3,209
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Leeds No. 18 Seacroft^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Len Hodgson	3,450
	Conservative	J.M. Suttenstall	688
	Communist	B.S. Wilson	91
Majority			2,762
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Leeds No. 19 Stanningley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Margaret Sarah Cliff	2,763
	Conservative	A. Holmes	906
	Liberal	S. J. Gillien	863
Majority			1,857
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Leeds No. 20 Talbot^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Bird	2,622
	Liberal	G. Macpherson	1,128
	Labour	J. W. Hall	1,059
Majority			1,494
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wetherby^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Yvonne Brenda Garden	5,504
	Labour	I. K. Adams	1,233
	Liberal	June Cutliffe Scott	942
	Ecology	D. Rawson	482
Majority			4,271
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leeds No. 21 Wortley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	C. Webster	2,499
	Conservative	F. Stubley	1,589
	Liberal	W.T. Moss	1,536
Majority			910
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Leeds Ward Casual Vacancies

Leeds No. 10 Bramley 8 Aug 1983^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Margaret Jones
	Labour
	Conservative
Majority			247
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Leeds No. 4 Chapel Allerton and Scott Hall 17 June 1984^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Marie Stinson
	Conservative
	SDP–Liberal Alliance
	Ecology
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ Local Elections Handbook 1981Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1981. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 18 Jun 2016.
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