West Midlands County Council election, 1981

Map of the largest party by Metropolitan Borough.

Local elections to the West Midlands County Council, a Metropolitan County Council encompassing the West Midlands, were held on 7 May 1981, resulting in large swings to Labour, giving them control of the council.

This would be the last election to the West Midlands County Council, with metropolitan county councils being scrapped on 31 March 1986 under the Local Government Act 1985 by the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher. The councils' abolition came following several high profile clashes between mostly Labour metropolitan county councils and the Conservative government over issues including spending and rates charges.

Results

Overall Results

West Midlands County Council election, 1981^[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	74					50.0		18.7
	Conservative	25					36.7		22.0
	Liberal Democrat	5					9.8		5.5
	Independent	0					0.5		0.1
	Green	0					0.4		0.3
	Others	0					2.5		2.5

Borough summary

Results of the West Midlands County Council election, 1981
by Metropolitan Borough
Borough	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Borough	Labour		Conservative		Liberal		Green		Independent		Others		Total Cllrs
Birmingham	49.7	30	35.0	9	12.4	3	0.8	0	0.1	0	2.0	0	42
Coventry	49.3	9	37.1	3	12.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	1.4	0	12
Dudley	57.2	9	40.2	2	1.7	0	0.7	0	0.0	0	0.2	0	11
Sandwell	60.5	9	28.9	1	9.9	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.7	0	12
Solihull	31.8	2	46.1	5	12.6	0	0.5	0	0.0	0	9.0	0	7
Walsall	44.1	7	35.0	3	10.3	0	0.0	0	3.8	0	6.8	0	10
Wolverhampton	53.0	8	42.1	2	3.4	0	0.0	0	0.7	0	0.9	0	8
Total	50.0	74	36.7	25	9.8	5	0.5	0	0.4	0	2.5	0	104

References

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Council elections in the West Midlands

Birmingham City Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Coventry City Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Wolverhampton City Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

West Midlands County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

Mayor	2017

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(1980 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1981 (→ 1982)

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