Elections to Cornwall County Council were held on 7 May 1981.[2]
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All 79 seats of Cornwall County Council 40 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The County of Cornwall within England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results summary
edit| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Independent | 43 |  21
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54.4 | 42.7 | 41,847 | 13.1
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| Conservative | 16 |  3
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20.3 | 18.3 | 17,924 | 4.9
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| Alliance | 12 | 12
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15.2 | 21.8 | 21,363 | 17.8
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| Labour | 6 | 5
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7.6 | 10.9 | 10,639 | 4.7
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| Ecology | 1 | 
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1.3 | 0.8 | 791 | 0.7
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| Voice of the People | 1 | 1
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1.3 | 1.5 | 1,498 | New | |||
| Mebyon Kernow | 0 |
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0.0 | 3.4 | 3,331 | 0.7
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| Residents | 0 |
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0.0 | 0.6 | 592 | 0.2
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References
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- ^ "Local Election Summaries 1981". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ a b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 1981". pp. 6–7.
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