1981 Wiltshire County Council election

1981 Wiltshire County Council election
	The County of Wiltshire within England
Party before election; Conservative;	Elected Party ; Conservative;

Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1981, following boundary changes to the county's electoral divisions. The whole council of seventy-four members was up for election and the result was that the Conservatives retained their control, winning forty seats. Labour ended with twenty county councillors, the Liberals twelve, and Independents two, including one Ratepayer.^[1]

Election result

Result of Wiltshire County Council election, 1981^[1]
	Seats	Seats %
Conservative	40	54.1
Liberal	20	27.0
Labour	12	16.2
Independent	2	2.7

References

^ ^a ^b 'Declarations from the county councils' in The Times of London, issue 60923 dated Saturday, 9 May 1981, p. 4

External links

Colin Rallings, Michael Thrasher, Wiltshire County Council election Results 1973–2005 at electionscentre.co.uk

[times-1] 'Declarations from the county councils' in The Times of London, issue 60923 dated Saturday, 9 May 1981, p. 4

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