Local elections to Greater Manchester County Council, a Metropolitan County Council encompassing Greater Manchester, 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 Greater Manchester 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 overspending and high rates charging.

Results

Overall Results

Greater Manchester County Council election, 1981[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 78 49.6 Increase15.2
  Conservative 19 30.6 Decrease25.5
  Liberal 9 18.4 Increase10.9
  Independent 0 0.0 0.2 Decrease0.1
  Green 0 0.0 0.2 Increase0.2
  Other parties 0 0.0 1.0 Decrease0.7

Borough summary

Results of the Greater Manchester County Council election, 1981
by Metropolitan Borough
Borough  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
Labour Conservative Liberal Green Independent Others
Bolton 49.0 7 34.4 2 16.2 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.4 0 10
Bury 49.6 5 34.0 1 14.2 0 0.0 0 2.3 0 0.4 0 6
Manchester 55.7 16 27.7 3 15.0 1 0.5 0 0.0 0 1.1 0 20
Oldham 50.5 7 30.5 1 18.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 1.0 0 9
Rochdale 43.5 5 29.7 0 24.3 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 2.5 0 7
Salford 59.8 11 23.8 0 15.3 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 1.1 0 12
Stockport 29.0 3 37.7 6 32.1 2 0.7 0 0.0 0 0.4 0 11
Tameside 57.3 9 29.7 0 11.9 0 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.4 0 9
Trafford 36.6 3 43.1 6 20.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 9
Wigan 65.8 12 16.5 0 14.5 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 3.2 0 13
Total 49.6 78 30.6 19 18.4 9 0.2 0 0.2 0 1.0 0 106

References

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