1981 Lincolnshire County Council election

1981 Lincolnshire County Council election

7 May 1981
All 76 seats to Lincolnshire County Council 39 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Seats won 42 13 10   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent SDP Seats won 9 2
Map of the results of the election in each division. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 1981 Lincolnshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 7 May 1981, following boundary changes to the county's electoral divisions. The whole council of 76 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council, winning 42 seats.

Results by division

Each electoral division returned one county councillor. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below. "Unopposed" indicates that the councillor was elected unopposed.

Electoral Division		Party	Councillor	Votes
	Alford & Spilsby	Conservative	M. Kennedy	967
	Alford Coast	Liberal	P. Morley	Unopposed
	Bardney & Cherry Willingham	Independent	E. Bramley	883
	Bassingham Rural	Conservative	W. Wyrill	1,601
	Billinghay & Cranwell	Conservative	Z. Scoley	1,058
	Birchwood	Liberal	D. Templeman	1,111
	Bolingbroke Castle	Conservative	I. Simons	988
	Boston Rural South	Conservative	R. Upsall	858
	Boston West	Conservative	C. Fovargue	1,182
	Boultham	Labour	L. Wells	1,053
	Bourne Abbey	Conservative	D. Fisher	757
	Bourne Castle	Conservative	R. Cliffe	1,011
	Caenby	Conservative	R. Johnson	1,555
	Carholme	Conservative	S. Campbell	952
	Cliff	Conservative	W. Rawson	1,046
	Coastal	Independent	J. Hildred	1,397
	Crowland Rural	Conservative	W. Speechley	1,175
	Devon & St Johns	Labour	H. Harris	1,123
	Donington Rural	Independent	S. Bingham	824
	Earlesfield	Labour	G. Lynch	1,162
	East Elloe	Conservative	J. Fisher	Unopposed
	Fenside	Conservative	R. Day	882
	Folkingham Rural	Conservative	B. Lee	1,045
	Gainsborough East	Liberal	R. Rainsforth	1,103
	Gainsborough North	Conservative	J. Bassett	771
	Gainsborough South	Labour	L. Rainsforth	1,056
	Gainsborough Rural North	Liberal	M. French	1,198
	Gainsborough Rural South	Independent	J. Westgarth	1,213
	Grantham North	Conservative	M. Spencer-Gregson	1,622
	Grantham South	Conservative	H. Nadin	1,326
	Grantham West	Conservative	H. Brownlow	1,277
	Grimsthorpe	Conservative	R. Tamplin	1,019
	Harrowby	Labour	E. Davies	1,413
	Holbeach	Independent	T. Tyler	Unopposed
	Holbeach Fen	Conservative	D. Mawby	Unopposed
	Horncastle & Tetford	Independent	F. Cupit	957
	Hough	Conservative	P. Newton	Unopposed
	Hykeham Forum	Conservative	P. Gaul	1,114
	Lincoln Abbey	Labour	J. Robertson	1,283
	Lincoln Bracebridge	Conservative	E. Jenkins	1,105
	Lincoln Castle	Labour	J. Ward	1,203
	Lincoln Moorland	Labour	N. Baldock	891
	Lincoln Park	Labour	T. Rook	914
	Longdales	Labour	D. Miller	1,088
	Louth Marsh	Conservative	J. Libell	1,077
	Louth North	Conservative	C. Bennett	830
	Louth Rural North	Conservative	R. Brooks	707
	Louth South	Conservative	I. Wilkinson	948
	Louth Wolds	Conservative	C. Turner	1,032
	Mablethorpe	Liberal	W. Baker	1,263
	Metheringham	Social Democrat	D. Bates	888
	Minster	Labour	J. Metcalfe	1,252
	Nettleham & Saxilby	Conservative	P. Heneage	1,476
	North East Kesteven	Conservative	F. Marshall	1,325
	North Wolds	Conservative	V. Hudson	1,310
	Rasen Wolds	Independent	W. Hall	1,054
	Skegness North	Liberal	H. Fainlight	1,133
	Skegness South	Conservative	L. Parkes	1,149
	Skellingthorpe & Hykeham South	Conservative	B. Gledhill	764
	Skirbeck	Labour	A. Goodson	1,246
	Sleaford	Independent	E. Robertson	1,255
	Sleaford Rural North	Conservative	T. Hall	1,425
	Sleaford Rural South	Liberal	L. Pinchbeck	1,455
	Spalding Abbey	Conservative	D. Guttridge	858
	Spalding North & Weston	Conservative	R. King	1,188
	Spalding North West	Social Democrat	A. Newton	1,048
	Stamford North	Conservative	W. Simpson	924
	Stamford South	Liberal	M. Belton	1,456
	Tattershall Castle	Conservative	B. Harvey	Unopposed
	The Deepings	Liberal	J. Anderson	1,997
	Tritton	Labour	F. Wright	1,146
	Wainfleet & Burgh	Liberal	J. Dodsworth	1,022
	West Elloe	Conservative	G. Walker	Unopposed
	Witham	Independent	N. Middlebrook	1,003
	Woodhall Spa & Wragby	Conservative	D. Hoyes	Unopposed
	Wyberton	Conservative	S. Budge	1,024