1981 Merseyside County Council election

1981 Merseyside County Council election
	7 May 1981
All 99 seats; to Merseyside County Council; 50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	36.9% (1.3%)
	Map of Merseyside County Council showing wards won by party
Control of Council before election; Conservative;	Control of Council after election ; Labour;

The 1981 Merseyside County Council election took place on 7 May to elect members of Merseyside County Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 1977.

Merseyside County Council election, 1981
Party		Candidates				Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Net	% of total	%	№	Net %
	Labour	97	57	31	57.6	45.8	190,757	18.4
	Conservative	99	27	40	27.3	29.3	122,050	25.8
	Liberal	88	15	9	15.2	24.1	100,218	7.8
	Residents	2	0	0	0.0	0.4	1,728	N/A
	Ecology	2	0	0	0.0	0.1	585	New
	Communist	7	0	0	0.0	0.1	545	0.5
	British Democratic	2	0	0	0.0	0.1	264	New
	Independent	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	184	0.1
	Independent Liberal	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	61	0.0

^[1]

Results by borough

Knowsley

Merseyside County Council election, 1981 (Knowsley)
Party		Candidates				Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Net	% of total	%	№	Net %
	Labour	11	10	3	90.9	68.5	27,110	23.7
	Conservative	11	1	3	9.1	18.6	7,350	29.9
	Liberal	9	0	0	0.0	13.0	5,136	9.6

^[1]

Turnout: 31.9% (2.1%)

Liverpool

Merseyside County Council election, 1981 (Liverpool)
Party		Candidates				Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Net	% of total	%	№	Net %
	Labour	36	21	11	58.3	46.9	67,144	18.7
	Liberal	36	8	5	22.2	30.9	44,273	7.4
	Conservative	36	7	16	19.4	21.7	31,057	25.3
	Communist	7	0	0	0.0	0.4	545	0.5
	Independent Liberal	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	61	0.1

^[1]

Turnout: 37.1% (3.2%)

Sefton

Merseyside County Council election, 1981 (Sefton)
Party		Candidates				Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Net	% of total	%	№	Net %
	Conservative	19	9	6	47.4	38.1	31,108	25.6
	Labour	17	6	3	31.6	34.4	28,070	14.2
	Liberal	15	4	3	21.1	24.8	20,190	10.1
	Residents	2	0	0	0.0	2.1	1,728	N/A
	Ecology	1	0	0	0.0	0.6	474	New

^[1]

Turnout: 36.6% (2.6)

St Helens

Merseyside County Council election, 1981 (St Helens)
Party		Candidates				Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Net	% of total	%	№	Net %
	Labour	11	9	6	81.8	56.8	28,191	20.4
	Conservative	11	2	6	18.2	26.6	13,172	31.4
	Liberal	8	0	0	0.0	16.2	8,061	10.6
	Independent	1	0	0	0.0	0.4	184	N/A

^[1]

Turnout: 35.7% (1.6%)

Wirral

Merseyside County Council election, 1981 (Wirral)
Party		Candidates				Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Net	% of total	%	№	Net %
	Labour	22	11	8	50.0	39.2	40,242	18.1
	Conservative	22	8	9	36.4	38.4	39,363	22.0
	Liberal	20	3	1	13.6	22.0	22,558	4.0
	British Democratic	2	0	0	0.0	0.3	264	New
	Ecology	1	0	0	0.0	0.1	111	New

^[1]

Turnout: 39.9% (1.9%)

Ward results

Results compared directly with the last local election in 1977.

Knowsley

Huyton With Roby No. 1 (Huyton Farm, Princess & Woolfall)

Huyton With Roby No. 1 (Huyton Farm, Princess & Woolfall)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Longfall *	2,116	91%	31%
	Conservative	A. Simpson	210	9%	31%
Majority			1,906
Registered electors			9,165
Turnout			2,346	25.6	5.1
Rejected ballots
	Labour hold		Swing	31

^[3]

Huyton With Roby No. 2 (Longview and Rupert Farm)

Huyton With Roby No. 2 (Longview and Rupert Farm)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Maguire	1,891	65%
	Conservative	J. E. Easthope	560	19%
	Liberal	D. Cottier	439	15%
Majority			1,331
Registered electors			9,072
Turnout			2,894	32
Rejected ballots
	Labour hold		Swing

Huyton With Roby No. 3 (St. Agnes, St. Bartholomews & Swanside)

Huyton With Roby No. 3 (St. Agnes, St. Bartholomews & Swanside)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. J. Simpson *	1,982	43%
	Labour	E. O'Hara	1,816	39%
	Liberal	L. Cottier	805	17%
Majority			166
Registered electors			13,599
Turnout			4,610	34%
Rejected ballots			7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Huyton With Roby No. 4 (St. Gabriels & St. Michaels)

Huyton With Roby No. 4 (St. Gabriels & St. Michaels)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. S. Powell *	2,150	67%
	Liberal	J. Melia	518	16%
	Conservative	P. Forrester	517	16%
Majority			1,632
Registered electors			11,211
Turnout			3,195	28%
Rejected ballots			10
	Labour hold		Swing

Kirkby No. 1 (Central Kirkby and Minstead)

Kirkby No. 1 (Central Kirkby and Minstead)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. King *	2,269	79	22.9
	Liberal	S. Welsh	495	17	3.5
	Conservative	K. Johnson	100	3	21.3
Majority			1,774	31.8	6.4
Registered electors			9,231
Turnout			2,864	31
	Labour hold		Swing

^[3]

Kirkby No. 2 (Cherryfield and Whitfield)

Kirkby No. 2 (Cherryfield and Whitfield)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Gallagher *	2,577	72%	26.8
	Liberal	G. Sealey	741	21%	4.7
	Conservative	J. Carraher	246	7%	27.8
Majority			325	10.4	4.2
Registered electors			11,167
Turnout			3,573	32%	3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	4.7

Kirkby No. 3 (Northwood-Park-Tower Hill-Simonswood)

Kirkby No. 3 (Northwood-Park-Tower Hill-Simonswood)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*G. Bundred*	1,983	52.5	20.1
	Conservative	C. Baily	1,187	31.4	12.4
	Liberal	J. Smith	413	10.9	New
	Communist	T. Bradburn	194	5.1	3.4
Majority			796	21.1	32.5
Registered electors			15,378
Turnout			3,777	24.6	3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	16.3

^[3]

Prescot

Prescot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Hughes	1,888	57.7	18.9
	Labour	W. Howarth	1,386	42.3	18.9
Majority			502	15.4	N/A
Registered electors			8,654
Turnout				37.9	4.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	18.9

^[3]

Whiston No. 1 (Croton-Tarbock-Whiston)

Whiston No. 1 (Croton-Tarbock-Whiston)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*R. Foulkes*	1,444	40.1	25.5
	Conservative	S. Pyne	1,390	38.6	4.2
	Ind. Conservative	B. Jeffrey	765	21.3	New
Majority			54	1.5	29.7
Registered electors			11,132
Turnout				32.6	2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	14.9

^[3]

Whiston No. 3 (Halewood)

Whiston No. 3 (Halewood)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Sinclair	2,488	54.3	26.7
	Labour	J. Bohanna	2,094	45.7	26.7
Majority			394	8.6	36.2
Registered electors			14,426
Turnout				31.8	2.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	26.7

^[3]

Whiston No. 4 (Knowsley)

Whiston No. 4 (Knowsley)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Alldritt	1,618	51.3	19.5
	Conservative	T. Maudsley	1,533	48.7	29.4
Majority			85	2.6	48.9
Registered electors			11,914
Turnout				26.5	1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	24.5

Liverpool

Liverpool No.1 (Abercromby & St. James)

Liverpool No.1 (Abercromby & St. James)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	O. Doyle	2,049	54%	3.4
	Liberal	Chris Davies	1,437	38%	32.1
	Communist	R.O'Hara	158	4%
	Conservative	P.M.Cawson	148	4%	6
Majority			612	16.8	17.8
Registered electors			11,504
Turnout			3,814	33%	14
	Labour hold		Swing	3.4

Liverpool No.2 (Aigburth)

Liverpool No.2 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. T. Moss *	2,968	49%	24
	Liberal	G. P. Scott	1,826	30%	14.9
	Labour	B. Smart	1,201	20%	9.6
Majority			1,142	19	38.8
Registered electors			14,746
Turnout			6,002	41%	6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	24

Liverpool No.3 (Allerton)

Liverpool No.3 (Allerton)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. S. D. Weaver *	2,189	49%	24
	Labour	M. O'Neill	1,180	27%	14.2
	Liberal	N. G. Chinn	1,053	24%	9.9
Majority			1,009	22.8	9
Registered electors			10,698
Turnout			4,429	41.4%	1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	24

Liverpool No.4 (Anfield)

Liverpool No.4 (Anfield)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Carole M. Cartmell	2,225	44%	25.1
	Labour	J. E. Roberts	1,848	36%	4.2
	Conservative	T. P. Pink	1,025	20%	29.3
Majority			377	7.4	10.1
Registered electors			12,478
Turnout			5,104	40.9%	3.8
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	29.3

Liverpool No.5 (Arundel)

Liverpool No.5 (Arundel)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roger Johnston	1,745	39.5%	6.3
	Labour	R. J. Quick	1,713	38.7%	28.4
	Conservative	H. A. Quayle	857	19.4%	23.3
	Communist	J. C. Blevin	85	1.9%	2.0
Majority			33
Registered electors			12,115
Turnout			4,422	36.5%	3.2
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	29.6

Liverpool No.6 (Breckfield & St. Domingo)

Liverpool No.6 (Breckfield & St. Domingo)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Brazier	1,884	48.6%	17.8
	Liberal	F. McNevin	1,708	44.0%	15.4
	Conservative	Pauline Dougherty	276	7.1%	33.5
Majority			176
Registered electors			11,179
Turnout			3,879	34.7%	2.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	51.3

Liverpool No.7 (Broadgreen)

Liverpool No.7 (Broadgreen)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Wright	1,660	37.3	8.0
	Liberal	G. L. Holmes	1,651	37.1	1.8
	Conservative	R. D. Oughton	1,134	25.5%	9.8
Majority			9	0.02	6.38
Registered electors			11,833
Turnout			4,449	37.6%	1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	8.0

Liverpool No.8 (Central & Everton)

Liverpool No.8 (Central & Everton)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. C. Coombes	2,565	86.1%	24.5
	Liberal	W. Barrow	231	7.8%	2.9
	Conservative	E. J. Crighton	172	5.8%	6.4
Majority			2,334	78.35%	44.65%
Registered electors			10,638
Turnout			2,979	28%	6.8
	Labour hold		Swing	24.5

Liverpool No.9 (Childwall)

Liverpool No.9 (Childwall) - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Henry De Boer *	3,114	43.8%	44.9
	Conservative	Mary V .Wood *	3,060	43.0%	45.7
	Labour	P. Astbury	2,072	29.1%	15.6
	Labour	A. Mulhearn	2,040	28.7%	15.2
	Liberal	W. A. Barton	1,928	27.1%	10.4
	Liberal	E. M. Brash	1,887	26.5	11.0
Majority			1,042
Registered electors			19,620
Turnout			7,114	36.3	3.0
	Labour gain from Conservative party (UK)		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative party (UK)		Swing

Liverpool No.10 (Church)

Liverpool No.10 (Church)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leonard Tyrer	3,163	46.6%	5.5
	Conservative	H.C.Bolton-Jones	2,284	33.6%	7.6
	Labour	Maria Gee	1,326	19.5%	11.8
Majority			879	12.95	2.85
Registered electors			14,728
Turnout			6,790	46.1%	1
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	13.1

Liverpool No.11 (Clubmoor)

Liverpool No.11 (Clubmoor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Rimmer	2,161	49.4%	23.0
	Liberal	Audrey Humphries	1,699	38.8%	4.0
	Conservative	S. Costain	499	11.4%	27.4
Majority			462	10.56%	6.56
Registered electors			10,694
Turnout			4,374	40.9%	3.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	50.4

Liverpool No.12 (County)

Liverpool No.12 (County)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Renilson	2,230	48.7%	20.1
	Liberal	R. I. Jobling	1,672	36.5%	4.6
	Conservative	W. Thomas	668	14.6%	24.9
Majority			558	12.19%	5.09
Registered electors			12,015
Turnout			4,578	38.1%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	45.0

Liverpool No.13 (Croxteth)

Liverpool No.13 (Croxteth)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E.H. Fitzpatrick	2,119	44.5%	9.8
	Labour	F. Burke	1,577	33.1%	20
	Liberal	T. R.Jones	1,056	22.2%	10.4
Majority			542	11.38	9.8
Registered electors			13,370
Turnout			4,764	35.6%	12.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.8

Liverpool No.14 (Dingle)

Liverpool No.14 (Dingle)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Evans *	1,662	63.9%	9.8
	Liberal	J. C. Cawley	687	27.1	18.1
	Conservative	J. A. Watson	168	6.6	26.6
	Communist	J. Greig	46	2	2.2
Majority			935	36.85	17.25
Registered electors			7,269
Turnout			2,537	34.9%	10
	Labour hold		Swing	9.8

Liverpool No.15 (Dovecot)

Liverpool No.15 (Dovecot)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. V. Walsh	3,167	53.2%	11.9
	Liberal	G.B.Smith	1,850	31.1%	18.4
	Conservative	J. L. Walsh	896	15.1%	27.9
Majority			1,317	22.13%	17.43
Registered electors			16,258
Turnout			5,950	36.6%	7.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	27.0

Liverpool No.16 (Fairfield)

Liverpool No.16 (Fairfield)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Doran	1,805	55.7%	21.5%
	Labour	S. J. Gorman	1,056	32.6%	6.5
	Conservative	Mary Davis	361	11.4%	26.6
Majority			749	23.12%	19.12
Registered electors			9,771
Turnout			3,240	33.2%	1.1
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	48.1

Liverpool No.17 (Fazakerley)

Liverpool No.17 (Fazakerley)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. F. Row	2,347	58.1%	28.8
	Conservative	A. Brown	943	23.3%	20.2
	Liberal	Patricia Fairhurst	740	18.3%	9.0
Majority			1,404	34.76	20.56
Registered electors			11,313
Turnout			4,039	35.7%	3.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	49.0

Liverpool No.18 (Gillmoss)

Liverpool No.18 (Gillmoss) - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Jennings	4,409	83.4%	23.7
	Labour	T. McManus	4,212	79.7%
	Liberal	J. Farley	451	8.5%
	Conservative	A. Gore	447	8.5%	31.8
	Liberal	J. G. Morgan	429	8.1%
	Conservative	D.G.Dougherty	428	8.1%
Majority			3,958	74.85%	25.15
Registered electors			18,439
Turnout			5,288	28.7	3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	23.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool No.19 (Granby & Princes Park)

Liverpool No.19 (Granby & Princes Park)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Simey	1,940	58.0%	10.2
	Liberal	A.Damsell	1,041	31.1%	19.6
	Conservative	A. Palin	277	8.3%	27.3
	Communist	S. P. Munby	66	2%	3.3
Majority			899	26.88%	16.68
Registered electors			11,110
Turnout			3,344	30.1%	6.7
	Labour hold		Swing	10.2

Liverpool No.20 (Kensington)

Liverpool No.20 (Kensington)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A.H.Thomas	1,236	51.7%	6.5
	Labour	L.Reynolds	997	41.7%	19.4
	Conservative	D.Ellis	149	6.2%	13.5
Majority			239	10.0%	26
Registered electors			6,551
Turnout			2,391	36.5%	1.1
Rejected ballots			9	0.38%
	Liberal hold		Swing	6.5

Liverpool No.21 (Low Hill & Smithdown)

Liverpool No.21 (Low Hill & Smithdown)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	N. Caple	1,577	49.0%	4.9
	Labour	A. Gamble	1,523	47.4%	15.3
	Conservative	A. R. Hopkinsons	108	3.4%	9.1
Majority			54	1.69%	10.8
Registered electors			8,462
Turnout			3,216	38.0%	4.9
Rejected ballots			8	0.25%
	Liberal hold		Swing	4.9

Liverpool No.22 (Melrose & Westminster)

Liverpool No.22 (Melrose & Westminster)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Shaw *	2,045	59.4%	0%
	Liberal	K. A. Sewill	1,237	35.9%	25.0
	Conservative	S. Fitzsimmons	154	4.5%	27.2
Majority			808	23.47%	4.23
Registered electors			8,140
Turnout			3,443	42.3%	16.5
	Labour hold		Swing	0.0%

Liverpool No.23 (Old Swan)

Liverpool No.23 (Old Swan)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane A. Hollinshead	2,572	52.6%	11.2
	Liberal	D. M. Galbraith	1,194	24.4%	11.7
	Conservative	W. H. Connolly	973	19.9%	21.5
	Communist	H. Mohin	65	1.3%	1.2
	Independent Liberal	K. McCullough	61	1.25%	0.45
Majority			1,378	28.2%	22.9%
Registered electors			12,095
Turnout			4,886	40.4%	2.1
Rejected ballots			21	0.43%
	Labour hold		Swing	11.2

Liverpool No.24 (Picton)

Liverpool No.24 (Picton)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	P. D. Mahon *	2,668	59.5%	16.5
	Labour	R. J. Clarke	1,336	29.8%	2.8
	Conservative	I. G. McKellar	395	8.8%	19.2
	Communist	J. G. Volleamere	68	1.5%	0.5
Majority			1,332	29.71%
Registered electors			10,856
Turnout			4,484	41.3%	4.0
Rejected ballots			17	0.38%
	Liberal hold		Swing	16.5

Liverpool No.25 (Pirrie)

Liverpool No.25 (Pirrie)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. N. Wareing	4,280	75.8%	30.0
	Conservative	J. M. Wright	788	14.0%	33.0%
	Liberal	T. G. Ellis	567	10.0%	2%
Majority			3,492	61.85%
Registered electors			15,727
Turnout			5,646	35.9%	3.9
Rejected ballots			11	0.19%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	63%

Liverpool No.26 (St. Marys)

Liverpool No.26 (St. Marys)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Keidan	1,721	49.0%	10.0%
	Liberal	Peter Milea	1,070	30.4%	18.4
	Conservative	D. R. Hawes	649	18.5%	27.5
	Communist	R. Ross	57	1.6%	1.4
Majority			651	18.53%
Registered electors			8,741
Turnout			3,514	40.1%	10.1
Rejected ballots			17	0.48%
	Labour gain from Conservative Party(UK)		Swing	37.5

Liverpool No.27 (St. Michaels)

Liverpool No.27 (St. Michaels)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. G. Pratt	1,141	36.1%	18.1
	Liberal	G. Abrams	1,140	36.1%	0.9
	Conservative	R. S. Jones *	863	27.3%	18.7
Majority			1	0.03%
Registered electors			9,576
Turnout			3,160	33.0%	1.0
Rejected ballots			16	0.51%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	19

Liverpool No.28 (Sandhills & Vauxhall)

Liverpool No.28 (Sandhills & Vauxhall)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Hughes	2,569	79.4%	0.6
	Liberal	S.Radford	192	5.9%	1.1
	Conservative	Hazel J. Clarke	59	1.8%	11.1
Majority			2,377	73.48%	6.48
Registered electors			8,381
Turnout			3,235	38.6%	21.6%
Rejected ballots
	Labour hold		Swing	0.6

Liverpool No.29 (Speke)

Liverpool No.29 (Speke)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Simpson	2,934	69.9%	13.9
	Liberal	J. D. Ball	832	19.8%	12.8
	Conservative	A. Nugent	430	10.2%	26.8
Majority			2,102	50.08%	31.08%
Registered electors			13,281
Turnout			4,197	31.6%	10.6
Rejected ballots			1	0.02%
	Labour hold		Swing	13.9

Liverpool No.30 (Tuebrook)

Liverpool No.30 (Tuebrook)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	B. Gore	1,890	44.3%	14.3
	Labour	T. McDonald	1,690	39.6%	16.6
	Conservative	J. Irving	676	15.8%	30.2
Majority			200	4.68%
Registered electors			10,570
Turnout			4,270	40.4%	5.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	44.5

Liverpool No.31 (Warbreck)

Liverpool No.31 (Warbreck)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Riley	1,455	41.6%	20.6
	Conservative	R. B. Flude *	1,140	32.6%	16.4
	Liberal	H. G. Rogers	883	25.3%	3.7
Majority			315	9.01%
Registered electors			10,955
Turnout			3,495	31.9%	3.1
Rejected ballots			17	0.49%
	Labour gain from Conservative party (UK)		Swing	37.0

Liverpool No.32 (Woolton East)

Liverpool No.32 (Woolton East)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Evans *	3,152	77.3%	28.3
	Liberal	Jean E.Nester	483	11.8%	4.8
	Conservative	Pamela Stephen	429	10.5%	27.5
Majority			2,723	66.81%	55.81
Registered electors			11,848
Turnout			4,076	34.4%	6.4
Rejected ballots			12	0.29%
	Labour hold		Swing	28.3

Liverpool No.33 (Woolton West)

Liverpool No.33 (Woolton West) - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. B. Williams *	3,681	54.6%	21.4
	Conservative	T. L. Hobday *	3,679	54.6%	21.4
	Labour	D. A. Bradbury	1,723	25.6%	13.6
	Labour	P. R. Martin	1,671	24.8%	13.8
	Liberal	C. Mayes	1,335	19.8%	8.8
	Liberal	R. J. Ormsby	1,286	19.1%	8.1
Majority			1,958	29.05%
Registered electors			17,859
Turnout			6,739	37.7%	6.3
Rejected ballots			0	0%
	Conservative hold		Swing	21.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	21.4

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Sefton

Bootle No.1

Bootle No.1 (Derby & Stanley)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. S. Moore	2,677	68%	25
	Conservative	F. P. Morris *	788	20%	28
	Liberal	Mrs. H. Fjortoft	458	12%	5
Majority			1,889	48.05%	43.05
Registered electors			12,640
Turnout			3,931	31%
Rejected ballots			8	0.2%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	53

Bootle No.2 (Linacre & Mersey)

Bootle No.2 (Linacre & Mersey)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. A. Wiseman *	2,142	77%	18
	Liberal	R. E. Williams	337	12%	N/A
	Conservative	H. E. Dunbar	285	10%	2
Majority			1,805	64.88%
Registered electors			9,432
Turnout			2,782	29%	12
Rejected ballots			18	0.65%
	Labour hold		Swing	18

Bootle No.3 (Netherton, Orrell & Sefton)

Bootle No.3 (Netherton, Orrell & Sefton) - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Hillen *	5,255	68%	8
	Labour	T. J. McNicholas	5,109	66%	18
	Liberal	A. J. F. Harris	1,336	17%
	Liberal	J. Butterfield	1,291	17%
	Conservative	G. Halliwell	1,117	14%	18
	Conservative	J. F. Burrows	1,050	14%	28
Majority			4,138	53.68
Registered electors			24,130
Turnout			7,704	32%	5
Rejected ballots
	Labour hold		Swing	18
	Labour hold		Swing	17

Crosby No.1 (Central, College & St. John's)

Crosby No.1 (Central, College & St. John's)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. C. Goldrein *	1,931	41%	28
	Liberal	K. Sartain	1,507	32%	15
	Labour	J. C. Hulligan	1,293	27%	10
Majority			424	8.96%	43.04
Registered electors			11,943
Turnout			4,731	40%	4
Rejected ballots
	Conservative hold		Swing	28

Crosby No.2 (Christ Church, St. Mary's & St. Thomas)

Crosby No.2 (Christ Church, St. Mary's & St. Thomas)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. D. Waring	2,325	57%	19
	Conservative	R. O. Harvey *	1,013	25%	31
	Liberal	V. B. Kehoe	754	18%	12
Majority			1,312	13.91%
Registered electors			10,278
Turnout			4,111	40%	7
Rejected ballots			19	0.46%
	Labour gain from Conservative party (UK)		Swing	50

Crosby No.3

Crosby No.3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. R. Bennett *	2,074	54%	18
	Labour	E. A. Murphy	1,771	46%	26
Majority			303	7.85%
Registered electors			10,323
Turnout			3,861	37%
Rejected ballots			16	0.41%
	Conservative hold		Swing	18

Crosby No.4

Crosby No.4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. L. Pritchard *	2,581	69%	13
	Labour	G. Stringer	654	17%	10
	Liberal	C. E. Bolger	521	14%	3
Majority			1,927	51.20%
Registered electors			9,203
Turnout			3,764	41%	5
Rejected ballots			8	0.21%
	Conservative hold		Swing	13

Formby

Formby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. R. Murray-Bligh	3,629	49%	32%
	Liberal	Margaret Metcalfe	2,142	29%	10
	Labour	J. L. Linden	1,206	16%
	Ecology Party	R. W. Small	474	6. 4%
Majority			1,487	19.94%
Registered electors			18,599
Turnout			7,458	40%	3
Rejected ballots			7	0.09%
	Conservative hold		Swing	32

Litherland

Litherland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Lawrenson	4,133	73%	29
	Conservative	Mrs. G. Buckles	1,472	26%	22
Majority			2,661	47.29%
Registered electors			16,077
Turnout			5,627	35%	1
Rejected ballots			22	0.39%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	51

Southport No.1 (Ainsdale, Birkdale & South)

Southport No.1 (Ainsdale, Birkdale & South)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hartley *	2,606	56%	31
	Liberal	R. W. Rothwell	1,266	27.2%	1.2
	Labour	J. F. Caven	777	17%	7
Majority			1,340	28.79%	32.21
Registered electors			14,192
Turnout			4,655	33%
Rejected ballots			6	0.13%
	Conservative hold		Swing	31

Southport No.2

Southport No.2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. Rimmer	1,759	40%	14
	Conservative	B. Lamont	1,548	35%	24
	Labour	S. Forkins	1,101	25%	10
Majority			211	4.79%
Registered electors			12,174
Turnout			4,408	36%	3
Rejected ballots
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	38

Southport No.3 (Birkdale West-Central-West)

Southport No.3 (Birkdale West-Central-West)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	S. Shaw	1,681	50.0%	28
	Conservative	J. Morland	1,675	49.8%	28.2
Majority			6	0.18%
Registered electors			9,120
Turnout			3,365	37%	3
Rejected ballots			9	0.27%
	Liberal hold		Swing	56.2

Southport No.4 (Craven-Sussex-Talbot)

Southport No.4 (Craven-Sussex-Talbot)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Fearn *	3,213	76%	26
	Conservative	J. Heaton	997	24%	16
Majority			2,216	52.4%
Registered electors			11,188
Turnout			4,229	38%	4
Rejected ballots			19	0.45%
	Liberal hold		Swing	26

Southport No.5 (Hesketh & Scarisbrick)

Southport No.5 (Hesketh & Scarisbrick)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. Griffiths	2,611	48%	13
	Conservative	Mrs. J. Leech *	2,134	40%	16
	Labour	A. Bell	643	12%	3
Majority			477	8.85%
Registered electors			11,516
Turnout			5,389	47%	3
Rejected ballots			1	0.02%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	29

Southport No.6 (Marine and Park)

Southport No.6 (Marine and Park)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Robinson	1,831	47%	20
	Liberal	N. Jones	1,673	42%	9
	Labour	R. Burnett	428	11%
Majority			158	4.01%
Registered electors			11,378
Turnout			3,937	35%	4
Rejected ballots			5	0.13%
	Conservative hold		Swing	20

West Lancashire No.1 (Aintree)

West Lancashire No.1 (Aintree)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. I. Birch *	2,251	64%	19
	Labour	C. Toner	1,259	36%	19
Majority			992	28.09%
Registered electors			9,674
Turnout			3,531	36%	1
Rejected ballots			21	0.59&
	Conservative hold		Swing	19

West Lancashire No.2

West Lancashire No.2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Currall *	2,069	44%	32
	Labour	E. Kay	1,533	33%	10
	Resident	C. Jones	1,100	23.4%
Majority			536	11.39%	42.21
Registered electors			14,482
Turnout			4,707	33%	2
Rejected ballots			5	0.11%
	Conservative hold		Swing	32

West Lancashire No.3

Sefton West Lancashire No.3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Bernard	1,109	31%	N/A
	Liberal	J. Parkin	932	26%	N/A
	Labour	S. Peacock	873	25%	N/A
	Resident	P. Matthews	628	17.7%	N/A
Majority			177	4.98%	N/A
Registered electors			10,205
Turnout			3,551	35%	N/A
Rejected ballots			9	0.25%	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

St. Helens

Haydock

Haydock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Craig	3,759	76%	31
	Conservative	P. Anderton *	1,191	24%	31
Majority			2,568	51.81%
Registered electors			12,120
Turnout			4,957	41%	8
Rejected ballots			7	0.14%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	55

Newton Le Willows

Newton Le Willows
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Duncan	3,521	47%	2
	Liberal	E. Sherlock	3,161	42%	28
	Conservative	M. Finlayson	835	11%	30
Majority			360	4.81%
Registered electors			14,949
Turnout			7,517	50%	9
Rejected ballots
	Labour hold		Swing	2

Rainford

Rainford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. A. Berry *	2,856	42%	36
	Labour	R. Ledwith	2,843	42%	20
	Liberal	I. Grieg	1,100	16%	N/A
Majority			13	0.19%
Registered electors			15,964
Turnout			6,817	43%	5
Rejected ballots			13	0.19%
	Conservative hold		Swing	36

St. Helens No.1 (Central and South Eccleston)

St. Helens No.1 (Central and South Eccleston)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H.Glover	2,083	66%	27
	Conservative	Mrs. E. Jameson *	767	24%	30
	Liberal	P. Fitzmaurice	299	9%	2
Majority			1,316	41.71%	26.51%
Registered electors			9,334
Turnout			3,155	34%	1
Rejected ballots			6	0.19%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	57

St. Helens No.2 (East Sutton)

St. Helens No.2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Thompson	2,561	72%	29
	Liberal	W. Iley	532	14%	4
	Conservative	A. Taylor	301	8%	39
	Independent	I. Finney	104	5%	N/A
Majority			2,119	57.43%
Registered electors			12,857
Turnout			3,690	29%	9
Rejected ballots			22	0.60%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	68

St. Helens No.3 (Hardshaw and West Sutton)

St. Helens No.3 (Hardshaw and West Sutton)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Talbot	3,631	73%	33
	Liberal	T. Gilligan	989	20%	1
	Conservative	R. Jones	345	7%	30
Majority			2,642	52.91%
Registered electors			16,479
Turnout			4,993	30%
Rejected ballots			28	0.56%
	Labour hold		Swing	33

St. Helens No.4 (Moss Bank and North Windle)

St. Helens No.4 (Moss Bank and North Windle)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Gadsden	2,547	55%	22
	Conservative	E. Jameson *	1,602	35%	28
	Liberal	P. Pennington	467	10%	6
Majority			945	20.43%
Registered electors			12,993
Turnout			4,626	36%	4
Rejected ballots			10	0.22%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	50

St. Helens No.5 (North Eccleston and South Windle)

St. Helens No.5 (North Eccleston and South Windle)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Duncan	1,589	69%	33
	Conservative	W. Carter	717	31%	33
Majority			877	37.77%
Registered electors			6,694
Turnout			2,309	34%	3
Rejected ballots			3	0.13%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Helens No.6 (Parr)

St. Helens No.6 (Parr)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Leyland	2,672	75%	20%
	Conservative	M.Powell	500	14%	25
	Liberal	P. Dennington	396	11%	5
Majority			2,172	60.87%	45.17
Registered electors			16,507
Turnout			3,568	22%	3
Rejected ballots
	Labour hold		Swing	20

Whiston No.2 (Eccleston and Windle)

Whiston No.2 (Eccleston and Windle)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Brownlow	2,530	70%	18
	Labour	K. Bamforth	1,052	29%	17
Majority			1,478	41.04%	34.96
Registered electors			10,260
Turnout			3,601	35%	13
Rejected ballots			19	0.53%
	Conservative hold		Swing	18

Whiston No. 5 (Rainhill and Bold)

Whiston No. 5 (Rainhill and Bold)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. McCormick	1,843	41%	9%
	Conservative	Mrs. Nellie Holley	1,528	34%	34
	Liberal	P. Thomas	1,117	25%	N/A
Majority			315	7%
Registered electors			11,255
Turnout			4,502	40%	14
Rejected ballots			14	0.31%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	43

Wirral

Bebington No.1 1 (Higher Bebington and Woodhey)

Bebington No.1 (Higher Bebington and Woodhey)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Richmond	2,466	53%	27
	Labour	P. Holt	1,380	30%	N/A
	Liberal	P. Golby	803	17%	3
Majority			1,086	23.28%
Registered electors			9,942
Turnout			4,663	47%	1
Rejected ballots			14	0.30%
	Conservative hold		Swing	27

Bebington No.2 (Park, New Ferry, North Bromborough)

Bebington No.2 (Park, New Ferry, North Bromborough)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Rose	2,512	58%	17
	Conservative	E. A. Davies	1,320	28%	23
	Liberal	D. Cottrell	623	14%	6
Majority			1,302	29.96%
Registered electors			9,572
Turnout			4,346	45%
Rejected ballots			1	0.02%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	40

Wirral Bebington No.3 (South Bromborough and Eastham)

Wirral Bebington No.3 (South Bromborough and Eastham)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	P. N. Gilchrist *	3,714	51%	6
	Labour	E. Williams	2,170	30%	10
	Conservative	M. Evans	1,423	19%	17
Majority			1,544	21.09%	12.21
Registered electors			13,866
Turnout			7,321	53%	4
Rejected ballots			14	0.19%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bebington No. 4 (Lower Bebington & Poulton)

Bebington No. 4 (Lower Bebington & Poulton)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. J. K. Williams *	3,479	54%	24
	Labour	J. Durrant	1,666	26%	N/A
	Liberal	M. Cody	1,329	20%	2
Majority			1,813	27.95%	27.25
Registered electors			14,511
Turnout			6,486	45%	4
Rejected ballots			12	0.19%
	Conservative hold		Swing	24

Birkenhead No.1 (Argyle-Clifton-Holt)

Birkenhead No.1 (Argyle-Clifton-Holt)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Stuart-Cole	1,831	72%	22
	Liberal	E.Rise	404	16%
	Conservative	F. Dawson	295	12%	16
Majority			1,427	56.34%	35.34
Registered electors			7,016
Turnout			2,533	36%	7%
Rejected ballots			3	0.12%
	Labour hold		Swing	22

Birkenhead No.2 (Bebington and Mersey)

Birkenhead No.2 (Bebington and Mersey)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Liddell	1,944	68%	24
	Conservative	H. Welsh *	590	21%	28
	Liberal	A. Brighouse	299	11%	4
Majority			1,354	47.71%
Registered electors			8,220
Turnout			3,535	43%	10
Rejected ballots			11	0.31%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	52

Wirral Birkenhead No.3

Wirral Birkenhead No.3
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Labour
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
	Conservative hold	Swing

Wirral Birkenhead No.4

Wirral Birkenhead No.4
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Labour
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
	Conservative hold	Swing

Wirral Birkenhead No.5

Wirral Birkenhead No.5
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Labour
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
	Conservative hold	Swing

Wirral Birkenhead No.6

Wirral Birkenhead No.6
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Labour
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
	Conservative hold	Swing

Wirral Birkenhead No.7 (Prenton)

Wirral Birkenhead No.7 (Prenton)
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Labour
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
	Conservative hold	Swing

Wirral Birkenhead No.8 (Upton)

Wirral Birkenhead No.8 (Upton)
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Labour
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
	Conservative hold	Swing

Wirral Hoylake No.1

Wirral Hoylake No.1
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Labour
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
	Conservative hold	Swing

Wirral Hoylake No.2

Wirral Hoylake No.2
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Labour
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
	Conservative hold	Swing

Wirral Wallasey No.1 (Leasowe)

Wirral Wallasey No.1 (Leasowe)
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Labour
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
	Conservative hold	Swing

Wirral Wallasey No.2

Wirral Wallasey No.2
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Labour
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
	Conservative hold	Swing

Wirral Wallasey No.3

Wirral Wallasey No.3
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Labour
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
	Conservative hold	Swing

Wirral Wallasey No.4

Wirral Wallasey No.4
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Labour
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
	Conservative hold	Swing

Wirral Wallasey No.5

Wirral Wallasey No.5
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Labour
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
	Conservative hold	Swing

Wirral Wallasey No.6

Wirral Wallasey No.6
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Labour
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
	Conservative hold	Swing

Wirral No.1

Wirral No.1
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Labour
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
	Conservative hold	Swing

Wirral No.2 (Irby, Pensby & Thurstaston)

Wirral No.2 (Irby, Pensby & Thurstaston)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Lavender	1,928	51%	25
	Liberal	A. Conway	941	25%	16
	Labour	A. Rea	886	24%	9
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Notes

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Local Election Summaries 1981". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
↑ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1977. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
↑ "Merseyside Local Election Results Project - Dr. David Jeffery". Retrieved 21 December 2023.

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[results-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Local Election Summaries 1981". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

[2] Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[local-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1977. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 5 December 2018.

[Liverpool_results-4] "Merseyside Local Election Results Project - Dr. David Jeffery". Retrieved 21 December 2023.

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