1981 Greater London Council election

There was an election to the Greater London Council held on 7 May 1981. Councillors were elected to serve until elections in May 1985. Those elections were cancelled and the term was extended until 1 April 1986.[1]

1981 Greater London Council election
7 May 1981
92 councillors
47 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Andrew McIntosh[n 1] Horace Cutler Adrian Slade
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Seats won 50 41 1
Seat change Increase22 Decrease23 Increase1
Popular vote 939,457 894,234 323,856
Percentage 41.8% 39.7% 14.4%
Swing Increase8.9% Decrease12.8% Increase6.6%
Results by parliamentary constituency.
Leader of the GLC before election

Horace Cutler
Conservative

 Elected Leader of the GLC

Ken Livingstone
Labour

The leader of the Labour GLC group Andrew McIntosh led the party into the election. Within 24 hours of the result, however, McIntosh's leadership was toppled by Ken Livingstone; a member of the party's left-wing. Livingstone was then elected GLC leader.[2]

This was the last election to the GLC. The Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher soon took the decision to abolish the council in the mid-1980s, out of partisan concern that it would choose to defy right-wing policies. For more information on this see the article, Greater London Council. Following the abolition of the GLC, there was a direct election to the Inner London Education Authority in 1986.

Results
PartyVotesSeats
Number%+/-StoodSeats%+/-
Labour939,45741.8Increase8.9925054.3Increase22
Conservative894,23439.7Decrease12.8924144.6Decrease23
Liberal323,85614.4Increase6.68911.1Increase1
National Front21,5821.0Decrease4.4410Steady
Social Democratic Alliance21,5821.0n/a100Steady
Ecology17,5150.8Increase0.7380Steady
Independent7,7630.3Increase0.2250Steady
New National Front5,8770.3n/a180Steady
Communist5,2750.2Decrease0.1160Steady
Nationalist Party4,8570.2n/a230Steady
Workers Revolutionary2,7530.1n/a160Steady
Save London Action Group1,7270.1n/a130Steady
Abolish the GLC1,1580.1n/a70Steady
Irish National Party7930.0n/a30Steady
Fellowship6370.0Steady10Steady
Ind. Conservative3620.0Steady10Steady
New Britain3460.0Steady10Steady
Workers (Leninist)1450.0n/a10Steady
Revolutionary Communist116n/aSteady10Steady
Socialist (GB)83n/aSteady10Steady

Turnout: 2,250,118 people voted. All parties shown.[3]

References
  1. "Local Government (Interim Provisions) Act 1984" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2010.
  2. "The rise and fall of the GLC". 31 March 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. "GLC Election Results Summaries". election.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2009.

Footnotes
  1. Andrew McIntosh led the party into the election. Within 24 hours however McIntosh's leadership was toppled by Ken Livingstone; a member of the party's left-wing.
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