Greater London Council election, 1981

Greater London Council election, 1981

7 May 1981
92 councillors
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Seats won 50 41 1

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.

Political Party		Votes	Share of Vote (%)	% Change	Candidates	Seats Won	Seats Change
	Labour	939,457	41.8	+8.9	92	50	+22
	Conservative	894,234	39.7	-12.8	92	41	-23
	Liberal	323,856	14.4	+6.6	89	1	+1
	National Front	21,582	1.0	-4.4	41	0	0
	Social Democratic Alliance	21,582	1.0	N/A	10	0	0
	Ecology	17,515	0.8	+0.7	38	0	0
	Independent	7,763	0.3	+0.2	25	0	0
	New National Front	5,877	0.3	N/A	18	0	0
	Communist	5,275	0.2	-0.1	16	0	0
	Nationalist Party	4,857	0.2	N/A	23	0	0
	Workers Revolutionary	2,753	0.1	N/A	16	0	0
	Save London Action Group	1,727	0.1	N/A	13	0	0
	Abolish the GLC	1,158	0.1	N/A	7	0	0
	Irish National Party	793	0.0	N/A	3	0	0
	Fellowship	637	0.0	0.0	1	0	0
	Independent Conservative	362	0.0	0.0	1	0	0
	New Britain	346	0.0	0.0	1	0	0
	Workers (Leninist)	145	0.0	N/A	1	0	0
	Revolutionary Communist	116	N/A	0.0	1	0	0
	Socialist (GB)	83	N/A	0.0	1	0	0

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

This was the last election to the GLC. The Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher took the decision to abolish the council in the mid-1980s. 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.