1981 United Kingdom local elections

Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in May 1981.

1981 United Kingdom local elections

7 May 1981 (England & Wales)
20 May 1981 (Northern Ireland)

1 Unicameral area, all 6 metropolitan counties,
all 39 non-metropolitan counties, 1 sui generis authority,
all 26 Northern Irish districts and all 8 Welsh counties
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Margaret Thatcher Michael Foot David Steel
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Leader since 11 February 1975 10 November 1980 7 July 1976
Percentage 38% 41% 17%
Councillors 10,545 8,999 1,455
Councillors +/- 1,193 988 306

Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
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