1981 Suffolk County Council election
1981 UK local government election
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The 1981 Suffolk County Council election took place on 7 May 1981 to elect members of Suffolk County Council in Suffolk, England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.
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7 May 1981
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Summary
Election result
| 1981 Suffolk County Council election[1] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Conservative | 77 | 49 |  21 |
59.8 | 46.5 | 88,115 | –15.5 | |||
| Labour | 77 | 31 |  22 |
37.8 | 41.6 | 78,895 | +10.0 | |||
| Independent | 9 | 2 |  |
2.4 | 2.8 | 5,283 | –1.5 | |||
| Liberal | 19 | 0 | 1 |
0.0 | 6.9 | 13,114 | +5.5 | |||
| Ecology | 12 | 0 | |
0.0 | 1.4 | 2,722 | N/A | |||
| Independent Liberal | 1 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.4 | 821 | N/A | |||
| Independent Social Democrat | 1 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.3 | 543 | N/A | |||
