The 1981 Merseyside County Council election took place on 7 May to elect members of

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in England. This was on the same day as other

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. Merseyside County Council was abolished in 1986.

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with

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Results by borough

Knowsley

Turnout: 31.9% (2.1%)

Liverpool

Turnout: 37.1% (3.2%)

Sefton

Turnout: 36.6% (2.6)

St Helens

Turnout: 35.7% (1.6%)

Wirral

Turnout: 39.9% (1.9%)

Ward results

Results compared directly with the last local election in

Knowsley

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

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

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

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

Kirkby No. 1 (Central Kirkby and Minstead)

Kirkby No. 2 (Cherryfield and Whitfield)

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

Prescot

Whiston No. 1 (Croton-Tarbock-Whiston)

Whiston No. 3 (Halewood)

Whiston No. 4 (Knowsley)

Liverpool

Liverpool No.1 (Abercromby & St. James)

Liverpool No.2 (Aigburth)

Liverpool No.3 (Allerton)

Liverpool No.4 (Anfield)

Liverpool No.5 (Arundel)

Liverpool No.6 (Breckfield & St. Domingo)

Liverpool No.7 (Broadgreen)

Liverpool No.8 (Central & Everton)

Liverpool No.9 (Childwall)

Liverpool No.10 (Church)

Liverpool No.11 (Clubmoor)

Liverpool No.12 (County)

Liverpool No.13 (Croxteth)

Liverpool No.14 (Dingle)

Liverpool No.15 (Dovecot)

Liverpool No.16 (Fairfield)

Liverpool No.17 (Fazakerley)

Liverpool No.18 (Gillmoss)

Liverpool No.19 (Granby & Princes Park)

Liverpool No.20 (Kensington)

Liverpool No.21 (Low Hill & Smithdown)

Liverpool No.22 (Melrose & Westminster)

Liverpool No.23 (Old Swan)

Liverpool No.24 (Picton)

Liverpool No.25 (Pirrie)

Liverpool No.26 (St. Marys)

Liverpool No.27 (St. Michaels)

Liverpool No.28 (Sandhills & Vauxhall)

Liverpool No.29 (Speke)

Liverpool No.30 (Tuebrook)

Liverpool No.31 (Warbreck)

Liverpool No.32 (Woolton East)

Liverpool No.33 (Woolton West)

Sefton

Bootle No.1

Bootle No.2 (Linacre & Mersey)

Bootle No.3 (Netherton, Orrell & Sefton)

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

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

Crosby No.3

Crosby No.4

Formby

Litherland

Southport No.1 (Ainsdale, Birkdale & South)

Southport No.2

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

Southport No.4 (Craven-Sussex-Talbot)

Southport No.5 (Hesketh & Scarisbrick)

Southport No.6 (Marine and Park)

West Lancashire No.1 (Aintree)

West Lancashire No.2

West Lancashire No.3

St. Helens

Haydock

Newton Le Willows

Rainford

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

St. Helens No.2 (East Sutton)

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

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

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

St. Helens No.6 (Parr)

Whiston No.2 (Eccleston and Windle)

Whiston No. 5 (Rainhill and Bold)

Wirral

Bebington No.1 (Higher Bebington and Woodhey)

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

Wirral Bebington No.3 (South Bromborough and Eastham)

Bebington No. 4 (Lower Bebington & Poulton)

Birkenhead No.1 ( Argyle-Clifton-Holt)

Birkenhead No.2 (
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and Mersey)

Birkenhead No. 3 ( Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland)

Birkenhead No.4 ( Devonshire and Egerton)

Birkenhead No. 5 (
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)

Birkenhead No.6 ( Oxton)

Birkenhead No. 7 (
Prenton Prenton is a suburb of Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. Administratively, it is also a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of the County Borough of Birkenhead, withi ...
)

Birkenhead No.8 ( Upton)

Hoylake No.1 ( Royden)

Hoylake No.2 (
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)

Wallasey No.1 (
Leasowe Leasowe () is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. Located on the north coast of the Wirral Peninsula, it is approximately to the west of Wallasey. Historically within Cheshire, Leasowe was part of the old Cou ...
))

Wallasey No.2 (
Liscard Liscard is an area of the town of Wallasey, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The most centrally located of Wallasey's townships, it is the main shopping area of the town, with many shops located in the Cherry Tree Sh ...
)

Wallasey No.3 ( Moreton)

Wallasey No.4 (
Wallasey Wallasey () is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is at the mouth of the River Mersey, on the north-eastern corner of the Wirral Peninsula. It lies within the Historic counties of England, historic county bou ...
)

Wallasey No.5 ( New Brighton)

Wallasey No.6 (
Seacombe Seacombe () is a district of the town of Wallasey, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. Administratively, Seacombe is a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was p ...
)

Wirral No.1 (
Heswall Heswall () is a coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. It was historically part of Cheshire and became part of Merseyside in 1974. It is located on the Wirral Peninsula. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 202 ...
)

Wirral No.2 (Irby, Pensby & Thurstaston)

Notes

References

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