# 1981 Lincolnshire County Council election

The 1981 Lincolnshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 7 May 1981, following boundary changes to the county's electoral divisions. The whole council of 76 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council, winning 42 seats.

## Results by division

Each electoral division returned one county councillor. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below. "Unopposed" indicates that the councillor was elected unopposed.
| Electoral Division | Party | Councillor | Votes |
| Alford & Spilsby | Conservative | M. Kennedy | 967 |
| Alford Coast | Liberal | P. Morley | Unopposed |
| Bardney & Cherry Willingham | Independent | E. Bramley | 883 |
| Bassingham Rural | Conservative | W. Wyrill | 1,601 |
| Billinghay & Cranwell | Conservative | Z. Scoley | 1,058 |
| Birchwood | Liberal | D. Templeman | 1,111 |
| Bolingbroke Castle | Conservative | I. Simons | 988 |
| Boston Rural South | Conservative | R. Upsall | 858 |
| Boston West | Conservative | C. Fovargue | 1,182 |
| Boultham | Labour | L. Wells | 1,053 |
| Bourne Abbey | Conservative | D. Fisher | 757 |
| Bourne Castle | Conservative | R. Cliffe | 1,011 |
| Caenby | Conservative | R. Johnson | 1,555 |
| Carholme | Conservative | S. Campbell | 952 |
| Cliff | Conservative | W. Rawson | 1,046 |
| Coastal | Independent | J. Hildred | 1,397 |
| Crowland Rural | Conservative | W. Speechley | 1,175 |
| Devon & St Johns | Labour | H. Harris | 1,123 |
| Donington Rural | Independent | S. Bingham | 824 |
| Earlesfield | Labour | G. Lynch | 1,162 |
| East Elloe | Conservative | J. Fisher | Unopposed |
| Fenside | Conservative | R. Day | 882 |
| Folkingham Rural | Conservative | B. Lee | 1,045 |
| Gainsborough East | Liberal | R. Rainsforth | 1,103 |
| Gainsborough North | Conservative | J. Bassett | 771 |
| Gainsborough South | Labour | L. Rainsforth | 1,056 |
| Gainsborough Rural North | Liberal | M. French | 1,198 |
| Gainsborough Rural South | Independent | J. Westgarth | 1,213 |
| Grantham North | Conservative | M. Spencer-Gregson | 1,622 |
| Grantham South | Conservative | H. Nadin | 1,326 |
| Grantham West | Conservative | H. Brownlow | 1,277 |
| Grimsthorpe | Conservative | R. Tamplin | 1,019 |
| Harrowby | Labour | E. Davies | 1,413 |
| Holbeach | Independent | T. Tyler | Unopposed |
| Holbeach Fen | Conservative | D. Mawby | Unopposed |
| Horncastle & Tetford | Independent | F. Cupit | 957 |
| Hough | Conservative | P. Newton | Unopposed |
| Hykeham Forum | Conservative | P. Gaul | 1,114 |
| Lincoln Abbey | Labour | J. Robertson | 1,283 |
| Lincoln Bracebridge | Conservative | E. Jenkins | 1,105 |
| Lincoln Castle | Labour | J. Ward | 1,203 |
| Lincoln Moorland | Labour | N. Baldock | 891 |
| Lincoln Park | Labour | T. Rook | 914 |
| Longdales | Labour | D. Miller | 1,088 |
| Louth Marsh | Conservative | J. Libell | 1,077 |
| Louth North | Conservative | C. Bennett | 830 |
| Louth Rural North | Conservative | R. Brooks | 707 |
| Louth South | Conservative | I. Wilkinson | 948 |
| Louth Wolds | Conservative | C. Turner | 1,032 |
| Mablethorpe | Liberal | W. Baker | 1,263 |
| Metheringham | Social Democrat | D. Bates | 888 |
| Minster | Labour | J. Metcalfe | 1,252 |
| Nettleham & Saxilby | Conservative | P. Heneage | 1,476 |
| North East Kesteven | Conservative | F. Marshall | 1,325 |
| North Wolds | Conservative | V. Hudson | 1,310 |
| Rasen Wolds | Independent | W. Hall | 1,054 |
| Skegness North | Liberal | H. Fainlight | 1,133 |
| Skegness South | Conservative | L. Parkes | 1,149 |
| Skellingthorpe & Hykeham South | Conservative | B. Gledhill | 764 |
| Skirbeck | Labour | A. Goodson | 1,246 |
| Sleaford | Independent | E. Robertson | 1,255 |
| Sleaford Rural North | Conservative | T. Hall | 1,425 |
| Sleaford Rural South | Liberal | L. Pinchbeck | 1,455 |
| Spalding Abbey | Conservative | D. Guttridge | 858 |
| Spalding North & Weston | Conservative | R. King | 1,188 |
| Spalding North West | Social Democrat | A. Newton | 1,048 |
| Stamford North | Conservative | W. Simpson | 924 |
| Stamford South | Liberal | M. Belton | 1,456 |
| Tattershall Castle | Conservative | B. Harvey | Unopposed |
| The Deepings | Liberal | J. Anderson | 1,997 |
| Tritton | Labour | F. Wright | 1,146 |
| Wainfleet & Burgh | Liberal | J. Dodsworth | 1,022 |
| West Elloe | Conservative | G. Walker | Unopposed |
| Witham | Independent | N. Middlebrook | 1,003 |
| Woodhall Spa & Wragby | Conservative | D. Hoyes | Unopposed |
| Wyberton | Conservative | S. Budge | 1,024 |