# 1985 Nottinghamshire County Council election

The 1985 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 2 May 1985. The whole council of eighty-eight members was up for election and the result was that the Labour Party retained control of the Council, winning forty-eight seats. The Conservatives won thirty-seven councillors and the SDP–Liberal Alliance made gains in terms of percentage vote share, but won just two seats. An Independent councillor was elected in the Retford North division.

## 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 |
| Arnold Central | Conservative | R. Griffin | 2,343 |
| Arnold East | Conservative | T. Roach | 1,916 |
| Arnold West | Conservative | A. Dalton | 1,870 |
| Balderton | Conservative | W. Keeton | 2,317 |
| Beeston North | Conservative | J. Dwan | 1,504 |
| Beeston South | Labour | M. Warner | 1,715 |
| Bingham | Conservative | K. Thompson | 2,659 |
| Blidworth | Labour | L. Jones | 1,999 |
| Blyth & Harworth | Labour | T. Nicholson | 2,117 |
| Bramcote & Stapleford East | Conservative | M. Cornish | 2,256 |
| Calverton | Conservative | E. Collin | 1,793 |
| Carlton Central | SDP–Liberal Alliance | R. Poynter | 2,161 |
| Carlton East | Conservative | H. Stanley | 2,412 |
| Carlton South | Conservative | P. Read | 1,940 |
| Carlton West | Conservative | B. Noble | 1,776 |
| Caunton | Conservative | R. Tow | 2,643 |
| Chilwell | Conservative | E. Hudson | 1,945 |
| Collingham | Conservative | E. Yates | 1,880 |
| Cotgrave | Conservative | D. Jeffreys | 2,220 |
| East Leake | Conservative | D. Lingham | 2,401 |
| Eastwood & Brinsley | Labour | D. Pettitt | 2,143 |
| Greasley & Nuthall | Conservative | C. Minkley | 2,703 |
| Hucknall East | Labour | W. Whitehouse | 2,312 |
| Hucknall West | Labour | D. Philby | 2,463 |
| Keyworth | Conservative | S. Pattinson | 2,698 |
| Kimberley & Trowell | Conservative | A. Briggs | 2,070 |
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield North | Labour | J. Thierry | 2,159 |
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield South | Labour | G. Young | 2,074 |
| Mansfield - Cumberlands & Ladybrook | Labour | K. Williams | 1,815 |
| Mansfield - Leeming & Forest Town | Labour | P. Turnbull-Edmunds | 1,765 |
| Mansfield - Northfield & Manor | Labour | B. Whitelaw | 1,621 |
| Mansfield - Oak Tree & Lindhurst | Labour | T. Butler | 1,147 |
| Mansfield - Oakham & Berry Hill | Conservative | E. Cheesewright | 2,024 |
| Mansfield - Pleasley Hill & Broomhill | Labour | W. Morris | 1,497 |
| Mansfield - Ravensdale & Sherwood | Labour | F. Warsop | 1,592 |
| Mansfield - Titchfield & Eakring | Labour | C. Winterton | 1,539 |
| Misterton | Conservative | G. Berry | 2,700 |
| Newark North | Conservative | V. Dobson | 1,670 |
| Newark South | Labour | C. Bromfield | 1,778 |
| Newstead | Conservative | L. Kelly | 1,783 |
| Nottingham - Abbey | Conservative | M. Whittaker | 1,855 |
| Nottingham - Aspley | Labour | F. Price | 1,701 |
| Nottingham - Basford | Labour | J. Heppell | 1,996 |
| Nottingham - Beechdale | Labour | W. Churchill | 1,882 |
| Nottingham - Bestwood Park | Labour | W. Higgins | 1,889 |
| Nottingham - Bilborough | Labour | M. Cowan | 1,263 |
| Nottingham - Bridge | Labour | A. Mullender | 2,594 |
| Nottingham - Bulwell East | Labour | S. Tipping | 1,728 |
| Nottingham - Bulwell West | Labour | F. Riddell | 1,963 |
| Nottingham - Byron | Labour | V. Bell | 2,065 |
| Nottingham - Clifton East | Labour | A. Palmer | 1,603 |
| Nottingham - Clifton West | Labour | G. Dobson | 1,861 |
| Nottingham - Greenwood | Conservative | R. Tuck | 1,746 |
| Nottingham - Lenton | Labour | M. Aslam | 2,114 |
| Nottingham - Manvers | Labour | A. Simpson | 2,095 |
| Nottingham - Mapperley | Conservative | E. Chambers | 1,621 |
| Nottingham - Portland | Labour | D. Woodward | 1,250 |
| Nottingham - Radford | Labour | I. Clark | 2,464 |
| Nottingham - Robin Hood | Conservative | A. Shaftoe | 1,571 |
| Nottingham - Sherwood | Conservative | J. Jenkin-Jones | 1,685 |
| Nottingham - St. Anns | Labour | M. Riasat | 1,952 |
| Nottingham - Strelley | Labour | E. Hoskin | 1,511 |
| Nottingham - Trent | Labour | R. Stenson | 1,480 |
| Nottingham - Wilford | Conservative | J. Armstrong-Holmes | 1,657 |
| Nottingham - Wollaton | Conservative | J. Hayes | 2,647 |
| Ollerton | Labour | S. Smedley | 3,161 |
| Radcliffe-on-Trent | Conservative | F. Hobson | 1,874 |
| Retford North | Independent | A. Wright | 1,641 |
| Retford South | Labour | S. Clark | 1,777 |
| Ruddington | SDP–Liberal Alliance | S. Bennett | 2,042 |
| Rufford | Labour | M. Gray | 2,251 |
| Selston | Labour | J. Taylor | 1,793 |
| Southwell | Conservative | T. Butcher | 3,422 |
| Stapleford North & West | Labour | G. Miller | 2,266 |
| Sutton-in-Ashfield Central | Labour | W. Shaw | 1,643 |
| Sutton-in-Ashfield East | Labour | T. Barsby | 1,837 |
| Sutton-in-Ashfield North | Labour | J. Anthony | 1,757 |
| Sutton-in-Ashfield West | Labour | R. Walters | 1,703 |
| Toton & Attenborough | Conservative | G. Bottomley | 1,615 |
| Tuxford | Conservative | J. Hempsall | 2,194 |
| Warsop | Labour | F. Taylor | 2,771 |
| West Bridgford East | Conservative | B. Borrett | 1,751 |
| West Bridgford South | Conservative | P. Wright | 2,226 |
| West Bridgford West | Conservative | B. Fiars | 1,856 |
| Worksop East | Labour | F. Groves | 2,291 |
| Worksop North & Carlton | Labour | A. Burton | 2,270 |
| Worksop South East & Welbeck | Labour | S. Rolstone | Unopposed |
| Worksop West | Labour | A. Davison | 1,825 |