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    1981 handbook

    Cheshire: 1981 local elections

    15 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1980) (67 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 56 · Labour 9 · Other 2 · The Liberal Party 0

    After (end of 1981) (71 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 35 · Conservative 28 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Other 1

    Ward results

    Alderley1 seat · turnout 45.3%
    M. MelroseConservative2,657
    A. RobbLIB707
    W. RobinsLabour295
    Broxton1 seat
    J. HumphreysConservative0 ✓
    Cholmondeley1 seat · turnout 39.1%
    W. YoungConservative2,227
    C. MarshallLabour473
    J. BostockLIB437
    Crewe South1 seat · turnout 44.5%
    R. HinksLabour1,781
    M. ScholesRES1,639
    R. PhillipsLIB239
    Crewe West1 seat · turnout 35.9%
    G. CookLabour2,916
    B SilvesterConservative853
    G. GriffithsLIB449
    Gowy1 seat · turnout 43.0%
    D. PerryConservative2,804
    R. MorganLIB1,209
    R. BlairLabour852
    Macclesfield Forest1 seat · turnout 42.4%
    D. EdwardesConservative1,747 ✓
    D. DobsonIndependent1,237
    J. BullenLabour868
    N. BarrattIndependent174
    Mickle Trafford1 seat · turnout 43.3%
    D. McConnellConservative1,943
    D. BaddockLIB1,065
    Price J.Labour690
    Nantwich1 seat · turnout 47.5%
    T. HolmanConservative2,430
    J. FyffeLabour1,376
    E. GeorgeLIB585
    Northwich West1 seat · turnout 47.1%
    M. CrossLabour2,183
    C. PhillipsConservative1,933
    J. AlleySOC DEM732
    Overleigh1 seat · turnout 48.3%
    A. DavisConservative2,645
    N. HughesLabour1,995
    S. FraserLIB1,029
    Poynton1 seat · turnout 41.5%
    A. HopkinsConservative3,579
    M.S. NolanLabour1,379
    Rope1 seat · turnout 51.5%
    A. RichardsonConservative2,490
    B. MifflinLabour1,900
    J. PhillipsonLIB571
    Sandbach1 seat · turnout 45.5%
    C. SmedleyLIB2,397
    I. LeaConservative1,684
    R. GodfreyLabour1,046
    Upton1 seat · turnout 43.8%
    J. JonesConservative2,645
    R. SmithLabour1,591
    P. LowryLIB1,062