title: 1981 Wiltshire County Council election
text: # 1981 Wiltshire County Council election
  
  Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1981, following boundary changes to the county's electoral divisions. The whole council of seventy-four members was up for election and the result was that the Conservatives retained their control, winning forty seats. Labour ended with twenty county councillors, the Liberals twelve, and Independents two, including one Ratepayer.
  
  ## Election result
  
  Result of Wiltshire County Council election, 1981 :
  
  | Party | Seats | Seats % |
  | - | - | - |
  | Conservative | 40 | 54.1 % |
  | Liberal | 20 | 27.0 % |
  | Labour | 12 | 16.2 % |
  | Independent | 2 | 2.7 % |
  