Nottinghamshire County Council election, 1985

Nottinghamshire County Council election, 1985

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All 88 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council 45 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Seats before 55 32 Seats won 48 37 Seat change 7 5 Popular vote 133,761 124,618 Percentage 40.29% 37.53%   Third party Fourth party   Party SDP–Liberal Alliance Independent Seats before 0 0 Seats won 2 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 69,511 2,469 Percentage 20.93% 0.74%
Map of the results of the election in each division. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Labour

Labour

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.

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.