Nottinghamshire County Council election, 1989

Nottinghamshire County Council election, 1989

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All 88 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council 45 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Social and Liberal Democrats Seats before 48 37 2 Seats won 50 34 4 Seat change 2 3 2 Popular vote 155,018 128,379 33,727 Percentage 47.09% 39.00% 10.25%
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 1989 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 4 May 1989. 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 fifty seats. The Conservatives won thirty-four councillors and the Social and Liberal Democrats won four seats.

Minor boundary changes took place for this election, with the parish of Broadholme being transferred to Lincolnshire and the division of Newstead was enlarged by the addition of Ravenshead which had been transferred to Gedling from Newark and Sherwood in 1987.

Each electoral division returned one county councillor. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below.