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.[1]
1981 Wiltshire County Council election|
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- ^ a b 'Declarations from the county councils' in The Times of London, issue 60923 dated Saturday, 9 May 1981, p. 4