Greater London Council election, 1981

Greater London Council election, 1981

"Turnout: 2,250,118 people voted. All parties with more than 2,000 votes shown."

This was the last election to the GLC. The Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher took the decision to abolish the council in the mid-80s. For more information on this see the article, Greater London Council. Following the abolition of the GLC, there were direct elections to the Inner London Education Authority in 1986.


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