| Election Name: | 1985 Nottinghamshire County Council election |
| Country: | Nottinghamshire |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1981 Nottinghamshire County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1981 |
| Next Election: | 1989 Nottinghamshire County Council election |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
| Seats For Election: | All 88 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 45 |
| Election Date: | 2 May 1985 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 55 |
| Seats1: | 48 |
| Seat Change1: | 7 |
| Popular Vote1: | 133,761 |
| Percentage1: | 40.29% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 32 |
| Seats2: | 37 |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| Popular Vote2: | 124,618 |
| Percentage2: | 37.53% |
| Party4: | SDP–Liberal Alliance |
| Seats Before4: | 0 |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 69,511 |
| Percentage4: | 20.93% |
| Party5: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 2,469 |
| Percentage5: | 0.74% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| After Election: | 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.[1] [2]
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.[2]
| Electoral Division | Party | Councillor | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Central | Conservative | R. Griffin | 2,343 | ||
| Arnold East | Conservative | T. Roach | 1,916 | ||
| Arnold West | Conservative | A. Dalton | 1,870 | ||
| Balderton | Conservative | W. Keeton | 2,317 | ||
| Beeston North | Conservative | J. Dwan | 1,504 | ||
| Beeston South | Labour | M. Warner | 1,715 | ||
| Bingham | Conservative | K. Thompson | 2,659 | ||
| Blidworth | Labour | L. Jones | 1,999 | ||
| Blyth & Harworth | Labour | T. Nicholson | 2,117 | ||
| Bramcote & Stapleford East | Conservative | M. Cornish | 2,256 | ||
| Calverton | Conservative | E. Collin | 1,793 | ||
| Carlton Central | SDP–Liberal Alliance | R. Poynter | 2,161 | ||
| Carlton East | Conservative | H. Stanley | 2,412 | ||
| Carlton South | Conservative | P. Read | 1,940 | ||
| Carlton West | Conservative | B. Noble | 1,776 | ||
| Caunton | Conservative | R. Tow | 2,643 | ||
| Chilwell | Conservative | E. Hudson | 1,945 | ||
| Collingham | Conservative | E. Yates | 1,880 | ||
| Cotgrave | Conservative | D. Jeffreys | 2,220 | ||
| East Leake | Conservative | D. Lingham | 2,401 | ||
| Eastwood & Brinsley | Labour | D. Pettitt | 2,143 | ||
| Greasley & Nuthall | Conservative | C. Minkley | 2,703 | ||
| Hucknall East | Labour | W. Whitehouse | 2,312 | ||
| Hucknall West | Labour | D. Philby | 2,463 | ||
| Keyworth | Conservative | S. Pattinson | 2,698 | ||
| Kimberley & Trowell | Conservative | A. Briggs | 2,070 | ||
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield North | Labour | J. Thierry | 2,159 | ||
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield South | Labour | G. Young | 2,074 | ||
| Mansfield - Cumberlands & Ladybrook | Labour | K. Williams | 1,815 | ||
| Mansfield - Leeming & Forest Town | Labour | P. Turnbull-Edmunds | 1,765 | ||
| Mansfield - Northfield & Manor | Labour | B. Whitelaw | 1,621 | ||
| Mansfield - Oak Tree & Lindhurst | Labour | T. Butler | 1,147 | ||
| Mansfield - Oakham & Berry Hill | Conservative | E. Cheesewright | 2,024 | ||
| Mansfield - Pleasley Hill & Broomhill | Labour | W. Morris | 1,497 | ||
| Mansfield - Ravensdale & Sherwood | Labour | F. Warsop | 1,592 | ||
| Mansfield - Titchfield & Eakring | Labour | C. Winterton | 1,539 | ||
| Misterton | Conservative | G. Berry | 2,700 | ||
| Newark North | Conservative | V. Dobson | 1,670 | ||
| Newark South | Labour | C. Bromfield | 1,778 | ||
| Newstead | Conservative | L. Kelly | 1,783 | ||
| Nottingham - Abbey | Conservative | M. Whittaker | 1,855 | ||
| Nottingham - Aspley | Labour | F. Price | 1,701 | ||
| Nottingham - Basford | Labour | J. Heppell | 1,996 | ||
| Nottingham - Beechdale | Labour | W. Churchill | 1,882 | ||
| Nottingham - Bestwood Park | Labour | W. Higgins | 1,889 | ||
| Nottingham - Bilborough | Labour | M. Cowan | 1,263 | ||
| Nottingham - Bridge | Labour | A. Mullender | 2,594 | ||
| Nottingham - Bulwell East | Labour | S. Tipping | 1,728 | ||
| Nottingham - Bulwell West | Labour | F. Riddell | 1,963 | ||
| Nottingham - Byron | Labour | V. Bell | 2,065 | ||
| Nottingham - Clifton East | Labour | A. Palmer | 1,603 | ||
| Nottingham - Clifton West | Labour | G. Dobson | 1,861 | ||
| Nottingham - Greenwood | Conservative | R. Tuck | 1,746 | ||
| Nottingham - Lenton | Labour | M. Aslam | 2,114 | ||
| Nottingham - Manvers | Labour | A. Simpson | 2,095 | ||
| Nottingham - Mapperley | Conservative | E. Chambers | 1,621 | ||
| Nottingham - Portland | Labour | D. Woodward | 1,250 | ||
| Nottingham - Radford | Labour | I. Clark | 2,464 | ||
| Nottingham - Robin Hood | Conservative | A. Shaftoe | 1,571 | ||
| Nottingham - Sherwood | Conservative | J. Jenkin-Jones | 1,685 | ||
| Nottingham - St. Anns | Labour | M. Riasat | 1,952 | ||
| Nottingham - Strelley | Labour | E. Hoskin | 1,511 | ||
| Nottingham - Trent | Labour | R. Stenson | 1,480 | ||
| Nottingham - Wilford | Conservative | J. Armstrong-Holmes | 1,657 | ||
| Nottingham - Wollaton | Conservative | J. Hayes | 2,647 | ||
| Ollerton | Labour | S. Smedley | 3,161 | ||
| Radcliffe-on-Trent | Conservative | F. Hobson | 1,874 | ||
| Retford North | Independent | A. Wright | 1,641 | ||
| Retford South | Labour | S. Clark | 1,777 | ||
| Ruddington | SDP–Liberal Alliance | S. Bennett | 2,042 | ||
| Rufford | Labour | M. Gray | 2,251 | ||
| Selston | Labour | J. Taylor | 1,793 | ||
| Southwell | Conservative | T. Butcher | 3,422 | ||
| Stapleford North & West | Labour | G. Miller | 2,266 | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield Central | Labour | W. Shaw | 1,643 | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield East | Labour | T. Barsby | 1,837 | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield North | Labour | J. Anthony | 1,757 | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield West | Labour | R. Walters | 1,703 | ||
| Toton & Attenborough | Conservative | G. Bottomley | 1,615 | ||
| Tuxford | Conservative | J. Hempsall | 2,194 | ||
| Warsop | Labour | F. Taylor | 2,771 | ||
| West Bridgford East | Conservative | B. Borrett | 1,751 | ||
| West Bridgford South | Conservative | P. Wright | 2,226 | ||
| West Bridgford West | Conservative | B. Fiars | 1,856 | ||
| Worksop East | Labour | F. Groves | 2,291 | ||
| Worksop North & Carlton | Labour | A. Burton | 2,270 | ||
| Worksop South East & Welbeck | Labour | S. Rolstone | Unopposed | ||
| Worksop West | Labour | A. Davison | 1,825 | ||