| Country: | Barbados |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1976 Barbadian general election |
| Previous Year: | 1976 |
| Next Election: | 1986 Barbadian general election |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
| Turnout: | 71.58% (2.51pp) |
| Seats For Election: | 27 seats in the House of Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 14 |
| Election Date: | 18 June 1981 |
| Leader2: | Errol Barrow |
| Party2: | Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) |
| Last Election2: | 7 seats |
| Seats2: | 10 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 55,845 |
| Percentage2: | 47.13% |
| Swing2: | 0.69pp |
| Image1: | Tom Adams (politician).jpg |
| Leader1: | Tom Adams |
| Party1: | Barbados Labour Party |
| Last Election1: | 17 seats |
| Seats1: | 17 |
| Popular Vote1: | 61,883 |
| Percentage1: | 52.22% |
| Swing1: | 0.47pp |
| Prime Minister | |
| Before Election: | Tom Adams |
| Before Party: | Barbados Labour Party |
| After Election: | Tom Adams |
| After Party: | Barbados Labour Party |
General elections were held in Barbados on 18 June 1981.[1] The result was a victory for the ruling Barbados Labour Party, which won 17 of the 27 seats. Voter turnout was 71.6%.[1]
This was the first election to take place after the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act (1980) had increased the number of seats in the House of Assembly of Barbados from 24 to 27, the first such expansion since 1843.[2]