Nottinghamshire County Council elections

Nottinghamshire County Council elections are held every four years. Nottinghamshire County Council is the upper-tier authority for the non-metropolitan county of Nottinghamshire in England. Since the last boundary changes in 2017, 66 county councillors have been elected from 56 electoral divisions.[1]

Council elections

Year Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats[a] Reform UKIP Ashfield Ind. Mansfield Ind. Independents
& Others		 Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (89 seats)
1973[2] 54 35 0 – – – – 0 Labour
1977[2] 20 66 1 – – – – 2[b] Conservative
New division boundaries; seats decreased from 89 to 88
1981[2] 55 32 0 – – – – 1[c] Labour
1985[2] 48 37 2 – – – – 1 Labour
1989[2] 50 34 4 – – – – 0 Labour
1993[2] 58 24 6 – – – – 0 Labour
Nottingham becomes a unitary authority; seats decreased from 88 to 63
1997[2] 42 17 4 – 0 – – 0 Labour
2001[2] 40 20 3 – 0 – – 0 Labour
New division boundaries; seats increased from 63 to 67
2005[2] 38 25 4 – 0 – – 0 Labour
2009[2] 13 35 9 – 1 – 6 3[d] Conservative
2013[3] 34 21 8 – 0 – 2 2[e] Labour
New division boundaries; seats decreased from 67 to 66[4]
2017[5] 23 31 1 – 0 5 4 2[f] No overall control
2021[6] 15 37 1 0 0 10 0 3 Conservative
2025[7] 4 17 0 40 0 1 0 2[g] Reform

County result maps

By-election results

1997-2001

Nottingham Wilford By-Election 7 August 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 835 61.6 +20.1
Labour 457 33.7 −16.1
Liberal Democrats 64 4.7 −4.0
Majority 378 27.9
Turnout 1,356
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Blidworth By-Election 1 June 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 746 71.3
Conservative 301 28.7
Majority 445 42.6
Turnout 1,047 14.8
Labour hold Swing

2001-2005

Southwell By-Election 21 March 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,895 65.2 +17.3
Liberal Democrats 813 28.0 +0.6
Labour 197 6.8 +0.0
Majority 1,082 37.2
Turnout 2,905 25.1
Conservative hold Swing
Chilwell By-Election 27 June 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Jackson 1,488 46.5 +9.1
Labour 1,163 36.3 −6.5
Liberal Democrats 552 17.2 +2.2
Majority 325 10.2
Turnout 3,203 35.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

2005-2009

Mansfield East By-Election 28 September 2006[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Holt 1,228 38.0 +3.5
Conservative Ken Rees 628 19.4 +1.0
Independent Syd Owen 620 19.2 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Phillip Smith 544 16.8 −0.3
Green Paul Frost 214 6.6 −2.2
Majority 600 18.6
Turnout 3,234 17.5
Labour hold Swing
Hucknall By-Election 25 January 2007[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Murphy 1,597 32.5 +0.3
Labour John Wilmott 1,554 31.6 −18.2
Liberal Democrats Harry Toseland 1,007 20.5 +20.5
UKIP Peter Foulkes 413 8.4 +8.4
Green Mark Harrison 350 7.1 −4.5
Majority 43 0.9
Turnout 4,921 21.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Sutton in Ashfield North By-Election 22 March 2007[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jason Zadrozny 1,979 73.1 +59.2
Labour David Parker 435 16.1 −28.7
Conservative Peter Thorpe 222 8.2 −15.6
UKIP Peter Foulkes 70 2.6 +2.6
Majority 1,544 57.0
Turnout 2,706 31.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Newark East By-Election 17 September 2009[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stuart Wallace 517 45.2 −6.4
Liberal Democrats Chris Harrison 322 28.1 −2.3
Labour Glenn Bardill 198 17.3 −0.7
UKIP Terry Coleman 107 9.4 +9.4
Majority 195 17.1
Turnout 1,144 15.6
Conservative hold Swing
Mansfield South By-Election 25 February 2010[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Winterton 1,342 33.5 +13.4
Mansfield Independent Forum Andrew Tristram 1,108 27.6 −12.7
Conservative Drew Stafford 774 19.3 −9.2
UKIP Nick Bennet 489 12.2 +12.2
Liberal Democrats Danielle Gent 295 7.4 −3.8
Majority 234 5.9
Turnout 4,008 20.9
Labour gain from Independent Swing

2009-2013

Chilwell & Toton By-Election 15 March 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Doddy 1,958 47.7 +5.9
Liberal Democrats David Watts 1,375 33.5 +20.6
UKIP Lee Waters 682 16.6 +7.0
Majority 583 14.2
Turnout 4,102 25.6
Conservative hold Swing
Rufford By-Election 20 September 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Peck 1,557 58.0 +27.8
Conservative Daniel Mottishaw 660 24.6 −9.7
Nottinghamshire Independents Jim Gregson 346 12.9 −22.7
UKIP Carole Terzza 123 4.6 +4.6
Majority 897 33.4
Turnout 2,686 24.52
Labour gain from Nottinghamshire Independents Swing

2013-2017

Bingham by-election 4 August 2016[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis Purdue-Horan 1,270 44.0 +2.2
Independent Tracey Kerry 1,232 42.7 N/A
Labour Alan Walker 382 13.2 −7.0
Majority 38 1.3
Turnout 2,890 28.1
Conservative hold Swing

2021-2025

Collingham by-election 17 February 2022[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Debbie Darby 2,009 63.8 +63.8
Conservative Jack Kellas 898 28.5 −11.7
Labour Jennifer Kaye 244 7.7 +7.7
Majority 1,111 35.3
Turnout 2,890
Independent hold Swing
Eastwood by-election 3 November 2022[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Kane Oliver 1,223 43.1 +43.1
Labour Milan Radulovic 1,182 41.7 −0.1
Conservative Mick Brown 431 15.2 −31.2
Majority 41 1.4
Turnout 2,836
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Kirkby South by-election 4 May 2023[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ashfield Ind. Rachel Madden 1,680 51.2 −7.0
Labour Lorraine Fagan 1,017 31.0 +8.5
Conservative Sam Howlett 584 17.8 −1.5
Majority 663 20.2
Turnout 3,281
Ashfield Ind. hold Swing

2025-2029

Newark West by-election 3 July 2025[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Girling 680 34.7 +4.8
Reform Caroline Hinds 672 34.3 −1.6
Labour Paul Taylor 316 16.1 −4.0
Green Matthew Spoors 190 9.7 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Johnson Sabine 90 4.6 −1.9
SDP Andrew Leatherland 11 0.6 +0.6
Majority 8 0.4
Turnout 1,959
Conservative gain from Reform Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ↑ 2 Residents Association
  3. ↑ 1 Residents Association
  4. ↑ Including 1 Selston Parish Independent
  5. ↑ Including 1 Selston Parish Independent
  6. ↑ Including 1 Selston Parish Independent
  7. ↑ Including 1 Broxtowe Alliance

References

  1. ↑ "The Nottinghamshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2016", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2016/659, retrieved 19 August 2022
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Nottinghamshire County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). University of Plymouth. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Election Summary 02 May 2013". Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "The Nottinghamshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2016". legislation.gov.uk. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Election Summary 04 May 2017". Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Election Summary 06 May 2021". Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Nottinghamshire election result". BBC News. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "East Mansfield by-election 2006". Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  9. ↑ "Hucknall by-election 2007". Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  10. ↑ "Sutton-in-Ashfield North By-election 2007". Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  11. ↑ "Newark East by-election result". Nottinghamshire County Council. 18 September 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  12. ↑ "Mansfield South by-election result". Nottinghamshire County Council. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
  13. ↑ "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL" (PDF). 4 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Collingham Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  15. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Eastwood Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  16. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Kirkby South Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Newark West Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
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