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2023 Newark and Sherwood District Council election

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2023 Newark and Sherwood District Council election

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All 39 seats to Newark and Sherwood District Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader David Lloyd Paul Peacock
Party Conservative Labour
Last election 27 seats, 47.9% 7 seats, 26.9%
Seats before 29 7
Seats after 14 11
Seat change Decrease 13 Increase 4

  Third party Fourth party
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Party Independent Liberal Democrats
Last election 3 seats, 8.0% 2 seats, 12.8%
Seats before 1 2
Seats after 11 3
Seat change Increase 8 Increase 1

Map of the results

Leader before election

David Lloyd
Conservative

Leader after election

Paul Peacock
Labour
No overall control

The 2023 Newark and Sherwood District Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 39 members of Newark and Sherwood District Council in Nottinghamshire, England.

Prior to the election the council had been under Conservative majority control, being led by David Lloyd. Following the results, the Conservatives lost the council to no overall control, and David Lloyd lost his seat.[1][2] The Labour group leader, Paul Peacock, was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023 with support from the Liberal Democrats and many of the independent councillors.[3]

Overall results

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The overall results were as follows:[4]

Newark and Sherwood District Council election, 2023
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 14 2 15 Decrease13 35.9 39.0 13,008 -8.9
  Labour 11 6 2 Increase4 28.2 26.5 8,852 -0.4
  Independent 11 9 1 Increase8 28.2 19.3 6,436 +11.3
  Liberal Democrats 3 1 0 Increase1 7.7 10.8 3,609 -5.1
  Reform UK 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 69 n/a
  TUSC 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 40 n/a

Ward results

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The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.[5][6][7]

Balderton North and Coddington

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Balderton North and Coddington (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Johno Lee* 809 53.9 +2.0
Independent Emma Louise Oldham 792 52.8 N/A
Conservative Betty Margaret Brooks* 715 47.6 −2.3
Liberal Democrats Klaus Becher 514 34.2 +22.4
Labour Lucy Olivia Spoors 414 27.6 +10.9
Turnout 1,501 34.21
Registered electors 5,268
Conservative hold
Independent gain from Conservative

Balderton South

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Balderton South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Simon Nicholas Forde 658 61.4 N/A
Independent Jean Hazel Hall 628 58.6 N/A
Conservative Lydia Hazel Hurst* 461 43.0 −24.9
Conservative Ronnie White* 397 37.0 −26.2
Turnout 1,072 26.74
Registered electors 4,353
Independent gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative

Beacon

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Beacon (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Susan Crosby 1,213 67.8 N/A
Independent Rowan Sally Cozens 1,180 66.0 N/A
Independent David Michael Moore 906 50.6 N/A
Conservative Rita Crowe* 709 39.6 −3.2
Conservative David James Lloyd* 694 38.8 −3.2
Conservative Matthew James Skinner* 666 37.2 −2.8
Turnout 1,789 30.01
Registered electors 6,831
Independent gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative

Bilsthorpe

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Bilsthorpe (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rhona Holloway* 412 52.2 −9.8
Labour Matt Kerry 377 47.8 +9.8
Turnout 789 28.62
Registered electors 2,785
Conservative hold

Boughton

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Boughton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Wildgust* 376 52.4 ±0.0
Labour Marc Steele 342 47.6 ±0.0
Turnout 718 30.93
Registered electors 2,341
Conservative hold

Bridge

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Bridge (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Debbie Darby 500 52.2 −5.2
Independent Irene Brown 381 39.8 −15.5
Labour Lisa June Geary 317 33.1 +7.5
Independent Mick Darby 249 26.0 N/A
Conservative Tony Roberts 224 23.4 +0.4
Conservative Andrew Christoper Rainbow 175 18.3 −1.4
Reform UK Robert Guy Michael Palmer 69 7.2 N/A
Turnout 958 22.05
Registered electors 4,934
Independent hold
Independent hold

Bridge ward had been held by Conservative councillors Simon Haynes and Jack Kellas immediately prior to the election. They both won their seats in by-elections in 2021 following the resignations of the two independent councillors elected in 2019, one of whom was Irene Brown, who was re-elected to the seat in 2023.[8] Seats shown as independent hold to allow comparison with 2019 results. Simon Haynes and Jack Kellas both stood in Farndon and Fernwood ward in 2023 rather than Bridge ward.

Castle

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Castle (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Adrian Charles Amer 261 34.8 N/A
Labour Glenn William Barker 253 33.8 +3.5
Conservative Jenni Oliver 235 31.4 −11.2
Turnout 749 28.85
Registered electors 2,627
Independent gain from Conservative

Collingham

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Collingham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Elaine Dales* 1,049 59.2 +16.7
Conservative Phil Farmer 847 47.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Marylyn Rayner 683 38.5 +16.7
Liberal Democrats Phil Barron 662 37.4 N/A
Green Martin James Lynn 303 17.1 N/A
Turnout 1,772 40.07
Registered electors 4,784
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Independent

Both Collingham seats were held by Conservatives immediately prior to the election, with Conservative councillor Emma Davis having won her seat in a by-election in 2022 following the death of the independent councillor elected in 2019.[9] Emma Davis did not stand for re-election in 2023. Seat shown as a Conservative gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019 results.

Devon

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Devon (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Neil Ross 910 72.5 N/A
Labour Matthew Joseph Thompson Spoors 671 53.5 +19.1
Labour Paul Taylor 640 51.0 +20.5
Conservative Bob Crowe* 530 42.2 +4.7
Conservative Max Cope* 514 41.0 +2.7
Conservative Keith Frank Girling* 501 39.9 +9.5
Turnout 1,255 24.89
Registered electors 6,598
Independent gain from Conservative
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Keith Girling was the sitting councillor for Castle ward prior to the election.

Dover Beck

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Dover Beck (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger James Jackson* 668 71.2 −5.6
Labour Joseph Maurice Spoors 270 28.8 +5.6
Turnout 938 38.57
Registered electors 2,450
Conservative hold

Edwinstowe and Clipstone

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Edwinstowe and Clipstone (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Stephen Peacock* 1,330 60.2 +15.3
Labour Andrew Freeman* 1,248 56.4 +13.9
Labour Anne Celia Brooks 1,172 53.0 +9.8
Conservative Scott Carlton* 1,081 48.9 +3.8
Conservative Rebecca Spademan 938 42.4 −1.8
Conservative Nigel Jeremy Booth 864 39.1 −4.2
Turnout 2,211 27.55
Registered electors 8,918
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Andrew Freeman had won his seat in a by-election in 2022 following the death of a Conservative elected in 2019.[10] Seat shown as Labour gain from Conservative to allow comparison with 2019 election.

Farndon and Fernwood

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Farndon and Fernwood (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Edward Haynes* 834 50.0 −4.1
Conservative Neil Allen 829 49.7 +0.2
Conservative Jack Logan Kellas* 823 49.3 +1.3
Independent Declan Patrick Logue 627 37.6 N/A
Labour Jane Elizabeth Olson 593 35.6 +16.4
Liberal Democrats Chris Adams 511 30.6 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Ryan Thomas Cullen 419 25.1 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Tom Geraghty 369 22.1 −5.1
Turnout 1,668 34.13
Registered electors 5,837
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Simon Haynes and Jack Kellas were both sitting councillors for Bridge ward prior to the election.

Farnsfield

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Farnsfield (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maurice Arthur Shakeshaft 604 51.4 +32.5
Conservative Robert Bruce Laughton*
(Bruce Laughton)
572 48.6 −5.7
Turnout 1,176 47.72
Registered electors 2,517
Labour gain from Conservative

Lowdham

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Lowdham (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Wendels* 594 61.7 +4.0
Labour Kevin Treverton Scoles 369 38.3 +26.6
Turnout 963 42.72
Registered electors 2,266
Conservative hold

Muskham

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Muskham (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sue Saddington* 618 55.5 −16.8
Green Jude Andrews 268 24.1 N/A
Labour Adrian James Loftus 228 20.5 +8.5
Turnout 1,114 45.8
Registered electors 2,428
Conservative hold

Ollerton

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Ollerton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Pringle* 1,198 77.9 +23.3
Labour Alice Brazier 963 62.6 +13.1
Labour Lee Robert Brazier* 953 62.0 +2.7
Conservative Kelly Fordham 501 32.6 −0.3
Turnout 1,538 22.95
Registered electors 7,345
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Rainworth North and Rufford

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Rainworth North and Rufford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Mary Tift 632 48.9 +7.6
Labour Claire Penny 549 42.5 +9.5
Conservative Lois Kirsten Fisher 482 37.3 −18.7
Conservative Petra Harvey-Barker 460 35.6 −18.3
Independent Carrie Young 258 20.0 N/A
Green Sheila Greatrex-White 163 12.6 N/A
TUSC Kirsty Denman 40 3.1 N/A
Turnout 1,292 27.53
Registered electors 5,110
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Rainworth South and Blidworth

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Rainworth South and Blidworth (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tina Thompson* 516 41.3 N/A
Conservative Tom Smith* 448 35.9 +6.3
Conservative Gary Frazer Fisher 419 33.6 +8.3
Labour Bill Bates 376 30.1 −8.9
Independent Martin Gary Atherton 347 27.8 −1.2
Labour Callam Walsh 266 21.3 −13.5
Independent Edward Litchfield 124 9.9 N/A
Turnout 1,248 29.45
Registered electors 4,469
Independent gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Tina Thompson had won her seat in a by-election in 2021 following the death of the Labour councillor elected in 2019.[11] Seat shown as an independent gain from Labour to allow comparison with 2019 results. Tom Smith was the sitting councillor for Rainworth North and Rufford ward prior to the election.

Southwell

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Southwell (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Penny Rainbow* 1,355 47.2 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Richard Bloomfield Harris* 1,346 46.9 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Karen Roberts 1,314 45.8 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Michael Berridge 1,039 36.2 −3.1
Conservative Curtis Marshall 1,000 34.8 −4.1
Conservative Michael John Jeffrey 955 33.3 −4.5
Labour Jamie Oliver William Bostock 878 30.6 +17.3
Green Steven Patrick Morris 540 18.8 N/A
Independent Jools Cosgrove 186 6.5 N/A
Turnout 2,871 45.3
Registered electors 7,038
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Sutton-on-Trent

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Sutton-on-Trent (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sylvia Mary Michael* 544 51.4 +51.4
Independent Roger John Bell 515 48.6 N/A
Turnout 1,059 42.3
Registered electors 2,539
Conservative hold

Trent

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Trent (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Myers Melton 555 47.7 +18.0
Conservative Malcolm Yates 506 43.5 −9.8
Green Eric Bignell 102 8.8 N/A
Turnout 1,163 49.35
Registered electors 2,369
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

References

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  1. ^ Whittaker, Anna (5 May 2023). "Conservatives lose overall control of Newark and Sherwood District Council". Notts TV.
  2. ^ Beck, Laycie (9 May 2023). "New leader announced for Newark Conservative group after council leader loses seat after local elections". Nottinghamshire Live. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  3. ^ Burrows, Fionn (24 May 2023). "Labour's Paul Peacock appointed new leader of Newark and Sherwood District Council". Newark Advertiser. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Newark & Sherwood result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  5. ^ "Election results by wards". Newark and Sherwood District Council. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  6. ^ Pridmore, Oliver; Beck, Laycie (5 May 2023). "Full Newark and Sherwood District Council 2023 results as Conservatives lose full control". Nottinghamshire Live. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Your councillors". Newark and Sherwood District Council. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  8. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Bridge Ward". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  9. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Collingham Ward". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  10. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Edwinstowe and Clipstone Ward". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  11. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Rainworth South and Blidworth Ward". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 24 December 2023.