1997 Nottinghamshire County Council election

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1997 Nottinghamshire County Council election
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  1993 1 May 1997 2001  

All 63 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won42174

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Map of the results of the election in each division. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 1997 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 1 May 1997. The whole council was up for election and the result was the Labour Party retaining its control of the council. [1] [2]

Contents

This was the first County Council election not to include the City of Nottingham, which would become a unitary authority in 1998 and therefore no longer a part of the administrative county of Nottinghamshire. The boundaries of the electoral divisions remained the same however the loss of Nottingham meant that there were 25 fewer seats.

Election result

Result of Nottinghamshire County Council election, 1997 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 4248.4%
  Conservative 1734.7%
  Liberal Democrats 415.6%

Results by electoral division

Ashfield

(9 seats, 9 electoral divisions)

Hucknall East

Hucknall East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Baron 5,038 71.0
Conservative Stephen Glover2,05529.0
Turnout 7,09370.7
Registered electors 10,031

Hucknall West

Hucknall West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nellie Smedley 6,476 68.7
Conservative John Tomlinson2,95531.3
Turnout 13,175100.0
Registered electors 13,175

Kirkby in Ashfield North

Kirkby in Ashfield North
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Richard Needham Unopposed

Kirkby in Ashfield South

Kirkby in Ashfield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon Young 4,857 65.6
Conservative Aubrey Hobson2,55034.4
Turnout 7,40770.9
Registered electors 10,451

Selston

Selston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan Taylor 3,951 58.5
Conservative Gillian Renshaw1,72925.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Sears-Piccavey1,07015.9
Turnout 6,75069.9
Registered electors 9,654

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References

  1. 1 2 "Election Results". Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  2. "Nottinghamshire County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 September 2016.