2023 Gedling Borough Council election

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2023 Gedling Borough Council election
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  2019 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)2027 

All 41 seats to Gedling Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderJohn ClarkeMichael Adams
Party Labour Conservative
Last election298
Seats before288 [lower-alpha 1]
Seats after289
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 Third partyFourth party
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LeaderAndrew EllwoodPat Bosworth
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election22
Seats before32
Seats after40
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Leader before election

John Clarke
Labour

Leader after election

John Clarke
Labour

The 2023 Gedling Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 41 members of Gedling Borough Council in England. This took place as part of the 2023 United Kingdom local elections.

Contents

The council was under Labour majority control prior to the election. This election saw the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats making some gains, but Labour retained its majority with 28 of the 41 seats on the council.

Background

Gedling is one of the seven non-metropolitan districts that make up Nottinghamshire County Council. The Conservatives controlled Gedling from its creation in 1973 until Labour took control in 1995. [1] The Conservatives won control in 1999 and 2007, with a period of no overall control in 2003. [1] Labour regained the council in 2011, and retained control in subsequent elections. [2] In the 2019 election, Labour won 29 seats with 47.8% of the vote, the Conservatives won 8 with 32.0%, the Liberal Democrats won 2 with 12.0%, and independents won 2 with 4.5%.

Previous council composition

After 2019 election Before 2023 election [3]
PartySeatsPartySeats
Labour 29 Labour 28
Conservative 8 Conservative 7
Liberal Democrats 2 Liberal Democrats 3
Independent 2 Independent 2

Changes

Results

The overall results were: [9]

2023 Gedling Borough Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 41281106852
  Conservative 4193122234
  Liberal Democrats 3441011010
  Green 9000002
  Independent 800-2-203

Results by ward

An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor. The results were: [10]

Bestwood St Albans

Bestwood St Albans (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachel Ellis* 586 54.5
Labour Des Gibbons* 576 53.6
Conservative Josie Abbott35232.7
Conservative Katherine Randall32730.4
Green Margret Vince11510.7
Liberal Democrats Ray Poynter666.1
Liberal Democrats Patrick Shannon646.0
Turnout 1,07526.3
Labour hold
Labour hold

Calverton

Calverton (3 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Boyd Elliott* 1,075 53.2
Conservative Lorraine Brown 750 37.1
Conservative Jane Walker 711 35.2
Labour Dean Wilson61130.2
Labour Sarah Smith45822.7
Independent Mike Hope*45022.3
Labour Darcy Inchboard40820.2
Independent Pat Bosworth*37718.7
No descriptionJohn Bailey35217.4
Independent Sam Gordon31315.5
Turnout 2,02134.5
Conservative gain from Independent
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Independent

Carlton

Carlton (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Pope 845 56.1
Labour Paul Wilkinson* 816 54.2
Conservative Kai Harrison52735.0
Conservative Annabelle Banner50833.8
Green Ruth Tanner1208.0
Liberal Democrats Graham Dewberry654.3
Liberal Democrats Johnathan Ho604.0
Turnout 1,50536.0
Labour hold
Labour hold

Carlton Hill

Carlton Hill (3 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Feeney* 1,120 62.8
Labour Jim Creamer* 1,118 62.7
Labour Alex Scroggie* 1,016 57.0
Conservative Yvonne Godwin49928.0
Conservative James Greensmith45725.6
Conservative Steve Swann45025.2
Liberal Democrats Joseph Conboy18310.3
Liberal Democrats Anthony Gillam1478.2
Liberal Democrats Nadia Hajat1407.8
Turnout 1,78428.8
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Cavendish

Cavendish (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Dunkin* 605 46.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Hughes 562 43.0
Labour Liz Clunie*53641.0
Labour Dwayne Henry51839.7
Conservative Pat Blandamer13710.5
Conservative Collette Osborne13510.3
Independent Gary Gregory403.1
Independent Karen Gregory322.5
Turnout 1,30631.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Colwick

Colwick (1 seat) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Russell Whiting 425 61.2
Conservative Kevin Doyle23834.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Milburn314.5
Turnout 69433.6
Labour hold

Coppice

Coppice (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marje Paling* 991 63.9
Labour Henry Wheeler* 979 63.2
Conservative Mick Abbott43728.2
Conservative Geoff Walker40726.3
Green Jim Stuart1298.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Simons754.8
Turnout 1,55034.4
Labour hold
Labour hold

Daybrook

Daybrook (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sandra Barnes* 923 79.2
Labour Kyle Robinson-Payne 896 76.8
Conservative Chris Walker23520.2
Conservative Melissa Seaton22519.3
Turnout 1,16626.9
Labour hold
Labour hold

Dumbles

Dumbles (1 seat) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Helen Greensmith* 555 55.1
Labour Daniel Taylor27527.3
Green Ian Smith12412.3
Liberal Democrats Catherine O'Riordan535.3
Turnout 1,00743.2
Conservative hold

Ernehale

Ernehale (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op David Ellis* 808 56.7
Labour Co-op Roxanne Ellis* 780 54.7
Conservative Ged Clarke42029.5
Conservative Sue Walker35625.0
Independent Paul Key1178.2
Liberal Democrats Jason Stansfield1127.9
Independent Desmond Peet976.8
Liberal Democrats Judy Barson906.3
Turnout 1,42531.3
Labour hold
Labour hold

Gedling

Gedling (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jenny Hollingsworth* 1,022 57.4
Labour Lynda Pearson* 913 51.2
Conservative Charlie Godwin52929.7
Conservative Darren Maltby47726.8
Liberal Democrats Maggie Dunkin29416.5
Liberal Democrats James O'Riordan23012.9
Turnout 1,78236.3
Labour hold
Labour hold

Netherfield

Netherfield (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William John Clarke*
(John Clarke)
766 69.4
Labour Alison Lesley 750 67.9
Conservative Mick Murphy20418.5
Conservative Michel Flor-Henry19717.8
Green Laurence Baldwin14212.9
Liberal Democrats Essop Hajat333.0
Liberal Democrats Fran Hajat333.0
Turnout 1,10427.7
Labour hold
Labour hold

Newstead Abbey

Newstead Abbey (3 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Smith* 1,499 57.9
Conservative Stuart Bestwick 1,470 56.8
Conservative Sue Pickering 1,434 55.4
Labour Carol Wright92535.7
Labour Sharon Butterworth72928.2
Labour Cleon Nelson72528.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Bruch30911.9
Liberal Democrats John Sutherland1927.4
Liberal Democrats Jim Heath1827.0
Turnout 2,58837.7
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Phoenix

Phoenix (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Ellwood* 766 58.0
Liberal Democrats Clive John Towsey-Hinton* 746 56.5
Labour Andrew Armstrong41331.3
Labour Richard Shipley38829.4
Conservative Alan Bexon15411.7
Conservative Tracy Maltby14811.2
Turnout 1,32133.1
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Plains

Plains (3 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Grahame Pope 1,291 51.0
Labour David Brocklebank 1,275 50.4
Labour Margaret Strong 1,241 49.1
Conservative Keith Seaton1,06542.1
Conservative Carol Walker1,03440.9
Conservative Ed Jayamaha98839.1
Liberal Democrats Luke Dunkin1767.0
Liberal Democrats Max Beeken1716.8
Liberal Democrats Martin Gladwell1606.3
Turnout 2,52937.7
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Porchester

Porchester (3 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Najuk* 1,661 64.5
Labour Michelle Welsh 1,607 62.4
Labour Roy Allan 1,587 61.6
Conservative Linda Adams61924.0
Conservative Alison Smith59623.1
Conservative Tony Jenkins58122.6
Green Dennis Penaluna33413.0
Liberal Democrats Alan Dawson2098.1
Liberal Democrats Hannah Soar1807.0
Liberal Democrats Robert Swift1395.4
Turnout 2,57640.7
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Redhill

Redhill (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Payne* 1,291 73.9
Labour Kathryn Fox* 1,169 66.9
Conservative Kevin Lock37721.6
Conservative Gerry Kenwood36721.0
Liberal Democrats Tad Jones1277.3
Liberal Democrats David Snodgrass533.0
Turnout 1,74736.6
Labour hold
Labour hold

Trent Valley

Trent Valley (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Adams* 1,110 52.8
Conservative Sam Smith* 1,032 49.1
Labour Richard Fletcher84940.4
Labour Muhammad Malik80338.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Fife1657.8
Liberal Democrats John Flynn1617.7
Turnout 2,10344.8
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Woodthorpe

Woodthorpe (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Viv McCrossen* 1,281 64.8
Labour Ron McCrossen* 1,209 61.2
Conservative Myles Pike49024.8
Conservative Suzanna Adams47924.2
Green Steven Clarke1829.2
Liberal Democrats Roger Patterson1447.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Swift1005.1
Turnout 1,97645.5
Labour hold
Labour hold

Changes 2023–2027

In October and November 2023, Russell Whiting and Des Gibbons left the Labour party to sit as independents. [12]

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