2023 Nottingham City Council election

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2023 Nottingham City Council election
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  2019
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
2027 

All 55 seats to Nottingham City Council
28 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderDavid MellenKevin ClarkeAndrew Rule
Party Labour Nottingham Ind. Independent
Last election5030
Seats before50 [a] 32
Seats after5131
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Winner of each seat at the 2023 Nottingham City Council election

Leader before election

David Mellen
Labour

Leader after election

David Mellen
Labour

The 2023 Nottingham City Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 55 members of Nottingham City Council in England. It took place as part of the 2023 United Kingdom local elections.

Contents

The previous election occurred in 2019, and resulted in the Labour Party retaining control with a majority of seats. [1] Both of the city council's previous two Conservatives left the party just ahead of the election to stand as independent candidates. [2]

Labour retained its majority at the election. The Conservatives failed to win any seats on the council for the first time, although one of the former Conservatives who had left the party in March 2023, Andrew Rule, was re-elected as an independent councillor. [3] [4]

Councillors standing down

20 councillors stood down at this election, including former Cllr Hassan Ahmed who was expelled from the Labour Party for alleged antisemitism. [5] Plus, there was a vacancy immediately prior to the election in St Ann's ward caused by the death of Labour councillor Sue Johnson in March 2023. [6] Cllr Johnson had already decided not to stand for reelection before her death.

CouncillorWardParty
Toby NealBerridge  Labour
Phil JacksonBilborough  Labour
Rebecca LangtonBilborough  Labour
Wendy SmithBilborough  Labour
Jane LakeyBulwell  Labour
Eunice Campbell-ClarkBulwell Forest  Labour
Angharad RobertsCastle  Labour
Sam WebsterCastle  Labour
Azad ChoudhryHyson Green and Arboretum  Labour
Merlita BryanHyson Green and Arboretum  Labour
Jawaid KhalilHyson Green and Arboretum  Labour
Sally LongfordLenton and Wollaton East  Labour
David TrimbleLenton and Wollaton East  Labour
Mohammed SaghirLeen Valley  Labour
Rosemary HealyMapperley  Labour
Nicola HeatonMeadows  Labour
Hassan AhmedRadford Independent
Anne PeachRadford  Labour
Cate WoodwardWollaton West  Labour
Sue JohnsonSt. Ann's  Labour
Dave LiversidgeSt. Ann's  Labour

Defeated councillors

CouncillorWardParty
Roger SteelClifton West Independent


Ward results

On 5 April, the candidates for election were named. [7] On 5 May, the results were announced. [8]

Aspley

Aspley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Chapman* 1,796 74.8 +0.7
Labour Carole McCulloch* 1,736 72.3 +2.5
Labour Patience Ifediora* 1,664 69.3 +2.8
Conservative Ian Culley35714.9+4.4
Conservative Neill Slane35614.8+5.7
Conservative Marjorie Wroughton31413.1+4.9
Liberal Democrats Stewart Rotherham1847.7–1.5
Turnout 2,40220.3–4.7
Registered electors 11,812
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Basford

Basford (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Woodings* 1,644 54.9 ±0.0
Labour Salma Mumtaz* 1,621 54.2 +3.3
Labour Nick Raine* 1,612 53.9 –2.8
Conservative Robert Boden64821.7+2.6
Green Andrew Jones60820.3+2.9
Nottingham Ind. Wayne Unczur58419.5–3.1
Nottingham Ind. Cassius Yarde49616.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Richard Minkley30710.3+1.1
Turnout 2,99226.3+0.3
Registered electors 11,360
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Berridge

Berridge (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Kandola* 2,343 72.1 +5.8
Labour Shuguftah Quddoos* 2,123 65.3 +3.6
Labour Sulcan Mahmood 2,007 61.8 –0.1
Green Ellie Mitchell1,06432.7+7.8
Conservative Peter Parsons47414.6+1.7
Turnout 3,25030.5–2.5
Registered electors 10,674
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bestwood

Bestwood (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Georgia Power* 1,523 57.6 +13.8
Labour Jay Hayes* 1,453 55.0 +2.0
Labour Audra Wynter* 1,383 52.3 +9.3
Nottingham Ind. Francesco Lari71026.9–12.5
Nottingham Ind. Peter Foulkes-Mills55721.1N/A
Nottingham Ind. Fran Loi50819.2N/A
Conservative Ted Grainger36613.8+3.1
Conservative Craig Jones33212.6+2.2
Conservative Rimshah Hussain27710.5+3.5
UKIP Andrew Taylor1264.8–17.5
Liberal Democrats Diane Rotherham1114.2–3.4
UKIP Irenea Marriott843.2–18.5
Turnout 2,64422.2–2.8
Registered electors 11,911
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bilborough

Bilborough (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sam Harris 1,872 65.4 +1.1
Labour Helen Kalsi 1,731 60.5 –0.7
Labour Faith Gakanje-Ajala 1,589 55.5 –1.3
Conservative Alfred Pryor80628.2+10.7
Liberal Democrats Liz Morgan-Danvers67823.7+11.0
Turnout 2,86223.1–3.9
Registered electors 12,376
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bulwell

Bulwell (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ethan Radford* 1,633 66.8 +16.3
Labour Maria Joannou* 1,368 56.0 +3.0
Labour Michael Savage 1,228 50.2 –11.3
Nottingham Ind. Tony Horan76831.4+0.5
Conservative Aleksandra Kovacevic42417.3–0.2
Conservative Mohammad Jabarkhyl38415.7+0.9
Liberal Democrats Matt Genn36214.8+3.5
Turnout 2,44421.3–2.7
Registered electors 11,475
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bulwell Forest

Bulwell Forest (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cheryl Barnard* 1,573 54.3 –1.2
Labour Samuel Gardiner* 1,477 50.9 –1.3
Labour Sarita-Marie Rehman-Wall 1,338 46.2 –12.6
Conservative Caroline Kampila84929.3+6.1
Conservative Ebun Adejuyigbe84029.0+9.5
Conservative Paul Ruane81528.1+10.8
Green Darren Buckland37813.0N/A
Nottingham Ind. Samuel Awolola35912.4–11.7
Nottingham Ind. Pollyanna Sutherland30610.6N/A
TUSC Charlie Taylor1876.5N/A
Turnout 2,89928.2–2.8
Registered electors 10,267
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Castle

Castle (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sam Lux 897 45.1 +3.0
Labour Matt Shannon 796 40.1 –0.5
Liberal Democrats Lloydie James Lloyd73436.9+6.7
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Procter66533.5+10.0
Green Katie Kelsey27814.0–5.5
Conservative Janet Scott21811.0–7.1
Green Carol Morrell1708.6N/A
Turnout 1,98734.2+5.2
Registered electors 5,810
Labour hold
Labour hold

Clifton East

Clifton East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nottingham Ind. Maria Watson* 1,331 45.1 +0.9
Nottingham Ind. Kevin Clarke* 1,309 44.3 +3.8
Nottingham Ind. Kirsty Jones* 1,271 43.0 +1.0
Labour Phil Spear1,23641.9+2.2
Labour Raja Hussain1,00534.0–0.8
Labour Asif Maqsood97332.9+0.3
Conservative William Scott42214.3+1.1
Conservative Daniel Sullivan38613.1+1.5
Liberal Democrats Benedict Stevens1595.4–0.8
Turnout 2,95323.8–2.2
Registered electors 12,387
Nottingham Ind. hold
Nottingham Ind. hold
Nottingham Ind. hold

Clifton West

Clifton West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hayley Spain 1,042 36.2 +2.0
Independent Andrew Rule* 994 34.6 N/A
Labour Seb Wilkins90931.6+0.9
Independent Roger Steel*84929.5N/A
Conservative Daniel Atherton71024.7–32.5
Conservative Aamir Nawaz48316.8–39.0
Nottingham Ind. Paul Bradshaw2127.4N/A
Nottingham Ind. Emma Crane2127.4N/A
Liberal Democrats Mark Vandersluis1063.7–5.8
Turnout 2,87538.4–0.6
Registered electors 7,491
Labour gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative

Dales

Dales (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Mellen* 2,287 68.9 –0.1
Labour Neghat Nawaz Khan* 2,125 64.0 +3.6
Labour Gul Nawaz Khan* 2,075 62.5 +2.2
Green Lucy Marsh53016.0–2.4
Conservative Neil Harbinson52315.8+0.6
Conservative Penelope Messenger48114.5–0.2
Conservative Margaret Trueman46314.0+0.4
Liberal Democrats Ann Bourke3039.1+0.6
Nottingham Ind. Wendy Wong2688.1N/A
Nottingham Ind. Mohammed Jamil2347.1N/A
Turnout 3,31829.0–3.0
Registered electors 11,428
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hyson Green and Arboretum

Hyson Green and Arboretum (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sana Nasir 1,692 69.6 –9.8
Labour Liaqat Ali 1,676 69.0 –6.7
Labour Naim Salim 1,497 61.6 –11.0
Green Julie Hanson43918.1N/A
Liberal Democrats Alexander Foster30112.4N/A
Conservative Collin Stott30012.3+1.7
Green Richard Sutton30012.3N/A
Nottingham Ind. Mansoor Qazi2008.2N/A
Nottingham Ind. Paul Singh1817.4N/A
Turnout 2,43024.2+0.2
Registered electors 10,023
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Leen Valley

Leen Valley (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Audrey Dinnall* 1,416 64.4 +0.8
Labour Nadia Farhat 1,338 60.9 +3.3
Conservative David Gibson47621.7–0.7
Conservative Gail Stancliffe37216.9–3.3
Liberal Democrats Gary Long30914.1+0.8
Liberal Democrats Christina Morgan-Danvers22410.2–2.9
Turnout 2,19832.1–1.9
Registered electors 6,843
Labour hold
Labour hold

Lenton and Wollaton East

Lenton and Wollaton East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Samina Riaz 1,399 59.7 –7.9
Labour Pavlos Kotsonis* 1,384 59.0 +0.4
Labour Imran Jalil 1,336 57.0 –3.7
Green Oliver Fairey66328.3+12.5
Conservative Titus Hopkins44719.1+4.6
Conservative Daniel Dieppe44519.0+4.7
Liberal Democrats Tony Sutton43118.4+9.2
Turnout 2,34526.5+5.5
Registered electors 8,865
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Mapperley

Mapperley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leslie Ayoola* 1,909 53.3 +1.9
Labour Kirsty Jones 1,907 53.2 +3.0
Labour Sajid Mohammed* 1,646 45.9 +3.9
Green Barbara Coulson89825.1–2.3
Green Adam McGregor67919.0–3.5
Green Catherine Sutherland66818.6–0.4
Conservative Graham Kilbourne65618.3–0.8
Conservative Melvyn Shepherd63917.8–0.7
Conservative Zarmeena Quraishi51814.5–4.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Mendenhall3409.5N/A
Independent Nigel King2105.9N/A
Turnout 3,58331.6–0.4
Registered electors 11,335
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Meadows

Meadows (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Edwards* 1,107 50.7 –6.5
Labour Eunice Regan 1,069 48.9 –18.9
Nottingham Ind. Neveed Rashid52724.1N/A
Nottingham Ind. Margo Bohacz52524.0N/A
Green Ceri Pryke-Hendy27112.4+0.5
Conservative Felicity Crofts2099.6+2.5
Conservative Nicholas Packham2059.4+3.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Thomas1255.7–8.9
Turnout 2,18431.0–2.0
Registered electors 7,052
Labour hold
Labour hold

Radford

Radford (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Farzanna Mahmood 759 72.4 −5.4
Labour Fozia Mubashar 672 64.1 −12.3
Green William Ellis24923.8N/A
Conservative Matthew Pike13512.9+5.4
Liberal Democrats Tom Procter11410.9+0.1
Turnout 1,04820.3+3.3
Registered electors 5,152
Labour hold
Labour hold

Sherwood

Sherwood (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adele Williams 2,367 58.8 −5.0
Labour AJ Matsiko 2,275 56.5 −5.4
Labour Nayab Patel 2,075 51.5 −13.6
Nottingham Ind. Colin Barratt1,03525.7N/A
Nottingham Ind. Rebecca Green75218.7N/A
Nottingham Ind. Aimee Scrimshaw65116.2N/A
Green Rachel Richards62915.6N/A
Green John Burgess55413.8N/A
Conservative Sheila Eaton44811.1−3.0
Conservative Ilona Hart3929.7−3.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Freeland2436.0−6.4
Turnout 4,02736.2–1.8
Registered electors 11,109
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Ann's

St Ann's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Corall Jenkins 1,636 64.7 −7.1
Labour Anwar Khan 1,412 55.8 −12.7
Labour Devontay Okure 1,369 54.1 −12.2
Conservative John Crofts33913.4+1.3
Green Neil Barrett32312.8N/A
Conservative Glenys Sullivan29111.5−0.4
Conservative Boma Thomas28711.3+2.2
Green Jonnie Walker28011.1N/A
Nottingham Ind. Gisella Sobarasua26910.6N/A
Nottingham Ind. Rohey Bah2509.9N/A
Nottingham Ind. Sam Njie2258.9N/A
Liberal Democrats James Housley2028.0−3.6
Turnout 2,52923.3–0.7
Registered electors 10,872
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Wollaton West

Wollaton West (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steve Battlemuch 2,815 57.3 +3.8
Labour Zafran Khan 2,375 48.4 +6.3
Labour Saj Ahmad 2,290 46.6 −1.0
Conservative Stuart Frost1,69634.5−0.8
Conservative Kabir Hussain1,31226.7−3.6
Conservative Awadh Salim1,18224.1−2.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Procter81316.6+3.9
Nottingham Ind. Cinderella Griffiths49910.2N/A
Nottingham Ind. Joginder Prem3276.7N/A
Nottingham Ind. Bakhtawar Sehra2244.6N/A
Turnout 4,90943.5–5.5
Registered electors 11,273
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

References

  1. Including one vacant seat previously held by Labour.
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