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Newark and Sherwood District Council elections are held every four years. Newark and Sherwood District Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Newark and Sherwood in Nottinghamshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 39 councillors have been elected from 21 wards. [1]

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Council elections

Results maps

By-election results

1995-1999

Castle By-Election 7 November 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 49246.3
Labour 37835.6
Liberal Democrats 19318.1
Majority11410.7
Turnout 1,06323.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Southwell West By-Election 17 July 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 55060.0−3.4
Conservative 29432.1+11.4
Labour 738.0−7.9
Majority25627.9
Turnout 91736.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bilsthorpe By-Election 25 September 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour unopposed
Labour hold Swing
Edwinstowe By-Election 25 September 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent 60954.7
Labour 50545.3
Majority1049.4
Turnout 1,114
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Bilsthorpe By-Election 23 April 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour unopposed
Labour hold Swing
Winthorpe By-Election 11 June 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 39472.6+31.7
Labour 11621.4−23.4
Independent Labour336.1+6.1
Majority27851.2
Turnout 54329.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

1999-2003

Farnsfield By-Election 14 September 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 67265.1
Labour 21020.3
Liberal Democrats 15014.5
Majority46244.8
Turnout 1,03231.0
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Bridge By-Election 24 January 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent 59971.2+40.2
Labour 24228.8−0.8
Majority35742.4
Turnout 84118.5
Independent gain from Labour Swing

2003-2007

Clipstone By-Election 11 September 2003 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Thompson36150.3+16.0
Independent William Giles27237.9−6.5
Conservative Carol Hewson8411.7+11.7
Majority8912.4
Turnout 71724.9
Labour hold Swing
Collingham and Meering By-Election 18 September 2003 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kevin Rontree74467.0+5.1
Liberal Democrats Declan Logue21319.2−2.8
Labour Matt Stevenson-Dodd15413.9−2.2
Majority53147.8
Turnout 1,11129.7
Conservative hold Swing
Southwell East By-Election 3 March 2005 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Eileen Rodgers37652.7−8.7
Conservative 33847.3+8.7
Majority385.4
Turnout 71442.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Balderton West By-Election 14 July 2005 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Betty Brooks27158.7+8.2
Labour Janet Weinbren10322.3−12.0
Independent Anne Trout8819.0+19.0
Majority16836.4
Turnout 462
Conservative hold Swing
Ollerton By-Election 19 January 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Russell Snoodunopposed
Labour hold Swing

2007-2011

Edwinstowe By-Election 5 June 2008 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Shirley Moore71560.9+6.8
Labour John Benson45939.1+8.9
Majority25621.8
Turnout 1,17428.9
Independent hold Swing
Magnus By-Election 24 July 2008 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maxwell Cope31049.8−17.1
Independent Helen Gent17327.8+27.8
Liberal Democrats Antony Barson14022.5+22.5
Majority13722.0
Turnout 62316.3
Conservative hold Swing
Clipstone By-Election 11 December 2008 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sheila Soar32643.4+7.3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Orton21628.8+28.8
Independent Lynn Buttery15720.9−22.3
Conservative Stefan Prest526.9−13.8
Majority11014.6
Turnout 75122.9
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Beacon By-Election 17 September 2009 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Dawson41348.2−0.7
Liberal Democrats Declan Logue29634.7+7.8
Labour Douglas Hough14717.2−7.1
Majority11713.5
Turnout 85616.6
Conservative hold Swing
Rainworth By-Election 1 July 2010 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Tift73566.9+33.0
Conservative Mike Warner21919.9−6.6
Independent Alan Armin14413.1+13.1
Majority51647.0
Turnout 1,098
Labour hold Swing

2011-2015

Lowdham By-Election 12 April 2012 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tim Wendels78751.5N/A
Liberal Democrats William Davison53434.9N/A
Labour Daniel Hibberd1177.7N/A
Independent Tim Cutler916.0N/A
Majority25316.5
Turnout 1,529
Conservative hold Swing
Collingham and Meering By-Election 2 May 2013 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Evans1,11275.0+9.6
Labour Daniel Hibberd37025.0+25.0
Majority74250.0
Turnout 1,482
Conservative hold Swing
Farnsfield and Bilsthorpe By-Election 27 June 2013 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Taylor1,17463.3+4.6
Labour Glenn Bardill68236.7−4.6
Majority49226.5
Turnout 1,856
Conservative hold Swing
Collingham and Meering By-Election 11 September 2014 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Shillito56841.2−33.8
Independent David Clarke47634.5+34.5
UKIP Sara Chadd21815.8+15.8
Labour Kieran Owen1188.6−16.4
Majority926.7
Turnout 1,380
Conservative hold Swing
Ollerton By-Election 11 September 2014 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Pringle83758.1+7.5
Conservative Mary Brown32322.4−4.6
UKIP Moritz Dawkins28019.4+19.4
Majority51435.7
Turnout 1,440
Labour hold Swing

2015-2019

Balderton South By-Election 21 July 2016 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lydia Hurst48382.4+25.4
Liberal Democrats Marylyn Rayner10317.6+17.6
Majority38064.9
Turnout 586
Conservative hold Swing
Ollerton By-Election 4 May 2017 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neal Mitchell1,46961.7−3.3
Conservative Glenn Bardill91338.3+3.3
Majority55623.3
Turnout 2,382
Labour hold Swing

2019-2023

Boughton By-Election 6 May 2021 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tim Wildgust54261.2+8.8
Labour Derek Batey28332.0−15.6
Independent Jeremy Spry606.8+6.8
Majority25929.3
Turnout 885
Conservative hold Swing
Bridge By-Election 1 July 2021 (2) [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jack Kellas310
Conservative Simon Haynes267
Independent Ryan Bickerton236
Independent Deb's Darby181
Labour Lisa Geary177
Labour Mark Palmer162
Liberal Democrats Ryan Cullen104
Green Steve Platt81
Liberal Democrats Keith Melton59
Green Mike Poyzer57
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Rainworth South and Blidworth By-Election 21 October 2021 [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Tina Thompson65066.2+66.2
Conservative Sheila Jackson16817.1−12.9
Labour Callum Walsh16416.7−22.9
Majority48249.1
Turnout 982
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Collingham By-Election 17 February 2022 [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Emma Davis98256.3+26.5
Liberal Democrats Phil Barron59434.1+18.8
Labour Matthew Spoors1689.6+9.6
Majority38822.2
Turnout 1,744
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Ollerton By-Election 30 June 2022 [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Pringle96264.9+0.6
Conservative Kelly Fordham39526.7−9.0
Independent Jeremy Spry1258.4+8.4
Majority56738.3
Turnout 1,482
Labour hold Swing
Edwinstowe and Clipstone By-Election 29 September 2022 [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Freeman80459.8+10.0
Conservative Nigel Booth54040.2−10.0
Majority26419.6
Turnout 1,344
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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  2. ↑ The District of Newark (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  3. ↑ The Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1985
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Nottinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
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  7. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Newark and Sherwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  8. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Newark and Sherwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  9. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Newark and Sherwood (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
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  11. ↑ "Tories Win By-Election". Nottingham Evening Post . 19 September 2003.
  12. ↑ "Alarm over BNP near miss". guardian.co.uk . 4 March 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
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  14. ↑ "Edwinstowe newsletter 'not politically biased'". Hucknall Dispatch.co.uk. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
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  16. ↑ "Clipstone by-election result". Mansfield Chad. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
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