Nottinghamshire County Council elections

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Nottinghamshire County Council in England is elected every four years.

Political control[]

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 1977
Conservative	1977 - 1981
Labour	1981 - 2009
Conservative	2009 - 2013
Labour	2013 - 2017
Conservative	2017 -

Council elections[]

• 1973 Nottinghamshire County Council election
• 1977 Nottinghamshire County Council election
• 1981 Nottinghamshire County Council election
• 1985 Nottinghamshire County Council election
• 1989 Nottinghamshire County Council election
• 1993 Nottinghamshire County Council election
• 1997 Nottinghamshire County Council election
• 2001 Nottinghamshire County Council election
• 2005 Nottinghamshire County Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by 4)^[2]
• 2009 Nottinghamshire County Council election
• 2013 Nottinghamshire County Council election
• 2017 Nottinghamshire County Council election
• 2021 Nottinghamshire County Council election

County result maps[]

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  2021 results map

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  2017 results map

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  2013 results map

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  2009 results map

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  2005 results map

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  2001 results map

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  1997 results map

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  1993 results map

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  1989 results map

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  1985 results map

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  1981 results map

By-election results[]

1997-2001[]

Nottingham Wilford By-Election 7 August 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		835	61.6	+20.1
	Labour		457	33.7	-16.1
	Liberal Democrats		64	4.7	-4.0
Majority			378	27.9
Turnout			1,356
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Blidworth By-Election 1 June 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		746	71.3
	Conservative		301	28.7
Majority			445	42.6
Turnout			1,047	14.8
	Labour hold		Swing

2001-2005[]

Southwell By-Election 21 March 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,895	65.2	+17.3
	Liberal Democrats		813	28.0	+0.6
	Labour		197	6.8	+0.0
Majority			1,082	37.2
Turnout			2,905	25.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chilwell By-Election 27 June 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Jackson	1,488	46.5	+9.1
	Labour		1,163	36.3	-6.5
	Liberal Democrats		552	17.2	+2.2
Majority			325	10.2
Turnout			3,203	35.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2005-2009[]

Mansfield East By-Election 28 September 2006^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Holt	1,228	38.0	+3.5
	Conservative	Ken Rees	628	19.4	+1.0
	Independent	Syd Owen	620	19.2	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Smith	544	16.8	-0.3
	Green	Paul Frost	214	6.6	-2.2
Majority			600	18.6
Turnout			3,234	17.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Hucknall By-Election 25 January 2007^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Murphy	1,597	32.5	+0.3
	Labour	John Wilmott	1,554	31.6	-18.2
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Toseland	1,007	20.5	+20.5
	UKIP	Peter Foulkes	413	8.4	+8.4
	Green	Mark Harrison	350	7.1	-4.5
Majority			43	0.9
Turnout			4,921	21.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sutton in Ashfield North By-Election 22 March 2007^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Zadrozny	1,979	73.1	+59.2
	Labour	David Parker	435	16.1	-28.7
	Conservative	Peter Thorpe	222	8.2	-15.6
	UKIP	Peter Foulkes	70	2.6	+2.6
Majority			1,544	57.0
Turnout			2,706	31.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Newark East By-Election 17 September 2009^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Wallace	517	45.2	-6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Harrison	322	28.1	-2.3
	Labour	Glenn Bardill	198	17.3	-0.7
	UKIP	Terry Coleman	107	9.4	+9.4
Majority			195	17.1
Turnout			1,144	15.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mansfield South By-Election 25 February 2010^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Winterton	1,342	33.5	+13.4
	Mansfield Independent Forum	Andrew Tristram	1,108	27.6	-12.7
	Conservative	Drew Stafford	774	19.3	-9.2
	UKIP	Nick Bennet	489	12.2	+12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Danielle Gent	295	7.4	-3.8
Majority			234	5.9
Turnout			4,008	20.9
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

2012-2016[]

Chilwell & Toton By-Election 15 March 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Doddy	1,958	47.7	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Watts	1,375	33.5	+20.6
	UKIP	Lee Waters	682	16.6	+7.0
Majority			583	14.2
Turnout			4,102	25.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rufford By-Election 20 September 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Peck	1,557	58.0	+27.8
	Conservative	Daniel Mottishaw	660	24.6	-9.7
	Nottinghamshire Independents	Jim Gregson	346	12.9	-22.7
	UKIP	Carole Terzza	123	4.6	+4.6
Majority			897	33.4
Turnout			2,686	24.52
	Labour gain from		Swing

2016-present[]

Bingham by-election 4 August 2016^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Purdue-Horan	1,270	44.0	+2.2
	Independent	Tracey Kerry	1,232	42.7	N/A
	Labour	Alan Walker	382	13.2	-7.0
Majority			38	1.3
Turnout			2,890	28.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References[]

External links[]

• Nottinghamshire County Council