2023 Nottingham City Council election

2023 Nottingham City Council election
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All 55 seats to Nottingham City Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader David Mellen Kevin Clarke Andrew Rule
Party Labour Nottingham Ind. Independent
Last election 50 3 0
Seats before 50[a] 3 2
Seats after 51 3 1
Seat change Increase1 Steady Decrease1
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.

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 passing.

Councillor Ward Party
Toby Neal Berridge   Labour
Phil Jackson Bilborough   Labour
Rebecca Langton Bilborough   Labour
Wendy Smith Bilborough   Labour
Jane Lakey Bulwell   Labour
Eunice Campbell-Clark Bulwell Forest   Labour
Angharad Roberts Castle   Labour
Sam Webster Castle   Labour
Azad Choudhry Hyson Green and Arboretum   Labour
Merlita Bryan Hyson Green and Arboretum   Labour
Jawaid Khalil Hyson Green and Arboretum   Labour
Sally Longford Lenton and Wollaton East   Labour
David Trimble Lenton and Wollaton East   Labour
Mohammed Saghir Leen Valley   Labour
Rosemary Healy Mapperley   Labour
Nicola Heaton Meadows   Labour
Hassan Ahmed Radford Independent
Anne Peach Radford   Labour
Cate Woodward Wollaton West   Labour
Sue Johnson St. Ann's   Labour
Dave Liversidge St. Ann's   Labour

Defeated Councillors

Councillor Ward Party
Roger Steel Clifton 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)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Culley 357 14.9 +4.4
Conservative Neill Slane 356 14.8 +5.7
Conservative Marjorie Wroughton 314 13.1 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Stewart Rotherham 184 7.7 –1.5
Turnout 2,402 20.3 –4.7
Registered electors 11,812
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Basford

Basford (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Boden 648 21.7 +2.6
Green Andrew Jones 608 20.3 +2.9
Nottingham Ind. Wayne Unczur 584 19.5 –3.1
Nottingham Ind. Cassius Yarde 496 16.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Richard Minkley 307 10.3 +1.1
Turnout 2,992 26.3 +0.3
Registered electors 11,360
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Berridge

Berridge (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Mitchell 1,064 32.7 +7.8
Conservative Peter Parsons 474 14.6 +1.7
Turnout 3,250 30.5 –2.5
Registered electors 10,674
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bestwood

Bestwood (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Lari 710 26.9 –12.5
Nottingham Ind. Peter Foulkes-Mills 557 21.1 N/A
Nottingham Ind. Fran Loi 508 19.2 N/A
Conservative Ted Grainger 366 13.8 +3.1
Conservative Craig Jones 332 12.6 +2.2
Conservative Rimshah Hussain 277 10.5 +3.5
UKIP Andrew Taylor 126 4.8 –17.5
Liberal Democrats Diane Rotherham 111 4.2 –3.4
UKIP Irenea Marriott 84 3.2 –18.5
Turnout 2,644 22.2 –2.8
Registered electors 11,911
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bilborough

Bilborough (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Pryor 806 28.2 +10.7
Liberal Democrats Liz Morgan-Danvers 678 23.7 +11.0
Turnout 2,862 23.1 –3.9
Registered electors 12,376
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bulwell

Bulwell (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Horan 768 31.4 +0.5
Conservative Aleksandra Kovacevic 424 17.3 –0.2
Conservative Mohammad Jabarkhyl 384 15.7 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Matt Genn 362 14.8 +3.5
Turnout 2,444 21.3 –2.7
Registered electors 11,475
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bulwell Forest

Bulwell Forest (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Kampila 849 29.3 +6.1
Conservative Ebun Adejuyigbe 840 29.0 +9.5
Conservative Paul Ruane 815 28.1 +10.8
Green Darren Buckland 378 13.0 N/A
Nottingham Ind. Samuel Awolola 359 12.4 –11.7
Nottingham Ind. Pollyanna Sutherland 306 10.6 N/A
TUSC Charlie Taylor 187 6.5 N/A
Turnout 2,899 28.2 –2.8
Registered electors 10,267
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Castle

Castle (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sam Lux 897 45.1 +3.0
Labour Matt Shannon 796 40.1 –0.5
Liberal Democrats Lloydie James Lloyd 734 36.9 +6.7
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Procter 665 33.5 +10.0
Green Katie Kelsey 278 14.0 –5.5
Conservative Janet Scott 218 11.0 –7.1
Green Carol Morrell 170 8.6 N/A
Turnout 1,987 34.2 +5.2
Registered electors 5,810
Labour hold
Labour hold

Clifton East

Clifton East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Spear 1,236 41.9 +2.2
Labour Raja Hussain 1,005 34.0 –0.8
Labour Asif Maqsood 973 32.9 +0.3
Conservative William Scott 422 14.3 +1.1
Conservative Daniel Sullivan 386 13.1 +1.5
Liberal Democrats Benedict Stevens 159 5.4 –0.8
Turnout 2,953 23.8 –2.2
Registered electors 12,387
Nottingham Ind. hold
Nottingham Ind. hold
Nottingham Ind. hold

Clifton West

Clifton West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hayley Spain 1,042 36.2 +2.0
Independent Andrew Rule* 994 34.6 N/A
Labour Seb Wilkins 909 31.6 +0.9
Independent Roger Steel* 849 29.5 N/A
Conservative Daniel Atherton 710 24.7 –32.5
Conservative Aamir Nawaz 483 16.8 –39.0
Nottingham Ind. Paul Bradshaw 212 7.4 N/A
Nottingham Ind. Emma Crane 212 7.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mark Vandersluis 106 3.7 –5.8
Turnout 2,875 38.4 –0.6
Registered electors 7,491
Labour gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative

Dales

Dales (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Marsh 530 16.0 –2.4
Conservative Neil Harbinson 523 15.8 +0.6
Conservative Penelope Messenger 481 14.5 –0.2
Conservative Margaret Trueman 463 14.0 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Ann Bourke 303 9.1 +0.6
Nottingham Ind. Wendy Wong 268 8.1 N/A
Nottingham Ind. Mohammed Jamil 234 7.1 N/A
Turnout 3,318 29.0 –3.0
Registered electors 11,428
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hyson Green and Arboretum

Hyson Green and Arboretum (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Hanson 439 18.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alexander Foster 301 12.4 N/A
Conservative Collin Stott 300 12.3 +1.7
Green Richard Sutton 300 12.3 N/A
Nottingham Ind. Mansoor Qazi 200 8.2 N/A
Nottingham Ind. Paul Singh 181 7.4 N/A
Turnout 2,430 24.2 +0.2
Registered electors 10,023
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Leen Valley

Leen Valley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Audrey Dinnall* 1,416 64.4 +0.8
Labour Nadia Farhat 1,338 60.9 +3.3
Conservative David Gibson 476 21.7 –0.7
Conservative Gail Stancliffe 372 16.9 –3.3
Liberal Democrats Gary Long 309 14.1 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Christina Morgan-Danvers 224 10.2 –2.9
Turnout 2,198 32.1 –1.9
Registered electors 6,843
Labour hold
Labour hold

Lenton and Wollaton East

Lenton and Wollaton East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Fairey 663 28.3 +12.5
Conservative Titus Hopkins 447 19.1 +4.6
Conservative Daniel Dieppe 445 19.0 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Tony Sutton 431 18.4 +9.2
Turnout 2,345 26.5 +5.5
Registered electors 8,865
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Mapperley

Mapperley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Coulson 898 25.1 –2.3
Green Adam McGregor 679 19.0 –3.5
Green Catherine Sutherland 668 18.6 –0.4
Conservative Graham Kilbourne 656 18.3 –0.8
Conservative Melvyn Shepherd 639 17.8 –0.7
Conservative Zarmeena Quraishi 518 14.5 –4.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Mendenhall 340 9.5 N/A
Independent Nigel King 210 5.9 N/A
Turnout 3,583 31.6 –0.4
Registered electors 11,335
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Meadows

Meadows (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Edwards* 1,107 50.7 –6.5
Labour Eunice Regan 1,069 48.9 –18.9
Nottingham Ind. Neveed Rashid 527 24.1 N/A
Nottingham Ind. Margo Bohacz 525 24.0 N/A
Green Ceri Pryke-Hendy 271 12.4 +0.5
Conservative Felicity Crofts 209 9.6 +2.5
Conservative Nicholas Packham 205 9.4 +3.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Thomas 125 5.7 –8.9
Turnout 2,184 31.0 –2.0
Registered electors 7,052
Labour hold
Labour hold

Radford

Radford (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Farzanna Mahmood 759 72.4 −5.4
Labour Fozia Mubashar 672 64.1 −12.3
Green William Ellis 249 23.8 N/A
Conservative Matthew Pike 135 12.9 +5.4
Liberal Democrats Tom Procter 114 10.9 +0.1
Turnout 1,048 20.3 +3.3
Registered electors 5,152
Labour hold
Labour hold

Sherwood

Sherwood (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Barratt 1,035 25.7 N/A
Nottingham Ind. Rebecca Green 752 18.7 N/A
Nottingham Ind. Aimee Scrimshaw 651 16.2 N/A
Green Rachel Richards 629 15.6 N/A
Green John Burgess 554 13.8 N/A
Conservative Sheila Eaton 448 11.1 −3.0
Conservative Ilona Hart 392 9.7 −3.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Freeland 243 6.0 −6.4
Turnout 4,027 36.2 –1.8
Registered electors 11,109
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Ann's

St Ann's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Crofts 339 13.4 +1.3
Green Neil Barrett 323 12.8 N/A
Conservative Glenys Sullivan 291 11.5 −0.4
Conservative Boma Thomas 287 11.3 +2.2
Green Jonnie Walker 280 11.1 N/A
Nottingham Ind. Gisella Sobarasua 269 10.6 N/A
Nottingham Ind. Rohey Bah 250 9.9 N/A
Nottingham Ind. Sam Njie 225 8.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats James Housley 202 8.0 −3.6
Turnout 2,529 23.3 –0.7
Registered electors 10,872
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Wollaton West

Wollaton West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Frost 1,696 34.5 −0.8
Conservative Kabir Hussain 1,312 26.7 −3.6
Conservative Awadh Salim 1,182 24.1 −2.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Procter 813 16.6 +3.9
Nottingham Ind. Cinderella Griffiths 499 10.2 N/A
Nottingham Ind. Joginder Prem 327 6.7 N/A
Nottingham Ind. Bakhtawar Sehra 224 4.6 N/A
Turnout 4,909 43.5 –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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