2023 Rushcliffe Borough Council election

2023 Rushcliffe Borough Council election
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All 44 seats to Rushcliffe Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Simon Robinson Jen Walker
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Seats before 26 6 6[a]
Seats after 25 9 5
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Sue Mallender &
Richard Mallender 		Ted Birch Rod Jones
Party Green Rushcliffe Ind. Liberal Democrats
Seats before 3 0 3
Seats after 2 2 1
Results by ward
Leader before election

Simon Robinson
Conservative

Leader after election

Neil Clarke
Conservative

The 2023 Rushcliffe Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 44 members of Rushcliffe Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

The council had been under Conservative majority control since 1999. The leader of the council prior to the election was Simon Robinson, but he chose not to stand for re-election.[1]

The Conservatives retained their majority at the election. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023, Neil Clarke was appointed the new leader of the council. He had previously held the position between 2005 and 2017.[2]

Background

Rushcliffe is one of the seven non-metropolitan districts that make up Nottinghamshire County Council. Since its creation in 1973, the Conservatives have held a majority in all elections, apart from 1995 when the council fell into no overall control with the Conservatives remaining the largest party.[3] In the 2019 election, the Conservatives won 29 seats with 43.3% of the vote, Labour won 7 with 26.2%, the Liberal Democrats won 3 with 12.9%, independents won 3 with 7.3%, and the Green Party won 2 with 9.4%.

The 2023 elections took place on new boundaries. Six wards (Bingham East, Bingham West, Gamston North, Gamston South, Sutton Bonington, and Thoroton) were abolished; five wards (Bingham North, Bingham South, Gamston, Newton, and Soar Valley) were created.[4] In addition, two wards (Abbey and Gotham) gained seats and two wards (Lutterell and Trent Bridge) lost seats.[4]

Previous council composition

After 2019 election Before 2023 election[5]
Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 29 Conservative 26
Labour 7 Labour 6
Liberal Democrats 3 Liberal Democrats 3
Independent 3 Independent 6
Green 2 Green 3

Changes

  • June 2020: Ron Hetherington (Conservative) resigns; by-election held May 2021[6]
  • May 2021: Matt Barney (Conservative) wins by-election[7]
  • September 2021: Annie Major (Liberal Democrats) resigns; by-election held October 2021[8]
  • October 2021: Vicky Price (Liberal Democrats) wins by-election;[9] John Stockwood and Francis Purdue-Horan suspended from the Conservatives[10]
  • March 2023: Benjamin Gray defects to the Green Party from Labour[11]
  • April 2023: Maureen Stockwood leaves the Conservatives to sit as an independent.[12]

Results

2023 Rushcliffe Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 44 25 4 Decrease 56.8
  Green 14 2 0 Steady 4.5
  Labour 35 9 2 Increase 20.5
  Liberal Democrats 11 1 2 Decrease 2.3
  Reform UK 1 0 0 Steady 0.0
  Rushcliffe Independents 5 2 2 Increase 4.5
  Independent 15 5 2 Increase 11.4

Results by ward

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election.[13][14]

Abbey

Abbey[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Penny Gowland* 1,730 57.9
Labour Julie Chaplain 1,626 54.4
Labour Steve Calvert 1,527 51.1
Conservative Darius Furmonavicius 1,012 33.9
Conservative Stephen Duckworth 1,010 33.8
Conservative Amit Garg 935 31.3
Green Sandra Lee 416 13.9
Green Ian Whitehead 366 12.3
Liberal Democrats Keith Jamieson 340 11.3
Turnout 3,141 51.6
Registered electors 6,081
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Bingham North

Bingham North[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Regan 593 44.8
Conservative Gareth Williams* 587 44.3
Independent Wayne Stapleton 399 30.1
Independent Nadia Jejna 379 28.6
Independent Stephen Perkins 355 26.8
Independent Francis Purdue-Horan* 336 25.3
Turnout 1,423 36.5
Registered electors 3,899
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Bingham South

Bingham South[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Rowan Bird 768 45.7
Independent Elena Georgiou 525 31.2
Conservative Clare Williams 447 26.6
Conservative Paul Simpson 406 24.2
Labour Peter Vallelly 395 23.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Wood 290 17.3
Independent Maureen Stockwood* 277 16.5
Independent Andrew Shelton 254 15.1
Turnout 1,796 41.3
Registered electors 4,347
Independent win (new boundaries)
Independent win (new boundaries)

Bunny

Bunny[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andy Edyvean* 603 51.7
Labour Jim Coyle 286 24.5
Rushcliffe Ind. Will Birch 278 23.8
Turnout 1,171 49.2
Registered electors 2,378
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Compton Acres

Compton Acres[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Phillips* 1,188 55.3
Conservative Hari Om 1,169 54.4
Labour Catherine Carmichael 742 34.5
Labour Graham Johnson 671 31.2
Liberal Democrats Rod Jones 192 8.9
Green William Richardson 174 8.1
Green Richard Holmes 161 7.5
Turnout 2,257 49.7
Registered electors 4,542
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Cotgrave

Cotgrave[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Butler* 1,033 60.3
Rushcliffe Ind. Keir Chewings 1,033 60.3
Conservative Stuart Ellis 748 43.7
Conservative Leo Healy* 713 41.6
Labour John Clements 612 35.7
Labour Andy Naslas 526 30.7
Independent Darren Stothard 475 27.7
Turnout 2,046 32.7
Registered electors 6,264
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Rushcliffe Ind. win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Cranmer

Cranmer[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Grocock 620 56.0
Conservative Sarah Bailey* 487 44.0
Turnout 1,121 43.4
Registered electors 2,581
Labour win (new boundaries)

Cropwell

Cropwell[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Rushcliffe Ind. Ted Birch 485 54.3
Conservative Gordon Moore* 408 45.7
Turnout 905 44.3
Registered electors 2,043
Rushcliffe Ind. win (new boundaries)

East Bridgford

East Bridgford[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Simms* 513 48.4
Labour Steve Kilduff 316 29.8
Independent Monica Monni 231 21.8
Turnout 1,069 47.4
Registered electors 2,256
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Edwalton

Edwalton[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hetvi Parekh 980 67.1
Conservative Douglas Wheeler 913 62.6
Labour Brian Robinson 461 31.6
Labour Charles Standring 400 27.4
Liberal Democrats Nancy Smith-Mitsch 165 11.3
Turnout 1,561 39.0
Registered electors 3,998
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Gamston

Gamston[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Wheeler* 970 56.1
Conservative Davinder Virdi* 862 49.9
Labour John Bannister 603 34.9
Labour Chris Geeson 580 33.6
Green Elizabeth Mollatt 237 13.7
Liberal Democrats Terry Morrell 204 11.8
Turnout 1,840 40.9
Registered electors 4,494
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Gotham

Gotham[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rex Walker* 561 66.0
Conservative Andy Brown 437 51.4
Labour Lewis McAulay 336 39.6
Labour Gill Aldridge 276 32.5
Liberal Democrats Mike Wright 89 10.5
Turnout 921 45.4
Registered electors 2,030
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Keyworth & Wolds

Keyworth & Wolds[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Cottee* 1,653 59.4
Conservative Rob Inglis* 1,417 50.9
Conservative Tony Wells 1,207 43.4
Independent Shelley Millband 992 35.7
Liberal Democrats Linda Abbey 973 35.0
Labour David Clarke 792 28.5
Labour Kevin Fitzgerald 674 24.2
Labour Kev Lowe 639 23.0
Turnout 3,120 48
Registered electors 6,506
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Lady Bay

Lady Bay[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Sue Mallender* 1,452 62.7
Green Richard Mallender* 1,367 59.0
Labour Keith Wright 679 29.3
Labour Richard Crouch 672 29.0
Conservative Luke Dorian 249 10.7
Conservative Jean Smith 216 9.3
Turnout 2,381 50
Registered electors 4,761
Green win (new boundaries)
Green win (new boundaries)

Leake

Leake[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Carys Thomas* 1,518 62.7
Independent Jason Billin 1,449 59.8
Independent Lesley Way* 1,440 59.4
Conservative Paul Mercer 852 35.2
Conservative Sylvia Smith 749 30.9
Conservative San Singh 731 30.2
Labour Ruth Roberts 528 21.8
Turnout 2,646 39.2
Registered electors 6,751
Independent win (new boundaries)
Independent win (new boundaries)
Independent win (new boundaries)

Lutterell

Lutterell[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Phill Matthews 425 39.3
Green Benjamin Gray* 334 30.9
Labour Naz Begum* 322 29.8
Turnout 1,088 44.9
Registered electors 2,422
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Musters

Musters[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dora Polenta 796 43.4
Liberal Democrats Sara Dellar 732 39.9
Labour Roger Smith 711 38.8
Liberal Democrats Vicky Price* 697 38.0
Conservative Rachel Godkin 386 21.1
Conservative Ruta Furmonaviciene 345 18.8
Turnout 1,894 45.8
Registered electors 4,134
Labour win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Neville & Langar

Neville & Langar[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tina Combellack* 609 61.6
Independent Margaret Irving 380 38.4
Turnout 1,022 40.8
Registered electors 2,503
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Newton

Newton[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Debbie Soloman 372 58.0
Labour Paul Barton 157 24.5
Green Rhiana Lakin 112 17.5
Turnout 639 40.9
Registered electors 1,563
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Radcliffe on Trent

Radcliffe on Trent[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Upton* 1,346 48.8
Conservative Abby Brennan* 1,342 48.6
Conservative Jonathan Clarke 1,167 42.3
Labour Alice Tomlinson 1,150 41.7
Labour Martin Culshaw 1,104 40.0
Labour Paul Rotherham 956 34.7
Green Jane Fulford 470 17.0
Green Kim Kupper 325 11.8
Liberal Democrats Adam Witko 310 11.2
Reform UK Lance Concannon 107 3.9
Turnout 2,922 47.6
Registered electors 6,135
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Ruddington

Ruddington[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jen Walker* 1,578 64.3
Labour Mike Gaunt* 1,531 62.4
Labour Graham Fletcher 1,427 58.2
Conservative Andrew Kemp 850 34.6
Conservative Gary Dickman* 821 33.5
Conservative Ben Atack 776 31.6
Green Andrew Nicholson-Cole 377 15.4
Turnout 2,611 43.1
Registered electors 6,058
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Soar Valley

Soar Valley[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matt Barney* 428 54.7
Rushcliffe Ind. Stuart Matthews 211 27.0
Liberal Democrats David Wright 143 18.3
Turnout 786 44.6
Registered electors 1,761
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Tollerton

Tollerton[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Debbie Mason* 395 54.4
Labour Annette Beaumont 245 33.7
Green Peter Jones 65 9.0
Rushcliffe Ind. Natascha Birch 21 2.9
Turnout 729 48.1
Registered electors 1,516
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Trent Bridge

Trent Bridge[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liz Plant 541 64.7
Conservative Paul Coe 186 22.2
Green Timothy Baker 109 13.0
Turnout 837 35.5
Registered electors 2,357
Labour win (new boundaries)

References

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