Newark and Sherwood District Council elections

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]

Council elections

Results maps

  • 2015 results map
    2015 results map
  • 2019 results map
    2019 results map
  • 2023 results map
    2023 results map

By-election results

1995-1999

Castle By-Election 7 November 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 492 46.3
Labour 378 35.6
Liberal Democrats 193 18.1
Majority 114 10.7
Turnout 1,063 23.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Southwell West By-Election 17 July 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 550 60.0 −3.4
Conservative 294 32.1 +11.4
Labour 73 8.0 −7.9
Majority 256 27.9
Turnout 917 36.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bilsthorpe By-Election 25 September 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour unopposed
Labour hold Swing
Edwinstowe By-Election 25 September 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 609 54.7
Labour 505 45.3
Majority 104 9.4
Turnout 1,114
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Bilsthorpe By-Election 23 April 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour unopposed
Labour hold Swing
Winthorpe By-Election 11 June 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 394 72.6 +31.7
Labour 116 21.4 −23.4
Independent Labour 33 6.1 +6.1
Majority 278 51.2
Turnout 543 29.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

1999-2003

Farnsfield By-Election 14 September 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 672 65.1
Labour 210 20.3
Liberal Democrats 150 14.5
Majority 462 44.8
Turnout 1,032 31.0
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Bridge By-Election 24 January 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 599 71.2 +40.2
Labour 242 28.8 −0.8
Majority 357 42.4
Turnout 841 18.5
Independent gain from Labour Swing

2003-2007

Clipstone By-Election 11 September 2003[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Thompson 361 50.3 +16.0
Independent William Giles 272 37.9 −6.5
Conservative Carol Hewson 84 11.7 +11.7
Majority 89 12.4
Turnout 717 24.9
Labour hold Swing
Collingham and Meering By-Election 18 September 2003[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kevin Rontree 744 67.0 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Declan Logue 213 19.2 −2.8
Labour Matt Stevenson-Dodd 154 13.9 −2.2
Majority 531 47.8
Turnout 1,111 29.7
Conservative hold Swing
Southwell East By-Election 3 March 2005[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Eileen Rodgers 376 52.7 −8.7
Conservative 338 47.3 +8.7
Majority 38 5.4
Turnout 714 42.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Balderton West By-Election 14 July 2005[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Betty Brooks 271 58.7 +8.2
Labour Janet Weinbren 103 22.3 −12.0
Independent Anne Trout 88 19.0 +19.0
Majority 168 36.4
Turnout 462
Conservative hold Swing
Ollerton By-Election 19 January 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Russell Snood unopposed
Labour hold Swing

2007-2011

Edwinstowe By-Election 5 June 2008[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Shirley Moore 715 60.9 +6.8
Labour John Benson 459 39.1 +8.9
Majority 256 21.8
Turnout 1,174 28.9
Independent hold Swing
Magnus By-Election 24 July 2008[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maxwell Cope 310 49.8 −17.1
Independent Helen Gent 173 27.8 +27.8
Liberal Democrats Antony Barson 140 22.5 +22.5
Majority 137 22.0
Turnout 623 16.3
Conservative hold Swing
Clipstone By-Election 11 December 2008[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sheila Soar 326 43.4 +7.3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Orton 216 28.8 +28.8
Independent Lynn Buttery 157 20.9 −22.3
Conservative Stefan Prest 52 6.9 −13.8
Majority 110 14.6
Turnout 751 22.9
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Beacon By-Election 17 September 2009[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Dawson 413 48.2 −0.7
Liberal Democrats Declan Logue 296 34.7 +7.8
Labour Douglas Hough 147 17.2 −7.1
Majority 117 13.5
Turnout 856 16.6
Conservative hold Swing
Rainworth By-Election 1 July 2010[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Tift 735 66.9 +33.0
Conservative Mike Warner 219 19.9 −6.6
Independent Alan Armin 144 13.1 +13.1
Majority 516 47.0
Turnout 1,098
Labour hold Swing

2011-2015

Lowdham By-Election 12 April 2012[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Wendels 787 51.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats William Davison 534 34.9 N/A
Labour Daniel Hibberd 117 7.7 N/A
Independent Tim Cutler 91 6.0 N/A
Majority 253 16.5
Turnout 1,529
Conservative hold Swing
Collingham and Meering By-Election 2 May 2013[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Evans 1,112 75.0 +9.6
Labour Daniel Hibberd 370 25.0 +25.0
Majority 742 50.0
Turnout 1,482
Conservative hold Swing
Farnsfield and Bilsthorpe By-Election 27 June 2013[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frank Taylor 1,174 63.3 +4.6
Labour Glenn Bardill 682 36.7 −4.6
Majority 492 26.5
Turnout 1,856
Conservative hold Swing
Collingham and Meering By-Election 11 September 2014[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Shillito 568 41.2 −33.8
Independent David Clarke 476 34.5 +34.5
UKIP Sara Chadd 218 15.8 +15.8
Labour Kieran Owen 118 8.6 −16.4
Majority 92 6.7
Turnout 1,380
Conservative hold Swing
Ollerton By-Election 11 September 2014[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Pringle 837 58.1 +7.5
Conservative Mary Brown 323 22.4 −4.6
UKIP Moritz Dawkins 280 19.4 +19.4
Majority 514 35.7
Turnout 1,440
Labour hold Swing

2015-2019

Balderton South By-Election 21 July 2016[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lydia Hurst 483 82.4 +25.4
Liberal Democrats Marylyn Rayner 103 17.6 +17.6
Majority 380 64.9
Turnout 586
Conservative hold Swing
Ollerton By-Election 4 May 2017[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neal Mitchell 1,469 61.7 −3.3
Conservative Glenn Bardill 913 38.3 +3.3
Majority 556 23.3
Turnout 2,382
Labour hold Swing

2019-2023

Boughton By-Election 6 May 2021[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Wildgust 542 61.2 +8.8
Labour Derek Batey 283 32.0 −15.6
Independent Jeremy Spry 60 6.8 +6.8
Majority 259 29.3
Turnout 885
Conservative hold Swing
Bridge By-Election 1 July 2021 (2)[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jack Kellas 310
Conservative Simon Haynes 267
Independent Ryan Bickerton 236
Independent Deb's Darby 181
Labour Lisa Geary 177
Labour Mark Palmer 162
Liberal Democrats Ryan Cullen 104
Green Steve Platt 81
Liberal Democrats Keith Melton 59
Green Mike Poyzer 57
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Rainworth South and Blidworth By-Election 21 October 2021[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tina Thompson 650 66.2 +66.2
Conservative Sheila Jackson 168 17.1 −12.9
Labour Callum Walsh 164 16.7 −22.9
Majority 482 49.1
Turnout 982
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Collingham By-Election 17 February 2022[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Emma Davis 982 56.3 +26.5
Liberal Democrats Phil Barron 594 34.1 +18.8
Labour Matthew Spoors 168 9.6 +9.6
Majority 388 22.2
Turnout 1,744
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Ollerton By-Election 30 June 2022[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Pringle 962 64.9 +0.6
Conservative Kelly Fordham 395 26.7 −9.0
Independent Jeremy Spry 125 8.4 +8.4
Majority 567 38.3
Turnout 1,482
Labour hold Swing
Edwinstowe and Clipstone By-Election 29 September 2022[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Freeman 804 59.8 +10.0
Conservative Nigel Booth 540 40.2 −10.0
Majority 264 19.6
Turnout 1,344
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

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