2023 Rushcliffe Borough Council election

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2023 Rushcliffe Borough Council election

 2019 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04) 2027 

All 44 seats to Rushcliffe Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
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
  Blank Blank Blank
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]

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 in May 2021[6]
  • May 2021: Matt Barney (Conservative) wins by-election[7]
  • September 2021: Annie Major (Liberal Democrats) resigns; by-election held in 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 summary

Ward results

References

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