Nottinghamshire County Council elections

Nottinghamshire County Council elections are held every four years. Nottinghamshire County Council is the upper-tier authority for the non-metropolitan county of Nottinghamshire in England. Since the last boundary changes in 2017, 66 county councillors have been elected from 56 electoral divisions.^[1]

Year	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Reform	UKIP	Ashfield Ind.	Mansfield Ind.	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year									Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (89 seats)
1973^[2]	54	35	0	–	–	–	–	0		Labour
1977^[2]	20	66	1	–	–	–	–	2^[b]		Conservative
New division boundaries; seats decreased from 89 to 88
1981^[2]	55	32	0	–	–	–	–	1^[c]		Labour
1985^[2]	48	37	2	–	–	–	–	1		Labour
1989^[2]	50	34	4	–	–	–	–	0		Labour
1993^[2]	58	24	6	–	–	–	–	0		Labour
Nottingham becomes a unitary authority; seats decreased from 88 to 63
1997^[2]	42	17	4	–	0	–	–	0		Labour
2001^[2]	40	20	3	–	0	–	–	0		Labour
New division boundaries; seats increased from 63 to 67
2005^[2]	38	25	4	–	0	–	–	0		Labour
2009^[2]	13	35	9	–	1	–	6	3^[d]		Conservative
2013^[3]	34	21	8	–	0	–	2	2^[e]		Labour
New division boundaries; seats decreased from 67 to 66^[4]
2017^[5]	23	31	1	–	0	5	4	2^[f]		No overall control
2021^[6]	15	37	1	0	0	10	0	3		Conservative
2025^[7]	4	17	0	40	0	1	0	2^[g]		Reform

Party		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

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

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

Council elections

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Nottinghamshire Independents		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Debbie Darby	2,009	63.8	+63.8
	Conservative	Jack Kellas	898	28.5	−11.7
	Labour	Jennifer Kaye	244	7.7	+7.7
Majority			1,111	35.3
Turnout			2,890
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kane Oliver	1,223	43.1	+43.1
	Labour	Milan Radulovic	1,182	41.7	−0.1
	Conservative	Mick Brown	431	15.2	−31.2
Majority			41	1.4
Turnout			2,836
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Kirkby South by-election 4 May 2023^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Rachel Madden	1,680	51.2	−7.0
	Labour	Lorraine Fagan	1,017	31.0	+8.5
	Conservative	Sam Howlett	584	17.8	−1.5
Majority			663	20.2
Turnout			3,281
	Ashfield Ind. hold		Swing

Newark West by-election 3 July 2025^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Girling	680	34.7	+4.8
	Reform	Caroline Hinds	672	34.3	−1.6
	Labour	Paul Taylor	316	16.1	−4.0
	Green	Matthew Spoors	190	9.7	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Johnson Sabine	90	4.6	−1.9
	SDP	Andrew Leatherland	11	0.6	+0.6
Majority			8	0.4
Turnout			1,959
	Conservative gain from Reform		Swing