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2017 Nottinghamshire County Council election

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All 66 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	36.2% (+3.0)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Kay Cutts Alan Rhodes Jason Zadrozny Party Conservative Labour Ashfield Independents Last election 21 34 Seats won 31 23 5 Seat change 10 11 5 Popular vote 88,093 72,997 10,554 Percentage 39.4% 32.7% 4.7% Swing +12.5 -2.4 -
Map showing the results of the 2017 Nottinghamshire County Council elections.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election No overall control

The 2017 Nottinghamshire County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. The whole council of 66 councillors was elected for a four-year term spanning 56 electoral divisions, a minority of which return two councillors. The voting system used is first-past-the-post.

The result was no overall party group of candidates formed a majority. Before the election the council, had a one-councillor Labour Party majority — after the election the Labour Party formed the second-largest party group, with the Conservative party being the largest party. The Conservatives formed a coalition with the Mansfield Independent Forum which took control of the council, with the Conservative leader, Kay Cutts, being appointed leader of the council at the council's annual meeting following the election.

A review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England led to altered boundaries for this election.

Overall election results

Overall Turnout
Registered electors		608,282
Votes cast		220,048
Turnout		36.2% (+3.0)

Within Nottinghamshire County 2017
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	57	31	10		10		39.4	88,093	+12.5
	Labour	64	23		11	11		32.7	72,997	-2.4
	Ashfield Ind.	5	5	5		5		4.7	10,554	NEW
	Mansfield Independent	4	4	2		2		2.6	5,770	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	52	1		4	4		7.9	17,731	-2.6
	Selston Parish Independents	1	1					0.8	1,848
	UKIP	42	0					5.0	11,102	-13.1
	Green	21	0					2.0	4,573	+0.2
	Independent	11	1					4.4	9,767	-0.2
	Hucknall First Community Forum	3	0					0.3	638
	TUSC	3	0					0.2	422

Results by electoral division

Ashfield District

(10 seats, 10 electoral divisions)

Ashfield District
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Ashfield Ind.	5	5	5		5		31.5	10,554	31.5
	Conservative	7	3	3		3		18.5	6,221	1.6
	Labour	10	1		5	5		28.5	9,562	10.6
	Selston Parish Independents	1	1					5.5	1,848
	UKIP	10	0					7.5	2,514	13.1
	Independent	2	0					5.5	1,833	2.7
	Hucknall First Community Forum	3	0					1.9	638
	Liberal Democrats	5	0		3	3		1.1	383	13.4

Ashfield Turnout
Registered electors		93,196
Votes cast		33,553
Turnout		36.0% (+4.6)

Ashfields

* Incumbent councillor for Sutton in Ashfield North division prior to boundary changes.

Hucknall North

Hucknall South

Hucknall West

Kirkby North

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

Kirkby South

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

Selston

There were minor changes to the boundaries of the division.

Selston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Selston Parish Independents	David Martin	1,848	40.8	−31.0
	Independent	Sam Wilson	1,719	38.0	NEW
	Labour	Ruth Stevens	567	12.5	−11.0
	Conservative	Shanade Bradley	260	5.7	NEW
	UKIP	Carole Terzza	100	2.2	NEW
	Liberal Democrats	Josie Marsters	32	0.7	NEW
Turnout			4,526	44.1	+10.3
Registered electors			10,271
	Independent hold		Swing

Sutton Central & East

Sutton North

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

Sutton West

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

Bassetlaw District

(9 seats, 9 electoral divisions)

Bassetlaw District
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	8	5		2	2		44.4	12,077	6.1
	Conservative	8	4	2		2		36.1	9,827	8.3
	UKIP	8	0					9.0	2,436	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	9	0					6.5	1,758	4.1
	Independent	1	0					4.1	1,125	3.1

Bassetlaw Turnout
Registered electors		86,665
Votes cast		27,223
Turnout		31.4% (+1.5)

Blyth & Harworth

There were minor changes to the boundaries of the division.

Blyth and Harworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Place (inc)	1,529	61.5	−3.6
	Conservative	Adam Gray	444	17.9	+3.7
	UKIP	John Hudson	289	11.6	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Cowan	224	9.0	+5.7
Turnout			2,486	26.5	−0.5
Registered electors			9,384
	Labour hold		Swing

Misterton

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

Retford East

Retford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Vickers	1,328	44.8	+11.3
	Labour	Pamela Skelding (inc)	1,291	43.6	−3.2
	UKIP	Jon Wade	190	6.4	−10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Ware	152	5.1	+2.0
Turnout			2,961	32.9
Registered electors			8,988
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Retford West

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

Tuxford

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

Worksop East

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

Worksop North

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

* Incumbent councillor for Worksop North East & Carlton division prior to boundary changes.

Worksop South

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

* Incumbent councillor for Worksop West division prior to boundary changes.

Worksop West

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

* Incumbent councillor for Worksop North division prior to boundary changes.

Broxtowe Borough

(9 seats, 7 electoral divisions)

Broxtowe Borough
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	9	7	3		3		42.9	15,215	+17.0
	Labour	9	1					28.6	10,156	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	7	1		4	4		14.9	5,286	-6.9
	Independent	2	0					4.7	1,680	+1.7
	UKIP	8	0					4.6	1,617	-12.7
	Green	6	0					4.2	1,506	+0.6

Broxtowe Turnout
Registered electors		84,726
Votes cast		33,851
Turnout		40.0% (+3.0)

Beeston Central & Rylands

* Incumbent councillor for Beeston South and Attenborough division prior to boundary changes.

Bramcote & Beeston North

* Incumbent councillor for Beeston North division prior to boundary changes.

Eastwood

There were minor changes to the boundaries of the division.

Eastwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Harper	1,180	38.5	+30.6
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Longdon (inc)	861	28.1	−17.6
	Labour	David Griffiths	721	23.5	−7.4
	UKIP	Paul Tordoff	219	7.1	−6.2
	Green	Pat Morton	84	2.7	NEW
Turnout			3,065	32.8	+0.4
Registered electors			9,358
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Greasley & Brinsley

* Incumbent councillor for Beauvale division prior to boundary changes.

Nuthall & Kimberley

* Incumbent councillor for Nuthall division prior to boundary changes.

Stapleford & Broxtowe Central

* Incumbent councillor for Chilwell & Toton division prior to boundary changes.

Toton, Chilwell & Attenborough

* Incumbent councillor for Chilwell & Toton division prior to boundary changes.

Gedling Borough

(9 seats, 6 electoral divisions)

Gedling Borough
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	9	7					43.9	24,021	2.7
	Conservative	9	2					42.4	23,184	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	9	0					6.1	3,339	0.2
	UKIP	9	0					5.2	2,859	17.1
	Green	6	0					2.3	1,239	0.9
	Independent	1	0					0.2	82	0.3

Gedling Turnout
Registered electors		88,096
Votes cast		33,325
Turnout		37.8% (+3.7)

Arnold North

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

Arnold South

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

Calverton

Calverton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Boyd Elliott (inc)	2,492	61.3	+21.8
	Labour	Mike Hope	1,104	27.2	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Marguerite Wright	285	7.0	+4.8
	UKIP	Lee Waters	183	4.5	−18.5
Turnout			4,064	40.5	+4.5
Registered electors			10,026
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carlton East

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

Carlton West

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

Newstead

Newstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Barnfather (inc)	2,326	68.6	+18.0
	Labour	Michael Smith	648	19.1	−2.5
	UKIP	Rhea Waters	179	5.3	−19.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Watts	123	3.6	+0.5
	Green	Rebecca Connick	115	3.4	NEW
Turnout			3,391	41.8	+5.2
Registered electors			8,122
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mansfield District

(9 seats, 5 electoral divisions)

Mansfield District
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	9	5		2	2		42.6	16,645	0.8
	Mansfield Independent	4	4	2		2		27.6	10,759	4.2
	Conservative	4	0					13.1	5,107	7.0
	Liberal Democrats	6	0					4.2	1,629	3.1
	UKIP	5	0					10.3	4,010	8.7
	TUSC	3	0					1.1	422
	Independent	1	0					1.2	461	0.5

Mansfield Turnout
Registered electors		81,008
Votes cast		22,817
Turnout		28.2% (+0.6)

East Mansfield

East Mansfield (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Mansfield Independent	Martin Wright	2,695	53.9	+23.9
	Mansfield Independent	Vaughan Hopewell	2,450	49.0	+21.6
	Labour	Alan Bell (inc)	1,799	36.0
	Labour	Colleen Harwood (inc)	1,699	34.0	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Morris	357	7.1	NEW
	TUSC	Tom Hunt	112	2.2	NEW
Turnout			4,997	27.3	−0.5
Registered electors			18,321
	Mansfield Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Mansfield Independent gain from Labour		Swing

North Mansfield

There were minor changes to the boundaries of the division.

North Mansfield (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Bosnjak (inc)	2,557	49.7	−0.8
	Labour	Parry Tsimbiridis (inc)	2,143	41.7	+0.2
	Conservative	Daniel Redfern	1,924	37.4	+25.3
	UKIP	Raymond Forster	1,019	19.8	NEW
	UKIP	David Hamilton	848	16.5	−16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Trussel	386	7.5	+2.0
	TUSC	Karen Seymour	154	3.0
Turnout			5,142	28.6
Registered electors			18,003
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

South Mansfield

There were minor changes to the boundaries of the division.

South Mansfield (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Mansfield Independent	Stephen Garner (inc)	3,075	56.1	+4.4
	Mansfield Independent	Andy Sissons (inc)	2,539	46.3	+1.6
	Labour	Charles Hammersley	1,280	23.3	−9.3
	Labour	Darren Hunt	1,268	23.1	−7.9
	Conservative	Paul Saxelby	1,143	20.8	NEW
	Independent	Philip Shields	461	8.4	NEW
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Malpass	235	4.3	NEW
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Prabhakar	166	3.0	NEW
Turnout			5,485	30.3
Registered electors			18,124
	Mansfield Independent hold		Swing
	Mansfield Independent hold		Swing

West Mansfield

There were minor changes to the boundaries of the division.

West Mansfield (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Henshaw	2,124	46.1	+3.7
	Labour	Diana Meale (inc)	2,110	45.8	+5.0
	Conservative	Stephen Stewardson	1,474	32.0	+24.6
	UKIP	Stephen Crosby	1,116	24.2	+4.8
	UKIP	Fran Loi	745	16.2	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Buck	416	9.0	NEW
	TUSC	Paul Tooley-Okonkwo	156	3.4	NEW
Turnout			4,611	27.1
Registered electors			17,037
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Warsop

Warsop

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Wetton	1,665	64.5	+0.9
	Conservative	Don Brown	566	21.9	+14.9
	UKIP	Allan Dallman	282	10.9	−5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Janette Smith	69	2.7	NEW
Turnout			2,582	27.1
Registered electors			9,523
	Labour hold		Swing

Newark & Sherwood District

(10 seats, 10 electoral divisions)

Newark & Sherwood District
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	10	6					55.3	17,918	19.2
	Labour	9	3					25.9	8,390	3.8
	Independent	3	1					9.4	3,047	1.0
	Liberal Democrats	8	0					8.7	2,826
	Green	1	0					0.8	250

Newark & Sherwood Turnout
Registered electors		88,805
Votes cast		32,431
Turnout		36.5% (+1.5)

Balderton

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

Blidworth

Blidworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yvonne Woodhead (inc)	1,006	41.9	−12.6
	Conservative	Bill Turnbull	909	37.8	NEW
	Independent	Chris Wharton	416	17.3	NEW
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Smith	71	3.0	NEW
Turnout			2,402	28.9
Registered electors			8,319
	Labour hold		Swing

Collingham

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

Farndon & Trent

Muskham & Farnsfield

* Incumbent councillor for Southwell and Caunton division prior to boundary changes.

Newark East

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

Newark West

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

Ollerton

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

Sherwood Forest

* Incumbent councillor for Rufford division prior to boundary changes.

Southwell

* Incumbent councillor for Farnsfield and Lowdham division prior to boundary changes.

Rushcliffe Borough

(10 seats, 9 electoral divisions)

Rushcliffe Borough
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	10	9	2		2		53.6	22,785	11.8
	Labour	10	1		1	1		25.5	10,829	1.2
	Liberal Democrats	8	0					10.9	4,628	1.4
	Green	8	0					5.6	2,393	1.5
	Independent	2	0					3.6	1,539
	UKIP	2	0					0.9	360	14.2

Rushcliffe Turnout
Registered electors		85,786
Votes cast		36,848
Turnout		43.0% (+5.6)

Bingham East

Bingham West

Cotgrave

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

Keyworth

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

Leake & Ruddington

* Incumbent councillor for Soar Valley division prior to boundary changes.

Radcliffe On Trent

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

West Bridgford North

* Incumbent councillor for West Bridgford Central and South division prior to boundary changes.

West Bridgford South

West Bridgford West

Division boundaries underwent significant changes compared with the boundaries used at the previous election.

References

1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
2. "Council minutes, 25 May 2017". Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
3. "The Nottinghamshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2016". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
4. "Nottinghamshire County Council". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
5. "Councillors Details". Retrieved 18 February 2017.

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