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2023 Mansfield District Council election

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All 36 seats to Mansfield District Council 19 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Andy Abrahams Mick Barton Party Labour Mansfield Ind. Last election 15 13 Seats before 14 13 Seats after 25 4 Seat change 10 9 Popular vote 9,587 5,534 Percentage 43.0% 24.8%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Robert Elliman Party Conservative Independent Last election 2 6 Seats before 2 7 Seats after 5 2 Seat change 3 4 Popular vote 5,404 1,522 Percentage 22.4% 6.8%
Results by ward (Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Mansfield Independents in dark grey, and independents in light grey)
Mayor before election Andy Abrahams Labour No overall control Mayor after election Andy Abrahams Labour

The 2023 Mansfield District Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 36 members of Mansfield District Council in England and the directly-elected Mayor of Mansfield. This was on the same day as the 2023 local elections in England.

The council was under no overall control prior to the election, with Labour being the largest party and Labour's Andy Abrahams serving as mayor. At the 2023 elections, Abrahams was re-elected as mayor and Labour won a majority of the seats on the council.

Background

Mansfield is one of the seven non-metropolitan districts within the area administered by Nottinghamshire County Council. Labour controlled Mansfield from its creation in 1973 until 2003. In that election, the Mansfield Independent Forum won a majority of seats, and controlled the council until 2011, when Labour regained control. They held the council until 2019, when the council fell into no overall control. In that election, Labour won 15 seats with 34.3% of the vote, the Mansfield Independents won 13 with 34.6%, independents won 6 with 7.5%, and the Conservatives won 2 with 21.3%. The Labour candidate also won the mayoral election, taking 50.01% once second preferences had been allocated.

New ward boundaries were drawn up for this election, although the number of seats on the council remained 36 (excluding the mayor's seat). The wards of Abbott, Broomhill, Bull Farm and Pleasley Hill, Holly, Kingsway, Ladybrook, Maun Valley, Newgate, Newlands, Peafields, Portland, Ransom Wood, Sandhurst, Woodhouse, and Woodlands have been abolished, and the wards of Bancroft, Central, Holly Forest Town, Kingsway Forest Town, Maun Valley Forest Town, Mill Lane, Newlands Forest Town, Pleasley, Rock Hill, Rufford, Southwell, Thompsons, Vale, Wainwright, and West Bank have been created.

Previous council composition

Changes

• Amanda Fisher leaves Labour to sit as an independent
• May 2019: Andy Abrahams (Labour) does not take seat due to election as Mayor of Mansfield; by-election held June 2019
• June 2019: Dave Saunders (Mansfield Independent Forum) wins by-election
• March 2021: Lee Anderson (Conservative) resigns; by-election held May 2021
• May 2021: Robert Elliman (Conservative) wins by-election
• June 2022: Vaughan Hopewell (Mansfield Independent Forum) dies; by-election held September 2022
• September 2022: Paul Henshaw (Labour) wins by-election

Results

2023 Mansfield District Council
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	36	25	11	0	11	69.4%	43.0	9,587	+8.7
	Conservative	35	5	6	1	3	13.9%	22.4	5,404	+1.4
	Mansfield Independent	34	4	0	14	9	11.1%	24.8	5,534	-9.8
	Independent	6	2	0	4	5	5.6%	6.8	1,522	-0.7
	Green	4	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	149	New
	TUSC	10	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	114	New
	Reform UK	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	28	New

Results by ward

An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor.

Bancroft

Berry Hill

Brick Kiln

Carr Bank

Central

Eakring

Grange Farm

Holly Forest Town

Hornby

Kings Walk

Kingsway Forest Town

Lindhurst

Ling Forest

Manor

Market Warsop

Maun Valley Forest Town

Meden

Mill Lane

Netherfield

Newlands Forest Town

Oak Tree

Oakham

Park Hall

Penniment

Pleasley

Racecourse

Rock Hill

Rufford

Sherwood

Southwell

Thompsons

Vale

Wainwright

Warsop Carrs

West Bank

Yeoman Hill

Changes 2023-2027

By-elections

West Bank

West Bank: 20 June 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Garry Cole	169	38.4	+6.6
	Mansfield Ind.	Faz Choudhury	142	32.3	+5.1
	Conservative	Steve Walmsley	98	22.3	–14.4
	Green	Shaun Thornton	14	3.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Thorsten Altenkirch	10	2.3	N/A
	TUSC	Karen Seymour	7	1.6	N/A
Majority			27	6.1
Turnout			440	20.1
Registered electors			2,195
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	0.8

References

1. "Mick Barton". Mansfield District Council. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
2. "Councillors". Mansfield District Council. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
3. Topping, Andrew; Pridmore, Oliver; Beck, Laycie (5 May 2023). "Full Mansfield District Council 2023 election results - Labour hold overall control with large majority". Nottinghamshire Live. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
4. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Mansfield District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
5. "The Mansfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/777, retrieved 1 May 2023
6. "Local Elections Archive Project — Sandhurst Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
7. Spridgeon, Dale (17 March 2021). "Ashfield MP Lee Anderson quits as Mansfield councillor". Chad. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
8. "Local Elections Archive Project — Oakham Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
9. "The death of Councillor Vaughan Hopewell". Mansfield District Council. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
10. "Local Elections Archive Project — Oak Tree Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
11. "Mansfield result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2023-05-23.
12. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated". Mansfield District Council. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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