2023 Newark and Sherwood District Council election

2023 English local election

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4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)

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All 39 seats to Newark and Sherwood District Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	David Lloyd	Paul Peacock
Party	Conservative	Labour
Last election	27 seats, 47.9%	7 seats, 26.9%
Seats before	29	7
Seats after	14	11
Seat change	13	4

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Independent	Liberal Democrats
Last election	3 seats, 8.0%	2 seats, 12.8%
Seats before	1	2
Seats after	11	3
Seat change	8	1

Map of the results

Leader before election

David Lloyd
Conservative

Leader after election

Paul Peacock
Labour
No overall control

The 2023 Newark and Sherwood District Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 39 members of Newark and Sherwood District Council in Nottinghamshire, England.

Prior to the election the council had been under Conservative majority control, being led by David Lloyd. Following the results, the Conservatives lost the council to no overall control, and David Lloyd lost his seat. The Labour group leader, Paul Peacock, was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023 with support from the Liberal Democrats and many of the independent councillors.

Overall results

The overall results were as follows:

Newark and Sherwood District Council election, 2023
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	14	2	15	13	35.9	39.0	13,008	-8.9
Labour	11	6	2	4	28.2	26.5	8,852	-0.4
Independent	11	9	1	8	28.2	19.3	6,436	+11.3
Liberal Democrats	3	1	0	1	7.7	10.8	3,609	-5.1
Reform UK	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	69	n/a
TUSC	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	40	n/a

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.

Balderton North and Coddington

Balderton North and Coddington (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Johno Lee*	809	53.9	+2.0
	Independent	Emma Louise Oldham	792	52.8	*N/A*
	Conservative	Betty Margaret Brooks*	715	47.6	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Klaus Becher	514	34.2	+22.4
	Labour	Lucy Olivia Spoors	414	27.6	+10.9
Turnout			1,501	34.21
Registered electors			5,268
	Conservative hold
	Independent gain from Conservative

Balderton South

Balderton South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Simon Nicholas Forde	658	61.4	*N/A*
	Independent	Jean Hazel Hall	628	58.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Lydia Hazel Hurst*	461	43.0	−24.9
	Conservative	Ronnie White*	397	37.0	−26.2
Turnout			1,072	26.74
Registered electors			4,353
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Independent gain from Conservative

Beacon

Beacon (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Susan Crosby	1,213	67.8	*N/A*
	Independent	Rowan Sally Cozens	1,180	66.0	*N/A*
	Independent	David Michael Moore	906	50.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Rita Crowe*	709	39.6	−3.2
	Conservative	David James Lloyd*	694	38.8	−3.2
	Conservative	Matthew James Skinner*	666	37.2	−2.8
Turnout			1,789	30.01
Registered electors			6,831
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Independent gain from Conservative

Bilsthorpe

Bilsthorpe (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rhona Holloway*	412	52.2	−9.8
	Labour	Matt Kerry	377	47.8	+9.8
Turnout			789	28.62
Registered electors			2,785
	Conservative hold

Boughton

Boughton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Wildgust*	376	52.4	±0.0
	Labour	Marc Steele	342	47.6	±0.0
Turnout			718	30.93
Registered electors			2,341
	Conservative hold

Bridge

Bridge (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Debbie Darby	500	52.2	−5.2
	Independent	Irene Brown	381	39.8	−15.5
	Labour	Lisa June Geary	317	33.1	+7.5
	Independent	Mick Darby	249	26.0	N/A
	Conservative	Tony Roberts	224	23.4	+0.4
	Conservative	Andrew Christoper Rainbow	175	18.3	−1.4
	Reform UK	Robert Guy Michael Palmer	69	7.2	N/A
Turnout			958	22.05
Registered electors			4,934
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Bridge ward had been held by Conservative councillors Simon Haynes and Jack Kellas immediately prior to the election. They both won their seats in by-elections in 2021 following the resignations of the two independent councillors elected in 2019, one of whom was Irene Brown, who was re-elected to the seat in 2023. Seats shown as independent hold to allow comparison with 2019 results. Simon Haynes and Jack Kellas both stood in Farndon and Fernwood ward in 2023 rather than Bridge ward.

Castle

Castle (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Adrian Charles Amer	261	34.8	*N/A*
	Labour	Glenn William Barker	253	33.8	+3.5
	Conservative	Jenni Oliver	235	31.4	−11.2
Turnout			749	28.85
Registered electors			2,627
	Independent gain from Conservative

Collingham

Collingham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Elaine Dales*	1,049	59.2	+16.7
	Conservative	Phil Farmer	847	47.8	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Marylyn Rayner	683	38.5	+16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Barron	662	37.4	N/A
	Green	Martin James Lynn	303	17.1	N/A
Turnout			1,772	40.07
Registered electors			4,784
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Independent

Both Collingham seats were held by Conservatives immediately prior to the election, with Conservative councillor Emma Davis having won her seat in a by-election in 2022 following the death of the independent councillor elected in 2019. Emma Davis did not stand for re-election in 2023. Seat shown as a Conservative gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019 results.

Devon

Devon (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Neil Ross	910	72.5	*N/A*
	Labour	Matthew Joseph Thompson Spoors	671	53.5	+19.1
	Labour	Paul Taylor	640	51.0	+20.5
	Conservative	Bob Crowe*	530	42.2	+4.7
	Conservative	Max Cope*	514	41.0	+2.7
	Conservative	Keith Frank Girling*	501	39.9	+9.5
Turnout			1,255	24.89
Registered electors			6,598
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Keith Girling was the sitting councillor for Castle ward prior to the election.

Dover Beck

Dover Beck (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger James Jackson*	668	71.2	−5.6
	Labour	Joseph Maurice Spoors	270	28.8	+5.6
Turnout			938	38.57
Registered electors			2,450
	Conservative hold

Edwinstowe and Clipstone

Edwinstowe and Clipstone (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Stephen Peacock*	1,330	60.2	+15.3
	Labour	Andrew Freeman*	1,248	56.4	+13.9
	Labour	Anne Celia Brooks	1,172	53.0	+9.8
	Conservative	Scott Carlton*	1,081	48.9	+3.8
	Conservative	Rebecca Spademan	938	42.4	−1.8
	Conservative	Nigel Jeremy Booth	864	39.1	−4.2
Turnout			2,211	27.55
Registered electors			8,918
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Andrew Freeman had won his seat in a by-election in 2022 following the death of a Conservative elected in 2019. Seat shown as Labour gain from Conservative to allow comparison with 2019 election.

Farndon and Fernwood

Farndon and Fernwood (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Edward Haynes*	834	50.0	−4.1
	Conservative	Neil Allen	829	49.7	+0.2
	Conservative	Jack Logan Kellas*	823	49.3	+1.3
	Independent	Declan Patrick Logue	627	37.6	N/A
	Labour	Jane Elizabeth Olson	593	35.6	+16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Adams	511	30.6	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Thomas Cullen	419	25.1	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Geraghty	369	22.1	−5.1
Turnout			1,668	34.13
Registered electors			5,837
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Simon Haynes and Jack Kellas were both sitting councillors for Bridge ward prior to the election.

Farnsfield

Farnsfield (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maurice Arthur Shakeshaft	604	51.4	+32.5
	Conservative	Robert Bruce Laughton* (Bruce Laughton)	572	48.6	−5.7
Turnout			1,176	47.72
Registered electors			2,517
	Labour gain from Conservative

Lowdham

Lowdham (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Wendels*	594	61.7	+4.0
	Labour	Kevin Treverton Scoles	369	38.3	+26.6
Turnout			963	42.72
Registered electors			2,266
	Conservative hold

Muskham

Muskham (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Saddington*	618	55.5	−16.8
	Green	Jude Andrews	268	24.1	N/A
	Labour	Adrian James Loftus	228	20.5	+8.5
Turnout			1,114	45.8
Registered electors			2,428
	Conservative hold

Ollerton

Ollerton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Pringle*	1,198	77.9	+23.3
	Labour	Alice Brazier	963	62.6	+13.1
	Labour	Lee Robert Brazier*	953	62.0	+2.7
	Conservative	Kelly Fordham	501	32.6	−0.3
Turnout			1,538	22.95
Registered electors			7,345
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Rainworth North and Rufford

Rainworth North and Rufford (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Mary Tift	632	48.9	+7.6
	Labour	Claire Penny	549	42.5	+9.5
	Conservative	Lois Kirsten Fisher	482	37.3	−18.7
	Conservative	Petra Harvey-Barker	460	35.6	−18.3
	Independent	Carrie Young	258	20.0	N/A
	Green	Sheila Greatrex-White	163	12.6	N/A
	TUSC	Kirsty Denman	40	3.1	N/A
Turnout			1,292	27.53
Registered electors			5,110
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Rainworth South and Blidworth

Rainworth South and Blidworth (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tina Thompson*	516	41.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	Tom Smith*	448	35.9	+6.3
	Conservative	Gary Frazer Fisher	419	33.6	+8.3
	Labour	Bill Bates	376	30.1	−8.9
	Independent	Martin Gary Atherton	347	27.8	−1.2
	Labour	Callam Walsh	266	21.3	−13.5
	Independent	Edward Litchfield	124	9.9	N/A
Turnout			1,248	29.45
Registered electors			4,469
	Independent gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Tina Thompson had won her seat in a by-election in 2021 following the death of the Labour councillor elected in 2019. Seat shown as an independent gain from Labour to allow comparison with 2019 results. Tom Smith was the sitting councillor for Rainworth North and Rufford ward prior to the election.

Southwell

Southwell (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Rainbow*	1,355	47.2	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Richard Bloomfield Harris*	1,346	46.9	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Roberts	1,314	45.8	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Michael Berridge	1,039	36.2	−3.1
	Conservative	Curtis Marshall	1,000	34.8	−4.1
	Conservative	Michael John Jeffrey	955	33.3	−4.5
	Labour	Jamie Oliver William Bostock	878	30.6	+17.3
	Green	Steven Patrick Morris	540	18.8	N/A
	Independent	Jools Cosgrove	186	6.5	N/A
Turnout			2,871	45.3
Registered electors			7,038
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Sutton-on-Trent

Sutton-on-Trent (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sylvia Mary Michael*	544	51.4	+51.4
	Independent	Roger John Bell	515	48.6	N/A
Turnout			1,059	42.3
Registered electors			2,539
	Conservative hold

Trent

Trent (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Myers Melton	555	47.7	+18.0
	Conservative	Malcolm Yates	506	43.5	−9.8
	Green	Eric Bignell	102	8.8	N/A
Turnout			1,163	49.35
Registered electors			2,369
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

References

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