2023 Rushcliffe Borough Council election

The 2023 Rushcliffe Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 44 members of Rushcliffe Borough Council in England. This would take place as part of the 2023 local elections in England.

The previous election occurred in 2019, and resulted in the Conservative Party winning a reduced majority of 29 seats.

Background

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.[1] 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 are taking place on new boundaries. Six wards (Bingham East, Bingham West, Gamston North, Gamston South, Sutton Bonington, and Thoroton) have been abolished; five wards (Bingham North, Bingham South, Gamston, Newton, and Soar Valley) have been created.[2] In addition, two wards (Abbey and Gotham) have gained seats and two wards (Lutterell and Trent Bridge) have lost seats.[2]

Previous council composition
After 2019 election Before 2023 election[3]
Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 29 Conservative 27
Labour 7 Labour 6
Liberal Democrats 3 Liberal Democrats 3
Independent 3 Independent 5
Green 2 Green 3

Changes
  • June 2020: Ron Hetherington (Conservative) resigns; by-election held May 2021[4]
  • May 2021: Matt Barney (Conservative) wins by-election[5]
  • September 2021: Annie Major (Liberal Democrats) resigns; by-election held October 2021[6]
  • October 2021: Vicky Price (Liberal Democrats) wins by-election;[7] John Stockwood and Francis Purdue-Horan suspended from the Conservatives[8]
  • March 2023: Benjamin Gray defects to the Green Party from Labour[9]

Results
2023 Rushcliffe Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 44
  Green 14
  Labour 35
  Liberal Democrats 11
  Reform UK 1
  Rushcliffe Independents 5
  Independent 15

Results by ward

An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor.

Abbey
Abbey[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Calvert
Labour Julie Chaplain
Conservative Stephen Duckworth
Conservative Darius Furmonavicius
Conservative Amit Garg
Labour Penny Gowland*
Liberal Democrats Keith Jamieson
Green Sandra Lee
Green Ian Whitehead

Bingham North
Bingham North[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Nadia Jejna
Independent Stephen Perkins
Independent Francis Purdue-Horan*
Conservative Nigel Regan
Independent Wayne Stapleton
Conservative Gareth Williams*

Bingham South
Bingham South[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Rowan Bird
Independent Elena Georgiou
Independent Andrew Shelton
Conservative Paul Simpson
Independent Maureen Stockwood*
Labour Peter Vallelly
Conservative Clare Williams
Liberal Democrats Andrew Wood

Bunny
Bunny[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Rushcliffe Independents Will Birch
Labour Jim Coyle
Conservative Andy Edyvean*

Compton Acres
Compton Acres[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Catherine Carmichael
Green Richard Holmes
Labour Graham Johnson
Liberal Democrats Rod Jones
Conservative Hari Om
Conservative Alan Phillips*
Green William Richardson

Cotgrave
Cotgrave[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Butler*
Rushcliffe Independents Keir Chewings
Labour John Clements
Conservative Stuart Ellis
Conservative Leo Healy*
Labour Andy Naslas
Independent Darren Stothard

Cranmer
Cranmer[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sarah Bailey*
Labour Chris Grocock

Cropwell
Cropwell[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Rushcliffe Independents Ted Birch
Conservative Gordon Moore*

East Bridgford
East Bridgford[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Kilduff
Independent Monica Monni
Conservative David Simms*

Edwalton
Edwalton[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hetvi Parekh
Labour Brian Robinson
Liberal Democrats Nancy Smith-Mitsch
Labour Charles Standring
Conservative Douglas Wheeler

Gamston
Gamston[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Bannister
Labour Chris Geeson
Green Elizabeth Mollatt
Liberal Democrats Terry Morrell
Conservative Davinder Virdi*
Conservative Jonathan Wheeler*

Gotham
Gotham[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gill Aldridge
Conservative Andy Brown
Labour Lewis McAulay
Conservative Rex Walker*
Liberal Democrats Mike Wright

Keyworth & Wolds
Keyworth & Wolds[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Linda Abbey
Labour David Clarke
Conservative John Cottee*
Labour Kevin Fitzgerald
Conservative Rob Inglis*
Labour Kev Lowe
Independent Shelley Millband
Conservative Tony Wells

Lady Bay
Lady Bay[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Crouch
Conservative Luke Dorian
Green George Mallender*
Green Sue Mallender*
Conservative Jean Smith
Labour Keith Wright

Leake
Leake[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jason Billin
Conservative Paul Mercer
Labour Ruth Roberts
Conservative San Singh
Conservative Sylvia Smith
Independent Carys Thomas*
Independent Lesley Way*

Lutterell
Lutterell[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Benjamin Gray*
Labour Naz Begum*
Conservative Phill Matthews

Musters
Musters[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sara Dellar
Conservative Ruta Furmonaviciene
Conservative Rachel Godkin
Labour Dora Polenta
Liberal Democrats Vicky Price*
Labour Roger Smith

Neville & Langar
Neville & Langar[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tina Combellack*
Independent Margaret Irving

Newton
Newton[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Barton
Green Rhiana Lakin
Conservative Debbie Soloman

Radcliffe on Trent
Radcliffe on Trent[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Abby Brennan*
Conservative Jonathan Clarke
Reform UK Lance Concannon
Labour Martin Culshaw
Green Jane Fulford
Green Kim Kupper
Labour Paul Rotherham
Labour Alice Tomlinson
Conservative Roger Upton*
Liberal Democrats Adam Witko

Ruddington
Ruddington[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ben Atack
Conservative Gary Dickman*
Labour Graham Fletcher
Labour Mike Gaunt*
Conservative Andrew Kemp
Green Andrew Nicholson-Cole
Labour Jen Walker*

Soar Valley
Soar Valley[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matt Barney*
Rushcliffe Independents Stuart Matthews
Liberal Democrats David Wright

Tollerton
Tollerton[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Annette Beaumont
Rushcliffe Independents Natascha Birch
Green Peter Jones
Conservative Debbie Mason*

Trent Bridge
Trent Bridge[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Timothy Baker
Conservative Paul Coe
Labour Liz Plant

References
  1. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Rushcliffe Borough Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  2. "The Rushcliffe (Electoral Changes) Order 2022 - Schedule 1". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  3. "Your Councillors by Party". Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 8 April 2023. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023.
  4. "Resignation of Borough Councillor". Sutton Bonnington Parish Council. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  5. "Local Elections Archive Project — Sutton Bonington Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  6. "Winning a Pennine seat would be Felicitous | LocalCouncils.co.uk". www.localcouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  7. "Local Elections Archive Project — Musters Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  8. "Rushcliffe councillors expelled for 'harassing' clerk". BBC News. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  9. "West Bridgford Labour councillor defects to the Green Party". West Bridgford Wire. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  10. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Abbey Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  11. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Bingham North Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  12. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Bingham South Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  13. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Bunny Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  14. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Compton Acres Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  15. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Cotgrave Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  16. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Cranmer Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  17. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Cropwell Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  18. "Statement of Persons Nominated - East Bridgford Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  19. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Edwalton Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  20. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Gamston Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  21. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Gotham Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  22. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Keyworth & Wolds Borough Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  23. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Lady Bay Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  24. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Leake Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  25. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Lutterell Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  26. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Musters Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  27. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Neville & Langar Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  28. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Newton Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  29. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Radcliffe on Trent Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  30. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Ruddington Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  31. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Soar Valley Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  32. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Tollerton Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  33. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Trent Bridge Ward" (PDF). Rushcliffe Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
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