Gedling Borough Council elections

Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 41 councillors have been elected from the borough's 19 wards.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]

Party in controlYears
Conservative1973 - 1995
Labour1995 - 1999
Conservative1999 - 2003
No overall control2003 - 2007
Conservative2007 - 2011
Labour2011–present

Council elections

Borough result maps
  • 2003 results map
  • 2007 results map
  • 2011 results map

Changes between elections

1995-1999
Woodthorpe By-Election 17 October 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative 1,146 58.1
Labour 656 33.3
Liberal Democrats 169 8.6
Majority 490 24.9
Turnout 1,971 41.2
Conservative hold Swing

2011-2015
Phoenix By-Election 15 September 2011[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Andrew Ellwood 566 49.0 +1.2
Labour Allan Leadbeater 445 38.5 -13.7
Conservative James Faulconbridge 98 8.5 N/A
UKIP Lee Waters 46 4.0 N/A
Majority 121 10.5
Turnout 1,155 30.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Kingswell By-Election 2nd May 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour David Ellis 547 36.3 -1.2
Conservative Michael Adams 483 32.0 -8.6
UKIP Lee Waters 397 26.3 +26.3
Liberal Democrats Rhiann Stansfield-Coyne 80 5.3 -1.6
Majority 64 4.3
Turnout 1,507 39.5
Labour hold Swing
Gedling By-Election 27 March 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Lynda Pearson 482 32.6
Liberal Democrats Margaret Susan Dunkin 428 28.9
UKIP Claude-Francois Loi 337 22.8
Conservative James Faulconbridge 233 15.7
Majority 54 3.6
Turnout 1,488 39.5
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2015-2019

Conservative councillor Sarah Hewson (Plains) resigned from the party in March 2018.[9]

References
  1. "England council elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  2. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Gedling (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  3. legislation.gov.uk - The Nottinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
  4. legislation.gov.uk - The Nottinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
  5. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  6. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Gedling (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  7. legislation.gov.uk - The Gedling (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  8. "Liberal Democrats elected to Phoenix Ward". Gedling Borough Council. 16 September 2011. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  9. "Tory councillor resigns over 'irregularities'". West Bridgford Wire. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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