2019 Newark and Sherwood District Council election

2019 Newark and Sherwood District Council election
All 39 seats to Newark and Sherwood District Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
Party before election; Conservative;	Elected Party ; Conservative;

The 2019 Newark and Sherwood District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 39 members of Newark and Sherwood District Council in Nottinghamshire, England.^[1] This took place as part of the 2019 local elections.

Result

The election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining its control of the council, with an increased majority.^[2]

Newark and Sherwood District Council election, 2019
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	27	6	3	3	47.9	26,141
Labour	7	1	6	5	26.9	14,651
Independent	3			0	8.0	4,360
Liberal Democrats	2	2		2	12.8	6,986

Ward Results

Balderton North and Coddington

Balderton North and Coddington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Johnno Lee	900	51.9
	Conservative	Betty Brooks	866	49.9
	Independent	Amanda Thompson	351	20.2
	UKIP	Michael Patchett	324	18.7
	Labour	Debbie Antcliffe	289	16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Prabhakar	204	11.8
Turnout			1,747
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Balderton South

Balderton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lydia Hurst	640	67.9
	Conservative	Ronnie White	596	63.2
	Labour	Maxine Leigh	271	28.7
	Labour	Jeremy Taylor	262	27.8
Turnout			997
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Beacon

Beacon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rita Crowe	895	42.8
	Conservative	David Lloyd	879	42.0
	Conservative	Mathew Skinner	838	40.0
	Green	Esther Cropper	630	30.1
	Labour	Naz Butt	617	29.5
	Labour	Peter Brookes	532	25.4
	Green	Jay Henderson	496	23.7
	Labour	Andrew Freeman	466	22.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Thorpe	317	15.1
Turnout			2,137
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bilsthorpe

Bilsthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rhona Holloway	526	62.0
	Labour	Adam Murphy	323	38.0
Turnout			899
	Conservative gain from Labour

Boughton

Boughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brendan Clarke-Smith	414	52.4
	Labour	Paula Hancock	376	47.6
Turnout			826
	Conservative gain from Labour

Bridge

Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Gill Dawn	671	57.4
	Independent	Irene Brown	647	55.3
	Labour	Kevin Parnham	300	25.6
	Conservative	Roy Williams	269	23.0
	Conservative	Ian Harrison	230	19.7
Turnout			1,193
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Girling	323	42.6
	Labour	James Baggaley	230	30.3
	Independent	Richard Belam	125	16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Adams	81	10.7
Turnout			771
	Conservative hold

Collingham

Collingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Maureen Dobson	1,419	78.3
	Conservative	Linda Dales	771	42.5
	Liberal Democrats	Marylyn Rayner	395	21.8
Turnout			1,835
	Independent hold
	Conservative hold

Devon

Devon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Max Cope	686	38.3
	Conservative	Bob Crowe	672	37.5
	Labour	Laurence Goff	617	34.4
	Labour	Dennis Jones	547	30.5
	Conservative	Simon Haynes	545	30.4
	Labour	Ruth Woodhall	534	29.8
	Independent	Tracy Mathias	468	26.1
	Green	Lucy Pegler	434	24.2
Turnout			1,822
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Dover Beck

Dover Beck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Jackson	716	76.8
	Labour	Craig Pitchford	216	23.2
Turnout			972
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edwinstowe and Clipstone

Edwinstowe and Clipstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Scott Carlton	989	45.1
	Labour	Paul Peacock	983	44.9
	Conservative	Michael Brown	969	44.2
	Conservative	Gina Aldridge	949	43.3
	Labour	Anne Brooks	946	43.2
	Labour	Karl Beresford	931	42.5
Turnout			2,281
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Farndon and Fernwood

Farndon and Fernwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ivor Walker	879	54.1
	Conservative	Keith Walker	805	49.5
	Conservative	Neill Mison	780	48.0
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Walter	506	31.1
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Cullen	443	27.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Cullen	381	23.4
	Labour	Roger Gannaway	313	19.2
Turnout			1,681
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Farnsfield

Farnsfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Laughton	528	54.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Johnson	260	26.7
	Labour	John Pearson	184	18.9
Turnout			991
	Conservative hold

Lowdham

Lowdham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Timothy Wendels	545	57.7
	Green	Thomas Platt	177	18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Scorer	112	11.9
	Labour	Christine Gibbon	111	11.7
Turnout			956
	Conservative hold

Muskham

Muskham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sue Saddington	707	72.3
	Liberal Democrats	Vivian Scorer	154	15.7
	Labour	Darrell Pointing	117	12.0
Turnout			1,003
	Conservative hold

Ollerton

Ollerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lee Brazier	1,133	59.3
	Labour	Donna Cumberlidge	1,043	54.6
	Labour	Neal Mitchell	945	49.5
	Conservative	Hannah Smith	628	32.9
	Conservative	Philip Jones	606	31.7
	Conservative	Fraser McFarland	578	30.2
Turnout			2,040
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Rainworth North and Rufford

Rainworth North and Rufford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tom Smith	770	56.0
	Conservative	Dr Louis Brailsford	740	53.9
	Labour	Linda Tift	567	41.3
	Labour	Andy Szpuk	453	33.0
Turnout			1,450
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Rainworth South and Blidworth

Rainworth South and Blidworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Yvonne Woodhead	450	39.0
	Labour	Kathleen Arnold	401	34.8
	Independent	John Cheesmond	345	29.9
	Conservative	Mark Wheatley	341	29.6
	Independent	Martin Atherton	334	29.0
	Conservative	Steve Jackson	292	25.3
Turnout			1,169
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Southwell

Southwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Harris	1,408	46.2
	Conservative	Penny Rainbow	1,384	45.4
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Brock	1,208	39.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Thompstone	1,198	39.3
	Conservative	Geoffrey Handley	1,186	38.9
	Conservative	Peter Brooker	1,153	37.8
	Labour	James Dixon	407	13.3
	UKIP	Christopher Brown	267	8.8
Turnout			3,089
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Sutton-on-Trent

Sutton-on-Trent
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Sylvia Mitchell	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trent

Trent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Blaney	573	53.3
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Melton	319	29.7
	UKIP	Robert Hall-Palmer	96	8.9
	Labour	Jennie Mann	87	8.1
Turnout			1,084
	Conservative hold

By-elections

Rainworth South & Blidworth

Rainworth South & Blidworth: 21 October 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tina Thompson	650	66.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Sheila Jackson	168	17.1	-12.9
	Labour	Callum Walsh	164	16.7	-22.9
Majority			482	49.1
Turnout			982	22.2
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	26.7

Collingham

Collingham: 17 February 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Davis	982	56.3	+26.5
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Barron	594	34.1	+18.8
	Labour	Matthew Spoors	168	9.6	N/A
Majority			388	22.2
Turnout			1,744	37.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	3.9

References

^ "Local elections 2019". Newark and Sherwood District Council. Retrieved 13 April 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Newark and Sherwood District Council". BBC News. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

[1] "Local elections 2019". Newark and Sherwood District Council. Retrieved 13 April 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Newark and Sherwood District Council". BBC News. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

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