2019 Gedling Borough Council election

Elections to Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire were held on 2 May 2019, the same day as the other local government elections in England and Northern Ireland. The election used the nineteen wards created as a result of boundary commission recommendations formulated for the 2015 contest, with each division electing between one and three Councillors using the first-past-the-post electoral system. A total of 41 representatives were elected.

2019 Gedling Borough Council election

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All 41 seats to Gedling Borough Council 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	36.1%
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 25 seats, 39.1% 15 seats, 36.9% Seats won 29 8 Seat change 4 7 Popular vote 33,384 22,345 Percentage 47.8% 32.0% Swing 8.7% 4.9%   Third party Fourth party   Party Liberal Democrats Independent Last election 1 seat, 5.9% 0 seats, 0.5% Seats won 2 2 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 8,375 3,117 Percentage 12.0% 4.5% Swing 6.1% 4.0%
Map of the results
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

After the 2015 election, a Labour majority administration of 25 was formed. In 2019, Labour gained four seats, increasing their numbers to 29, eight clear of the Council's majority threshold.^[1][2]

Summary

Election result

2019 Gedling Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	41	29	5	1	4	70.7	47.8	33,384	+8.7
	Conservative	41	8	0	7	7	19.5	32.0	22,345	–4.9
	Liberal Democrats	31	2	1	0	1	4.9	12.0	8,375	+6.1
	Independent	7	2	2	0	2	4.9	4.5	3,117	+4.0
	UKIP	7	0	0	0		0.0	2.3	1,630	–14.0
	Ind. Network	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.9	630	N/A
	Green	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	377	–0.8

Ward results

Bestwood St Albans

Bestwood St Albans (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rachael Ellis	464	45
	Labour	Des Gibbons	425	41
	Conservative	Tammy Bisset	340	33
	Conservative	Warren Bisset	311	30
	Green	Margret Vince	185	18
	UKIP	Anthony Hall	175	17
Turnout
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Calverton

Calverton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mike Hope	860	38
	Conservative	Boyd Elliott	843	37
	Independent	Pat Bosworth	809	36
	Independent	Sandra Harris	729	32
	Conservative	Jane Walker	649	29
	Conservative	Marie Knowles	612	27
	Labour	Pamela Ede Cooper	439	19
	Labour	Clive Foster	429	19
	Labour	Matthew Spurr	386	17
	UKIP	Fran Loi	333	15
Turnout
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Independent gain from Conservative

Carlton

Carlton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nicki Brooks	895	63
	Labour	Paul Wilkinson	836	59
	Conservative	Ged Clarke	386	27
	Conservative	Gerald Kenwood	367	26
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Burrows	133	9
	Liberal Democrats	Max Beeken	124	9
Turnout
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Carlton Hill

Carlton Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jim Creamer	1,255	66
	Labour	Paul Feeney	1,193	63
	Labour	Alex Scroggie	1,158	61
	Conservative	Patricia Blandamer	523	27
	Conservative	James Greensmith	490	26
	Conservative	Kevin Lock	477	25
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Soar	165	9
	Liberal Democrats	Nadia Hajat	140	7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Milburn	138	7
Turnout
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Cavendish

Cavendish (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gary Gregory	704	56
	Labour	Liz Clunie	695	55
	Conservative	George Miller	314	25
	Conservative	Mitchell Remzi	272	22
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Dunkin	250	20
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Hughes	236	19
Turnout
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Colwick

Colwick (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Meredith Lawrence	422	64
	Conservative	Michel Flor-Henry	158	24
	UKIP	Jean Katimertzis	78	12
Turnout
	Labour hold

Coppice

Coppice (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marje Paling	940	55
	Labour	Henry Wheeler	895	52
	Conservative	Geoff Walker	447	26
	Conservative	Stuart Bestwick	409	24
	UKIP	David Voce	303	18
	Green	Jim Stuart	192	11
Turnout
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Daybrook

Daybrook (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Barnes	888	65
	Labour	Sandra Barnes	878	64
	UKIP	Jordan Green	239	17
	Independent	James Gamble	201	15
	Conservative	Mark Riddle	173	13
	Conservative	Eric Major	169	12
Turnout
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Dumbles

Dumbles (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Helen Greensmith	618	63
	Labour	Lee Garland	233	24
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Dudley	128	13
Turnout
	Conservative hold

Ernehale

Ernehale (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Ellis	799	51
	Labour	Roxanne Ellis	782	49
	Conservative	Antony Burrows	362	23
	Conservative	Robert Dawson	311	20
	UKIP	Philip Smith	283	18
	Independent	Paul Key	153	10
	Independent	Desmond Peet	129	8
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Stansfield	101	6
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Poynter	72	5
Turnout
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Gedling

Gedling (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jenny Hollingsworth	917	56
	Labour	Jennifer Thomas	792	48
	Conservative	Jane Cook	447	27
	Conservative	Alan Bexon	444	27
	Liberal Democrats	Maggie Dunkin	339	21
	Liberal Democrats	Martin White	268	16
Turnout
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Netherfield

Netherfield (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Clarke	775	70
	Labour	Barbara Miller	762	69
	Conservative	Anthony Pitman	218	20
	Conservative	Curtis Large	209	19
	Liberal Democrats	Fran Hajat	103	9
	Liberal Democrats	Essop Hajat	97	9
Turnout
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Newstead Abbey

Newstead Abbey (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Chris Barnfather	1,748	67
	Conservative	Martin Smith	1,538	59
	Conservative	Simon Murray	1,468	56
	Labour	Carol Wright	686	26
	Labour	Ben Harding	502	19
	Labour	Adam Huckerby	489	19
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Sutherland	449	17
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Swift	290	11
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Tetley	221	8
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Phoenix

Phoenix (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Ellwood	828	57
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Towsey-Hinton	790	54
	Labour	Cheryl Hewlett	438	30
	Labour	Verna Henry	429	29
	Conservative	Charlie Godwin	194	13
	Conservative	Chris Taylor	174	12
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Plains

Plains (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rosa Keneally	1,043	41
	Labour	Michael Boyle	1,026	40
	Conservative	John Parr	937	37
	Labour	John Butterworth	928	36
	Conservative	Kevin Doyle	887	35
	Conservative	James Faulconbridge	886	35
	Independent	Sarah Hewson	630	25
	Independent	Don Strickland	236	9
	Liberal Democrats	Jen Pearce	203	8
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Gladwell	173	7
	Liberal Democrats	David Steele	154	6
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Porchester

Porchester (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bob Collis	1,503	58
	Labour	Julie Najuk	1,482	57
	Labour	John Truscott	1,447	56
	Conservative	Alison Smith	591	23
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Dawson	541	21
	Liberal Democrats	Seb Soar	534	21
	Conservative	Stephen Swann	533	21
	Conservative	Stephen Powell	520	20
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Swift	447	17
Turnout
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Redhill

Redhill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Payne	1,188	66
	Labour	Kathryn Fox	1,075	60
	Conservative	Michael Abbott	437	24
	Conservative	Malcolm Littlefair	329	18
	UKIP	Andrew Lowdon	219	12
	Liberal Democrats	Tadeusz Jones	102	6
	Liberal Democrats	John Sutherland	66	4
Turnout
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Trent Valley

Trent Valley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Adams	658	42
	Conservative	Sam Smith	595	38
	Labour	Margaret Strong	494	31
	Labour	Femi Ogundipe	464	30
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Fife	428	27
	Liberal Democrats	John Flynn	422	27
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Woodthorpe

Woodthorpe (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Viv McCrossen	1,124	56
	Labour	Ron McCrossen	1,104	55
	Conservative	Mark Clipsham	663	33
	Conservative	James Stephenson	638	32
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Patterson	221	11
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Swift	212	11
Turnout
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

By-elections

Cavendish

Cavendish: 6 January 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Dunkin	344	35.1	+15.4
	Labour	John Butterworth	303	30.9	−24.6
	Conservative	Darren Maltby	250	25.5	+0.7
	Independent	Fran Loi	56	5.7	N/A
	Green	Jim Norris	26	2.7	N/A
Majority			41	4.2
Turnout			981	23.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	20.0