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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 Nottinghamshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

The 2023 Rushcliffe Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 44 members of Rushcliffe Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

The council had been under Conservative majority control since 1999. The leader of the council prior to the election was Simon Robinson, but he chose not to stand for re-election.

The Conservatives retained their majority at the election. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023, Neil Clarke was appointed the new leader of the council. He had previously held the position between 2005 and 2017.

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. 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 took place on new boundaries. Six wards (Bingham East, Bingham West, Gamston North, Gamston South, Sutton Bonington, and Thoroton) were abolished; five wards (Bingham North, Bingham South, Gamston, Newton, and Soar Valley) were created. In addition, two wards (Abbey and Gotham) gained seats and two wards (Lutterell and Trent Bridge) lost seats.

Before 2023 election
Conservative	29	Conservative	26
Labour	7	Labour	6
Liberal Democrats	3	Liberal Democrats	3
Independent	3	Independent	6
Green	2	Green	3

June 2020: Ron Hetherington (Conservative) resigns; by-election held in May 2021
May 2021: Matt Barney (Conservative) wins by-election
September 2021: Annie Major (Liberal Democrats) resigns; by-election held in October 2021
October 2021: Vicky Price (Liberal Democrats) wins by-election; John Stockwood and Francis Purdue-Horan suspended from the Conservatives
March 2023: Benjamin Gray defects to the Green Party from Labour
April 2023: Maureen Stockwood leaves the Conservatives to sit as an independent.

2023 Rushcliffe Borough Council election
Conservative	44	25	4	56.8
Green	14	2	0	4.5
Labour	35	9	2	20.5
Liberal Democrats	11	1	2	2.3
Reform	1	0	0	0.0
Rushcliffe Independents	5	2	2	4.5
Independent	15	5	2	11.4

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

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,730	57.9
	Labour	1,626	54.4
	Labour	1,527	51.1
	Conservative	1,012	33.9
	Conservative	1,010	33.8
	Conservative	935	31.3
	Green	416	13.9
	Green	366	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	340	11.3
3,141	51.6
6,081

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	593	44.8
	Conservative	587	44.3
	Independent	399	30.1
	Independent	379	28.6
	Independent	355	26.8
	Independent	336	25.3
1,423	36.5
3,899

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	768	45.7
	Independent	525	31.2
	Conservative	447	26.6
	Conservative	406	24.2
	Labour	395	23.5
	Liberal Democrats	290	17.3
	Independent	277	16.5
	Independent	254	15.1
1,796	41.3
4,347

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	603	51.7
	Labour	286	24.5
	Rushcliffe Ind.	278	23.8
1,171	49.2
2,378

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,188	55.3
	Conservative	1,169	54.4
	Labour	742	34.5
	Labour	671	31.2
	Liberal Democrats	192	8.9
	Green	174	8.1
	Green	161	7.5
2,257	49.7
4,542

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,033	60.3
	Rushcliffe Ind.	1,033	60.3
	Conservative	748	43.7
	Conservative	713	41.6
	Labour	612	35.7
	Labour	526	30.7
	Independent	475	27.7
2,046	32.7
6,264

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	620	56.0
	Conservative	487	44.0
1,121	43.4
2,581

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Rushcliffe Ind.	485	54.3
	Conservative	408	45.7
905	44.3
2,043

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	513	48.4
	Labour	316	29.8
	Independent	231	21.8
1,069	47.4
2,256

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	980	67.1
	Conservative	913	62.6
	Labour	461	31.6
	Labour	400	27.4
	Liberal Democrats	165	11.3
1,561	39.0
3,998

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	970	56.1
	Conservative	862	49.9
	Labour	603	34.9
	Labour	580	33.6
	Green	237	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	204	11.8
1,840	40.9
4,494

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	561	66.0
	Conservative	437	51.4
	Labour	336	39.6
	Labour	276	32.5
	Liberal Democrats	89	10.5
921	45.4
2,030

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,653	59.4
	Conservative	1,417	50.9
	Conservative	1,207	43.4
	Independent	992	35.7
	Liberal Democrats	973	35.0
	Labour	792	28.5
	Labour	674	24.2
	Labour	639	23.0
3,120	48
6,506

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	1,452	62.7
	Green	1,367	59.0
	Labour	679	29.3
	Labour	672	29.0
	Conservative	249	10.7
	Conservative	216	9.3
2,381	50
4,761

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	1,518	62.7
	Independent	1,449	59.8
	Independent	1,440	59.4
	Conservative	852	35.2
	Conservative	749	30.9
	Conservative	731	30.2
	Labour	528	21.8
2,646	39.2
6,751

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	425	39.3
	Green	334	30.9
	Labour	322	29.8
1,088	44.9
2,422

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	796	43.4
	Liberal Democrats	732	39.9
	Labour	711	38.8
	Liberal Democrats	697	38.0
	Conservative	386	21.1
	Conservative	345	18.8
1,894	45.8
4,134

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	609	61.6
	Independent	380	38.4
1,022	40.8
2,503

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	372	58.0
	Labour	157	24.5
	Green	112	17.5
639	40.9
1,563

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,346	48.8
	Conservative	1,342	48.6
	Conservative	1,167	42.3
	Labour	1,150	41.7
	Labour	1,104	40.0
	Labour	956	34.7
	Green	470	17.0
	Green	325	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	310	11.2
	Reform	107	3.9
2,922	47.6
6,135

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,578	64.3
	Labour	1,531	62.4
	Labour	1,427	58.2
	Conservative	850	34.6
	Conservative	821	33.5
	Conservative	776	31.6
	Green	377	15.4
2,611	43.1
6,058

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	428	54.7
	Rushcliffe Ind.	211	27.0
	Liberal Democrats	143	18.3
786	44.6
1,761

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	395	54.4
	Labour	245	33.7
	Green	65	9.0
	Rushcliffe Ind.	21	2.9
729	48.1
1,516

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	541	64.7
	Conservative	186	22.2
	Green	109	13.0
837	35.5
2,357

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