The 2023 Rushcliffe Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 44 members of

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, 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.

Background

Rushcliffe is one of the seven

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s that make up

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. Since its creation in 1973, the

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have held a majority in all elections, apart from

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when the council fell into

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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

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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.

Previous council composition

Changes

* June 2020: Ron Hetherington (Conservative) resigns; by-election held May 2021 * May 2021: Matt Barney (Conservative) wins by-election * September 2021: Annie Major (Liberal Democrats) resigns; by-election held 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.

Results

Results by ward

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

Abbey

Bingham North

Bingham South

Bunny

Compton Acres

Cotgrave

Cranmer

Cropwell

East Bridgford

Edwalton

Gamston

Gotham

Keyworth & Wolds

Lady Bay

Leake

Lutterell

Musters

Neville & Langar

Newton

Radcliffe on Trent

Ruddington

Soar Valley

Tollerton

Trent Bridge

References

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