2023 Nottingham City Council election

2023 Nottingham City Council election

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All 55 seats to Nottingham City Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader David Mellen Kevin Clarke Andrew Rule
Party Labour Nottingham Ind. Independent
Last election 50 3 0
Seats before 50[a] 3 2
Seats after 51 3 1
Seat change Increase1 Steady Decrease1

Winner of each seat at the 2023 Nottingham City Council election

Leader before election

David Mellen
Labour

Leader after election

David Mellen
Labour

The 2023 Nottingham City Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 55 members of Nottingham City Council in England. It took place as part of the 2023 United Kingdom local elections.

The previous election occurred in 2019, and resulted in the Labour Party retaining control with a majority of seats.[1] Both of the city council's previous two Conservatives left the party just ahead of the election to stand as independent candidates.[2]

Labour retained its majority at the election. The Conservatives failed to win any seats on the council for the first time, although one of the former Conservatives who had left the party in March 2023, Andrew Rule, was re-elected as an independent councillor.[3][4]


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  1. ^ Council, Nottingham City (2019-05-02). "Election results by party, 2 May 2019". Nottingham City Council. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  2. ^ Pridmore, Oliver (28 March 2023). "Nottingham's two Tory councillors to stand as independents in elections after 'divisive' party row". Nottinghamshire Live. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Local Elections 2023 recap - Labour landslide in Nottingham and party control of Broxtowe and Mansfield". Nottinghamshire Live. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  4. ^ Torr, George (5 May 2023). "Labour big winners across Nottinghamshire". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2023.