Gedling Borough Council elections

Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 50 councillors have been elected from 22 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Conservative	1973 - 1995
Labour	1995 - 1999
Conservative	1999 - 2003
No overall control	2003 - 2007
Conservative	2007 - 2011
Labour	2011 - present

Council elections

• Gedling Borough Council election, 1973
• Gedling Borough Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• Gedling Borough Council election, 1979
• Gedling Borough Council election, 1983
• Gedling Borough Council election, 1987 (Some new ward boundaries & borough boundary changes also took place)^[4]
• Gedling Borough Council election, 1991 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
• Gedling Borough Council election, 1995
• Gedling Borough Council election, 1999
• Gedling Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 7)^[6][7]
• Gedling Borough Council election, 2007
• Gedling Borough Council election, 2011
• Gedling Borough Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats from 50 to 41)^[8]

Borough result maps

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  2003 results map

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  2007 results map

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  2011 results map

By-election results

1995-1999

Woodthorpe By-Election 17 October 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,146	58.1
	Labour		656	33.3
	Liberal Democrat		169	8.6
Majority			490	24.9
Turnout			1,971	41.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

Phoenix By-Election 15 September 2011[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Ellwood	566	49.0	+1.2
	Labour	Allan Leadbeater	445	38.5	-13.7
	Conservative	James Faulconbridge	98	8.5	N/A
	UKIP	Lee Waters	46	4.0	N/A
Majority			121	10.5
Turnout			1,155	30.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Kingswell By-Election 2nd May 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Ellis	547	36.3	-1.2
	Conservative	Michael Adams	483	32.0	-8.6
	UKIP	Lee Waters	397	26.3	+26.3
	Liberal Democrat	Rhiann Stansfield-Coyne	80	5.3	-1.6
Majority			64	4.3
Turnout			1,507	39.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Gedling By-Election 27 March 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynda Pearson	482	32.6
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Susan Dunkin	428	28.9
	UKIP	Claude-Francois Loi	337	22.8
	Conservative	James Faulconbridge	233	15.7
Majority			54	3.6
Turnout			1,488	39.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References

1. "Wards & Parishes". Gedling Borough Council. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
2. "England council elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
3. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Gedling (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Nottinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The Nottinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
6. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Gedling (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
8. legislation.gov.uk - The Gedling (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
9. "Liberal Democrats elected to Phoenix Ward". Gedling Borough Council. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.

• By-election results

External links

• Gedling Borough Council