Nottinghamshire County Council election, 2009

Elections to Nottinghamshire County Council took place on 4 June 2009, having been delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament.

In the previous election, held on 5 May 2005, the Labour Party won a majority with 36 out of 67 seats. The Conservative Party were second with 26 seats, and the Liberal Democrats had five.^[1] Following the 2005 election, there were three by-elections, which all saw swings against Labour. The Conservatives gained Hucknall and the Liberal Democrats Sutton-in-Ashfield North from Labour, and the Labour party's majority in Mansfield East was reduced by nearly two thirds.^[2]

Contents 1 Campaign 2 Results 3 Results by Electoral division[5] 3.1 Arnold North 3.2 Arnold South 3.3 Balderton 3.4 Beauvale 3.5 Beeston North 3.6 Beeston South and Attenborough 3.7 Bingham 3.8 Blidworth 3.9 Blyth and Harworth 3.10 Bramcote and Stapleford 3.11 Calverton 3.12 Carlton East 3.13 Carlton West 3.14 Chilwell and Toton 3.15 Collingham 3.16 Cotgrave 3.17 Eastwood 3.18 Farndon and Muskham 3.19 Farnsfield and Lowdham 3.20 Hucknall 3.21 Keyworth 3.22 Kimberley and Trowell 3.23 Kirkby in Ashfield North 3.24 Kirkby in Ashfield South 3.25 Mansfield East 3.26 Mansfield North 3.27 Mansfield South 3.28 Mansfield West 3.29 Misterton 3.30 Newark East 3.31 Newark West 3.32 Newstead 3.33 Nuthall 3.34 Ollerton 3.35 Radcliffe on Trent 3.36 Retford East 3.37 Retford West 3.38 Ruddington 3.39 Rufford 3.40 Selston 3.41 Soar Valley 3.42 Southwell and Caunton 3.43 Sutton in Ashfield Central 3.44 Sutton in Ashfield East 3.45 Sutton in Ashfield North 3.46 Sutton in Ashfield West 3.47 Tuxford 3.48 Warsop 3.49 West Bridgford Central and South 3.50 West Bridgford West 3.51 Worksop East 3.52 Worksop North 3.53 Worksop North East and Carlton 3.54 Worksop West 4 References

Campaign

This council was a key battleground between the Labour and Conservative parties, with each wanting to win control. The Liberal Democrats hoped for no overall control so they could share power with one of the two larger parties. A key local issue was the planned extension of the Nottingham tram to Clifton and Toton, which is opposed by the Conservatives.^[3]

Results

Nottinghamshire County Council election, 2009[4]
Party	Seats	Seats (%)
Conservative	35	52.24%
Labour	13	19.40%
Liberal Democrats	9	13.43%
Independent	9	13.43%
UKIP	1	1.49%

Results by Electoral division^[5]

Arnold North

Arnold North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Gerald Vincent Clarke	3,343	25.50%
	Conservative	Veronica Caroline Pepper	3,255	24.83%
	Labour	Pauline Annette Allan	1,995	15.22%
	Labour	John Robert Stocks	1,805	13.77%
	Liberal Democrat	Sandra Yvonne Thornley	1,361	10.38%
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Mark Patterson	1,352	10.31%
Voter turnout			37.09%

Arnold South

Arnold South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Rodney Gordon Kempster	3,257	22.28%
	Conservative	Melvyn Alfred Shepherd	2,948	20.17%
	Labour	Peter Graham Barnes	2,210	15.12%
	Labour	Paul Richard Key	2,044	13.98%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Julian Swift	1,521	10.41%
	Liberal Democrat	Tadeusz Edward Zdzislaw Jones	1,502	10.28%
	UKIP	Anthony Robin Ellwood	1,135	7.76%
Voter turnout			41.98%

Balderton

Balderton
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Keith Walker	1,401	59.11%
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Allen	559	23.59%
	Labour	Carola Richards	410	17.30%
Voter turnout			31.37%

Beauvale

Beauvale
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	David Taylor	1,532	43.31%
	BNP	Dave Brown	698	19.73%
	Liberal Democrat	Bob Charlesworth	657	18.58%
	Labour	Jen Cole	650	18.38%
Voter turnout			43.56%

Beeston North

Beeston North
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Carr	2,026	53.12%
	Conservative	Philip Hopkinson	905	23.73%
	Labour	Kate Foale	549	14.39%
	Green	Paul David Anderson	334	8.76%
Voter turnout			48.54%

Beeston South and Attenborough

Beeston South and Attenborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Eric Kerry	1,889	41.02%
	Labour	Pat Lally	1700	36.92%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Morley Hopcroft	432	9.38%
	Green	Sylvia Anne Rule	306	6.64%
	BNP	Wayne Shelbourn	278	6.04%
Voter turnout			51.16%

Bingham

Bingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Martin William Suthers	2,020	48.71%
	Liberal Democrat	George Davidson	1,207	29.11%
	Independent	Terry Coleman	510	12.30%
	Labour	Alan Richard Tiplady	410	9.89%
Voter turnout			43.92%

Blidworth

Blidworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Independent	Geoff Merry	852	34.68%
	Labour	Yvonne Woodhead	802	32.64%
	Conservative	Rod Allen	496	20.19%
	Independent	Kevan Wakefield	307	12.49%
Voter turnout			32.69%

Blyth and Harworth

Blyth and Harworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Labour	Sheila Janice Place	1,663	52.71%
	Conservative	Chris Wanless	1,492	47.29%
Voter turnout			34.13%

Bramcote and Stapleford

Bramcote and Stapleford (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Liberal Democrat	Stan Heptinstall	3,281	21.03%
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Wombwell	3,095	19.84%
	Conservative	John Doddy	2,528	16.21%
	Conservative	Philip Brooks-Stephenson	2,245	14.39%
	Labour	John William McGrath	1,418	9.09%
	Labour	Geoff Ward	1,119	7.17%
	UKIP	Chris Cobb	1,013	6.49%
	Green	Emma Kathryn Fawcett	507	3.25%
	Green	Mary Evelyn Venning	394	2.53%
Voter turnout			45.49%

Calverton

Calverton
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Mark Steven Spencer	2,229	70.47%
	Labour	Michael John Hope	934	29.53%
Voter turnout			40.70%

Carlton East

Carlton East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Labour	William John Clarke	2,165	16.03%
	Conservative	Allen Malpass Clarke	2,144	15.87%
	Labour	James O'Riordan	2,099	15.54%
	Conservative	Cheryl Beverly Clarke	2,035	15.06%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard James Dawson Berry	1,960	14.51%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Ian MacDuff Fife	1,811	13.41%
	BNP	Stephen Arthur Adcock	739	5.47%
	Green	Jean Katimertzis	556	4.12%
Voter turnout			41.11%

Carlton West

Carlton West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Labour	Seamus Martin Creamer	2,191	16.76%
	Labour	Darrell Eduard Pulk	2,152	16.47%
	Conservative	Thomas Lewis Butcher	2,030	15.53%
	Conservative	Eric John Collin	2,025	15.49%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Anthony Hughes	1,072	8.20%
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Norman Fredrick William Pratt	994	7.61%
	UKIP	Deva Indera Asanga Kumarasiri	974	7.45%
	UKIP	Anthony Jeffrey Prior	971	7.43%
	BNP	William Christopher Bell	660	5.05%
Voter turnout			38.81%

Chilwell and Toton

Chilwell and Toton (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Tom Pettengell	3,388	24.40%
	Conservative	Richard Ian Jackson	3,356	24.17%
	Labour	Ed Jacobs	1,442	10.39%
	Labour	Atul Joshi	1,135	8.17%
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Pearson	1,076	7.75%
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Wombwell	998	7.19%
	UKIP	Keith Willoughby Marriott	786	5.66%
	Green	Richard David Eddleston	658	4.74%
	BNP	Mary Clifton	546	3.93%
	Green	David Knight Mitchell	500	3.60%
Voter turnout			42.60%

Collingham

Collingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Vincent Henry Dobson	2,160	61.98%
	Liberal Democrat	Marylyn Rayner	1,325	38.02%
Voter turnout			36.70%

Cotgrave

Cotgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Richard Langton Butler	1,807	53.05%
	Labour	Andrew William Clayworth	522	15.33%
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Jean Rotherham	387	11.36%
	UKIP	Rach Wolfe	367	10.78%
	BNP	Tony Woodward	323	9.48%
Voter turnout			40.21%

Eastwood

Eastwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Longdon	1,539	49.66%
	Labour	Milan Radulovic	888	28.65%
	Conservative	Graham Kilbourne	672	21.68%
Voter turnout			38.26%

Farndon and Muskham

Farndon and Muskham
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Sue Saddington	2,178	68.86%
	Liberal Democrat	Antony Barson	657	20.77%
	Labour	Brian James Howes	328	10.37%
Voter turnout			47.61%

Farnsfield and Lowdham

Farnsfield and Lowdham
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Andy Stewart	3,333	79.13%
	Labour	Celia Brooks	879	20.87%
Voter turnout			50.06%

Hucknall

Hucknall (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Mick Murphy	2,690	11.06%
	UKIP	Tom Irvine	2,541	10.45%
	Conservative	Kevin Thomas Rostance	2,519	10.36%
	Conservative	Robert Rankin	2,498	10.27%
	Labour	Chris Baron	2,393	9.84%
	Labour	Dave Shaw	2,258	9.29%
	Labour	Trev Locke	2,213	9.10%
	UKIP	Kenneth Browne	1,204	4.95%
	UKIP	Mark Brinsley-Day	1,202	4.94%
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Moore	1,125	4.63%
	Liberal Democrat	Harry Toseland	1,058	4.35%
	BNP	Susan Carolyn Gamble	905	3.72%
	Liberal Democrat	Austin Rathe	881	3.62%
	English Democrats	Kevin Michael Worrall	602	2.48%
	Independent	Geoff Thorpe	223	0.92%
Voter turnout			34.07%

Keyworth

Keyworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	John Elliott Cottee	2,484	56.11%
	Liberal Democrat	Debbie Boote	1,313	29.66%
	Green	Tony Latham	371	8.38%
	Labour	Richard Theodore Parry Crawley	259	5.85%
Voter turnout			53.17%

Kimberley and Trowell

Kimberley and Trowell
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Liberal Democrat	Ken Rigby	1,585	36.29%
	Conservative	Shane Easom	1,342	30.73%
	Labour	Richard Robinson	912	20.88%
	BNP	Kevin Lambert	402	9.21%
	Green	Gordon Brian Stoner	126	2.89%
Voter turnout			49.01%

Kirkby in Ashfield North

Kirkby in Ashfield North
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Labour	John Russell Knight	842	26.38%
	BNP	Michael John Clarke	722	22.62%
	Independent	Wendy Brenda Harvey	597	18.70%
	Conservative	James Grant Thornton	445	13.94%
	Liberal Democrat	Melvin William Grant	412	12.91%
	Independent	Dave Spalding	174	5.45%
Voter turnout			31.27%

Kirkby in Ashfield South

Kirkby in Ashfield South
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Liberal Democrat	Rachel Elisabeth Madden	1,752	39.29%
	Labour	Yvonne Davidson	868	19.47%
	Conservative	Robert Copley	614	13.77%
	BNP	Darran Paul Burke	482	10.81%
	English Democrats	Tony Ellis	295	6.62%
	Green	Lisa Jane Brown	257	5.76%
	Independent	Tony Brown	191	4.28%
Voter turnout			40.39%

Mansfield East

Mansfield East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Independent	Bob Cross	1,891	19.60%
	Independent	Martin Wright	1,883	19.52%
	Labour	Helen Holt	1,629	16.89%
	Conservative	Brian Marshall	1,558	16.15%
	Labour	Chris Winterton	1,423	14.75%
	Conservative	Muriel Ragis	1,262	13.08%
Voter turnout			31.34%

Mansfield North

Mansfield North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Labour	Joyce Bosnjak	1,758	15.93%
	Labour	Parry Tsimbiridis	1,494	13.54%
	UKIP	Andrea Hamilton	1,335	12.10%
	UKIP	David Hamilton	1,328	12.04%
	Independent	Mick Barton	1,033	9.36%
	Conservative	Drew Stafford	1,007	9.13%
	Conservative	Janet Susan Ward	908	8.23%
	Independent	David Smith	764	6.92%
	Liberal Democrat	Veronica Moya Goddard	756	6.85%
	Liberal Democrat	Marc Hollingworth	651	5.90%
Voter turnout			32.19%

Mansfield South

Mansfield South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Independent	Tom Appleby	2,043	17.74%
	Independent	Stephen Neil Garner	1,960	17.02%
	Conservative	Nick Bennett	1,791	15.55%
	Conservative	Philip Keith Smith	1,483	12.88%
	Labour	Albert Haynes	1,259	10.93%
	Labour	David Charles Harrison	1,187	10.31%
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Mark Bacon	698	6.06%
	Liberal Democrat	Kristyna Adela Ellis	610	5.30%
	English Democrats	Diane Bilgrami	487	4.23%
Voter turnout			32.02%

Mansfield West

Mansfield West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Independent	June Stendall	2,034	21.12%
	Independent	Vic Bobo	1,675	17.40%
	Labour	Paul Henshaw	1,520	15.79%
	Labour	John Carter	1,511	15.69%
	Conservative	Mark Stuart Fretwell	889	9.23%
	Conservative	Fraser McFarland	716	7.44%
	Liberal Democrat	Anna Ellis	653	6.78%
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Spencer	631	6.55%
Voter turnout			30.21%

Misterton

Misterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Liz Yates	3,321	76.45%
	Labour	David Challinor	1,023	23.55%
Voter turnout			42.52%

Newark East

Newark East
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Peter David Prebble	1,267	51.63%
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Harrison	746	30.40%
	Labour	John Bell	441	17.97%
Voter turnout			31.52%

Newark West

Newark West
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Keith Frank Girling	980	42.61%
	Independent	Gill Dawn	483	21.00%
	Labour	Ian Wallace Campbell	450	19.57%
	Liberal Democrat	Declan Patrick Logue	387	16.83%
Voter turnout			32.16%

Newstead

Newstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Christopher Paul Barnfather	2,454	73.85%
	Labour	Carol Ann Wright	869	26.15%
Voter turnout			42.95%

Nuthall

Nuthall
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Philip John Owen	1,752	50.16%
	Independent	Sue Wildey	1,741	49.84%
Voter turnout			45.33%

Ollerton

Ollerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Labour	Stella Marie Smedley	1,202	40.61%
	Conservative	Mary Brown	1,042	35.20%
	Independent	Mick McLelland	716	24.19%
Voter turnout			34.24%

Radcliffe on Trent

Radcliffe on Trent
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Kay Cutts	2,724	58.77%
	Labour	Steve Collins	784	16.91%
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Jennifer Hull	613	13.23%
	Green	Andrew Peter Mattison	514	11.09%
Voter turnout			48.33%

Retford East

Retford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Wendy Quigley	1,933	62.05%
	Labour	Mick Storey	1,182	37.95%
Voter turnout			37.30%

Retford West

Retford West
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Mike Quigley	1,305	46.26%
	Labour	James Trebor Arthur Napier	942	33.39%
	Liberal Democrat	David Anthony Hassett	574	20.35%
Voter turnout			34.25%

Ruddington

Ruddington
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Reg Adair	1,918	48.68%
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Venes	981	24.90%
	Labour	Ian Paul Wilson	403	10.23%
	UKIP	Pete Wolfe	398	10.10%
	Independent	David John Hall	240	6.09%
Voter turnout			45.55%

Rufford

Rufford
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Independent	Les Ward	1,309	35.60%
	Conservative	Mike Butler	1,259	34.24%
	Labour	Andrew Freeman	1,109	30.16%
Voter turnout			37.07%

Selston

Selston
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Independent	Gail Turner	1,593	36.68%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert James Sears-Piccavey	1,037	23.88%
	BNP	Edward Holmes	734	16.90%
	Labour	Stephen John Mays	557	12.83%
	Conservative	Brian William Jarvis	343	7.90%
	Green	Kevin Bradford	79	1.82%
Voter turnout			43.40%

Soar Valley

Soar Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Lynn Sykes	2,502	59.60%
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Ann Gauld	885	21.08%
	Labour	Paul David Morrissey	811	19.32%
Voter turnout			45.82%

Southwell and Caunton

Southwell and Caunton
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Bruce Laughton	2,765	52.06%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Richard Bloomfield Harris	2,281	42.95%
	Labour	Glenn Bardill	265	4.99%
Voter turnout			56.00%

Sutton in Ashfield Central

Sutton in Ashfield Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Liberal Democrat	Michelle Gent	801	29.64%
	Labour	Edward David Walter Llewellyn-Jones	696	25.76%
	Conservative	Christine Margaret Vernon	384	14.21%
	BNP	Jane Helen Clarke	347	12.84%
	Independent	Leslie Matthews	276	10.21%
	Independent	Tony Johnson	198	7.33%
Voter turnout			31.26%

Sutton in Ashfield East

Sutton in Ashfield East
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Labour	Steven Terence Carroll	772	27.32%
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Ashley Smith	628	22.22%
	Conservative	John Matson Baker	426	15.07%
	Independent	Tony Wallis	401	14.19%
	Independent	David Michael Parker	300	10.62%
	BNP	Paul Jeffrey Gamble	299	10.58%
Voter turnout			32.05%

Sutton in Ashfield North

Sutton in Ashfield North
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Liberal Democrat	Jason Bernard Zadrozny	1,038	35.40%
	Labour	Trish Phillips	738	25.17%
	Conservative	Michael Peter Laing Halls	562	19.17%
	BNP	Michael John Clarke	418	14.26%
Voter turnout			34.32%

Sutton in Ashfield West

Sutton in Ashfield West
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona Asbury	1,066	36.48%
	Labour	David John Kirkham	758	25.94%
	Conservative	Michael Maurice Champion	522	17.86%
	BNP	Hilda Holmes	382	13.07%
Voter turnout			32.98%

Tuxford

Tuxford
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	John Marshall Hempsall	2,511	61.02%
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Sydney Cane	910	22.11%
	Labour	Marilyn McCarthy	694	16.87%
Voter turnout			44.95%

Warsop

Warsop
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Labour	John Allin	1,371	48.50%
	Independent	John Milnes	677	23.95%
	Conservative	Michael William Ward	583	20.62%
	Liberal Democrat	Victoria Tracey Zadrozny	196	6.93%
Voter turnout			30.62%

West Bridgford Central and South

West Bridgford Central and South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Michael John Cox	3,432	20.14%
	Conservative	Barrie Cooper	3,401	19.96%
	Green	Sue Mallender	1,787	10.49%
	Green	Richard Mallender	1,616	9.48%
	Labour	Liz Plant	1,578	9.26%
	Labour	Alistair MacInnes	1,563	9.17%
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Michael Jamieson	1,223	7.18%
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Travis	1,217	7.14%
	UKIP	Matthew Eric Faithfull	623	3.66%
Voter turnout			43.25%

West Bridgford West

West Bridgford West
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Gordon Wheeler	2,189	44.58%
	Liberal Democrat	Karrar Ahmad Khan	1,597	32.53%
	Labour	Peter Joesph Vallelly	545	11.10%
	Green	Simon Ronald Anthony	311	6.33%
	English Democrats	Barrie Michael Worrall	268	5.46%
Voter turnout			50.31%

Worksop East

Worksop East
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Labour	Glynn Gilfoyle	1,525	54.19%
	Independent	Geoff Coe	762	27.08%
	Conservative	Tracey Lee Taylor	527	18.73%
Voter turnout			30.64%

Worksop North

Worksop North
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Labour	Sybil Jacqueline Fielding	1,711	54.54%
	Conservative	Jonathan Neil Sheppard	1,426	45.46%
Voter turnout			31.38%

Worksop North East and Carlton

Worksop North East and Carlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Labour	Alan Rhodes	1,669	51.07%
	Conservative	Bill Graham	1,599	48.93%
Voter turnout			36.26%

Worksop West

Worksop West
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Michael Bennett	1,403	50.81%
	Labour	David Daniel Potts	909	32.92%
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Peter Hunter	449	16.26%
Voter turnout			33.27%

References

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