Ashfield District Council elections

Ashfield District Council in Nottinghamshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 33 councillors have been elected from 15 wards.

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 2003
No overall control	2003 - 2011
Labour	2011 - present

Council elections

Ashfield District Council election, 1999
Ashfield District Council election, 2003 (boundary changes took place for this election)^[2]
Ashfield District Council election, 2007
Ashfield District Council election, 2011
Ashfield District Council election, 2015

District result maps

2003 results map
2007 results map
2011 results map

By-election results

1999-2003

Hucknall Central By-Election 4 May 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		445	31.8	-7.9
	Conservative		420	30.0	+30.0
	Independent Labour		211	15.1	+15.1
	Liberal Democrat		205	14.7	+14.7
	Independent		118	8.4	-23.1
Majority			25	1.8
Turnout			1,399	28.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Underwood By-Election 7 June 2001^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Mays	533	39.6
	Conservative	Eugene Di Villa	438	32.5
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Birkitt	375	27.9
Majority			95	7.1
Turnout			1,346
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodhouse By-Election 18 July 2002^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Davidson	323	35.0	-15.3
	Independent		249	27.0	+27.0
	Independent		181	19.6	+19.6
	Conservative		169	18.3	-31.4
Majority			74	8.0
Turnout			922	15.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2003-2007

Hucknall West By-Election 13 July 2006^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Austin Rathe	848	40.7	+40.7
	Labour	Ian Briggs	514	24.7	-18.6
	Independent	Ruth Welton	389	18.7	+18.7
	BNP	Michael Clarke	331	15.9	-2.9
Majority			334	16.0
Turnout			2,082
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

2007-2011

Sutton West By-Election 1 November 2007^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona Asbury	873	37.0	+37.0
	Labour	Kier Barsby	560	23.7	-3.7
	BNP	Michael Clarke	321	13.6	+13.6
	Independent	John Ross	275	11.7	-38.2
	Conservative	Michael Halls	257	10.9	-11.8
	Green	Mark Harrison	72	3.1	+3.1
Majority			313	13.3
Turnout			2,358	26.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Sutton-in-Ashfield North By-Election 4 June 2009^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Patrick	996	33.8	-31.9
	Labour	Scott Darrington	612	20.8	+4.0
	Conservative	Michael Halls	519	17.6	+7.3
	BNP	Michael Clarke	380	12.9	+12.9
	Independent	Alfred Thorpe	299	10.2	+2.9
	Green	Mark Harrison	140	4.8	+4.8
Majority			384	13.0
Turnout			2,946
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hucknall Central By-Election 20 August 2009^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Moore	463	32.3	+18.8
	Labour	Trevor Charles	392	27.3	+6.8
	Conservative	Robert Copley	320	22.3	-7.7
	UKIP	Ronald Nixon	181	12.6	+12.6
	Independent	Diane Butler	79	5.5	-30.5
Majority			71	6.0
Turnout			1,435	26.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Hucknall Central By-Election 11 February 2010^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Locke	675	38.4	+17.9
	Conservative	Mick Murphy	437	24.9	-5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Cotham	357	20.3	+6.8
	UKIP	Ronald Nixon	158	9.0	+9.0
	BNP	Edward Holmes	131	7.5	+7.5
Majority			238	13.5
Turnout			1,758	32.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

↑ "England council elections". BBC News Online. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
↑ "Ashfield District Council Elections - Underwood Ward". Ashfield District Council. Archived from the original on 30 June 2003. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
↑ "Boost for Labour in byelection". guardian.co.uk. 2002-07-19. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
↑ "Lib Dem in poll victory". Nottingham Evening Post. 2006-07-14. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Sutton West Ward By-election - Nov 2007". Ashfield District Council. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
↑ "Declaration of result of poll". Ashfield District Council. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
↑ "Lib Dems win Ashfield seat". this is nottingham.co.uk. 2009-08-21. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
↑ "Labour "overjoyed" with Hucknall by-election win". this is nottingham.co.uk. 2010-02-12. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-12.

By-election results

External links

Ashfield District Council

Council elections in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Ashfield District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Bassetlaw District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Broxtowe Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Gedling Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Mansfield District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Newark and Sherwood District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Nottingham City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Rushcliffe Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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