1997 Nottinghamshire County Council election

1997 Nottinghamshire County Council election
1 May 1997
All 63 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won 42 17 4
Map of the results of the election in each division. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

Labour

The 1997 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 1 May 1997. The whole council was up for election and the result was the Labour Party retaining its control of the council.[1][2]

This was the first County Council election not to include the City of Nottingham, which would become a unitary authority in 1998 and therefore no longer a part of the administrative county of Nottinghamshire. The boundaries of the electoral divisions remained the same however the loss of Nottingham meant that there were 25 fewer seats.

Election results

Result of Nottinghamshire County Council election, 1997[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 42 48.4
  Conservative 17 34.7
  Liberal Democrats 4 15.6

Results by electoral division

Ashfield

(9 seats, 9 electoral divisions)

Hucknall East

Hucknall East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Baron 5,038 71.0
Conservative Stephen Glover 2,055 29.0
Turnout 7,093 70.7
Registered electors 10,031

Hucknall West

Hucknall West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nellie Smedley 6,476 68.7
Conservative John Tomlinson 2,955 31.3
Turnout 13,175 100.0
Registered electors 13,175

Kirkby in Ashfield North

Kirkby in Ashfield North
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Richard Needham Unopposed

Kirkby in Ashfield South

Kirkby in Ashfield South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Young 4,857 65.6
Conservative Aubrey Hobson 2,550 34.4
Turnout 7,407 70.9
Registered electors 10,451

Selston

Selston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Taylor 3,951 58.5
Conservative Gillian Renshaw 1,729 25.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Sears-Piccavey 1,070 15.9
Turnout 6,750 69.9
Registered electors 9,654

References

  1. ^ a b "Election Results". Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Nottinghamshire County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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