# Gedling Borough Council elections

Gedling Borough Council elections are held every four years. Gedling Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Gedling in Nottinghamshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 41 councillors have been elected from 19 wards.

## Council elections

* 1973 Gedling Borough Council election
* 1976 Gedling Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)
* 1979 Gedling Borough Council election
* 1983 Gedling Borough Council election
* 1987 Gedling Borough Council election (Some new ward boundaries & borough boundary changes also took place)
* 1991 Gedling Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
* 1995 Gedling Borough Council election
* 1999 Gedling Borough Council election
* 2003 Gedling Borough Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 7)
* 2007 Gedling Borough Council election
* 2011 Gedling Borough Council election
* 2015 Gedling Borough Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats from 50 to 41)
* 2019 Gedling Borough Council election
* 2023 Gedling Borough Council election

## Borough result maps

* 2003 results map
* 2007 results map
* 2011 results map
* 2015 results map
* 2019 results map
* 2023 results map

## Changes between elections
### 1995-1999

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

### 2011-2015

Phoenix By-Election 15 September 2011 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 121 | 10.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,155 | 30.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Kingswell By-Election 2nd May 2013 :
| Party | 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 Democrats | Rhiann Stansfield-Coyne | 80 | 5.3 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 64 | 4.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,507 | 39.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Gedling By-Election 27 March 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lynda Pearson | 482 | 32.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Susan Dunkin | 428 | 28.9 |
| | UKIP | Claude-Francois Loi | 337 | 22.8 |
| | Conservative | James Faulconbridge | 233 | 15.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 54 | 3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,488 | 39.5 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### 2015-2019

Conservative councillor Sarah Hewson (Plains) resigned from the party in March 2018.

### 2019-2023

Cavendish By-Election 6 January 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Dunkin | 344 | 35.1 | +15.4 |
| | Labour | John Butterworth | 303 | 30.9 | −24.6 |
| | Conservative | Darren Maltby | 250 | 25.5 | +0.8 |
| | Independent | Fran Loi | 56 | 5.7 | +5.7 |
| | Green | Joe Norris | 26 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41 | 4.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 979 | 23.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Gedling By-Election 26 May 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lynda Pearson | 693 | 39.4 | −14.4 |
| | Conservative | Charlie Godwin | 544 | 30.9 | +4.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maggie Dunkin | 428 | 24.3 | +4.4 |
| | Green | Paul Sergent | 95 | 5.4 | +5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 149 | 8.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,760 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 2019-2023

Bestwood St Albans By-Election 16 September 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Darren Maltby | 358 | 47.8 |
| | Labour | John Taylor | 300 | 40.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Shannon | 91 | 12.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 58 | 7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 749 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |