# 2019 Newark and Sherwood District Council election

The 2019 Newark and Sherwood District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 39 members of Newark and Sherwood District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. This took place as part of the 2019 local elections.

## Result

The election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining its control of the council, with an increased majority.
Newark and Sherwood District Council election, 2019 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 27 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 47.9 | 26,141 |
| Labour | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 26.9 | 14,651 |
| Independent | 3 | | | 0 | 8.0 | 4,360 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 2 | | 2 | 12.8 | 6,986 |

## Ward Results
### Balderton North and Coddington

Balderton North and Coddington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Johnno Lee | 900 | 51.9 | |
| | Conservative | Betty Brooks | 866 | 49.9 | |
| | Independent | Amanda Thompson | 351 | 20.2 | |
| | UKIP | Michael Patchett | 324 | 18.7 | |
| | Labour | Debbie Antcliffe | 289 | 16.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anita Prabhakar | 204 | 11.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,747 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Balderton South

Balderton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lydia Hurst | 640 | 67.9 | |
| | Conservative | Ronnie White | 596 | 63.2 | |
| | Labour | Maxine Leigh | 271 | 28.7 | |
| | Labour | Jeremy Taylor | 262 | 27.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 997 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Beacon

Beacon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Rita Crowe | 895 | 42.8 | |
| | Conservative | David Lloyd | 879 | 42.0 | |
| | Conservative | Mathew Skinner | 838 | 40.0 | |
| | Green | Esther Cropper | 630 | 30.1 | |
| | Labour | Naz Butt | 617 | 29.5 | |
| | Labour | Peter Brookes | 532 | 25.4 | |
| | Green | Jay Henderson | 496 | 23.7 | |
| | Labour | Andrew Freeman | 466 | 22.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Thorpe | 317 | 15.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,137 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Bilsthorpe

Bilsthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Rhona Holloway | 526 | 62.0 | |
| | Labour | Adam Murphy | 323 | 38.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 899 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |

### Boughton

Boughton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brendan Clarke-Smith | 414 | 52.4 | |
| | Labour | Paula Hancock | 376 | 47.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 826 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |

### Bridge

Bridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Gill Dawn | 671 | 57.4 | |
| | Independent | Irene Brown | 647 | 55.3 | |
| | Labour | Kevin Parnham | 300 | 25.6 | |
| | Conservative | Roy Williams | 269 | 23.0 | |
| | Conservative | Ian Harrison | 230 | 19.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,193 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Castle

Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Keith Girling | 323 | 42.6 | |
| | Labour | James Baggaley | 230 | 30.3 | |
| | Independent | Richard Belam | 125 | 16.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Adams | 81 | 10.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 771 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Collingham

Collingham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Maureen Dobson | 1,419 | 78.3 | |
| | Conservative | Linda Dales | 771 | 42.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marylyn Rayner | 395 | 21.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,835 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Devon

Devon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Max Cope | 686 | 38.3 | |
| | Conservative | Bob Crowe | 672 | 37.5 | |
| | Labour | Laurence Goff | 617 | 34.4 | |
| | Labour | Dennis Jones | 547 | 30.5 | |
| | Conservative | Simon Haynes | 545 | 30.4 | |
| | Labour | Ruth Woodhall | 534 | 29.8 | |
| | Independent | Tracy Mathias | 468 | 26.1 | |
| | Green | Lucy Pegler | 434 | 24.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,822 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |

### Dover Beck

Dover Beck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Roger Jackson | 716 | 76.8 |
| | Labour | Craig Pitchford | 216 | 23.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 972 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Edwinstowe and Clipstone

Edwinstowe and Clipstone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Scott Carlton | 989 | 45.1 | |
| | Labour | Paul Peacock | 983 | 44.9 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Brown | 969 | 44.2 | |
| | Conservative | Gina Aldridge | 949 | 43.3 | |
| | Labour | Anne Brooks | 946 | 43.2 | |
| | Labour | Karl Beresford | 931 | 42.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,281 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |

### Farndon and Fernwood

Farndon and Fernwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ivor Walker | 879 | 54.1 | |
| | Conservative | Keith Walker | 805 | 49.5 | |
| | Conservative | Neill Mison | 780 | 48.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Moira Walter | 506 | 31.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Heather Cullen | 443 | 27.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ryan Cullen | 381 | 23.4 | |
| | Labour | Roger Gannaway | 313 | 19.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,681 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Farnsfield

Farnsfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Laughton | 528 | 54.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jackie Johnson | 260 | 26.7 | |
| | Labour | John Pearson | 184 | 18.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 991 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Lowdham

Lowdham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Timothy Wendels | 545 | 57.7 | |
| | Green | Thomas Platt | 177 | 18.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Scorer | 112 | 11.9 | |
| | Labour | Christine Gibbon | 111 | 11.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 956 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Muskham

Muskham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sue Saddington | 707 | 72.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vivian Scorer | 154 | 15.7 | |
| | Labour | Darrell Pointing | 117 | 12.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,003 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Ollerton

Ollerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lee Brazier | 1,133 | 59.3 | |
| | Labour | Donna Cumberlidge | 1,043 | 54.6 | |
| | Labour | Neal Mitchell | 945 | 49.5 | |
| | Conservative | Hannah Smith | 628 | 32.9 | |
| | Conservative | Philip Jones | 606 | 31.7 | |
| | Conservative | Fraser McFarland | 578 | 30.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,040 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Rainworth North and Rufford

Rainworth North and Rufford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tom Smith | 770 | 56.0 | |
| | Conservative | Dr Louis Brailsford | 740 | 53.9 | |
| | Labour | Linda Tift | 567 | 41.3 | |
| | Labour | Andy Szpuk | 453 | 33.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,450 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |

### Rainworth South and Blidworth

Rainworth South and Blidworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Yvonne Woodhead | 450 | 39.0 | |
| | Labour | Kathleen Arnold | 401 | 34.8 | |
| | Independent | John Cheesmond | 345 | 29.9 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Wheatley | 341 | 29.6 | |
| | Independent | Martin Atherton | 334 | 29.0 | |
| | Conservative | Steve Jackson | 292 | 25.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,169 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Southwell

Southwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Harris | 1,408 | 46.2 | |
| | Conservative | Penny Rainbow | 1,384 | 45.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Brock | 1,208 | 39.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Thompstone | 1,198 | 39.3 | |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Handley | 1,186 | 38.9 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Brooker | 1,153 | 37.8 | |
| | Labour | James Dixon | 407 | 13.3 | |
| | UKIP | Christopher Brown | 267 | 8.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,089 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |

### Sutton-on-Trent

Sutton-on-Trent :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sylvia Mitchell | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Trent

Trent :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roger Blaney | 573 | 53.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Melton | 319 | 29.7 | |
| | UKIP | Robert Hall-Palmer | 96 | 8.9 | |
| | Labour | Jennie Mann | 87 | 8.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,084 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

## By-elections
### Rainworth South & Blidworth

Rainworth South & Blidworth: 21 October 2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Tina Thompson | 650 | 66.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Sheila Jackson | 168 | 17.1 | −12.9 |
| | Labour | Callum Walsh | 164 | 16.7 | −22.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 482 | 49.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 982 | 22.2 | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | 26.7 | |

### Collingham

Collingham: 17 February 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Emma Davis | 982 | 56.3 | +26.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phil Barron | 594 | 34.1 | +18.8 |
| | Labour | Matthew Spoors | 168 | 9.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 388 | 22.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,744 | 37.8 | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | 3.9 | |