2023 Newark and Sherwood District Council election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2023 Newark and Sherwood District Council election

| country = Nottinghamshire

| type = parliamentary

| previous_election = 2019 Newark and Sherwood District Council election

| previous_year = 2019

| election_date = {{Start date|2023|5|4|df=y}}

| next_election = 2027 Newark and Sherwood District Council election

| next_year = 2027

| seats_for_election = All 39 seats to Newark and Sherwood District Council

| majority_seats = 20

| turnout =

| image1 = File:No image wide.svg

| leader1 = David Lloyd

| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)

| last_election1 = 27 seats, 47.9%

| seats_before1 = 29

| seats_after1 = 14

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 13

| popular_vote1 =

| percentage1 =

| swing1 =

| image2 = File:No image wide.svg

| leader2 = Paul Peacock

| party2 = Labour Party (UK)

| last_election2 = 7 seats, 26.9%

| seats_before2 = 7

| seats_after2 = 11

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 4

| popular_vote2 =

| percentage2 =

| swing2 =

| image4 = File:No image wide.svg

| leader4 =

| party4 = Independent politician

| last_election4 = 3 seats, 8.0%

| seats_before4 = 1

| seats_after4 = 11

| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 8

| popular_vote4 =

| percentage4 =

| swing4 =

| image5 = File:No image wide.svg

| leader5 =

| party5 = Liberal Democrats (UK)

| last_election5 = 2 seats, 12.8%

| seats_before5 = 2

| seats_after5 = 3

| seat_change5 = {{increase}} 1

| popular_vote5 =

| percentage5 =

| swing5 =

|map_image = File:Newark and Sherwood UK ward map 2023.svg

|map_caption = Map of the results

| title = Leader

| posttitle = Leader after election

| before_election = David Lloyd

| before_party = Conservative Party (UK)

| after_election = Paul Peacock
Labour

| after_party = No overall control

}}

The 2023 Newark and Sherwood District Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 39 members of Newark and Sherwood District Council in Nottinghamshire, England.

Prior to the election the council had been under Conservative majority control, being led by David Lloyd. Following the results, the Conservatives lost the council to no overall control, and David Lloyd lost his seat.{{Cite web |last=Whittaker |first=Anna |date=5 May 2023 |title=Conservatives lose overall control of Newark and Sherwood District Council |url=https://nottstv.com/conservatives-lose-overall-control-of-newark-and-sherwood-district-council/ |website=Notts TV}}{{cite news |last1=Beck |first1=Laycie |title=New leader announced for Newark Conservative group after council leader loses seat after local elections |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/new-leader-announced-newark-sherwood-8424454 |access-date=24 December 2023 |work=Nottinghamshire Live |date=9 May 2023}} The Labour group leader, Paul Peacock, was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023 with support from the Liberal Democrats and many of the independent councillors.{{cite news |last1=Burrows |first1=Fionn |title=Labour's Paul Peacock appointed new leader of Newark and Sherwood District Council |url=https://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/news/new-council-leader-emphasises-public-trust-and-transparency-9314115/ |access-date=24 December 2023 |work=Newark Advertiser |date=24 May 2023}}

Overall results

The overall results were as follows:{{Cite news |title=Newark & Sherwood result - Local Elections 2023 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2023/england/councils/E07000175 |access-date=2023-05-07}}

{{Election summary begin|title = Newark and Sherwood District Council election, 2023

}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|seats = 14

|gain = 2

|loss = 15

|net = {{decrease}}13

|seats % = 35.9

|votes % = 39.0

|votes = 13,008

|plus/minus = -8.9

}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|seats = 11

|gain = 6

|loss = 2

|net = {{increase}}4

|seats % = 28.2

|votes % = 26.5

|votes = 8,852

|plus/minus = -0.4

}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Independent (politician)

|seats = 11

|gain = 9

|loss = 1

|net = {{increase}}8

|seats % = 28.2

|votes % = 19.3

|votes = 6,436

|plus/minus = +11.3

}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|seats = 3

|gain = 1

|loss = 0

|net = {{increase}}1

|seats % = 7.7

|votes % = 10.8

|votes = 3,609

|plus/minus = -5.1

}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Reform UK

|seats = 0

|gain = 0

|loss = 0

|net = {{steady}}

|seats % = 0.0

|votes % = 0.2

|votes = 69

|plus/minus = n/a

}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

|seats = 0

|gain = 0

|loss = 0

|net = {{steady}}

|seats % = 0.0

|votes % = 0.1

|votes = 40

|plus/minus = n/a

}}

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.{{cite web |title=Election results by wards |url=https://democracy.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk/mgElectionElectionAreaResults.aspx?EID=5&RPID=14732508 |website=Newark and Sherwood District Council |access-date=24 December 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Pridmore |first1=Oliver |last2=Beck |first2=Laycie |title=Full Newark and Sherwood District Council 2023 results as Conservatives lose full control |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/full-newark-sherwood-district-council-8409847 |access-date=24 December 2023 |work=Nottinghamshire Live |date=5 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=Your councillors |url=https://democracy.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?VW=TABLE&PIC=1&FN= |website=Newark and Sherwood District Council |access-date=24 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129085942/https://democracy.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?VW=TABLE&PIC=1&FN= |archive-date=29 January 2023}}

=Balderton North and Coddington=

{{election box begin|title=Balderton North and Coddington (2 seats)}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Johno Lee*|votes=809|percentage=53.9|change=+2.0}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Emma Louise Oldham|votes=792|percentage=52.8|change=N/A}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Betty Margaret Brooks*|votes=715|percentage=47.6|change=-2.3}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Klaus Becher|votes=514|percentage=34.2|change=+22.4}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Lucy Olivia Spoors|votes=414|percentage=27.6|change=+10.9}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Independent politician|loser=Conservative Party (UK)}}

=Balderton South=

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Simon Nicholas Forde|votes=658|percentage=61.4|change=N/A}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Jean Hazel Hall|votes=628|percentage=58.6|change=N/A}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Lydia Hazel Hurst*|votes=461|percentage=43.0|change=-24.9}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Ronnie White*|votes=397|percentage=37.0|change=-26.2}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Independent politician|loser=Conservative Party (UK)}}

=Beacon=

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Susan Crosby|votes=1213|percentage=67.8|change=N/A}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Rowan Sally Cozens|votes=1180|percentage=66.0|change=N/A}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=David Michael Moore|votes=906|percentage=50.6|change=N/A}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Rita Crowe*|votes=709|percentage=39.6|change=-3.2}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=David James Lloyd*|votes=694|percentage=38.8|change=-3.2}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Matthew James Skinner*|votes=666|percentage=37.2|change=-2.8}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Independent politician|loser=Conservative Party (UK)}}

=Bilsthorpe=

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Rhona Holloway*|votes=412|percentage=52.2|change=-9.8}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Matt Kerry|votes=377|percentage=47.8|change=+9.8}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}

=Boughton=

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Tim Wildgust*|votes=376|percentage=52.4|change=±0.0}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Marc Steele|votes=342|percentage=47.6|change=±0.0}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}

=Bridge=

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Debbie Darby|votes=500|percentage=52.2|change=-5.2}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Irene Brown|votes=381|percentage=39.8|change=-15.5}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Lisa June Geary|votes=317|percentage=33.1|change=+7.5}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Mick Darby|votes=249|percentage=26.0|change=N/A}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Tony Roberts|votes=224|percentage=23.4|change=+0.4}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Andrew Christoper Rainbow|votes=175|percentage=18.3|change=-1.4}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Robert Guy Michael Palmer|votes=69|percentage=7.2|change=N/A}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Independent politician}}

Bridge ward had been held by Conservative councillors Simon Haynes and Jack Kellas immediately prior to the election. They both won their seats in by-elections in 2021 following the resignations of the two independent councillors elected in 2019, one of whom was Irene Brown, who was re-elected to the seat in 2023.{{cite web |last1=Teale |first1=Andrew |title=Bridge Ward |url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/17235/#2021-07-01 |website=Local Elections Archive Project |access-date=24 December 2023}} Seats shown as independent hold to allow comparison with 2019 results. Simon Haynes and Jack Kellas both stood in Farndon and Fernwood ward in 2023 rather than Bridge ward.

=Castle=

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Adrian Charles Amer|votes=261|percentage=34.8|change=N/A}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Glenn William Barker|votes=253|percentage=33.8|change=+3.5}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Jenni Oliver|votes=235|percentage=31.4|change=-11.2}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Independent politician|loser=Conservative Party (UK)}}

=Collingham=

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Linda Elaine Dales*|votes=1049|percentage=59.2|change=+16.7}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Phil Farmer|votes=847|percentage=47.8|change=N/A}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Marylyn Rayner|votes=683|percentage=38.5|change=+16.7}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Phil Barron|votes=662|percentage=37.4|change=N/A}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Martin James Lynn|votes=303|percentage=17.1|change=N/A}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|loser=Independent politician}}

Both Collingham seats were held by Conservatives immediately prior to the election, with Conservative councillor Emma Davis having won her seat in a by-election in 2022 following the death of the independent councillor elected in 2019.{{cite web |last1=Teale |first1=Andrew |title=Collingham Ward |url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/17237/#2022-02-17 |website=Local Elections Archive Project |access-date=24 December 2023}} Emma Davis did not stand for re-election in 2023. Seat shown as a Conservative gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019 results.

=Devon=

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Neil Ross|votes=910|percentage=72.5|change=N/A}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Matthew Joseph Thompson Spoors|votes=671|percentage=53.5|change=+19.1}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Paul Taylor|votes=640|percentage=51.0|change=+20.5}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Bob Crowe*|votes=530|percentage=42.2|change=+4.7}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Max Cope*|votes=514|percentage=41.0|change=+2.7}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Keith Frank Girling*|votes=501|percentage=39.9|change=+9.5}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Independent politician|loser=Conservative Party (UK)}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Labour Party (UK)}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Labour Party (UK)|loser=Conservative Party (UK)}}

Keith Girling was the sitting councillor for Castle ward prior to the election.

=Dover Beck=

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Roger James Jackson*|votes=668|percentage=71.2|change=-5.6}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Joseph Maurice Spoors|votes=270|percentage=28.8|change=+5.6}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}

=Edwinstowe and Clipstone=

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Paul Stephen Peacock*|votes=1330|percentage=60.2|change=+15.3}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Andrew Freeman*|votes=1248|percentage=56.4|change=+13.9}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Anne Celia Brooks|votes=1172|percentage=53.0|change=+9.8}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Scott Carlton*|votes=1,081|percentage=48.9|change=+3.8}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Rebecca Spademan|votes=938|percentage=42.4|change=-1.8}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Nigel Jeremy Booth|votes=864|percentage=39.1|change=-4.2}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Labour Party (UK)}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Labour Party (UK)|loser=Conservative Party (UK)}}

Andrew Freeman had won his seat in a by-election in 2022 following the death of a Conservative elected in 2019.{{cite web |last1=Teale |first1=Andrew |title=Edwinstowe and Clipstone Ward |url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/17240/#2022-09-29 |website=Local Elections Archive Project |access-date=24 December 2023}} Seat shown as Labour gain from Conservative to allow comparison with 2019 election.

=Farndon and Fernwood=

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Simon Edward Haynes*|votes=834|percentage=50.0|change=-4.1}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Neil Allen|votes=829|percentage=49.7|change=+0.2}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Jack Logan Kellas*|votes=823|percentage=49.3|change=+1.3}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Declan Patrick Logue|votes=627|percentage=37.6|change=N/A}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Jane Elizabeth Olson|votes=593|percentage=35.6|change=+16.4}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Chris Adams|votes=511|percentage=30.6|change=-0.5}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Ryan Thomas Cullen|votes=419|percentage=25.1|change=+1.7}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Tom Geraghty|votes=369|percentage=22.1|change=-5.1}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}

Simon Haynes and Jack Kellas were both sitting councillors for Bridge ward prior to the election.

=Farnsfield=

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Maurice Arthur Shakeshaft|votes=604|percentage=51.4|change=+32.5}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Robert Bruce Laughton*
(Bruce Laughton)|votes=572|percentage=48.6|change=-5.7}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Labour Party (UK)|loser=Conservative Party (UK)}}

=Lowdham=

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Tim Wendels*|votes=594|percentage=61.7|change=+4.0}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Kevin Treverton Scoles|votes=369|percentage=38.3|change=+26.6}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}

=Muskham=

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Sue Saddington*|votes=618|percentage=55.5|change=-16.8}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Jude Andrews|votes=268|percentage=24.1|change=N/A}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Adrian James Loftus|votes=228|percentage=20.5|change=+8.5}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}

=Ollerton=

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Mike Pringle*|votes=1198|percentage=77.9|change=+23.3}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Alice Brazier|votes=963|percentage=62.6|change=+13.1}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Lee Robert Brazier*|votes=953|percentage=62.0|change=+2.7}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Kelly Fordham|votes=501|percentage=32.6|change=-0.3}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Labour Party (UK)}}

=Rainworth North and Rufford=

{{election box begin|title=Rainworth North and Rufford (2 seats)}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Linda Mary Tift|votes=632|percentage=48.9|change=+7.6}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Claire Penny|votes=549|percentage=42.5|change=+9.5}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Lois Kirsten Fisher|votes=482|percentage=37.3|change=-18.7}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Petra Harvey-Barker|votes=460|percentage=35.6|change=-18.3}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Carrie Young|votes=258|percentage=20.0|change=N/A}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Sheila Greatrex-White|votes=163|percentage=12.6|change=N/A}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition|candidate=Kirsty Denman|votes=40|percentage=3.1|change=N/A}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Labour Party (UK)|loser=Conservative Party (UK)}}

=Rainworth South and Blidworth=

{{election box begin|title=Rainworth South and Blidworth (2 seats)}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Tina Thompson*|votes=516|percentage=41.3|change=N/A}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Tom Smith*|votes=448|percentage=35.9|change=+6.3}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Gary Frazer Fisher|votes=419|percentage=33.6|change=+8.3}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Bill Bates|votes=376|percentage=30.1|change=-8.9}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Martin Gary Atherton|votes=347|percentage=27.8|change=-1.2}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Callam Walsh|votes=266|percentage=21.3|change=-13.5}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Edward Litchfield|votes=124|percentage=9.9|change=N/A}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Independent politician|loser=Labour Party (UK)}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|loser=Labour Party (UK)}}

Tina Thompson had won her seat in a by-election in 2021 following the death of the Labour councillor elected in 2019.{{cite web |last1=Teale |first1=Andrew |title=Rainworth South and Blidworth Ward |url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/17247/#2021-10-21 |website=Local Elections Archive Project |access-date=24 December 2023}} Seat shown as an independent gain from Labour to allow comparison with 2019 results. Tom Smith was the sitting councillor for Rainworth North and Rufford ward prior to the election.

=Southwell=

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Penny Rainbow*|votes=1355|percentage=47.2|change=+1.8}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Peter Richard Bloomfield Harris*|votes=1346|percentage=46.9|change=+0.7}}

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Karen Roberts|votes=1314|percentage=45.8|change=+6.2}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Jeremy Michael Berridge|votes=1,039|percentage=36.2|change=-3.1}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Curtis Marshall|votes=1,000|percentage=34.8|change=-4.1}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Michael John Jeffrey|votes=955|percentage=33.3|change=-4.5}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Jamie Oliver William Bostock|votes=878|percentage=30.6|change=+17.3}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Steven Patrick Morris|votes=540|percentage=18.8|change=N/A}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Jools Cosgrove|votes=186|percentage=6.5|change=N/A}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

=Sutton-on-Trent=

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Sylvia Mary Michael*|votes=544|percentage=51.4|change=+51.4}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Roger John Bell|votes=515|percentage=48.6|change=N/A}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}

=Trent=

{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Keith Myers Melton|votes=555|percentage=47.7|change=+18.0}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Malcolm Yates|votes=506|percentage=43.5|change=-9.8}}

{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Eric Bignell|votes=102|percentage=8.8|change=N/A}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Liberal Democrats (UK)|loser=Conservative Party (UK)}}

References

Newark and Sherwood

Category:May 2023 in the United Kingdom

Category:Newark and Sherwood District Council elections

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