Council elections
County Council elections are held every four years. The next one will be in 2009.
The Council is accountable to local people through its elected councillors. The Council has 54 electoral divisions which return 67 councillors. Twelve of these divisions return more than one councillor. These are called multi-member divisions.
Nottinghamshire's County Councillors were last elected in May 2005.
The political balance of Nottinghamshire County Council (i.e. the number of seats held in May 2005) was:
- Labour 38
- Conservatives 25
- Liberal Democrats 4
See the full election results, including the results for your area.
Labour is the party with the most seats and is therefore the majority or ruling party. Labour has been the majority party in Nottinghamshire since 1981.
The Leader of the majority party becomes the Leader of the Council.
The political balance can change between elections if, for example, a councillors resigns or dies. A by-election is then held in the division affected.
Following the by-election on March 22 2007, the political balance of the Council has changed:
- Labour 36
- Conservative 26
- Liberal Democrats 5.
Follow the links below to see the results of the by-elections in full.
By-elections
Following a by-election for the Sutton-in-Ashfield North electoral division on Thursday, March 22 2007, Jason Zadrozny (Liberal Democrat) was elected to the County Council.
Find out more about the Sutton-in-Ashfield North by-election.
Following a by-election for the Hucknall electoral division on Thursday, January 25 2007, Michael Murphy (Conservative) was elected to the County Council.
See the results for the Hucknall by-election.
Following a by-election for the East Mansfield electoral division on Thursday, September 28 2006, Helen Holt (Labour) was elected to the County Council.
See the results from the East Mansfield By-Election.
Make sure you can vote
To be able to vote, you must be on the current electoral register. District councils compile registers annually by sending out forms to each household. The registers are then updated every month. You can inspect the register at a variety of places such as council offices and libraries.
If you are not registered, then you need to contact the Electoral Registration Officer at the main district council office which serves the area where you live.
If you don't want to vote at a polling station, you can vote by post. To arrange a postal vote, you must contact your local district council.
Click on the your district council below for details of how to contact the Electoral Registration Officer for your area.
Ashfield District Council
Bassetlaw District Council
Broxtowe District Council
Gedling District Council
Mansfield District Council
Newark and Sherwood District Council
Rushcliffe District Council
If you don't know your District Council, enter your post code and house number below.
Election arrangements
The County Returning Officer (CRO) is responsible for organising County Council elections.
The CRO appoints the Borough/District Returning Officer as his deputy to make all the necessary arrangements. All other elections are the responsibility of the Returning Officer in the borough/district council.
Referendums
A referendum may be held in certain circumstances. For example, a percentage of the electorate are able to petition for a referendum for an electoral mayor form of governance. If such a referendum was held, the electorate would be able to vote in the normal way.
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