The 2023 Broxtowe Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 44 members of Broxtowe Borough Council in England. This took place as part of the 2023 United Kingdom local elections.
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a coalition of Labour, Liberal Democrats and independent councillors, led by Labour group leader Milan Radulovic. This coalition had taken office following the previous 2019 election when the Conservatives had lost their majority.
Labour won a majority of the seats on the council in 2023. The leader of the Conservative group, Richard Jackson, lost his seat after a tiebreak settled by drawing names from a box.
Background Broxtowe is one of the seven non-metropolitan districts that make up Nottinghamshire County Council. Since its creation in 1973, the Conservatives have typically been the largest party. The Conservatives controlled the council until 1995, when Labour won control. It fell into no overall control in 2003, before the Conservatives regained control in 2015. Following elections in 2019, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Ashfield Independents and independents formed a coalition.
Previous council composition After 2019 election Before 2023 election Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Party Seats Party Seats 20 19 14 14 7 7 1 1 2 3 Results summary
Results of the 2023 Broxtowe Borough Council Election.
+PartySeatsAggregate Votes Candidates Total Gains LossesNet +/-Of all (%)Total Of all (%)Difference 42 26 12 0 12 59.1 31,430 43.9 9.3 34 10 0 10 10 22.7 20,092 28.1 7.6 30 5 0 2 2 11.0 13,055 18.2 1.6 11 3 3 2 1 7.0 3,348 4.7 1.6 12 0 0 0 0.0 3,531 4.9 0.5 1 0 0 0 0.0 100 0.1 New 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 N/A 0.0 1.3 Total13044
Ward results An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor.
Attenborough & Chilwell East
Awsworth, Cossall & Trowell
Beeston Central
Beeston North
Beeston Rylands
Beeston West
Bramcote
Brinsley
Chilwell West
Eastwood Hall
Eastwood Hilltop
Eastwood St Mary's
Greasley
Kimberley
Nuthall East & Strelley
Stapleford North
Stapleford South East
Stapleford South West
Toton & Chilwell Meadows
Watnall & Nuthall West
Changes 2023–2027
August 2023: Liberal Democrat councillors Steve Carr and Barbara Carr left the party to sit as independents. 2 January 2025: Twenty of the 26 councillors elected as Labour candidates, including council leader Milan Radulovic, left the Labour Party in protest at the national party's direction and said they would form a new independent party, intending to continue running the council as a minority administration.
By-elections
Attenborough & Chilwell East
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor Richard Falvey.
Nuthall East & Strelley
The by-election was held following the resignation of Conservative councillor Graham Hills.
Stapleford South East
The by-election was held following the death of Broxtowe Alliance councillor Ross Bofinger.
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