The 2023 Nottingham City Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 55 members of Nottingham City Council in England. It took place as part of the 2023 United Kingdom local elections.
The previous election occurred in 2019, and resulted in the Labour Party retaining control with a majority of seats. Both of the city council's previous two Conservatives left the party just ahead of the election to stand as independent candidates.
Labour retained its majority at the election. The Conservatives failed to win any seats on the council for the first time, although one of the former Conservatives who had left the party in March 2023, Andrew Rule, was re-elected as an independent councillor.
Councillors standing down 20 councillors stood down at this election, including former Cllr Hassan Ahmed who was expelled from the Labour Party for alleged antisemitism. Plus, there was a vacancy immediately prior to the election in St Ann's ward caused by the death of Labour councillor Sue Johnson in March 2023. Cllr Johnson had already decided not to stand for reelection before her death. CouncillorWardPartyToby NealBerridge LabourPhil JacksonBilborough LabourRebecca LangtonBilborough LabourWendy SmithBilborough LabourJane LakeyBulwell LabourEunice Campbell-ClarkBulwell Forest LabourAngharad RobertsCastle LabourSam WebsterCastle LabourAzad ChoudhryHyson Green and Arboretum LabourMerlita BryanHyson Green and Arboretum LabourJawaid KhalilHyson Green and Arboretum LabourSally LongfordLenton and Wollaton East LabourDavid TrimbleLenton and Wollaton East LabourMohammed SaghirLeen Valley LabourRosemary HealyMapperley LabourNicola HeatonMeadows LabourHassan AhmedRadfordAnne PeachRadford LabourCate WoodwardWollaton West LabourSue JohnsonSt. Ann's LabourDave LiversidgeSt. Ann's Labour
Defeated councillors CouncillorWardPartyRoger SteelClifton West
Ward results On 5 April, the candidates for election were named. On 5 May, the results were announced.
Aspley
Basford
Berridge
Bestwood
Bilborough
Bulwell
Bulwell Forest
Castle
Clifton East
Clifton West
Dales
Hyson Green and Arboretum
Leen Valley
Lenton and Wollaton East
Mapperley
Meadows
Radford
Sherwood
St Ann's
Wollaton West
Changes 2023–2027
By-elections
Leen Valley
The by-election was triggered by the disqualification of independent councillor Nadia Farhat, who had been elected as a Labour councillor in 2023 before defecting to sit as an independent in October 2023 over the party's stance on the conflict in Gaza, after she failed to attend a qualifying council meeting for six months.
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