Council profile

Broxtowe

Data through 26 October 2026

District council · East Midlands · 44 seats in 20 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 6 May 2027

Broxtowe Council is run by an Independent / Independent coalition. The council has 44 councillors in 20 wards. Seats by party: Other 24, Conservative 10, Labour 7, Lib Dem 3. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

A government plan to replace the councils in this area with two unitary councils was paused for review on 7 September 2026. Elections due in May 2027 will go ahead on existing council boundaries. Source

Seats by party

Independent / Independent Coalition
44 seats - 23 for a majority
7
10
3
24
Labour 7Conservative 10Lib Dem 3Other 24
Seat changes since the 4 May 2023 election Other +21 Lib Dem −2 Labour −19
Vote share at the 4 May 2023 election (44 seats, all wards)
ShareSeats won
Labour39.8%26
Conservative26.3%10
Lib Dem15.4%5
Other9.3%3
Green9.2%0
Next election
6 May 2027
all 44 seats up, then every four years
Largest group
Independents and others 24
24 of 44 seats; 23 needed for a majority
Closest result
Conservative won the last seat by 1 vote over another Conservative candidate, 4 May 2023
Latest by-election
Local party gain from Labour, 4 December 2025 (4 since 2021)
Constituencies
2024Now
Voted Leave in 2016
55%
GB 52%

Who holds each ward

Attenborough & Chilwell EastAwsworth, Cossall & TrowellBeeston CentralBeeston NorthBeeston RylandsBeeston WestBramcoteBrinsleyChilwell WestEastwood HallEastwood HilltopEastwood St Mary'sGreasleyKimberleyNuthall East & StrelleyStapleford NorthStapleford South EastStapleford South WestToton & Chilwell MeadowsWatnall & Nuthall West
LabourConservativeLib DemOther

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillorsLast election
Attenborough & Chilwell East
Pauline Smith, Helen Faccio, Tyler Marsh
4 May 2023
Labour 46.1% lead 16.6 pts
Awsworth, Cossall & Trowell
Lydia Ball, Don Pringle
4 May 2023
Conservative 49.7% lead 15.6 pts
Beeston Central
Gabrielle Bunn, Vanessa Smith
4 May 2023
Labour 56.8% lead 39.9 pts
Beeston North
Barbara Carr, Stephen Carr
4 May 2023
Lib Dem 45.7% lead 16.4 pts
Beeston Rylands
Sarah Webb, Shaun Dannheimer
4 May 2023
Labour 50.1% lead 28.3 pts
Beeston West
Greg Marshall, Ellie Winfield
4 May 2023
Labour 61.2% lead 45.6 pts
Bramcote
Hannah Land, David Watts, Andrew Kingdon
4 May 2023
Lib Dem 49.6% lead 24.9 pts
Brinsley
Elizabeth Williamson
4 May 2023
Independent 50.5% lead 12.8 pts
Chilwell West
Colin Tideswell, Stephen Jeremiah, Helen Skinner
4 May 2023
Labour 42.9% lead 15.9 pts
Eastwood Hall
Robert Bullock
4 May 2023
Labour 47.5% lead 20.1 pts
Eastwood Hilltop
Milan Radulovic, Susan Bagshaw
4 May 2023
Labour 61.3% lead 39.6 pts
Eastwood St Mary's
Ken Woodhead, David Bagshaw
4 May 2023
Labour 31.6% lead 6.2 pts
Greasley
Adam Stockwell, Michael Brown, Hannah Crosby
4 May 2023
Conservative 45.3% lead 15.6 pts
Kimberley
Chris Carr, Andy Cooper, Will Mee
4 May 2023
Labour 54.6% lead 9.2 pts
Nuthall East & Strelley
Philip Owen, Judith Couch
4 May 2023
Conservative 45.1% lead 7.8 pts
Stapleford North
Richard MacRae, Donna MacRae
4 May 2023
Independent 34.4% lead 9.7 pts
Stapleford South East
Sarah Camplin, Katherine Harlow
4 May 2023
Labour 26.1% lead 4.6 pts
Stapleford South West
Sue Paterson, John McGrath
4 May 2023
Labour 80.3% lead 60.6 pts
Toton & Chilwell Meadows
Stephanie Kerry, Halimah Khaled, Teresa Cullen
4 May 2023
Labour 32.7% lead 1.8 pts
Watnall & Nuthall West
Jill Owen, Peter Bales
4 May 2023
Conservative 51.3% lead 2.6 pts

Changed party since the election

17 councillors now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

WardCouncillorElected asNow
Attenborough & Chilwell EastPauline SmithLabour 2023Broxtowe Alliance
Attenborough & Chilwell EastTyler MarshLabour 2024Broxtowe Alliance
Beeston CentralGabrielle BunnLabour 2023Broxtowe Alliance
Beeston CentralVanessa SmithLabour 2023Broxtowe Alliance
Beeston NorthBarbara CarrLib Dem 2023Broxtowe Independent Group
Beeston RylandsSarah WebbLabour 2023Broxtowe Alliance
Beeston RylandsShaun DannheimerLabour 2023Broxtowe Alliance
Beeston WestGreg MarshallLabour 2023Broxtowe Alliance
Chilwell WestColin TideswellLabour 2023Broxtowe Alliance
Chilwell WestHelen SkinnerLabour 2023Broxtowe Alliance
Chilwell WestStephen JeremiahLabour 2023Broxtowe Alliance
Eastwood HilltopMilan RadulovicLabour 2023Broxtowe Alliance
Eastwood St Mary'sKen WoodheadLabour 2023Broxtowe Alliance
KimberleyChris CarrLabour 2023Broxtowe Alliance
Stapleford South EastKatherine HarlowLabour 2023Broxtowe Alliance
Stapleford South WestSue PatersonLabour 2023Broxtowe Alliance
Toton & Chilwell MeadowsTeresa CullenLabour 2023Broxtowe Alliance

Every council by-election since 2021

4 by-elections since July 2021, 1 of them gains.

DateWardResultWinner's share
4 December 2025Stapleford South EastLocal party gain from Labour
28 August 2025Nuthall East & StrelleyConservative hold28.6%
9 May 2024Attenborough & Chilwell EastLabour hold46.0%
10 November 2022GreasleyConservative hold

Parliamentary constituencies

ConstituencyShare of council2024 winnerProjected now
Broxtowe84%LabourLabour 32%
Nottingham North and Kimberley16%LabourLabour 38%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

Who lives in Broxtowe

110,937 residents in 48,373 households

Voted Leave in 2016
55% 3 above GB
Degree or higher
34% same as GB
No qualifications
17% 1 below GB
Own their home
71% 10 above GB
Rent from a council or housing association
11% 6 below GB
Rent privately
17% 3 below GB
Aged 15 to 34
28% 3 below GB
Aged 65 and over
26% 4 above GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.