Nottingham Council - Wards and Councillors

Unitary authority · East Midlands · 55 seats in 20 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 6 May 2027

Labour have a majority on Nottingham Council. The council has 55 councillors in 20 wards. Seats by party: Labour 44, Other 10, Green 1. 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

Control

Seats by party

Labour (Majority)

55 seats - 28 for a majority

Labour 44Green 1Other 10

Seat changes since the 4 May 2023 election Other +6 Green +1 Labour −7

Vote share at the 4 May 2023 election (55 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Labour50.9%51

Conservative16.2%0

Other14.1%4

Green9.8%0

Lib Dem9.0%0

Next election

6 May 2027

all 55 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Labour 44

majority of 33; 28 needed

Closest result

Clifton East

Nottingham Independents won the last seat by 35 votes over Labour, 4 May 2023

Latest by-election

Leen Valley

Labour hold, 20 August 2026 (1 since 2021)

Constituencies

3 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

51%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourOther

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.

All 20 wards

Councillors and last results

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

Ward and councillors	Last election
Aspley Patience Ifediora, Carole McCulloch, Graham Chapman	4 May 2023 Labour 76.9% lead 61.6 pts
Basford Nick Raine, Linda Woodings, Salma Mumtaz	4 May 2023 Labour 43.4% lead 26.3 pts
Berridge Angela Kandola, Sulcan Mahmood, Shuguftah Quddoos	4 May 2023 Labour 60.4% lead 33.0 pts
Bestwood Audra Wynter, Jay Hayes, Georgia Power	4 May 2023 Labour 53.7% lead 28.7 pts
Bilborough Helen Kalsi, Faith Gakanje-Ajala, Sam Harris	4 May 2023 Labour 55.8% lead 31.8 pts
Bulwell Michael Savage, Maria Joannou, Ethan Radford	4 May 2023 Labour 51.2% lead 27.1 pts
Bulwell Forest Samuel Gardiner, Sarita-Marie Rehman-Wall, Cheryl Barnard	4 May 2023 Labour 47.0% lead 21.6 pts
Castle Matt Shannon, Sam Lux	4 May 2023 Labour 42.2% lead 7.7 pts
Clifton East Kirsty Jones, Maria Watson, Kevin Clarke	4 May 2023 Nottingham Independents 42.3% lead 3.0 pts
Clifton West Hayley Spain, Andrew Rule	4 May 2023 Labour 26.6% lead 1.2 pts
Dales Neghat Khan, David Mellen, Gul Khan	4 May 2023 Labour 58.5% lead 44.9 pts
Hyson Green & Arboretum Sana Nasir, Naim Salim, Liaqat Ali	4 May 2023 Labour 57.7% lead 42.7 pts
Leen Valley Audrey Dinnall, Abbas Hussain	4 May 2023 Labour 64.3% lead 42.7 pts
Lenton & Wollaton East Pavlos Kotsonis, Samina Riaz, Imran Jalil	4 May 2023 Labour 47.6% lead 25.0 pts
Mapperley Kirsty L Jones, Sajid Mohammed, Leslie Ayoola	4 May 2023 Labour 47.6% lead 25.2 pts
Meadows Michael Edwards, Eunice Regan	4 May 2023 Labour 49.4% lead 25.9 pts
Radford Fozia Mubashar, Farzanna Mahmood	4 May 2023 Labour 60.4% lead 40.6 pts
Sherwood Nayab Patel, Adele Williams, AJ Matsiko	4 May 2023 Labour 50.1% lead 28.2 pts
St. Ann's Anwar Khan, Devontay Okure, Corall Jenkins	4 May 2023 Labour 59.1% lead 46.9 pts
Wollaton West Saj Ahmad, Steve Battlemuch, Zafran Nawaz Khan	4 May 2023 Labour 48.3% lead 19.2 pts

Aspley

Carole McCulloch LabourGraham Chapman LabourPatience Ifediora Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour76.9%

Conservative15.3%

Lib Dem7.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Graham Chapman Elected	Labour	1,796
Carole Williams McCulloch Elected	Labour	1,736
Patience Uloma Ifediora Elected	Labour	1,664
Ian Culley	Conservative	357
Neill George Slane	Conservative	356
Marjorie Anne Wroughton	Conservative	314
Stewart Asquith Rotherham	Lib Dem	184

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Basford

Linda Woodings LabourNick Raine LabourSalma Mumtaz Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour43.4%

Conservative17.1%

Green16.0%

Nottingham Independents15.4%

Lib Dem8.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Linda Woodings Elected	Labour	1,644
Salma Mumtaz Elected	Labour	1,621
Nick Raine Elected	Labour	1,612
Robert George Boden	Conservative	648
Guy Jones	Green	608
Wayne Anthony Unczur	Nottingham Independents	584
Cassius Yarde	Nottingham Independents	496
Richard James Minkley	Lib Dem	307

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Berridge

Angela Kandola LabourShuguftah Quddoos GreenSulcan Mahmood Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour60.4%

Green27.4%

Conservative12.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Angela Kandola Elected	Labour	2,343
Shuguftah Jabeen Quddoos Elected	Labour	2,123
Sulcan Mahmood Elected	Labour	2,007
Ellie Mitchell	Green	1,064
Peter Parsons	Conservative	474

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bestwood

Audra Wynter LabourGeorgia Power LabourJay Hayes Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour53.7%

Nottingham Independents25.0%

Conservative12.9%

UKIP4.4%

Lib Dem3.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Georgia Emily Power Elected	Labour	1,523
Jay Michael Hayes Elected	Labour	1,453
Audra Marie Wynter Elected	Labour	1,383
Francesco Lari	Nottingham Independents	710
Peter Gordon Foulkes-Mills	Nottingham Independents	557
Fran Loi	Nottingham Independents	508
Ted Grainger	Conservative	366
Craig Jarvis	Conservative	332
Rimshah Hussain	Conservative	277
Andrew William Taylor	UKIP	126
Diane Jean Rotherham	Lib Dem	111
Irenea Marriott	UKIP	84

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bilborough

Faith Gakanje-Ajala IndependentHelen Kalsi LabourSam Harris Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour55.8%

Conservative24.0%

Lib Dem20.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sam Harris Elected	Labour	1,872
Helen Louise Kalsi Elected	Labour	1,731
Faith Gakanje-Ajala Elected	Labour	1,589
Alfred Stephen Pryor	Conservative	806
Liz Morgan-Danvers	Lib Dem	678

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bulwell

Ethan Radford LabourMaria Joannou LabourMichael Savage Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour51.2%

Nottingham Independents24.1%

Conservative13.3%

Lib Dem11.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ethan Benjamin Radford Elected	Labour	1,633
Maria Joannou Elected	Labour	1,368
Michael David Savage Elected	Labour	1,228
Tony Horan	Nottingham Independents	768
Aleksandra Kovacevic	Conservative	424
Mohammad Jabarkhyl	Conservative	384
Matt Genn	Lib Dem	362

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bulwell Forest

Cheryl Barnard LabourSamuel Gardiner LabourSarita-Marie Rehman-Wall Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour47.0%

Conservative25.4%

Green11.3%

Nottingham Independents10.7%

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition5.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Cheryl Barnard Elected	Labour	1,573
Samuel James Gardiner Elected	Labour	1,477
Sarita-Marie Rehman-Wall Elected	Labour	1,338
Caroline Kampila	Conservative	849
Ebun Adejuyigbe	Conservative	840
Paul Ruane	Conservative	815
Darren Buckland	Green	378
Samuel Awolola	Nottingham Independents	359
Pollyanna Jennifer Sutherland	Nottingham Independents	306
Charlie Taylor	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	187

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Castle

Matt Shannon LabourSam Lux Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour42.2%

Lib Dem34.5%

Green13.1%

Conservative10.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sam Lux Elected	Labour	897
Matt Shannon Elected	Labour	796
Lloydie J Lloyd	Lib Dem	734
Rebecca Lucy Stephen Procter	Lib Dem	665
Katie Kelsey	Green	278
Janet Scott	Conservative	218
Carol Jane Morrell	Green	170

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Clifton East

Kevin Clarke Nottingham IndependentsKirsty Jones Nottingham IndependentsMaria Watson Nottingham Independents

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Nottingham Independents42.3%

Labour39.3%

Conservative13.4%

Lib Dem5.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Maria Ann Watson Elected	Nottingham Independents	1,331
Kevin Clarke Elected	Nottingham Independents	1,309
Kirsty Jones Elected	Nottingham Independents	1,271
Phil Spear	Labour	1,236
Raja Nisar Hussain	Labour	1,005
Asif Maqsood	Labour	973
William Raymond Scott	Conservative	422
Daniel Joseph Sullivan	Conservative	386
Benedict Hal Claxton Stevens	Lib Dem	159

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Clifton West

Andrew Rule IndependentHayley Spain Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour26.6%

Independent25.4%

Independent21.7%

Conservative18.1%

Nottingham Independents5.4%

Lib Dem2.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Hayley Spain Elected	Labour	1,042
Andrew Rule Elected	Independent	994
Seb Wilkins	Labour	909
Roger David Steel	Independent	849
Daniel John Atherton	Conservative	710
Aamir Nawaz	Conservative	483
Emma Louise Crane	Nottingham Independents	212
Paul Simon Luke Bradshaw	Nottingham Independents	212
Mark David Vandersluis	Lib Dem	106

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Dales

David Mellen LabourGul Khan LabourNeghat Khan Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour58.5%

Green13.6%

Conservative13.4%

Lib Dem7.7%

Nottingham Independents6.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
David Mellen Elected	Labour	2,287
Neghat Nawaz Khan Elected	Labour	2,125
Gul Nawaz Khan Elected	Labour	2,075
Lucy Victoria Marsh	Green	530
Neil James Harbinson	Conservative	523
Penelope Anne Messenger	Conservative	481
Margaret Helena Trueman	Conservative	463
Ann Venning Bourke	Lib Dem	303
Wendy Yee Mun Wong	Nottingham Independents	268
Mohammed Jamil	Nottingham Independents	234

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Hyson Green & Arboretum

Liaqat Ali LabourNaim Salim Nottingham People’s AllianceSana Nasir Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour57.7%

Green15.0%

Lib Dem10.3%

Conservative10.2%

Nottingham Independents6.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sana Nasir Elected	Labour	1,692
Liaqat Ali Elected	Labour	1,676
Naim Saqab Salim Elected	Labour	1,497
Julie Abigail Hanson	Green	439
Alexander James Foster	Lib Dem	301
Collin Gary Stott	Conservative	300
Richard Sutton	Green	300
Mansoor Ahmad Qazi	Nottingham Independents	200
Paul Singh	Nottingham Independents	181

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Leen Valley

Abbas Hussain LabourAudrey Dinnall Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour64.3%

Conservative21.6%

Lib Dem14.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Audrey Jane Dinnall Elected	Labour	1,416
Nadia Farhat Elected	Labour	1,338
David Peter Robert Gibson	Conservative	476
Gail Janise Stancliffe	Conservative	372
Gary Long	Lib Dem	309
Christina Morgan-Danvers	Lib Dem	224

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 20 August 2026

Labour30.5%

Nottingham People’s Alliance23.2%

Reform18.2%

Green16.7%

Conservative8.4%

Lib Dem3.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Abbas Hussain Elected	Labour	689	30.5%
Parveen Begum	Nottingham People’s Alliance	523	23.2%
Stuart Andrew Frost	Reform	410	18.2%
Hugh Mc Guinness	Green	378	16.7%
Gail Janise Stancliffe	Conservative	189	8.4%
Liz Morgan-Danvers	Lib Dem	68	3.0%

Lenton & Wollaton East

Imran Jalil Nottingham People’s AlliancePavlos Kotsonis LabourSamina Riaz Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour47.6%

Green22.6%

Conservative15.2%

Lib Dem14.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Samina Riaz Elected	Labour	1,399
Pavlos Kotsonis Elected	Labour	1,384
Imran Jalil Elected	Labour	1,336
Oliver James Fairey	Green	663
Titus Benedict Wills Hopkins	Conservative	447
Daniel Dieppe	Conservative	445
Tony Sutton	Lib Dem	431

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Mapperley

Kirsty L Jones Nottingham People’s AllianceLeslie Ayoola LabourSajid Mohammed Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour47.6%

Green22.4%

Conservative16.3%

Lib Dem8.5%

Independent5.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Leslie Eni-Itan Ayoola Elected	Labour	1,909
Kirsty Lemara Jones Elected	Labour	1,907
Sajid Mohammed Elected	Labour	1,646
Barbara Joy Coulson	Green	898
Adam McGregor	Green	679
Cath Sutherland	Green	668
Graham Kilbourne	Conservative	656
Melvyn Alfred Shepherd	Conservative	639
Zarmeena Abdul Quraishi	Conservative	518
Peter Charles Mendenhall	Lib Dem	340
Nigel Graham King	Independent	210

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Meadows

Eunice Regan LabourMichael Edwards Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour49.4%

Nottingham Independents23.5%

Green12.1%

Conservative9.3%

Lib Dem5.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Michael Edwards Elected	Labour	1,107
Eunice Holland Regan Elected	Labour	1,069
Naveed Rashid	Nottingham Independents	527
Margo Bohacz	Nottingham Independents	525
Ceri Pryke-Hendy	Green	271
Felicity Marion Whiting Crofts	Conservative	209
Nicholas John Packham	Conservative	205
Michael Ian Thomas	Lib Dem	125

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Radford

Farzanna Mahmood LabourFozia Mubashar Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour60.4%

Green19.8%

Conservative10.7%

Lib Dem9.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Farzanna Mahmood Elected	Labour	759
Fozia Mubashar Elected	Labour	672
William Thomas Ellis	Green	249
Matthew Christopher Pike	Conservative	135
Tom Procter	Lib Dem	114

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Sherwood

AJ Matsiko Nottingham People’s AllianceAdele Williams LabourNayab Patel Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour50.1%

Nottingham Independents21.9%

Green13.3%

Conservative9.5%

Lib Dem5.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Adele Williams Elected	Labour	2,367
AJ Matsiko Elected	Labour	2,275
Nayab Patel Elected	Labour	2,075
Colin Leslie Allen Barratt	Nottingham Independents	1,035
Rebecca Natalie Green	Nottingham Independents	752
Aimee Sharice Scrimshaw	Nottingham Independents	651
Rachel Richards	Green	629
John Edward Ramsay Burgess	Green	554
Sheila June Eaton	Conservative	448
Ilona Irma Hart	Conservative	392
Stephen Paul Freeland	Lib Dem	243

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

St. Ann's

Anwar Khan Nottingham People’s AllianceCorall Jenkins LabourDevontay Okure Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour59.1%

Conservative12.2%

Green11.7%

Nottingham Independents9.7%

Lib Dem7.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Corall Joy Jenkins Elected	Labour	1,636
Anwar Muhammad Khan Elected	Labour	1,412
Devontay Andrew Imo Okure Elected	Labour	1,369
John Anthony Crofts	Conservative	339
Neil Barrett	Green	323
Glenys Sullivan	Conservative	291
Boma Alade Thomas	Conservative	287
Jonnie Walker	Green	280
Gisella Sobarasua	Nottingham Independents	269
Rohey Oley Bah	Nottingham Independents	250
Sam Njie	Nottingham Independents	225
James Housley	Lib Dem	202

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Wollaton West

Saj Ahmad LabourSteve Battlemuch LabourZafran Nawaz Khan Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour48.3%

Conservative29.1%

Lib Dem14.0%

Nottingham Independents8.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Steve Battlemuch Elected	Labour	2,815
Zafran Khan Elected	Labour	2,375
Saj Ahmad Elected	Labour	2,290
Stuart Andrew Frost	Conservative	1,696
Kabir Hussain	Conservative	1,312
Awadh Sheikh Salim	Conservative	1,182
Michael Howard Procter	Lib Dem	813
Cinderella Griffiths	Nottingham Independents	499
Joginder Singh Prem	Nottingham Independents	327
Bakhtawar Singh Sehra	Nottingham Independents	224

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Councillors

Changed party since the election

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

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Berridge	Shuguftah Quddoos	Labour 2023	Green
Bilborough	Faith Gakanje-Ajala	Labour 2023	Independent
Hyson Green & Arboretum	Naim Salim	Labour 2023	Nottingham People’s Alliance
Lenton & Wollaton East	Imran Jalil	Labour 2023	Nottingham People’s Alliance
Mapperley	Kirsty L Jones	Labour 2023	Nottingham People’s Alliance
Sherwood	AJ Matsiko	Labour 2023	Nottingham People’s Alliance
St. Ann's	Anwar Khan	Labour 2023	Nottingham People’s Alliance

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

1 by-election since July 2021, 0 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
20 August 2026	Leen Valley	Labour hold	30.5%

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Nottingham East	36%	Labour	Labour 38%
Nottingham South	34%	Labour	Labour 31%
Nottingham North and Kimberley	31%	Labour	Labour 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.

People

Who lives in Nottingham

323,638 residents in 124,758 households

Voted Leave in 2016

51% 1 below GB

Degree or higher

29% 5 below GB

No qualifications

20% 2 above GB

Own their home

45% 16 below GB

Rent from a council or housing association

26% 9 above GB

Rent privately

29% 9 above GB

Aged 15 to 34

46% 15 above GB

Aged 65 and over

14% 8 below 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

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.