The 1997 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 1 May 1997. The whole council was up for election and the result was the Labour Party retaining its control of the council.[1][2]
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All 63 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council 32 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||
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 Map of the results of the election in each division. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. | |||||||||||||||||
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This was the first County Council election not to include the City of Nottingham, which would become a unitary authority in 1998 and therefore no longer a part of the administrative county of Nottinghamshire. The boundaries of the electoral divisions remained the same however the loss of Nottingham meant that there were 25 fewer seats.
Election result
edit| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Labour | 42 | 48.4% | |||||||
| Conservative | 17 | 34.7% | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | 15.6% | |||||||
Results by electoral division
editAshfield
edit(9 seats, 9 electoral divisions)
Hucknall East
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Chris Baron | 5,038 | 71.0 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Glover | 2,055 | 29.0 | ||
| Turnout | 7,093 | 70.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,031 | ||||
Hucknall West
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Nellie Smedley | 6,476 | 68.7 | ||
| Conservative | John Tomlinson | 2,955 | 31.3 | ||
| Turnout | 13,175 | 100.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 13,175 | ||||
Kirkby in Ashfield North
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Labour | Richard Needham | Unopposed | |||
Kirkby in Ashfield South
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Gordon Young | 4,857 | 65.6 | ||
| Conservative | Aubrey Hobson | 2,550 | 34.4 | ||
| Turnout | 7,407 | 70.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,451 | ||||
Selston
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Joan Taylor | 3,951 | 58.5 | ||
| Conservative | Gillian Renshaw | 1,729 | 25.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Sears-Piccavey | 1,070 | 15.9 | ||
| Turnout | 6,750 | 69.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,654 | ||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Election Results". Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ "Nottinghamshire County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 September 2016.