2009 Nottinghamshire County Council election

Elections to Nottinghamshire County Council took place on 4 June 2009, having been delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament.

2009 Nottinghamshire County Council election

4 June 2009
All 67 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 26 36 5 Seats before 26 36 4 Seats won 36 14 9 Seat change 10 22 5 Percentage 52.24 19.40 13.43   Party Independent UKIP Last election 0 0 Seats before 1 0 Seats won 7 1 Seat change 6 1 Percentage 13.43 1.49
Map of the results of the election coloured by victorious party
Leader before election Labour Elected Leader Conservative

In the previous election, held on 5 May 2005, the Labour Party won a majority with 36 out of 67 seats. The Conservative Party were second with 26 seats, and the Liberal Democrats had five.[1] Following the 2005 election, there were three by-elections, which all saw swings against Labour. The Conservatives gained Hucknall and the Liberal Democrats Sutton-in-Ashfield North from Labour, and the Labour party's majority in Mansfield East was reduced by nearly two thirds.[2]

Campaign

A key local issue was the planned extension of the Nottingham Express Transit tram system to Clifton and Toton, which was opposed by the Conservatives.[3]

Results by District

Nottinghamshire County Council is made up of 67 seats in a total of 54 electoral divisions across 7 districts: Ashfield District, Bassetlaw District, Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough, Mansfield District, Newark & Sherwood District, and Rushcliffe Borough.[4]

Ashfield District

(10 seats, 8 electoral divisions)

Hucknall

Hucknall (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mick Murphy	2,690	11.06
	UKIP	Tom Irvine	2,541	10.45
	Conservative	Kevin Thomas Rostance	2,519	10.36
	Conservative	Robert Rankin	2,498	10.27
	Labour	Chris Baron	2,393	9.84
	Labour	Dave Shaw	2,258	9.29
	Labour	Trev Locke	2,213	9.10
	UKIP	Kenneth Browne	1,204	4.95
	UKIP	Mark Brinsley-Day	1,202	4.94
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Moore	1,125	4.63
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Toseland	1,058	4.35
	BNP	Susan Carolyn Gamble	905	3.72
	Liberal Democrats	Austin Rathe	881	3.62
	English Democrat	Kevin Michael Worrall	602	2.48
	Independent	Geoff Thorpe	223	0.92
Turnout			8,104	34.07

Kirkby in Ashfield North

Kirkby in Ashfield North (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Russell Knight	842	26.38
	BNP	Michael John Clarke	722	22.62
	Independent	Wendy Brenda Harvey	597	18.70
	Conservative	James Grant Thornton	445	13.94
	Liberal Democrats	Melvin William Grant	412	12.91
	Independent	Dave Spalding	174	5.45
Turnout			3,192	31.27

Kirkby in Ashfield South

Kirkby in Ashfield South (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Elisabeth Madden	1,752	39.29
	Labour	Yvonne Davidson	868	19.47
	Conservative	Robert Copley	614	13.77
	BNP	Darran Paul Burke	482	10.81
	English Democrat	Tony Ellis	295	6.62
	Green	Lisa Jane Brown	257	5.76
	Independent	Tony Brown	191	4.28
Turnout			4,459	40.39

Selston

Selston (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Gail Turner	1,593	36.68
	Liberal Democrats	Robert James Sears-Piccavey	1,037	23.88
	BNP	Edward Holmes	734	16.90
	Labour	Stephen John Mays	557	12.83
	Conservative	Brian William Jarvis	343	7.90
	Green	Kevin Bradford	79	1.82
Turnout			4,343	43.40

Sutton in Ashfield Central

Sutton in Ashfield Central (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Gent	801	29.64
	Labour	Edward David Walter Llewellyn-Jones	696	25.76
	Conservative	Christine Margaret Vernon	384	14.21
	BNP	Jane Helen Clarke	347	12.84
	Independent	Leslie Matthews	276	10.21
	Independent	Tony Johnson	198	7.33
Turnout			2,702	31.26

Sutton in Ashfield East

Sutton in Ashfield East (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Steven Terence Carroll	772	27.32
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Ashley Smith	628	22.22
	Conservative	John Matson Baker	426	15.07
	Independent	Tony Wallis	401	14.19
	Independent	David Michael Parker	300	10.62
	BNP	Paul Jeffrey Gamble	299	10.58
Turnout			2,826	32.05

Sutton in Ashfield North

Sutton in Ashfield North (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Bernard Zadrozny	1,038	35.40
	Labour	Trish Phillips	738	25.17
	Conservative	Michael Peter Laing Halls	562	19.17
	BNP	Michael John Clarke	418	14.26
Turnout			2,932	34.32

Sutton in Ashfield West

Sutton in Ashfield West (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Asbury	1,066	36.48
	Labour	David John Kirkham	758	25.94
	Conservative	Michael Maurice Champion	522	17.86
	BNP	Hilda Holmes	382	13.07
Turnout			2,922	32.98

Bassetlaw District

(9 seats, 9 electoral divisions)

Blyth & Harworth

Blyth & Harworth (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sheila Janice Place	1,663	52.71
	Conservative	Chris Wanless	1,492	47.29
Turnout			3,226	34.13

Misterton

Misterton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Liz Yates	3,321	76.45
	Labour	David Challinor	1,023	23.55
Turnout			4,477	42.52

Retford East

Retford East (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Wendy Quigley	1,933	62.05
	Labour	Mick Storey	1,182	37.95
Turnout			3,182	37.30

Retford West

Retford West (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mike Quigley	1,305	46.26
	Labour	James Trebor Arthur Napier	942	33.39
	Liberal Democrats	David Anthony Hassett	574	20.35
Turnout			2,853	34.25

Tuxford

Tuxford (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Marshall Hempsall	2,511	61.02
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Sydney Cane	910	22.11
	Labour	Marilyn McCarthy	694	16.87
Turnout			4,179	44.95

Worksop East

Worksop East (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Glynn Gilfoyle	1,525	54.19
	Independent	Geoff Coe	762	27.08
	Conservative	Tracey Lee Taylor	527	18.73
Turnout			2,871	30.64

Worksop North

Worksop North (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sybil Jacqueline Fielding	1,711	54.54
	Conservative	Jonathan Neil Sheppard	1,426	45.46
Turnout			3,228	31.38

Worksop North East & Carlton

Worksop North East & Carlton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Rhodes	1,669	51.07
	Conservative	Bill Graham	1,599	48.93
Turnout			3,362	36.26

Worksop West

Worksop West (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Bennett	1,403	50.81
	Labour	David Daniel Potts	909	32.92
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Peter Hunter	449	16.26
Turnout			2,789	33.27

Broxtowe Borough

(10 seats, 8 electoral divisions)

Beauvale

Beauvale (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Taylor	1,532	43.31
	BNP	Dave Brown	698	19.73
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Charlesworth	657	18.58
	Labour	Jen Cole	650	18.38
Turnout			3,554	43.56

Beeston North

Beeston North (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Carr	2,026	53.12
	Conservative	Philip Hopkinson	905	23.73
	Labour	Kate Foale	549	14.39
	Green	Paul David Anderson	334	8.76
Turnout			3,833	48.54

Beeston South & Attenborough

Beeston South & Attenborough (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Eric Kerry	1,889	41.02
	Labour	Pat Lally	1,700	36.92
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Morley Hopcroft	432	9.38
	Green	Sylvia Anne Rule	306	6.64
	BNP	Wayne Shelbourn	278	6.04
Turnout			4,619	51.16

Bramcote & Stapleford

Bramcote and Stapleford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Stan Heptinstall	3,281	21.03
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Wombwell	3,095	19.84
	Conservative	John Doddy	2,528	16.21
	Conservative	Philip Brooks-Stephenson	2,245	14.39
	Labour	John William McGrath	1,418	9.09
	Labour	Geoff Ward	1,119	7.17
	UKIP	Chris Cobb	1,013	6.49
	Green	Emma Kathryn Fawcett	507	3.25
	Green	Mary Evelyn Venning	394	2.53
Turnout			7,814	45.49

Chilwell & Toton

Chilwell and Toton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tom Pettengell	3,388	24.40
	Conservative	Richard Ian Jackson	3,356	24.17
	Labour	Ed Jacobs	1,442	10.39
	Labour	Atul Joshi	1,135	8.17
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Pearson	1,076	7.75
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Wombwell	998	7.19
	UKIP	Keith Willoughby Marriott	786	5.66
	Green	Richard David Eddleston	658	4.74
	BNP	Mary Clifton	546	3.93
	Green	David Knight Mitchell	500	3.60
Turnout			6,769	42.60

Eastwood

Eastwood (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Longdon	1,539	49.66
	Labour	Milan Radulovic	888	28.65
	Conservative	Graham Kilbourne	672	21.68
Turnout			3,151	38.26

Kimberley & Trowell

Kimberley & Trowell (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Rigby	1,585	36.29
	Conservative	Shane Easom	1,342	30.73
	Labour	Richard Robinson	912	20.88
	BNP	Kevin Lambert	402	9.21
	Green	Gordon Brian Stoner	126	2.89
Turnout			4,377	49.01

Nuthall

Nuthall (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip John Owen	1,752	50.16
	Independent	Sue Wildey	1,741	49.84
Turnout			3,526	45.33

Gedling Borough

(10 seats, 6 electoral divisions)

Arnold North

Arnold North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gerald Vincent Clarke	3,343	25.50
	Conservative	Veronica Caroline Pepper	3,255	24.83
	Labour	Pauline Annette Allan	1,995	15.22
	Labour	John Robert Stocks	1,805	13.77
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Yvonne Thornley	1,361	10.38
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Mark Patterson	1,352	10.31
Turnout			6,869	37.09

Arnold South

Arnold South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rodney Gordon Kempster	3,257	22.28
	Conservative	Melvyn Alfred Shepherd	2,948	20.17
	Labour	Peter Graham Barnes	2,210	15.12
	Labour	Paul Richard Key	2,044	13.98
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Julian Swift	1,521	10.41
	Liberal Democrats	Tadeusz Edward Zdzislaw Jones	1,502	10.28
	UKIP	Anthony Robin Ellwood	1,135	7.76
Turnout			7,793	41.98

Calverton

Calverton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Steven Spencer	2,229	70.47
	Labour	Michael John Hope	934	29.53
Turnout			3,236	40.70

Carlton East

Carlton East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William John Clarke	2,165	16.03
	Conservative	Allen Malpass Clarke	2,144	15.87
	Labour	James O'Riordan	2,099	15.54
	Conservative	Cheryl Beverly Clarke	2,035	15.06
	Liberal Democrats	Richard James Dawson Berry	1,960	14.51
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Ian MacDuff Fife	1,811	13.41
	BNP	Stephen Arthur Adcock	739	5.47
	Green	Jean Katimertzis	556	4.12
Turnout			7,106	41.11

Carlton West

Carlton West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Seamus Martin Creamer	2,191	16.76
	Labour	Darrell Eduard Pulk	2,152	16.47
	Conservative	Thomas Lewis Butcher	2,030	15.53
	Conservative	Eric John Collin	2,025	15.49
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Anthony Hughes	1,072	8.20
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Norman Fredrick William Pratt	994	7.61
	UKIP	Deva Indera Asanga Kumarasiri	974	7.45
	UKIP	Anthony Jeffrey Prior	971	7.43
	BNP	William Christopher Bell	660	5.05
Turnout			6,784	38.81

Newstead

Newstead (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Paul Barnfather	2,454	73.85
	Labour	Carol Ann Wright	869	26.15
Turnout			3,323	42.95

Mansfield District

(9 seats, 5 electoral divisions)

Mansfield East

Mansfield East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent Forum	Bob Cross	1,891	19.60
	Mansfield Independent Forum	Martin Wright	1,883	19.52
	Labour	Helen Holt	1,629	16.89
	Conservative	Brian Marshall	1,558	16.15
	Labour	Chris Winterton	1,423	14.75
	Conservative	Muriel Ragis	1,262	13.08
Turnout			5,677	31.34

Mansfield North

Mansfield North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joyce Bosnjak	1,758	15.93
	Labour	Parry Tsimbiridis	1,494	13.54
	UKIP	Andrea Hamilton	1,335	12.10
	UKIP	David Hamilton	1,328	12.04
	Mansfield Independent Forum	Mick Barton	1,033	9.36
	Conservative	Drew Stafford	1,007	9.13
	Conservative	Janet Susan Ward	908	8.23
	Mansfield Independent Forum	David Smith	764	6.92
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Moya Goddard	756	6.85
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Hollingworth	651	5.90
Turnout			5,787	32.19

Mansfield South

Mansfield South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent Forum	Tom Appleby	2,043	17.74
	Mansfield Independent Forum	Stephen Neil Garner	1,960	17.02
	Conservative	Nick Bennett	1,791	15.55
	Conservative	Philip Keith Smith	1,483	12.88
	Labour	Albert Haynes	1,259	10.93
	Labour	David Charles Harrison	1,187	10.31
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Mark Bacon	698	6.06
	Liberal Democrats	Kristyna Adela Ellis	610	5.30
	English Democrat	Diane Bilgrami	487	4.23
Turnout			6,121	32.02

Mansfield West

Mansfield West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Mansfield Independent Forum	June Stendall	2,034	21.12
	Mansfield Independent Forum	Vic Bobo	1,675	17.40
	Labour	Paul Henshaw	1,520	15.79
	Labour	John Carter	1,511	15.69
	Conservative	Mark Stuart Fretwell	889	9.23
	Conservative	Fraser McFarland	716	7.44
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Ellis	653	6.78
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Spencer	631	6.55
Turnout			5,141	30.21

Warsop

Warsop (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Allin	1,371	48.50
	Mansfield Independent Forum	John Milnes	677	23.95
	Conservative	Michael William Ward	583	20.62
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Tracey Zadrozny	196	6.93
Turnout			2,846	30.62

Newark & Sherwood District

(10 seats, 10 electoral divisions)

Balderton

Balderton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Walker	1,401	59.11
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Allen	559	23.59
	Labour	Carola Richards	410	17.30
Turnout			2,399	31.37

Blidworth

Blidworth (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Geoff Merry	852	34.68
	Labour	Yvonne Woodhead	802	32.64
	Conservative	Rod Allen	496	20.19
	Independent	Kevan Wakefield	307	12.49
Turnout			2,468	32.69

Collingham

Collingham (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Vincent Henry Dobson	2,160	61.98
	Liberal Democrats	Marylyn Rayner	1,325	38.02
Turnout			3,550	36.70

Farndom & Muskham

Farndom & Muskham (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sue Saddington	2,178	68.86
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Barson	657	20.77
	Labour	Brian James Howes	328	10.37
Turnout			3183	47.61

Farnsfield & Lowdham

Farnsfield & Lowdham (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andy Stewart	3,333	79.13
	Labour	Celia Brooks	879	20.87
Turnout			4,302	50.06

Newark East

Newark East (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter David Prebble	1,267	51.63
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Harrison	746	30.40
	Labour	John Bell	441	17.97
Turnout			2,483	31.52

Newark West

Newark West (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Frank Girling	980	42.61
	Independent	Gill Dawn	483	21.00
	Labour	Ian Wallace Campbell	450	19.57
	Liberal Democrats	Declan Patrick Logue	387	16.83
Turnout			2,313	32.16

Ollerton & Boughton

Ollerton & Boughton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stella Marie Smedley	1,202	40.61
	Conservative	Mary Brown	1,042	35.20
	Independent	Mick McLelland	716	24.19
Turnout			2,980	34.24

Rufford

Rufford (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Les Ward	1,309	35.60
	Conservative	Mike Butler	1,259	34.24
	Labour	Andrew Freeman	1,109	30.16
Turnout			3,718	37.07

Southwell & Caunton

Southwell & Caunton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bruce Laughton	2,765	52.06
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Richard Bloomfield Harris	2,281	42.95
	Labour	Glenn Bardill	265	4.99
Turnout			5,350	56.00

Rushcliffe Borough

(9 seats, 8 electoral divisions)

Bingham

Bingham (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Martin William Suthers	2,020	48.71
	Liberal Democrats	George Davidson	1,207	29.11
	Independent	Terry Coleman	510	12.30
	Labour	Alan Richard Tiplady	410	9.89
Turnout			4,166	43.92

Cotgrave

Cotgrave (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Langton Butler	1,807	53.05
	Labour	Andrew William Clayworth	522	15.33
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Jean Rotherham	387	11.36
	UKIP	Rach Wolfe	367	10.78
	BNP	Tony Woodward	323	9.48
Turnout			3,420	40.21

Keyworth

Keyworth (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Elliott Cottee	2,484	56.11
	Liberal Democrats	Debbie Boote	1,313	29.66
	Green	Tony Latham	371	8.38
	Labour	Richard Theodore Parry Crawley	259	5.85
Turnout			4,454	53.17

Radcliffe on Trent

Radcliffe on Trent (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kay Cutts	2,724	58.77
	Labour	Steve Collins	784	16.91
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Jennifer Hull	613	13.23
	Green	Andrew Peter Mattison	514	11.09
Turnout			4,665	48.33

Ruddington

Ruddington (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Reg Adair	1,918	48.68
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Venes	981	24.90
	Labour	Ian Paul Wilson	403	10.23
	UKIP	Pete Wolfe	398	10.10
	Independent	David John Hall	240	6.09
Turnout			3,957	45.55

Soar Valley

Soar Valley (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lynn Sykes	2,502	59.60
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Ann Gauld	885	21.08
	Labour	Paul David Morrissey	811	19.32
Turnout			4,262	45.82

West Bridgford Central & South

West Bridgford Central and South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael John Cox	3,432	20.14
	Conservative	Barrie Cooper	3,401	19.96
	Green	Sue Mallender	1,787	10.49
	Green	Richard Mallender	1,616	9.48
	Labour	Liz Plant	1,578	9.26
	Labour	Alistair MacInnes	1,563	9.17
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Michael Jamieson	1,223	7.18
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Travis	1,217	7.14
	UKIP	Matthew Eric Faithfull	623	3.66
Turnout			8,820	43.25

West Bridgford West

West Bridgford West (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gordon Wheeler	2,189	44.58
	Liberal Democrats	Karrar Ahmad Khan	1,597	32.53
	Labour	Peter Joseph Vallelly	545	11.10
	Green	Simon Ronald Anthony	311	6.33
	English Democrat	Barrie Michael Worrall	268	5.46
Turnout			4,926	50.31

By-Elections between June 2009 - April 2013

By-elections are called when a representative Councillor resigns or dies, so are unpredictable. A by-election is held to fill a political office that has become vacant between the scheduled elections.

1. Newark East - 17 September 2009

Newark East By-Election 17 September 2009[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Wallace	517	45.2	-6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Harrison	322	28.1	-2.3
	Labour	Glenn Bardill	198	17.3	-0.7
	UKIP	Terry Coleman	107	9.4	+9.4
Majority			195	17.1
Turnout			1,144	15.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

2. Mansfield South - 25 February 2010

Mansfield South By-Election 25 February 2010[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Winterton	1,342	33.5	+13.4
	Mansfield Independent Forum	Andrew Tristram	1,108	27.6	-12.7
	Conservative	Drew Stafford	774	19.3	-9.2
	UKIP	Nick Bennet	489	12.2	+12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Danielle Gent	295	7.4	-3.8
Majority			234	5.9
Turnout			4,008	20.9
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

3. Worksop West - 16 September 2010

Worksop West By-Election 25 February 2010[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Maurizio Greaves	1,457	61.5%
	Conservative	Alec Thorpe	755	31.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Leon Maurice Duveen	88	3.7%
	Independent	Ronald Dawes	56	2.4%
	Independent	Terry George Coleman	13	0.6%
Majority			702
Turnout			2,369
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

4. Chilwell & Toton - 15 March 2012

Chilwell & Toton By-Election 15 March 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Doddy	1,958	47.7	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Watts	1,375	33.5	+20.6
	UKIP	Lee Waters	682	16.6	+7.0
Majority			583	14.2
Turnout			4,102	25.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

5. Rufford - 20 September 2012

Rufford By-Election 20 September 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Peck	1,557	58.0	+27.8
	Conservative	Daniel Mottishaw	660	24.6	-9.7
	Nottinghamshire Independents	Jim Gregson	346	12.9	-22.7
	UKIP	Carole Terzza	123	4.6	+4.6
Majority			897	33.4
Turnout			2,686	24.52
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

References

1. Nottinghamshire County Council, 2005 Election Results
2. Battle for your vote starts in key marginals, Nottingham Evening Post, 2009-05-14
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