By Anna Whittaker, Local Democracy Reporter
The Labour Party has taken control of Broxtowe Borough Council after a major election which sees the party gain control for the first time since 2003.
The Labour group gained 26 seats out of a possible 44 in the May 4 election, compared to the 14 seats it held after 2019.
The Conservative Party gained 10 seats while five Liberal Democrats and three Independents were also elected.
The Labour Party last controlled Broxtowe Borough Council in 2003.
Labour gained three seats in Kimberley, which was previously run by two Conservatives and one Independent councillor.
Labour candidates Chris Carr, Andy Cooper and William Mee won seats – meaning that Shane Easom, the councillor for Kimberley was ousted.
And prominent Tory councillor Richard Jackson, leader of the Conservative Group, lost his seat after he gained the same number of votes as fellow Conservative councillor Halimah Khaled.
Ruth Hyde, Chief Executive at Broxtowe Borough Council, drew Halimah Khaled’s name out of a hat in a tense moment at the election count today.
And in Attenborough & Chilwell East, Labour councillors gained three seats from the Conservatives – meaning that Eric Kerry and Trish Roberts-Thompson lost their seats.
Broxtowe has 20 wards and 130 candidates were nominated to contest the election for 2023.
Since the 2019 elections, the council has been run by a coalition, including the Labour Party, Liberal Democrats and Independents.
Following the 2019 elections, 19 conservatives, 14 Labour, seven Liberal Democrats, three Independents and one Ashfield Independent were elected to sit on the council.
Below are the Broxtowe Borough Council election results in full. Elected councillors listed in italics.
Beeston West results – Labour hold
Dan Bassford, Liberal Democrats (264)
Carmen Marie Silva Flores, Lib Dem (258)
Jeni Hunneyball, Green Party (386)
Greg Marshall, Labour Party (1,509)
Jonathan Richard Portwood, Conservative (308)
Ellie Winfield, Labour Party (1,299)
Eastwood St Mary’s – Labour hold
David Bagshaw, Labour Party (491)
Julie Anne Newing, Independent (353)
Kane Derek Oliver, Independent (395)
Joe Wiltshire, Conservative (196)
Ken Woodhead, Labour (489)
Rosemary Woods, Green Party (119)
Beeston North – Lib Dem Hold
Robert James Bailey, Conservative (203)
Andreas Bieler, Labour Party (689)
Barbara Caroline Carr, Lib Dem (918)
Steve Carr, Lib Dem (1,075)
Gordon Brian Stoner, Green Party (385)
Nicola Wood, Conservative (182)
Kimberley – Labour gain
Chris Carr, Labour Party (902)
Andy Cooper, Labour Party (936)
Shane Easom, Conservative (738)
Hefin Peter Lawlor, Conservative (652)
William Mee, Labour Party (846)
Beeston Central – Labour hold
Gabrielle Bunn, Labour Party (912)
Justin He, Conservative (282)
Vanessa Claire Smith, Labour Party (968)
Tom Stanton, Green Party (288)
Brian Taylor, Lib Dem (166)
Patricia Ann Taylor, Liberal Democrats (141)
Bramcote – Lib Dem hold
John Terence Breheny, Conservative (690)
Jack Anthony Doddy, Conservative (754)
Andrew Kingdon, Lib Dem (1,454)
Hannah May Land, Lib Dem (1,512)
Claire Lawrence, Labour Party (540)
Val Leyland, Labour Party (629)
Sunny Limbachia, Conservative (698)
Agostino Maurotto, Alliance for Democracy and Freedom (100)
Vanessa Perry, Labour Party (472)
David Kenneth Watts, Liberal Democrats (1446)
William John Longdon (54)
Toton and Chilwell Meadows – Labour gain
Teresa Ann Cullen, Labour (914)
Peter Falvey, Labour (753)
Charlie Harris, Labour (744)
Richard Ian Jackson, Conservative (834)
Stephanie Dawn Kerry, Conservative (862)
Halimah Khaled, Conservative (834)
Lily Valerie Jane Oldham, Green Party (333)
Michael Granville Rich, Lib Dem (569)
Simon Peter Roche, Lib Dem (825)
Ian Lloyd Tyler, Lib Dem (825)
Attenborough & Chilwell East – Labour gain
Chris Archer, Lib Dem (304)
Helen Jane Faccio, Labour Party (1441)
Richard Falvey, Labour Party (1340)
Thomas Richard Hall, Conservative (810)
Eric Kerry, Conservative (956)
Trish Roberts-Thomson, Conservative (944)
John Mark Rule, Lib Dem (254)
Christopher Paul Alexander Salter, Lib Dem (175)
Pauline Ann Smith, Labour Party (1392)
Mary Evelyn Venning, Green Party (486)
Awsworth, Cossall & Trowell – Conservative hold
Lydia Antoinette Ball, Conservative (805)
Annie Hughes-Riley, Liberal Democrats (207)
Tyler Marsh, Labour Party (561)
Karen Dawn Oliver, Liberal Democrats (266)
Don Pringle, The Conservative Party Candidate (818)
Beeston Rylands – Labour hold
Hugh Nathaniel Angseesing, Lib Dem (180)
Kenneth Burton, Conservative (398)
Shaun Dannheimer, Labour Party (878)
Henry Gillies Fell, Green Party (303)
Ben Todd, Liberal Democrats (209)
Sarah Webb, Labour Party (912)
Brinsley – Independent hold
Gaynor Rachel Doherty, Labour Party (86)
Brian Enever, Independent (273)
Elizabeth Williamson, Independent (366)
Greasley – Conservative gain
Mick Brown, Conservative (900)
Jo Cooke, Lib Dem (242)
Hannah Louise Crosby, Conservative (706)
Danny George Hall, Labour Party (525)
Neil Patrick Levett, Labour Party (590)
Carl Simon Lewis, Lib Dem (277)
Pat Morton, Green Party (229)
Anne Ryan, Labour Party (478)
Adam William George Albert Stockwell, Conservative (701)
Arthur Clive Trussell, Liberal Democrats (114)
Eastwood Hilltop – Labour hold
Susan Ann Bagshaw, Labour Party (586)
Levi Joshua Ensor, Independent (179)
Lisa Hartshorn, Conservative (227)
Alex Marker, Conservative Party Candidate (204)
Milan Radulovic, Labour Party (645)
Eastwood Hall – Labour gain
Bob Bullock, Labour Party (300)
Guy Peter Hagan, Independent (173)
Joshua Paul Thomas Parker, The Conservative Party Candidate (158)
Conservative hold
Sheikh Abdul Assab, Labour (609)
Rachel Margaret Gravett, Green Party (190)
Graham Stewart Hills, Conservative (692)
Rebecca Suzanne Morris-Buck, Lib Dem (97)
Philip John Owen, Conservative (736)
Dave Tantum, Labour Party (589)
Stapleford South East – Labour gain
Katherine Alexandra Harlow, Labour Party (382)
Susan Kelly, Independent (174)
Lorraine Longford, Independent (227)
Teresa Yvonne Needham, Green Party (172)
Kash Purewal, The Conservative Party Candidate (299)
Watnall and Nuthall West – Labour gain
Peter James Bales, Labour Party (618)
Graham Lambert, Labour Party (599)
Jill Owen, The Conservative Party Candidate (652)
Bob Willimott, The Conservative Party Candidate (605)
