Voters in every part of Nottinghamshire have the chance to choose local councillors on Thursday when eight authorities in the area hold elections.
Polls are being held in the council areas listed below. Click the links for further details including lists of candidates in each area.
Nottingham City Council
Rushcliffe Borough Council
Broxtowe Borough Council
Newark and Sherwood District Council
Gedling Borough Council
Ashfield District Council
Bassetlaw District Council
Mansfield District Council (council and mayoral election)
The votes are part of a day of polling affecting 230 councils across England. On Thursday, May 4, people who are registered to vote can do so at polling stations across their areas from 7am to 10pm.
For the first time in elections, photographic ID will need to be provided by anyone wanting to vote.
Two Nottinghamshire councils – Ashfield and Bassetlaw – are counting votes overnight and are expected to announce their results in the early hours of Friday, May 5.
All the other Nottinghamshire councils holding elections, including the City Council, will count votes on Friday morning and are expected to announce their results on Friday afternoon.
Notts TV will be covering the results of all the Nottinghamshire local elections across nottstv.com, social media and on TV.
Our live blog on the website will start at 8am on Friday and continue until the last results and reaction in the evening.
Updates will also be posted on our Twitter and Facebook profiles, and our team of Local Democracy Reporters will be following and posting about what happens.
We’ll be be using the hashtags #LocalElections2023 and #NottsElects.
Joe Locker will be at the Nottingham City Council count and also following developments at Gedling Borough Council and Bassetlaw District Council.
Andrew Topping is attending the Ashfield District Council and Mansfield District Council and mayoral election counts.
Anna Whittaker is attending Broxtowe Borough Council’s count and also following what happens at Newark and Sherwood District Council and Rushcliffe Borough Council.
All the results will also be covered on Notts TV in a special local election edition of our news and chat show Notts Today from 5.30pm – 6.30pm on Friday evening (May 5) .
You can watch Notts TV on Freeview channel 7, Virgin 159 and BT/YouView 7.
