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Andrew Topping & Oliver Pridmore & Laycie Beck

Full Mansfield District Council 2023 election results - Labour hold overall control with large majority

The Labour Party has secured overall control of Mansfield District Council after gaining a significant majority on the council. The group, led by Andy Abrahams, reached 25 councillors out of a possible 39 and also secured a significant victory in the mayoral poll.

It means the group holds 26 seats in the chamber – including the mayoral role, which Mr Abrahams secured with 9,987 votes. Councillor Andre Camilleri, of the Conservatives, finished in second during the mayoral count but successfully gained election onto the council in Berry Hill.

Cllr Mick Barton (Mans Ind) finished third in the mayoral poll and saw his Mansfield Independents slump from 13 to three councillors in the chamber. But the Conservatives recorded a record five seats at the Civic Centre and will now be the official opposition on the authority for the first ever time.

Speaking after the election victory, re-elected mayor Andy Abrahams said: “I’m absolutely exuberant and I am surprised because I never thought I’d we could convert the work in the community into this number of seats. I’m over the moon.”

The former controlling Mansfield Independents – which lost the mayoral election by two votes in 2019 – struggled to retain the 13 seats it won in 2019 and lost many local counts to Labour. It allowed the Labour Group to capitalise and take overall control of the council after a significant drop off in Mansfield Independent vote share.

Speaking on his party’s slump in the vote, former deputy mayor Cllr Barton – who was re-elected in the Maun Valley ward, said: “The vote has dropped off but I think one of the reasons is a lot of promises by the other groups to get rid of the mayor.

“[My priority] will be to hold the mayor to account and try to get him to a lot of the manifesto pledges I made and try to get some of them in. We want to serve the residents, that’s what we’re all about and there’s no politics.”

Among the Tory victories was Cllr Nigel Moxon, who unseated existing Mansfield Independent Cllr Bill Drewett following a recount to take control of the Ling Forest ward. Cllr Sinead Anderson (Con), the wife of Conservative Party deputy chairman and Ashfield MP Lee Anderson, also retained a seat on the authority in Thompsons.

And Cllr Ben Brown secured a victory in the town’s new West Bank ward. But Cllr Liz Langrick (Con) was the successful Tory candidate that saw the Conservatives surpass their two-seat tally from 2019.

Speaking after her victory, she said: “I can’t believe it but we have worked really hard as a team. We’ve not all been successful but it’s been a team effort.

“It’s fantastic, we’ve increased on what we had before and for us it’s massive. As Conservatives, Mansfield was always going to be an uphill battle with the national picture so it’s great to see we made some in-roads.”

Longstanding independents Cllr June Stendall and Cllr Steve Garner both also retained their seats amid a fight from the other political groups. It means the final results in the chamber are 25 Labour councillors (plus the Labour mayor), five Conservatives, four Mansfield Independents and two unaligned independents.

Turnout for the election was 27 per cent, which was a drop from the 29.76 per cent turnout in 2019.

Below are the election results in full, with successful candidates in italics.

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Mayor - Turnout 27.68%

Andy Abrahams – Labour - 9,987

Mick Barton – Mansfield Independents - 4,992

Andre Camilleri – Conservative - 5,832

Karen Rachel Mary Seymour – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition - 420

Julie Margaret Tasker-Love-Birks – Independent - 936

Bancroft - Turnout 20.75%

Mandy Christine Jackson – Mansfield Independents - 95

Robert Learmonth – Conservative - 84

Sue Swinscoe – Labour - 286

Denis Nneka Tooley-Okonkwo – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition - 12

Berry Hill - Turnout 41.34%

Stephen Timothy Bodle – Mansfield Independents - 231

Andre Camilleri – Conservative - 456

Michelle Laing – Labour - 214

Brick Kiln - Turnout 24.05%

Faith Bekis – Conservative - 92

Terry Clay – Labour - 306

Deb Hodson – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition - 13

Ben Hollywood – Mansfield Independents - 75

Carr Bank - Turnout 20.89%

Michael Antony Abbs – Labour - 206

Kelvin Gene Peters – Conservative - 72

Stuart Wilson Wallace – Mansfield Independents - 175

Central - Turnout 19.62%

Charles Anderson – Conservative - 70

Charles Ian Hammersley – Labour - 235

Andy Johnson – Mansfield Independents - 98

Paul Tooley-Okonkwo – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition - 18

Eakring - Turnout 26.08%

Joshua Kevin Charles – Conservative - 189

John Christopher Peter Metcalfe – Labour - 257

Stewart Edward Rickersey – Mansfield Independents - 172

Grange Farm - Turnout 35.69%

Leah Jade Hartshorn – Labour - 210

John Kenneth Roughton – Conservative - 157

Il-Suna Petek Sato – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition - 15

June Stendall – Independent - 467

Holly Forest Town - Turnout 29.25%

Shelly Burnett – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition - 11

Bo Hitchmough – Conservative - 90

Donna Marie Thomas – Labour - 165

Martin Wright – Mansfield Independents - 439

Hornby - Turnout 32.25%

Vic Bobo - Conservative - 208

Anne Callaghan – Labour - 316

Ruth Ford – Mansfield Independents - 176

Kings Walk - Turnout 26.92%

Rouchelle Lorna Evans – Labour - 211

Stephen Harvey – Independent - 66

Liz Langrick – Conservative - 218

Kev Brown – Mansfield Independents - 109

Kingsway Forest Town - Turnout 27.23%

Robert Arthur Corden – Conservative - 234

Angie Jackson – Labour - 301

Gio Loperfido – Mansfield Independents - 151

Lindhurst - Turnout 34.78%

Tom Birchall – Mansfield Independents - 78

Neil Paul Smith – Conservative - 127

Rich Mitchell-Tempest – Labour - 281

Ling Forest - Turnout 29.53%

Andrea Dickens – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition - 7

Bill Drewett – Mansfield Independents - 215

Nigel Moxon – Conservative - 223

Zoe Lawrence-Newton – Labour - 181

Manor - 29.09%

Paul Simon Lawrence – Conservative -212

Jayne Elizabeth Riddin – Mansfield Independents - 138

Craig Lea Whitby – Labour - 368

Market Warsop - Turnout 25.15%

Debra Louise Barlow – Independent - 172

Joe Johnson – Mansfield Independents - 50

Jack William Lewis Stephenson – Labour - 222

Rita Bernadette Townsend – Conservative - 55

Ruth Truswell – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition - 6

Maun Valley Forest Town - Turnout 30.14%

Mick Barton – Mansfield Independents - 425

Shane Andrew Roy Draper – Labour - 207

Karen Rachel Mary Seymour – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition - 12

Keith Townsend – Conservative - 137

Meden - Turnout 27.73%

Denise Answer – Mansfield Independents - 101

Grant Bembridge – Conservative - 166

Andy Wetton – Labour- 433

Mill Lane - Turnout 28.39%

Caroline Ann Ellos – Labour Party - 287

Shirley Peters – Conservative - 138

Andrea Russell – Mansfield Independents - 189

Netherfield - Turnout 26.76%

Timothy Peter Bower – Conservative - 116

David Hughes – Labour - 298

Philip Shields – Independent - 135

Newlands Forest Town - Turnout 22.96%

Pippa Clements – Conservative - 108

Andrew Shooter – Labour - 158

Sid Walker – Mansfield Independents - 210

Oak Tree - Turnout 23.22

Gemma Canlin – Mansfield Independents - 105

Paul Nigel Henshaw – Labour - 186

Nick Marks – Conservative - 149

Milo Elijah Tooley-Okonkwo – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition - 3

Oakham - Turnout 34.87%

Robert Philip Elliman – Conservative - 309

Stephen John North – Labour - 357

Craig Sims – Mansfield Independents - 136

Park Hall - Turnout 28.78%

Jacob Ki Thomas Denness – Labour - 299

Dean Ellis – Mansfield Independents - 204

Alice Mary Kurylo – Conservative - 212

Penniment - Turnout 32.65%

Adam Nigel Brailsford – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition - 17

Stuart Richardson – Labour - 313

Michael Roger Shilladay – Conservative - 87

David Smith – Mansfield Independents - 253

Pleasley - Turnout 23.22%

Chris Clarke – Green - 53

Sharron Hartshorn – Labour - 200

Jak Daniel Shuttleworth – Conservative - 82

Brian Wheatcroft – Mansfield Independents - 74

Racecourse - Turnout 27.23%

Steve Garner – Independent - 405

Rob Kinton – Labour - 196

Vicki Wright – Mansfield Independents - 102

Rock Hill - Turnout 20.63%

Shaun Anthoney – Mansfield Independents - 57

Mark Stephen Garner – Independent - 163

Diana Camille McKenzie – Labour - 212

Julie Robinson – Conservative - 57

Rufford - Turnout 27.8%

Barry Michael Answer – Mansfield Independents - 266

Garry Cole – Labour - 264

Gareth Corden – Conservative - 130

Shaun Dennis Thornton – Green - 26

Sherwood - Turnout 27.60%

Alan Bell – Labour and Co-operative - 279

Emma Camina – Conservative - 114

Teresa Hanstock – Mansfield Independents - 193

Southwell - Turnout 22.35%

Elliott Marcus Brown – Conservative - 105

Charlotte Ruth Inkle – Labour - 265

Craig Vernon – Mansfield Independents - 84

Thompsons - Turnout 36.25%

Sinead Anne Anderson – Conservative - 348

Dennis Robinson – Labour - 253

Roger Sutcliffe – Mansfield Independents - 327

Vale - Turnout 24.03%

Jane Kathleen Beachus – Labour - 303

Wendy Cook – Mansfield Independents - 146

Gill Maharjan – Green - 19

Michelle Patricia Swain – Conservative - 83

Wainwright - Turnout 23.44%

Lynn Henshaw – Labour - 280

Ian Sheppard – Mansfield Independents - 115

Beverley Smith – Conservative - 99

Warsop Carrs - Turnout 26.89%

Ben Bonser – Mansfield Independents - 57

Andy Burgin – Labour - 491

Robyn Hendley – Green - 21

Barbara Henson – Conservative - 110

West Bank - Turnout 29.82%

Ben Brown – Conservative - 240

Faz Choudhury – Mansfield Independents - 178

Sally Anne Higgins – Labour - 208

Tony Jones – Reform UK - 28

Yeoman Hill - Turnout 25.12%

Stuart Butler – Mansfield Independents - 110

John Coxhead – Labour - 339

Andy Tyler – Conservative - 126

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