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Rushcliffe 2025

Local elections held 1 May 2025.

9 ward races
10 seats
9 elected below the proportional quota
90.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 9 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 10 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party16,17435.7%880.0%440.0%+4
Reform UK8,95219.8%110.0%220.0%-1
Labour Party6,97615.4%110.0%220.0%-1
Green Party4,83110.7%00.0%110.0%-1
Labour and Co-operative Party3,2407.1%00.0%110.0%-1
Independent2,0584.5%00.0%00.0%0
Liberal Democrats1,7063.8%00.0%00.0%0
Rushcliffe Independents1,3423.0%00.0%00.0%0
Social Democratic Party250.1%00.0%00.0%0
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom120.0%00.0%00.0%0
Total45,316100.0%10100.0%10100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Bingham East · single-seat

Marginal winner 32.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +17.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,210

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Stephen Thomas PearsonConservative and Unionist Party1,37432.6%Elected
2Christopher Joseph GrocockLabour Party1,21028.7%
3Helen Louise AdcottReform UK1,20028.5%
4Emily Kate SiveyGreen Party42710.1%

Electorate 9,694 · Ballots cast 4,225 · Invalid 15 · EC ward code 57071 · Back to ward index

Bingham West · single-seat

Marginal winner 35.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +14.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,092

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Neil ClarkeConservative and Unionist Party1,09335.3%Elected
2Kevin Paul ThompsonReform UK67721.9%
3Ted BirchRushcliffe Independents63620.6%
4Tony WallaceLabour Party45414.7%
5Amber Edwards-SmithGreen Party2327.5%

Electorate 8,121 · Ballots cast 3,095 · Invalid 3 · EC ward code 57072 · Back to ward index

West Bridgford North · single-seat

Marginal winner 36.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +13.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,179

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Penny GowlandLabour Party1,51836.3%Elected
2Richard MallenderGreen Party1,25730.1%
3Darius FurmonaviciusConservative and Unionist Party87420.9%
4Glen HaleReform UK3979.5%
5Keith Michael JamiesonLiberal Democrats1333.2%

Electorate 10,435 · Ballots cast 4,185 · Invalid 6 · EC ward code 57077 · Back to ward index

Cotgrave · single-seat

Marginal winner 36.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +13.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,151

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Richard Langton ButlerConservative and Unionist Party1,15136.5%Elected
2Keir Ronald ChewingsRushcliffe Independents70622.4%
3Keith WaltersReform UK66421.1%
4Michael SymondsLabour Party37011.7%
5Brennig JonesGreen Party1374.3%
6Sara DellarLiberal Democrats1113.5%
7Teck Keong KhongAlliance for Democracy and Freedom120.4%

Electorate 8,653 · Ballots cast 3,156 · Invalid 5 · EC ward code 57073 · Back to ward index

West Bridgford West · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,362

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Hari OmConservative and Unionist Party1,85742.6%Elected
2Dora PolentaLabour Party96022.0%
3Ben GrayGreen Party54012.4%
4Trevor Paul LawtonReform UK52011.9%
5Rod JonesLiberal Democrats3778.6%
6Alan PhillipsIndependent1082.5%

Electorate 10,227 · Ballots cast 4,368 · Invalid 6 · EC ward code 57079 · Back to ward index

Leake & Ruddington · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 26.1% Proportional quota 33.3% Difference +7.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 7,150

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Andy BrownConservative and Unionist Party2,24131.3%Elected
2Stuart Christopher MatthewsReform UK1,86326.1%Elected
3Andy EdyveanConservative and Unionist Party1,72924.2%
4Joseph Matthew NapierReform UK1,70723.9%
5Jen WalkerLabour and Co-operative Party1,66723.3%
6Mike GauntLabour and Co-operative Party1,57322.0%
7Jason Richard BillinIndependent80211.2%
8Maria Sofie SjogerstenGreen Party7079.9%
9Will BirchIndependent6128.6%
10Benjamin Thomas WoolleyGreen Party4546.3%
11Michael John WrightLiberal Democrats4336.1%

Electorate 18,454 · Ballots cast 7,162 · Invalid 12 · EC ward code 57075 · Back to ward index

Keyworth · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +6.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,162

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1John CotteeConservative and Unionist Party1,83344.0%Elected
2Darren John SharpeReform UK74617.9%
3Shelley May MillbandIndependent53612.9%
4James Anthony CoyleLabour Party42910.3%
5Linda Jane AbbeyLiberal Democrats3708.9%
6Neil PinderGreen Party2486.0%

Electorate 9,415 · Ballots cast 4,168 · Invalid 6 · EC ward code 57074 · Back to ward index

Radcliffe on Trent · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,845

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Roger Glyn UptonConservative and Unionist Party1,71744.7%Elected
2John HessLabour Party1,03226.8%
3Adrian Paul BarkerReform UK68917.9%
4Rhiana Elizabeth LakinGreen Party40710.6%

Electorate 8,942 · Ballots cast 3,852 · Invalid 7 · EC ward code 57076 · Back to ward index

West Bridgford South · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.0 pts Valid ballots 4,524

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Jonathan WheelerConservative and Unionist Party2,30551.0%Elected
2Graham Scott JohnsonLabour Party1,00322.2%
3Maxwell Ronald CookeReform UK48910.8%
4Sue MallenderGreen Party4229.3%
5Nancy Smith-MitschLiberal Democrats2826.2%
6Anne McDonnellSocial Democratic Party250.6%

Electorate 11,090 · Ballots cast 4,533 · Invalid 9 · EC ward code 57078 · Back to ward index