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Posted on: Friday, May 3, 2024

On Thursday 2 May 2024 , three elections took place in Newark and Sherwood for:

  1. The Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner
  2. The East Midlands Combined Authority Mayor
  3. Newark Town – Magnus Ward (By-Election)

Following the close of polls and verification of ballets received, there were:

  1. 26,849 votes received for the Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner election which represents a turnout of 28.44%.
  2. 26,877 votes received for the East Midlands Combined Authority Mayoral election which represents a turnout of 28.47%.
  3. 599 votes received for the Newark Town – Magnus Ward (By-Election) which represents a turnout of 30.4%.

The counting of the votes is currently taking place today, Friday 3 May.  The results of the count from all elections taking place in the Newark and Sherwood district will be available on this web page when complete.  The Newark and Sherwood district votes for the Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner will be combined with all votes across Nottinghamshire to form the total declaration.  The Newark and Sherwood district votes for the East Midlands Combined Authority Mayor will be combined with all votes across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire to form the total declaration.  Newark and Sherwood District Council will declare the results of the Newark Town – Magnus Ward By Election.

Results So Far:

The results of the Newark Town Council - Magnus War By-Election are as follows:

  • Laurence Goff, Labour Party, 327 votes.
  • Stephen Pearson, Local Conservatives, 135 votes.
  • Anna Maria Rutkowska, Independents for Newark, 131 votes.

Laurence Goff, Labour Party, has therefore been elected.

 

The Newark and Sherwood result for the Mayoral East Midlands Combined Authority is now in.  26,877 votes were received. 26,713 votes were valid votes and the results are as follows:

  • Frank Adlington-Stringer, Green Party, 2,157 votes.

  • Ben Bradley, Conservative Party, 10,515 votes.

  • Alan Graves, Reform UK, 2,351 votes.

  • Matt Relf, Independent, 1,398 votes.

  • Helen Tamblyn-Saville, Liberal Democrat, 801 votes.

  • Claire Ward, Labour and Co-Operative Party, 9,491 votes.

The Newark and Sherwood results will now be added to those across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire which will confirm who will be the East Midlands Combined Authority Mayor.

 

The Newark and Sherwood result for the Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner is now in.  26,849 votes were received. 26,231 votes were valid votes and the results are as follows:

Gary Godden, Labour and Co-operative Party, 11,282 votes.

Caroline Henry, Conservative Party, 11,246 votes.

David Watts, Liberal Democrats, 3,703 votes.

The Newark and Sherwood results will now be added to those across Nottinghamshire which will confirm who will be the Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner.