| Election Name: | 1989 Nottinghamshire County Council election |
| Country: | Nottinghamshire |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1985 Nottinghamshire County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1985 |
| Next Election: | 1993 Nottinghamshire County Council election |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
| Seats For Election: | All 88 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 45 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 1989 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 48 |
| Seats1: | 50 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 155,018 |
| Percentage1: | 47.09% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 37 |
| Seats2: | 34 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 128,379 |
| Percentage2: | 39.00% |
| Party3: | Social and Liberal Democrats |
| Seats Before3: | 2 |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 33,727 |
| Percentage3: | 10.25% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| After Election: | Labour |
The 1989 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 4 May 1989. The whole council of eighty-eight members was up for election and the result was that the Labour Party retained control of the Council, winning fifty seats. The Conservatives won thirty-four councillors and the Social and Liberal Democrats won four seats.[1] [2]
Minor boundary changes took place for this election, with the parish of Broadholme being transferred to Lincolnshire and the division of Newstead was enlarged by the addition of Ravenshead which had been transferred to Gedling from Newark and Sherwood in 1987.
Each electoral division returned one county councillor. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below.[2]
| Electoral Division | Party | Councillor | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Central | Conservative | R. Griffin | 2,313 | ||
| Arnold East | Conservative | V. Pepper | 2,402 | ||
| Arnold West | Conservative | A. Eastwood | 1,873 | ||
| Balderton | Conservative | K. Walker | 2,054 | ||
| Beeston North | Conservative | M. Victor | 1,263 | ||
| Beeston South | Labour | M. Warner | 1,817 | ||
| Bingham | Conservative | K. Thompson | 3,023 | ||
| Blidworth | Labour | R. Hinton | 2,309 | ||
| Blyth & Harworth | Labour | P. Abell | 2,643 | ||
| Bramcote & Stapleford East | Social and Liberal Democrats | D. Morton | 2,271 | ||
| Calverton | Labour | J. Stocks | 2,112 | ||
| Carlton Central | Conservative | E. Collin | 2,049 | ||
| Carlton East | Social and Liberal Democrats | R. Poynter | 2,466 | ||
| Carlton South | Conservative | H. Stanley | 2,404 | ||
| Carlton West | Conservative | B. Noble | 2,157 | ||
| Caunton | Conservative | R. Tow | 2,907 | ||
| Chilwell | Conservative | E. Hudson | 1,873 | ||
| Collingham | Conservative | E. Yates | 2,058 | ||
| Cotgrave | Conservative | C. Jeffreys | 2,331 | ||
| East Leake | Conservative | K. O'Toole | 2,360 | ||
| Eastwood & Brinsley | Labour | D. Pettitt | 2,787 | ||
| Greasley & Nuthall | Conservative | J. Taylor | 2,870 | ||
| Hucknall East | Labour | W. Whitehouse | 2,676 | ||
| Hucknall West | Labour | N. Smedley | 3,227 | ||
| Keyworth | Conservative | S. Pattinson | 2,761 | ||
| Kimberley & Trowell | Conservative | A. Briggs | 1,989 | ||
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield North | Labour | J. Thierry | 2,499 | ||
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield South | Labour | G. Young | 2,607 | ||
| Mansfield - Cumberlands & Ladybrook | Labour | K. Williams | 2,355 | ||
| Mansfield - Leeming & Forest Town | Labour | G. Scott | 2,439 | ||
| Mansfield - Northfield & Manor | Labour | R. Strauther | 2,105 | ||
| Mansfield - Oak Tree & Lindhurst | Labour | T. Butler | 1,825 | ||
| Mansfield - Oakham & Berry Hill | Conservative | E. Cheesewright | 2,069 | ||
| Mansfield - Pleasley Hill & Broomhill | Labour | J. Carter | 1,830 | ||
| Mansfield - Ravensdale & Sherwood | Labour | F. Warsop | 1,880 | ||
| Mansfield - Titchfield & Eakring | Labour | C. Winterton | 1,959 | ||
| Misterton | Conservative | K. Bullivant | 2,136 | ||
| Newark North | Labour | D. Green | 1,784 | ||
| Newark South | Labour | C. Bromfield | 1,728 | ||
| Newstead | Conservative | R. Spencer | 2,305 | ||
| Nottingham - Abbey | Conservative | F. Stannard | 1,892 | ||
| Nottingham - Aspley | Labour | F. Price | 2,136 | ||
| Nottingham - Basford | Labour | J. Heppell | 2,386 | ||
| Nottingham - Beechdale | Labour | W. Churchill | 2,104 | ||
| Nottingham - Bestwood Park | Labour | B. Grocock | 2,113 | ||
| Nottingham - Bilborough | Labour | M. Whittall | 1,982 | ||
| Nottingham - Bridge | Labour | G. Gawith | 3,073 | ||
| Nottingham - Bulwell East | Labour | S. Tipping | 2,201 | ||
| Nottingham - Bulwell West | Labour | F. Riddell | 2,120 | ||
| Nottingham - Byron | Labour | A. Simpson | 2,164 | ||
| Nottingham - Clifton East | Labour | A. Palmer | 1,977 | ||
| Nottingham - Clifton West | Labour | G. Dobson | 2,145 | ||
| Nottingham - Greenwood | Conservative | R. Tuck | 1,810 | ||
| Nottingham - Lenton | Labour | E. Campbell | 2,066 | ||
| Nottingham - Manvers | Labour | O. Powe | 1,878 | ||
| Nottingham - Mapperley | Conservative | J. Hewitt | 1,596 | ||
| Nottingham - Portland | Labour | D. Woodward | 1,924 | ||
| Nottingham - Radford | Labour | M. Aslam | 2,301 | ||
| Nottingham - Robin Hood | Social and Liberal Democrats | M. Forskitt | 1,860 | ||
| Nottingham - Sherwood | Conservative | J. Jenkins-Jones | 1,529 | ||
| Nottingham - St. Anns | Labour | M. Riaset | 2,653 | ||
| Nottingham - Strelley | Labour | P. Burgess | 1,724 | ||
| Nottingham - Trent | Labour | R. Stenson | 1,733 | ||
| Nottingham - Wilford | Conservative | J. Armstrong-Holmes | 2,078 | ||
| Nottingham - Wollaton | Conservative | J. Hayes | 2,876 | ||
| Ollerton | Labour | S. Smedley | 3,578 | ||
| Radcliffe-on-Trent | Conservative | K. Cutts | 1,830 | ||
| Retford North | Conservative | J. Bush | 1,568 | ||
| Retford South | Labour | M. Storey | 1,759 | ||
| Ruddington | Social and Liberal Democrats | S. Bennett | 1,997 | ||
| Rufford | Labour | M. Gray | 2,847 | ||
| Selston | Labour | J. Taylor | 2,288 | ||
| Southwell | Conservative | S. Stuart | 2,954 | ||
| Stapleford North & West | Labour | G. Miller | 2,124 | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield Central | Labour | W. Shaw | 2,482 | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield East | Labour | T. Barsby | 2,284 | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield North | Labour | J. Anthony | 2,235 | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield West | Labour | D. Kirkham | 2,191 | ||
| Toton & Attenborough | Conservative | T. Pettengell | 2,040 | ||
| Tuxford | Conservative | J. Hempsall | 2,024 | ||
| Warsop | Labour | B. Smith | 2,921 | ||
| West Bridgford East | Conservative | B. Borrett | 1,602 | ||
| West Bridgford South | Conservative | M. Cox | 2,203 | ||
| West Bridgford West | Conservative | B. Fairs | 1,953 | ||
| Worksop East | Labour | F. Groves | 2,690 | ||
| Worksop North & Carlton | Labour | A. Burton | 2,260 | ||
| Worksop South East & Welbeck | Labour | V. Smailes | 2,092 | ||
| Worksop West | Labour | A. Davison | 1,983 | ||