| Election Name: | 2005 Nottinghamshire County Council election |
| Country: | Nottinghamshire |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2001 Nottinghamshire County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2001 |
| Next Election: | 2009 Nottinghamshire County Council election |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
| Seats For Election: | All 67 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 34 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2005 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 38 |
| Percentage1: | 39% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats2: | 25 |
| Percentage2: | 32.7% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Percentage3: | 17% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| After Election: | Labour |
The 2005 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. The whole council was up for election and the result was the Labour Party retaining its control of the council.[1] [2]
Boundary changes to the electoral divisions took effect at this election, with the number of seats increased by four.
Each electoral division returned either one, two or three county councillors. The candidates elected to the council in each electoral division are shown in the table below. "Unopposed" indicates that the councillor was elected unopposed.[2]
| Electoral Division | Party | Councillor | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold North | Labour | J. Cole | 4,991 | ||
| Labour | J. Stocks | 4,334 | |||
| Arnold South | Conservative | R. Kempster | 5,049 | ||
| Labour | P. Barnes | 4,769 | |||
| Balderton | Conservative | K. Walker | 2,012 | ||
| Beauvale | Conservative | J. Taylor | 2,100 | ||
| Beeston North | Liberal Democrat | S. Carr | 1,942 | ||
| Beeston South & Attenborough | Labour | P. Lally | 2,363 | ||
| Bingham | Conservative | M. Suthers | 2,709 | ||
| Blidworth | Labour | Y. Woodhead | 2,579 | ||
| Blyth & Harworth | Labour | S. Place | 2,612 | ||
| Bramcote & Stapleford | Liberal Democrat | S. Heptinstall | 4,841 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | B. Wombwell | 4,541 | |||
| Calverton | Conservative | Mark Spencer (British politician) | 2,799 | ||
| Carlton East | Labour | J. Clarke | 4,000 | ||
| Labour | J. O'Riordan | 3,721 | |||
| Carlton West | Labour | S. Creamer | 4,382 | ||
| Labour | D. Pulk | 4,200 | |||
| Chilwell & Toton | Conservative | T. Pettengell | 3,971 | ||
| Conservative | R. Jackson | 3,920 | |||
| Collingham | Conservative | V. Dobson | 3,130 | ||
| Cotgrave | Conservative | R. Butler | 2,333 | ||
| Eastwood | Labour | E. Lodziak | 2,225 | ||
| Farndon & Muskham | Conservative | S. Saddington | 2,509 | ||
| Farnsfield & Lowdham | Conservative | A. Stewart | 3,618 | ||
| Hucknall | Labour | D. Shaw | 6,619 | ||
| Labour | C. Baron | 6,576 | |||
| Labour | N. Smedley | 6,566 | |||
| Keyworth | Conservative | J. Cottee | 3,009 | ||
| Kimberley & Trowell | Liberal Democrat | K. Rigby | 2,202 | ||
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield North | Labour | J. Knight | 1,897 | ||
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield South | Labour | Y. Davidson | 2,457 | ||
| Mansfield East | Labour | G. Kane | 3,997 | ||
| Labour | C. Winterton | 2,854 | |||
| Mansfield North | Labour | J. Bosjnak | 3,900 | ||
| Labour | P. Tsimbiridis | 2,878 | |||
| Mansfield South | Labour | A. Haynes | 3,358 | ||
| Labour | K. Wakefield | 2,420 | |||
| Mansfield West | Labour | J. Carter | 4,084 | ||
| Labour | N. Henshaw | 3,768 | |||
| Misterton | Conservative | K. Bullivant | 4,172 | ||
| Newark East | Conservative | P. Prebble | 1,865 | ||
| Newark West | Conservative | K. Girling | 1,868 | ||
| Newstead | Conservative | J. Lonergan | 3,319 | ||
| Nuthall | Conservative | P. Owen | 1,945 | ||
| Ollerton | Labour | S. Smedley | Unopposed | ||
| Radcliffe-on-Trent | Conservative | K. Cutts | 3,631 | ||
| Retford East | Labour | M. Storey | 2,675 | ||
| Retford West | Labour | J. Napier | 2,343 | ||
| Ruddington | Conservative | R. Adair | 2,805 | ||
| Rufford | Labour | A. Freeman | 2,909 | ||
| Selston | Labour | J. Taylor | 2,523 | ||
| Soar Valley | Conservative | L. Sykes | 2,932 | ||
| Southwell & Caunton | Conservative | R. Laughton | 3,739 | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield Central | Labour | E. Llewellyn-Jones | 2,301 | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield East | Labour | S. Carroll | 2,364 | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield North | Labour | D. Anthony | 2,105 | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield West | Labour | D. Kirkham | 2,290 | ||
| Tuxford | Conservative | J. Hempsall | 4,120 | ||
| Warsop | Labour | J. Allin | 3,221 | ||
| West Bridgford Central & South | Conservative | M. Cox | 4,873 | ||
| Conservative | L. Cooper | 4,755 | |||
| West Bridgford West | Conservative | M. Brandon-Bravo | 2,987 | ||
| Worksop East | Labour | G. Gilfoyle | 2,983 | ||
| Worksop North | Labour | S. Fielding | 2,855 | ||
| Worksop North East & Carlton | Labour | A. Rhodes | 2,913 | ||
| Worksop West | Labour | A. Davison | 2,276 | ||