| Election Name: | 2023 Gedling Borough Council election |
| Country: | Nottinghamshire |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Gedling Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Gedling Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | All 41 seats to Gedling Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Leader1: | John Clarke |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 29 |
| Seats Before1: | 28 |
| Seats After1: | 28 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Leader2: | Michael Adams |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 8 |
| Seats Before2: | 8 |
| Seats After2: | 9 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Leader4: | Andrew Ellwood |
| Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election4: | 2 |
| Seats Before4: | 3 |
| Seats After4: | 4 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Leader5: | Pat Bosworth |
| Party5: | Independent politician |
| Last Election5: | 2 |
| Seats Before5: | 2 |
| Seats After5: | 0 |
| Seat Change5: | 2 |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | John Clarke |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Election: | John Clarke |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
An election was held on 4 May 2023, to elect all 41 members of Gedling Borough Council in England. This took place as part of the 2023 United Kingdom local elections.
The council was under Labour majority control prior to the election. This election saw the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats making some gains, but Labour retained its majority with 28 of the 41 seats on the council.
Gedling is one of the seven non-metropolitan districts that make up Nottinghamshire County Council. The Conservatives controlled Gedling from its creation in 1973 until Labour took control in 1995.[1] The Conservatives won control in 1999 and 2007, with a period of no overall control in 2003. Labour regained the council in 2011, and retained control in subsequent elections.[2] In the 2019 election, Labour won 29 seats with 47.8% of the vote, the Conservatives won 8 with 32.0%, the Liberal Democrats won 2 with 12.0%, and independents won 2 with 4.5%.
| After 2019 election | Before 2023 election[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
| 29 | 28 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||
The overall results were:[9]
An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor. The results were:[10]
In October and November 2023, Russell Whiting and Des Gibbons left the Labour party to sit as independents.[11]