Appeal: County council elections

County Council Elections: appeal to Pedals Supporters to help us lobby all Candidates in Broxtowe, Gedling and Rushcliffe Boroughs: Can you help please?

ATE (Active Travel England) Local Authority Capability Ratings – We need your help to lobby all County Council election candidates for a much higher score next time!

As you may already be aware, Nottinghamshire County Council was the only Local Transport Authority in England whose rating for their capacity to create cycling and walking schemes, went down, from 2 out of 4 in 2023, to 1 out of 4, the only Council in the country whose score went down, in contrast with Nottingham City Council who, like a few other Councils in England, scored 3 out 4 in both Capability ratings by Active Travel England (no Council scored 4 out of 4)

ATE was set up by the Government in 2023 to work in partnership with Councils, and now also National Highways, to plan and deliver high quality schemes, according to their clearly set out assessment methodology which can be found at: https://www.activetravelengland.gov.uk/resources/capability-ratings

The new East Midlands Mayor, Claire Ward, has recently announced that she wants all the 4 Local Transport Authorities in her area, i.e. Nottingham and Derby City Councils, and Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire County Councils, at the next ATE rating, due later this year, to achieve no less than the 3 out of 4 rating achieved by Nottingham City Council.

Pedals is particularly keen to see that the County Council works closely with the Borough Councils, National Highways, developers and Active Travel England, to ensure that the many new local housing developments have good standard cycling provision within them and link coherently to and from the wider network in the Greater Nottingham area. Pedals has noted that in recent years with developments at Edwalton and Cotgrave cycling facilities and infrastructure seem to be considered to be a ‘bolt on extra’, often forgotten about, with the result that the new homeowners are not encouraged to cycle, walk or wheel for shorter journeys, meaning of course, more motor traffic.

Though we are aware that the whole structure of Councils is to be reorganised in the next few years it’s vital to start now to step up the pressure for a much higher ATE rating immediately.

Pedals is therefore very keen to get support from all the candidates in the forthcoming County Council elections (to be held on 1 May) for this very important aim. We are therefore appealing to all our Supporters to approach candidate(s) in their area to give such a pledge:

• Ask the candidate if they are aware of Claire Ward’s objective on Active Travel Capability rating in Notts
• Ask the candidate if they support it

You may be lucky enough to meet your Councillor or prospective Councillor in person to ask them verbally. Alternatively you could try:

• Social Media Platforms: Candidates frequently use social media for campaigning and may provide contact information there.
• Political Party Websites: Major political parties often list their candidates along with contact information on their official websites.
• Local Party Offices: Contacting local party offices directly can provide candidate details.
Local News Outlets: Local newspapers and news websites sometimes publish candidate profiles that include contact details.
(A list of candidates as of 3-4-2025 and other information to help follows below is attached to this email)

It be very helpful if you could let us know any responses you get, particularly from candidates who would like to know more about Pedals and our campaigns (on which information can be found at www.pedals.org.uk). Please send any replies to contact@pedals.org.uk

Many thanks for your support in this, please encourage others to join in to emphasise the importance of a consistently much higher promotion of Active Travel throughout Nottinghamshire!

Hugh McClintock,
for Pedals (Nottingham Cycling Campaign)

 

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Local Elections 2025: Nottinghamshire County Council full list of candidates for the Greater Nottingham area on which Pedals focuses, i.e. Broxtowe, Gedling and Rushcliffe Boroughs (as published in West Bridgford Wire, 3.4.25)

 

On Thursday 1 May 2025, local and mayoral elections will take place in many parts of England.

Nottinghamshire County Council elections are being held this year, and residents can vote on the representative they want for their area, see full list below.

In England, county councils are responsible for functions such as roads, transport, social care and education.

Nottinghamshire County Council currently has a single-party Conservative majority.

County Councillors are elected by the people of Nottinghamshire every four yearssement –

 

Each councillor represents a particular area of the county:

  • there are 66 County Councillors in Nottinghamshire
  • they represent 56 areas of the county.

Councillors are often members of political parties but they can also be independent.

What do councillors do?

County Councillors:

  • use their knowledge and views to help make Council decisions
  • represent the interests of the residents in their area
  • check the quality of services provided by the County Council
  • help local people use County Council services and find information.

They do this by:

  • attending full council meetings
  • sitting on committees or the Cabinet
  • working closely with other agencies that operate in their area
  • holding regular surgeries for the public to raise issues or find out information.

What is the political make up of Nottinghamshire County Council now – pre-election 1 May 2025?

Nottinghamshire County Council is currently governed by the Conservative Party 

The current composition of the County Council is:

  • The Nottinghamshire County Council Conservatives: 34 seats.
  • Nottinghamshire County Council Labour Group: 15 seats.
  • The Nottinghamshire County Independent Group: 15 seats (this includes a number of independent members and members of groups such as the Ashfield Independents).
  • Independent members (Councillor Dr John Doddy and Councillor Stephen Garner): 2 seats.

All 21 county councils were due to hold elections in May 2025. However, in December 2024, the government told councils they could request to postpone their elections “where this will help the area to deliver both reorganisation and devolution to the most ambitious timeframe”.  This included councils wishing to join the government’s devolution priority programme to have their first mayoral elections in May 2026, or “who need reorganisation to unlock devolution”.

16 county councils and two unitary authorities requested their elections be postponed.  On 5 February, the government announced that elections would be postponed to May 2026 in nine areas (Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Thurrock, Surrey, East and West Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight).

 

*This list reflects all nominated candidates as of the document’s deadline publication date of 4 pm 3 April 2025.

Nottinghamshire County Council Local Elections 2025 – Candidates 

RUSHCLIFFE

Bingham East

  1. Helen Louise ADCOTT– Reform UK
  2. Christopher Joseph GROCOCK– Labour Party
  3. Stephen Thomas PEARSON– Local Conservatives
  4. Emily Kate SIVEY– Green Party

Bingham West

  1. Ted BIRCH– Rushcliffe Independents Let’s Fix Rushcliffe’s Roads
  2. Neil CLARKE– Local Conservatives
  3. Amber EDWARDS-SMITH– Green Party
  4. Kevin Paul THOMPSON– Reform UK
  5. Tony WALLACE– Labour Party

Cotgrave

  1. Richard Langton BUTLER– Local Conservatives
  2. Keir Ronald CHEWINGS– Rushcliffe Independents Let’s Fix Rushcliffe’s Roads
  3. Sara DELLAR– Liberal Democrats
  4. Brennig JONES– Green Party
  5. Teck Keong KHONG– Alliance for Democracy and Freedom
  6. Michael SYMONDS– Labour Party
  7. Keith WALTERS– Reform UK

Keyworth

  1. Linda Jane ABBEY– Liberal Democrats
  2. John COTTEE– Local Conservatives
  3. James Anthony COYLE– Labour Party
  4. Shelley May MILLBAND– Independent
  5. Neil PINDER– Green Party
  6. Darren John SHARPE– Reform UK

Leake & Ruddington

  1. Jason Richard BILLIN– Independent
  2. Will BIRCH– Independent
  3. Andy BROWN– Local Conservatives
  4. Andy EDYVEAN– Local Conservatives
  5. Mike GAUNT– Labour and Co-operative Party
  6. Stuart Christopher MATTHEWS– Reform UK
  7. Joseph Matthew NAPIER– Reform UK
  8. Maria Sofie SJOGERSTEN– Green Party
  9. Jen WALKER– Labour and Co-operative Party
  10. Benjamin Thomas WOOLLEY– Green Party
  11. Michael John WRIGHT– Liberal Democrats

Radcliffe on Trent

  1. Adrian Paul BARKER– Reform UK
  2. John HESS– Labour Party
  3. Rhiana Elizabeth LAKIN– Green Party
  4. Roger Glyn UPTON– Local Conservatives

West Bridgford North

  1. Darius FURMONAVICIUS– Local Conservatives
  2. Penny GOWLAND– Labour Party
  3. Glen HALE– Reform UK
  4. Keith Michael JAMIESON– Liberal Democrats
  5. Richard MALLENDER– Green Party

West Bridgford South

  1. Maxwell Ronald COOKE– Reform UK
  2. Graham JOHNSON– Labour Party
  3. Sue MALLENDER– Green Party
  4. Anne MCDONNELL– Social Democratic Party
  5. Nancy SMITH-MITSCH– Liberal Democrats
  6. Jonathan Gordon Alexander WHEELER– Local Conservatives

West Bridgford West

  1. Ben GRAY– The Green Party
  2. Rod JONES– Liberal Democrats
  3. Trevor Paul LAWTON– Reform UK
  4. Hari OM– Local Conservatives
  5. Alan PHILLIPS– Independent
  6. Dora POLENTA– Labour Party

GEDLING

Arnold North

  1. Edward Stan Kusal JAYAMAHA– The Conservative and Unionist Party
  2. Tad JONES– Liberal Democrat
  3. Wendy LUKACS– Reform UK
  4. Darren Robert MALTBY– The Conservative and Unionist Party
  5. Sarah O’CONNOR– Labour Party
  6. John SEMENS– Reform UK
  7. Patrick Christopher SHANNON– Liberal Democrat
  8. Jim STUART– Green Party
  9. Margret VINCE– Green Party
  10. Henry WHEELER– Labour Party

 

Arnold South

  1. Tony BURNETT– Green Party
  2. Adam Philip CHADWICK– Green Party
  3. Alisha CHAMBERS– Reform UK
  4. John CLARKE– Labour Party
  5. Liz CLUNIE– Labour Party
  6. Mark Frederick DILLON– The Conservative and Unionist Party
  7. Andrew Mark ELLWOOD– Liberal Democrat
  8. Steve HIGGINS– Reform UK
  9. Paul KEY– Independent
  10. Tracy MALTBY– The Conservative and Unionist Party
  11. Robert Andrew SWIFT– Liberal Democrat

 

Calverton

  1. Maggie DUNKIN– Liberal Democrat
  2. Boyd Bryan ELLIOTT– The Conservative and Unionist Party
  3. Andy MEADS– Independent
  4. Oscar Stanislaw POWER– Green Party
  5. Jody Etienne STOLL– Reform UK
  6. Dean Anthony WILSON– Labour Party

 

Carlton East

  1. Mike ADAMS– The Conservative and Unionist Party
  2. Ian David BARLOW– Green Party
  3. Sam BOULTBY– Reform UK
  4. Cate CARMICHAEL– Labour Party
  5. Richard Ian Macduff FIFE– Liberal Democrat
  6. Russell WHITING– Independent

 

Carlton West

  1. Paul BRILL– Reform UK
  2. Jim CREAMER– Labour Party
  3. Andrew Mark DUNKIN– Liberal Democrat
  4. Charlie GODWIN– The Conservative and Unionist Party
  5. Errol HENRY– Labour Party
  6. Paul Anthony HUGHES– Liberal Democrat
  7. Charlotte Ann LEASK– Green Party
  8. Will RICHARDSON– Green Party
  9. Jim VERNON– Reform UK
  10. Carol Ann WALKER– The Conservative and Unionist Party

 

Newstead

  1. Stuart James BESTWICK– The Conservative and Unionist Party
  2. Eddie STUBBS– Reform UK
  3. John Antony SUTHERLAND– Liberal Democrat
  4. John TAYLOR– Labour Party
  5. Ian James WHITEHEAD– Green Party

 

BROXTOWE

Beeston Central and Rylands

  1. Andrew ASKHAM– Local Conservatives
  2. Teresa Ann CULLEN– Broxtowe Alliance – On your side
  3. Kate FOALE– Labour Party
  4. Neil Jeffery ISTED– Reform UK
  5. Tom STANTON– Green Party
  6. Patricia Ann TAYLOR– Liberal Democrats

 

Bramcote and Beeston North

  1. Steve CARR– Broxtowe Independent Group
  2. Stan HEPTINSTALL– Liberal Democrats
  3. Sunny LIMBACHIA– Local Conservatives
  4. Agostino MAUROTTO– Reform UK
  5. Gordon Brian STONER– Green Party
  6. Holly Gemma WOODFORD– Labour Party

 

Eastwood

  1. Josie MARSTERS– Liberal Democrats
  2. Will MEE– Labour Party
  3. Kieran PHELAN– Local Conservatives
  4. Milan RADULOVIC– Broxtowe Alliance – Putting Eastwood First
  5. James Donovan Adrian WALKER-GURLEY– Reform UK
  6. Rose WOODS– Green Party

 

Greasley and Brinsley

  1. Nick EVANS– Labour Party
  2. Andy KINGDON– Liberal Democrats
  3. Pat MORTON– Green Party
  4. Kane Derek OLIVER– Broxtowe Independent Group
  5. Glyn PEPPER– Reform UK
  6. Kashmir PUREWAL– Local Conservatives

 

Nuthall and Kimberley

  1. Peter James BALES– Labour and Co-operative Party
  2. Jo COOKE– Liberal Democrats
  3. Rachel Margaret GRAVETT– Green Party
  4. David KIRWAN– Broxtowe Alliance – An Independent Voice
  5. Philip John OWEN– Local Conservatives
  6. James RAWSON– Reform UK

 

Stapleford and Broxtowe Central (2 seats)

  1. Keith Robert BACON– Labour Party
  2. Bradley James BELL– Local Conservatives
  3. Doctor John DODDY– Reform UK
  4. Jan GOOLD– Reform UK
  5. Thomas Richard HALL– Local Conservatives
  6. Hannah May LAND– Liberal Democrats
  7. John LONGDON– Independent (no party listed)
  8. Donna Lorraine MACRAE– Broxtowe Independent Group
  9. Richard Danny MACRAE– Broxtowe Independent Group
  10. Maggie MCGRATH– Broxtowe Alliance – Local. Vocal, Visible
  11. Teresa Yvonne NEEDHAM– Green Party
  12. David Kenneth WATTS– Liberal Democrats
  13. Ellie WINFIELD– Labour Party

Note: “English-Independence HANG-MURDERERS” was marked as invalid.

 

Toton, Chilwell and Attenborough (2 seats)

  1. James COLLIS– Liberal Democrats
  2. Shaun DANNHEIMER– Broxtowe Alliance – Putting Local People First
  3. Helen Jane FACCIO– Labour Party
  4. Simon David FROST– Green Party
  5. Charlie HARRIS– Green Party
  6. Richard Ian JACKSON– Local Conservatives
  7. Stephen JEREMIAH– Broxtowe Alliance – Putting Local People First
  8. Eric KERRY– Local Conservatives
  9. Richard Gordon LOWE– Reform UK
  10. Tom NEWTON– Labour Party
  11. Simon Peter ROCHE– Liberal Democrats
  12. Philip James WEST– Reform UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

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