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Ashfield 2021

Local elections held 6 May 2021.

10 ward races
10 seats
1 elected below the proportional quota
10.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 10 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 10 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
ASHIND19,28857.4%10100.0%660.0%+4
Conservative and Unionist Party8,31824.8%00.0%220.0%-2
Labour Party5,82817.4%00.0%220.0%-2
Liberal Democrats1490.4%00.0%00.0%0
Total33,583100.0%10100.0%10100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Selston · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +4.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,218

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Martin D.M.ASHIND1,90445.1%Elected
2Justice D.Conservative and Unionist Party1,89344.9%
3Harlow K.A.Labour Party42110.0%

Electorate 10,203 · Ballots cast 4,218 · EC ward code E58001205 · Back to ward index

Hucknall West · single-seat

Marginal winner 52.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −2.7 pts Valid ballots 3,422

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Shaw D.P.ASHIND1,80552.7%Elected
2Rostance P.Conservative and Unionist Party1,20235.1%
3Taylor S.J.Labour Party41512.1%

Electorate 8,994 · Ballots cast 3,422 · EC ward code E58001186 · Back to ward index

Hucknall South · single-seat

Marginal winner 55.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −5.2 pts Valid ballots 3,185

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Waters L.ASHIND1,75855.2%Elected
2Cash R.Labour Party68721.6%
3Lees J.Conservative and Unionist Party66921.0%
4Harvey J.A.Liberal Democrats712.2%

Electorate 9,352 · Ballots cast 3,185 · EC ward code E58001185 · Back to ward index

Sutton West · single-seat

Marginal winner 55.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −5.2 pts Valid ballots 3,537

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Hollis T.ASHIND1,95455.2%Elected
2Mason C.Labour Party84924.0%
3Talbot R.Conservative and Unionist Party73420.8%

Electorate 9,860 · Ballots cast 3,537 · EC ward code E58001211 · Back to ward index

Hucknall North · single-seat

Marginal winner 57.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −7.0 pts Valid ballots 3,273

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Wilmott J.M.A.ASHIND1,86657.0%Elected
2Rostance K.T.Conservative and Unionist Party73322.4%
3Ayres P.Labour Party59618.2%
4Howes M.A.Liberal Democrats782.4%

Electorate 8,421 · Ballots cast 3,273 · EC ward code E58001184 · Back to ward index

Kirkby South · single-seat

Marginal winner 58.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −8.2 pts Valid ballots 3,562

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Williamson D.F.ASHIND2,07458.2%Elected
2Gilbert D.S.J.Labour Party80222.5%
3Flowers C.A.Conservative and Unionist Party68619.3%

Electorate 9,637 · Ballots cast 3,562 · EC ward code E58001189 · Back to ward index

Sutton Central & East · single-seat

Marginal winner 59.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −9.9 pts Valid ballots 2,898

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Deakin S.K.ASHIND1,73759.9%Elected
2Flowers S.A.Conservative and Unionist Party60020.7%
3Bakewell E.Labour Party56119.4%

Electorate 9,562 · Ballots cast 2,898 · EC ward code E58001209 · Back to ward index

Sutton North · single-seat

Marginal winner 61.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −11.4 pts Valid ballots 3,637

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Smith H.ASHIND2,23361.4%Elected
2Howlett S.Conservative and Unionist Party83523.0%
3Gibbons L.M.Labour Party56915.6%

Electorate 10,062 · Ballots cast 3,637 · EC ward code E58001210 · Back to ward index

Ashfields · single-seat

Marginal winner 63.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −13.8 pts Valid ballots 2,981

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Zadrozny J.B.ASHIND1,90163.8%Elected
2Felton C.Conservative and Unionist Party60620.3%
3Lamb S.Labour Party47415.9%

Electorate 8,774 · Ballots cast 2,981 · EC ward code E58001168 · Back to ward index

Kirkby North · single-seat

Marginal winner 71.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −21.6 pts Valid ballots 2,870

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Meakin A.ASHIND2,05671.6%Elected
2Long J.Labour Party45415.8%
3Self C.J.Conservative and Unionist Party36012.5%

Electorate 9,046 · Ballots cast 2,870 · EC ward code E58001188 · Back to ward index