Following the resignations of District Councillors Emma Louise Oldham and Adrian Charles Amer, a request was received to fill the vacancies for the Balderton North & Coddington Ward and Castle Ward of Newark & Sherwood District Council by a poll.
By-elections were held on Thursday 6 November 2025. Polling stations were open from 7am until 10pm. Poll cards were sent to registered voters who were eligible to vote in these elections.
Candidates
The deadline to stand as a candidate for these elections was 4pm on Friday 10 October 2025, as shown in the election timetable contained in the Candidates Nomination Pack (PDF, 428kb).
Notice of Election
The Notice of Election was published on Thursday 2 October 2025 and publicises the elections, gives the date in which prospective candidates must submit a nomination paper and consent to nomination.
Statement of Persons Nominated
The Statement of Persons Nominated was published on Monday 13 October 2025.
Notice of Election Agents
The Notice of Election Agents was published following the close of nominations.
Notice of Poll, including polling places
The Notice of Poll was published on Wednesday 29 October 2025. This notice gave details of the remaining validly nominated candidates following last date for a candidate to withdraw and the polling places to be used.
Counting of the votes
Firstly, the ballot boxes were verified to ensure that the number of ballot papers in each box was the number that had been issued. Postal ballot papers that were to be included in the count were also verified. Once all votes were verified, the ballot papers were sorted and counted for each candidate.
The verification of the ballot boxes and counting of the votes took place at Castle House, Great North Road, Newark, NG24 1BY, following the close of poll on Thursday 6 November 2025.
The verification of votes can be found here:
- Summary turnout of NSDC by-election - Balderton North and Coddington Ward (PDF, 140kb)
- Summary turnout of NSDC by-election - Castle Ward (PDF, 138kb)
The counting of the votes took place at Castle House, Great North Road, Newark, NG24 1BY, following the verification on Thursday 6 November 2025.
The Declaration of Result of Polls following the count can be found here: