There are 10 County divisions in the Newark and Sherwood area which are Balderton, Blidworth, Collingham, Farndon and Trent, Muskham and Farnsfield, Newark East, Newark West, Ollerton, Sherwood Forest and Southwell. Each County division will elect one County Councillor. Polling stations were open from 7am until 10pm.
Poll cards were sent to registered voters who are eligible to vote in this election. Staff at your polling station will have asked you to confirm your name and address, checked your details on the register and then checked your voter ID before issuing your ballot paper. You could only vote if your name is included on the Register of Electors.
Candidates
The deadline to stand as a candidate for this election was 4pm on Wednesday 2 April 2025.
A guide for candidates and election agents was available to download from the Electoral Commission’s website.
Electoral area maps show the boundaries for each area at this election. Although the County Division boundaries and polling district areas are correct, some of the polling place data is incorrect and will soon be updated.
- Balderton County Division Electoral area map (PDF, 2.4mb)
- Blidworth County Division Electoral area map (PDF, 4mb)
- Collingham County Division Electoral area map (PDF, 3.9mb)
- Farndon & Trent County Division Electoral area map (PDF, 2.8mb)
- Muskham & Farnsfield County Division Electoral area map (PDF, 4.5mb)
- Newark East County Division Electoral area map (PDF, 3.7mb)
- Newark West County Division Electoral area map (PDF, 4.4mb)
- Ollerton County Division Electoral area map (PDF, 2.6mb)
- Sherwood Forest County Division Electoral area map (PDF, 2mb)
- Southwell County Division Electoral area map (PDF, 3.2mb)
Electorate Statistics (PDF , 196kb) show the total for each polling district area and in total for each County Division at this election.
Property Statistics (PDF, 196kb) show the total for each polling district area and in total for each County Division at this election.
A briefing session was held on Tuesday 4 March 2025 for all prospective candidates and election agents and you can view the presentation slides (PDF, 1.3mkb).
Nottinghamshire County Council have produced a Becoming a County Councillor (PDF, 118kb) leaflet for prospective candidates.
Notice of Election
The Notice of Election (PDF, 121kb) was published on Tuesday 25 March 2025 and publicises the election, 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 at 4pm on Thursday 3 April 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 and Polling Places was published on Wednesday 23 April 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 is the number that has been issued. Postal ballot papers that are to be included in the count were also verified. Once all votes are verified, the ballot papers were sorted and counted for each candidate.
The verification of the ballot boxes took place at Newark Sports and Fitness Centre, Lord Hawke Way, Newark, NG24 4FH, following the close of poll at 10pm on Thursday 1 May 2025.
The verification of votes can be found here: Summary turnout of all County Divisions - Elections 1 May 2025 (PDF, 406kb)
The counting of the votes took place at Newark Sports and Fitness Centre, Lord Hawke Way, Newark, NG24 4FH, at 11am on Friday 2 May 2025.
The Declaration of Result of Polls following the count for each County Division in the Newark and Sherwood area can be found below:
- Declaration of result - Newark West (PDF, 449kb)
- Declaration of result - Ollerton (PDF, 448kb)
- Declaration of result - Balderton (PDF, 447kb)
- Declaration of result - Newark East (PDF, 448kb)
- Declaration of result - Farndon and Trent (PDF, 445kb)
- Declaration of result - Collingham (PDF, 447kb)
- Declaration of result - Blidworth (PDF, 449kb)
- Declaration of result - Southwell (PDF, 446kb)
- Declaration of result - Muskham and Farnsfield (PDF, 450kb)
- Declaration of result - Sherwood Forest (PDF, 445kb)