2023 Gedling Borough Council election

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.

Background
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. 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. 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%.

Changes

 * November 2021: Gary Gregory (Labour) resigns; by-election held January 2022
 * January 2022: Andrew Dunkin (Liberal Democrats) wins by-election
 * March 2022: Jennifer Hemingway (Labour) resigns; by-election held May 2022
 * May 2022: Lynda Pearson (Labour) wins by-election
 * November 2022: Simon Murray, Baron Murray of Blidworth (Conservative) resigns; seat left vacant until 2023 election

Results
The overall results were:

Results by ward
An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor. The results were:

Changes 2023–2027
In October and November 2023, Russell Whiting and Des Gibbons left the Labour party to sit as independents.