Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe · CC BY-SA 2.0Ashfield Independents holds a majority on Ashfield District Council
Hucknall is run by Ashfield District Council and Nottinghamshire County Council. Ashfield Independents has a majority on Ashfield District Council. Reform UK has a majority on Nottinghamshire County Council. Its MP is Michelle Welsh (Labour), member for Sherwood Forest.
£2,597
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Hucknall’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Ashfield District Council
Ashfield Independents holds a majority on Ashfield District Council: 32 of its 35 seats as elected. The Conservatives hold 2, Labour 1. Who’s in charge ↓
Nottinghamshire changed hands in 2025
Nottinghamshire County Council, which runs schools, social care and roads, went from a Conservative majority (36 of 66 seats in 2021) to a Reform UK majority at the May 2025 election: Reform UK won 41 of 66 seats. Nottinghamshire ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Hucknall is £2,597 for 2026–27; Ashfield District Council keeps 8% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 51% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats on Hucknall’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 18 of Ashfield’s 35 or 34 of Nottinghamshire’s 66 seats to run the council alone.
- Ashfield Independents32
- Conservative2
- Labour1
Latest election: May 2023.
- Reform UK41+41
- Conservative18−18
- Labour4−11
- Ashfield Independents1−9
- Broxtowe Alliance1+1
- Broxtowe Independent Group1+1
- Independent0−4
- Liberal Democrat0−1
Change against the council before the 1 May 2025 election.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
Two tiers of council, no parish tier
Hucknall has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
99% of Hucknall’s residents
Website ↗Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
Who runs Hucknall: same source as Who runs Hucknall, above.
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
Website ↗Transport, skills and regeneration across several council areas. It is led by an elected mayor.
Mayor: Claire Ward (Labour and Co-operative), elected May 2024
Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.
99% of Hucknall is unparished: there is no parish or town council, so the council runs local matters itself and no parish precept is added to the bill.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the council to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Hucknall, from the most recent elections.
- 1Council wards4 wards · 10 councillorsAshfield Independents 9 · Conservative 1 · all 10
- 2Nottinghamshire County Council3 divisions · 3 councillorsChris AdegokeJohn Morton Anthony WilmottDarro Darrington
- 3Mayor of East Midlands Combined County AuthorityEast Midlands Combined County Authority · elected May 2024Claire Ward
- 4Police and crime commissionerNottinghamshire Police · elected May 2024Gary Godden
- 5House of CommonsSherwood Forest
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
10 councillors for 4 wards
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- David Paul ShawAshfield Independents · May 2023
- Ian John BriggsAshfield Independents · May 2023
- Phil RostanceConservative · May 2023
- John Morton Anthony WilmottAshfield Independents · May 2023
- Anna EllisAshfield Independents · May 2023
- Gordon Kenneth MannAshfield Independents · May 2023
- Nick ParvinAshfield Independents · May 2023
- Lee WatersAshfield Independents · May 2023
- Trevor LockeAshfield Independents · May 2023
- Oliver John HayAshfield Independents · May 2023
Show as a table, with Nottinghamshire County Council’s 3 divisions (3 councillors)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hucknall WestAshfield · all in Hucknall · 10,703 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | David Paul ShawIan John BriggsPhil Rostance | May 2023 |
| Hucknall NorthAshfield · all in Hucknall · 10,584 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | John Morton Anthony WilmottAnna EllisGordon Kenneth Mann | May 2023 |
| Hucknall CentralAshfield · all in Hucknall · 7,471 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | Nick ParvinLee Waters | May 2023 |
| Hucknall SouthAshfield · mostly in Hucknall · 6,658 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | Trevor LockeOliver John Hay | May 2023 |
Nottinghamshire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hucknall West EDmostly in Hucknall · 17,361 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Chris Adegoke | May 2025 |
| Hucknall North EDall in Hucknall · 10,584 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | John Morton Anthony Wilmott | May 2025 |
| Hucknall South EDall in Hucknall · 7,471 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Darro Darrington | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Ashfield District Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Ashfield council election, May 2023
Results in the wards that make up Hucknall, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
4 wards voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Hucknall’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗6,288 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
6,839 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
3,158 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
Every ward’s result (1 more)
2,497 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Hucknall is in Sherwood Forest constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Hucknall).
48,660 votes for candidates · majority 5,443
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 48,660 votes from 78,896 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 5,443 of 48,660 votes (11.2%): the 213th-narrowest of 543 in England.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Hucknall’s Band D council tax is £2,597 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Ashfield District Council keeps £213.20 of a Band D bill (8%); the rest goes to Nottinghamshire County Council, the Nottinghamshire police and crime commissioner and the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Authority.
Band D since 1993
Ashfield’s Band D bill has risen 51% in ten years, from £1,728.51 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £595.13 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in the unparished part of Ashfield, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Nottinghamshire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,500.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Nottinghamshire
| Ashfield + Nottinghamshire | Hucknall’s councils | Nottinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £505 | £510 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £275 | £310 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £40 | £65 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £31 | £39 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £117 | £116 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £14 | £38 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £36 | £32 | £26 |
| Public health | £68 | £90 | £78 |
| Running the council | £62 | £49 | £59 |
| Other | £23 | £38 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,172 | £1,287 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Ashfield per its residents plus Nottinghamshire per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Nottinghamshire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Hucknall is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
ashfield.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
ashfield.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Hucknall is run
Which council runs Hucknall?
The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Hucknall have a town council?
No. Hucknall is unparished, so there is no town or parish council and no parish precept.
Who is the MP for Hucknall?
Michelle Welsh (Labour) is the MP for Sherwood Forest, which covers Hucknall.
How many councillors does Hucknall have?
10 ward councillors represent Hucknall’s 4 wards, and 3 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Hucknall?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Hucknall’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Hucknall?
Band D council tax in Hucknall is £2,597 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Ashfield District Council?
Ashfield Independents has a majority: 32 of 35 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who controls Nottinghamshire County Council?
Reform UK has a majority: 41 of 66 seats as elected.
Who won the 2023 council election in Hucknall?
In Hucknall’s wards on 4 May 2023, Ashfield Independents 9 · Conservative 1 of the 10 seats up. Ashfield Independents had the largest share of votes, 53.5%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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