The 1989 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 4 May 1989. The whole council of eighty-eight members was up for election and the result was that the Labour Party retained control of the Council, winning fifty seats. The

Conservatives Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

won thirty-four councillors and the

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won four seats. Minor boundary changes took place for this election, with the parish of

Broadholme Broadholme is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated west from the city and county town of Lincoln, and less than south from the A157 road and the village of Saxilby. Historically, Br ...

being transferred to

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and the division of Newstead was enlarged by the addition of

Ravenshead Ravenshead is a village and civil parish in the Gedling district of Nottinghamshire, England.OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: (1:25 000): It borders Papplewick, Newstead Abbey and Blidworth, and is part of Nottinghamshire's Hidden Valleys ...

which had been transferred to

Gedling Gedling is a village in the Gedling district, in Nottinghamshire, England, four miles northeast of Nottingham city centre. The population at the 2011 census of the ward was 6,817 and 111,787 for the district. Gedling was recorded in the Domes ...

from

Newark and Sherwood Newark and Sherwood is a local government district and is the largest district in Nottinghamshire, England. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, by a merger of the municipal borough of Newark with Newark Rural District and Southwell Rural ...

in 1987.

Results by division

Each

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returned one county councillor. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below.

References

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1989 English local elections 1980s in Nottinghamshire