The 2023 Mansfield District Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 36 members of Mansfield District Council in England and the directly-elected Mayor of Mansfield. This was on the same day as the 2023 local elections in England.

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2023 Mansfield District Council election

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All 36 seats to Mansfield District Council 19 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Andy Abrahams Mick Barton[1] Party Labour Mansfield Independents Last election 15 13 Seats before 14 13 Seats after 25 4 Seat change 10 9 Popular vote 9,587 5,534 Percentage 43.0% 24.8%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Robert Elliman Party Conservative Independent Last election 2 6 Seats before 2 7 Seats after 5 2 Seat change 3 4 Popular vote 5,404 1,522 Percentage 22.4% 6.8%
Mayor before election Andy Abrahams Labour No overall control Mayor after election Andy Abrahams Labour

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The council was under no overall control prior to the election, with Labour being the largest party and Labour's Andy Abrahams serving as mayor.^[2] At the 2023 elections, Abrahams was re-elected as mayor and Labour won a majority of the seats on the council.^[3]

Mansfield is one of the seven non-metropolitan districts within the area administered by Nottinghamshire County Council. Labour controlled Mansfield from its creation in 1973 until 2003.^[4] In that election, the Mansfield Independent Forum won a majority of seats, and controlled the council until 2011, when Labour regained control. They held the council until 2019, when the council fell into no overall control. In that election, Labour won 15 seats with 34.3% of the vote, the Mansfield Independents won 13 with 34.6%, independents won 6 with 7.5%, and the Conservatives won 2 with 21.3%. The Labour candidate also won the mayoral election, taking 50.01% once second preferences had been allocated.

New ward boundaries were drawn up for this election, although the number of seats on the council remained 36 (excluding the mayor's seat). The wards of Abbott, Broomhill, Bull Farm and Pleasley Hill, Holly, Kingsway, Ladybrook, Maun Valley, Newgate, Newlands, Peafields, Portland, Ransom Wood, Sandhurst, Woodhouse, and Woodlands have been abolished, and the wards of Bancroft, Central, Holly Forest Town, Kingsway Forest Town, Maun Valley Forest Town, Mill Lane, Newlands Forest Town, Pleasley, Rock Hill, Rufford, Southwell, Thompsons, Vale, Wainwright, and West Bank have been created.^[5]

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2023 Mansfield District Council
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	36	25	11	0	11	69.4%	43.0	9,587	+8.7
	Conservative	35	5	6	1	3	13.9%	22.4	5,404	+1.4
	Mansfield Independent	34	4	0	14	9	11.1%	24.8	5,534	-9.8
	Independent	6	2	0	4	5	5.6%	6.8	1,522	-0.7
	Green	4	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	149	New
	TUSC	10	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	114	New
	Reform UK	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	28	New

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An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor.