Representatives including Cllr Neil Clarke MBE, leader of Rushcliffe Borough Council handed a petition to Robert Jenrick MP.
A spokesperson for Rushcliffe Conservatives said:
‘Today we handed our petition to Robert Jenrick the fantastic MP for Newark which also includes Bingham, to present to 10 Downing Street on our behalf.
‘Over 14,000 people have signed our petition so far online and on paper combined, showing the strength of feeling of any proposal which would see us join a new Nottingham City Council.
‘We want to say a big thank you as well to Bingham Independent Elena Georgiou for supporting the petition, along with her colleague Rowan Bird. This shows the issue goes above politics and we need the Government to listen to us.
‘Labour-run Nottingham City Council have shown they do not give a damn about Rushcliffe, they are willing to carve up Rushcliffe on a hair brained proposal that will cost you £6m more than other proposal on the table. Whatever proposal goes through, we in Rushcliffe will face higher taxes and worse services. This was not in any manifesto, and the public should get to decide.
‘We will continue to stand up for Rushcliffe residents. Stand up against our Labour MP who is too afraid to stand up to his Government and have your voice heard.’
The petition comes after Nottingham City Council confirmed that it will be submitting a boundary review proposal to Government, as part of Local Government Reorganisation plans.
In February 2025, the Government asked local authorities to take part in the biggest shake up of local government in over 50 years, by formally asking them to submit proposals to create new structures of unitary authorities.
Council Leader Neghat Khan previously outlined why the city council was exploring a review of boundaries.
Now, having commissioned an independent report the Council has data from a PwC options appraisal, and results from an engagement exercise conducted over the summer, Neghat Khan says Nottingham has listened to residents and will work to submit a proposal that delivers for the people of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire for the next 50 years. This involves the possibility of splitting parts of Rushcliffe up for the purposes of local government.