Derbyshire County Council elections
Appearance
Derbyshire County Council elections are held every four years. Derbyshire County Council is the upper-tier authority for the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire in England. Since the last boundary changes in 2013, 64 councillors have been elected from 61 electoral divisions.[1]
Political control
Derbyshire County Council was first created in 1889. Its powers and responsibilities were significantly reformed under the Local Government Act 1972, with a new council elected in 1973 to act as a shadow authority ahead of the new powers coming into effect on 1 April 1974. Since 1973, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2][3]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Labour | 1973–1977 | |
Conservative | 1977–1981 | |
Labour | 1981–2009 | |
Conservative | 2009–2012 | |
No Overall Control | 2012–2013 | |
Labour | 2013–2017 | |
Conservative | 2017–present |
Leadership
The leaders of the council since 1981 have been:[4]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
David Bookbinder[5] | Labour | 1981 | 1992 | |
Martin Doughty[6] | Labour | 1992 | 2001 | |
John Williams[7] | Labour | 2001 | 2009 | |
Andrew Lewer[8] | Conservative | 2009 | 2013 | |
Anne Western | Labour | 2013 | 2017 | |
Barry Lewis[9] | Conservative | 24 May 2017 |
Council elections
- 1973 Derbyshire County Council election
- 1977 Derbyshire County Council election
- 1981 Derbyshire County Council election
- 1985 Derbyshire County Council election
- 1989 Derbyshire County Council election
- 1993 Derbyshire County Council election
- 1997 Derbyshire County Council election
- 2001 Derbyshire County Council election
- 2005 Derbyshire County Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by 1)[10]
- 2009 Derbyshire County Council election
- 2013 Derbyshire County Council election (boundary changes)[1]
- 2017 Derbyshire County Council election
- 2021 Derbyshire County Council election
County result maps
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2005
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2009
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2013
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2017
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2021
By-election results
1993-1997
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Smith | 1,300 | 58.5 | ||
Conservative | 620 | 27.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 301 | 13.6 | |||
Majority | 680 | 30.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,221 | 25.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
1997-2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 966 | 71.7 | +6.5 | ||
Conservative | 229 | 17.0 | −4.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 153 | 11.4 | −2.3 | ||
Majority | 737 | 54.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,348 | 13.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,789 | 49.1 | +2.8 | ||
Labour | 1,611 | 44.0 | +3.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 251 | 6.9 | −5.9 | ||
Majority | 187 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,651 | 28.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2001-2005
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 943 | 44.1 | −0.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 710 | 33.2 | +12.3 | ||
Conservative | 487 | 22.8 | −12.0 | ||
Majority | 233 | 10.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,140 | 23.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Carol Hart | 1,443 | 56.8 | +12.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Mallet | 571 | 22.5 | +5.7 | |
Labour | 525 | 20.7 | −18.1 | ||
Majority | 872 | 34.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,539 | 30.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2005-2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Steve Pickering | 824 | 35.9 | −15.3 | |
Conservative | Carolyn Renwick | 658 | 28.6 | +11.0 | |
Independent | James Jesson | 300 | 13.1 | +4.1 | |
BNP | Lewis Allesbrook | 253 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
Independent | David Walpole | 150 | 6.5 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frank Higgins | 113 | 4.9 | −9.1 | |
Majority | 166 | 7.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,298 | 26.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2009-2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michelle Booth | 1,261 | 49.9 | −15.9 | |
Conservative | Kevin Miller | 783 | 31.0 | −3.3 | |
BNP | Mark Bailey | 327 | 12.9 | +12.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Pyle | 158 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 478 | 18.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,529 | 29.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2013-2017
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Taylor (E) | 1118 | 44.9 | +3.1 | |
UKIP | David Fisher | 715 | 28.7 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Mike Ratcliffe | 656 | 26.4 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 403 | 16.2 | |||
Turnout | 2489 | 25.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tricia Gilby (E) | 1293 | 62.0 | −6.7 | |
UKIP | Paul Christopher Stone | 380 | 18.2 | +18.2 | |
Independent | Mick Bagshaw | 157 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Edward Ahern | 135 | 6.5 | −2.8 | |
Conservative | Lewis Mark Preston | 120 | 5.8 | −5.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2085 | 21.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Bull (E) | 4715 | 68.6 | +9.5 | |
Labour | Simon John Meredith | 965 | 14.0 | +1.5 | |
Green | Andrew White | 647 | 9.4 | +9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Rowe | 543 | 7.9 | −0.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 6870 | 73.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jo Wild | 1017 | 51.0 | +8.1 | |
Labour | Martin Rutter | 466 | 21.5 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Crapper | 314 | 13.6 | +4.6 | |
UKIP | Mike Dawson | 285 | 13.1 | −11.0 | |
Majority | 641 | 29.5 | |||
Turnout | 2172 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2017-2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ruth George | 1851 | 50.4 | ||
Conservative | John Frederick Walton | 1048 | 28.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David William Lomax | 721 | 19.6 | ||
Independent | Paddy Bann | 52 | 1.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,672 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
2021-2025
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joel Bryan | 1104 | 51.1 | ||
Conservative | Chris Page | 723 | 33.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rachel Allen | 239 | 11.1 | ||
Green | Ashley Dunn | 94 | 4.4 | ||
Turnout | 2260 | 22.8 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
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