Derbyshire Dales District Council elections

Map showing the composition of Derbyshire Dales District Council as of May 2019. Striped wards have mixed representation.

Derbyshire Dales District Council in Derbyshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 39 councillors have been elected from 25 wards.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1995
No overall control	1995 - 1999
Conservative	1999–present

Council elections

Summary of the results of recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2003 election.

• 1973 West Derbyshire District Council election
• 1976 West Derbyshire District Council election
• 1979 West Derbyshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)
• 1983 West Derbyshire District Council election
• 1987 West Derbyshire District Council election
• 1991 Derbyshire Dales District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Green	Independent	Notes
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1995	15	8	16	0	0
1999	21	5	9	0	4
2003	24	5	9	0	1	New ward boundaries
2007	26	4	8	0	1
2011	29	5	4	0	1
2015	29	5	3	0	2
2019	20	6	8	2	3
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District result maps

• 
  2003 results map
• 
  2007 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2015 results map
• 
  2019 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
St Giles and Tansley	1 May 1997 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats
Calver by-election	12 October 2000 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Taddington by-election	7 March 2002 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
All Saints Matlock by-election	27 November 2003 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats
Litton and Longstone by-election	31 March 2005 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Winster & South Darley by-election	20 April 2006 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Lathkill & Bradford by-election	11 May 2006 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent
Masson by-election	6 December 2007 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Matlock St Giles by-election	4 June 2009 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats
Winster & South Darley by-election	23 July 2009 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Bradwell by-election	12 January 2012 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Ashbourne North by-election	TBC style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative

External links

• Derbyshire Dales Council