Derbyshire County Council elections

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]

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)^[2]
2009 Derbyshire County Council election
2013 Derbyshire County Council election (boundary changes)^[1]
2017 Derbyshire County Council election
2021 Derbyshire County Council election

Election	Number of councillors elected by each political party
Election	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Independent	Green
2021	45	14	4	0	1
2017	37	24	3	0	0
2013	18	43	3	0	0
2009	33	22	8	1	0
2005	14	38	10	0	0

County result maps

2005
2009
2013
2017
2021

By-election results

1993-1997

Somercotes By-Election 5 September 1996
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

Newhall By-Election 13 November 1997
Party		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

Melbourne By-Election 13 April 2000
Party		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

Dronfield North By-Election 27 September 2001
Party		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

West Hallam By-Election 29 April 2004^[3]
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

Eckington By-Election 3 July 2008^[4]
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

Kirk Hallam By-Election 16 July 2009^[5]
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

Alport and Derwent By-Election 14 November 2014
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

Brimington By-Election 5 February 2015^[6]
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

Ashbourne By-Election 7 May 2015^[7]
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

Derwent Valley By-Election 24 September 2015 ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Whaley Bridge By-Election 13 February 2020^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Long Eaton By-Election 27 October 2022^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joel Bryan	1,104	51.1
	Conservative	Chris Page	723	33.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Allen	239	11.1
	Green	Ashley Dunn	94	4.4
Turnout			2,260	22.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Swadlincote South By-Election 31 August 2023^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Haynes	786	62.2	+29.8
	Conservative	Jacqueline Geddes	477	37.8	-21.4
Majority			309	24.5
Turnout			1,263
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

By-election results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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