Chesterfield Borough Council elections

Chesterfield Borough Council in Derbyshire, England is elected every four years. 48 councillors are elected from 20 wards with between one and three elected from each ward.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 2003
Liberal Democrats	2003 - 2011
Labour	2011 - present

Council elections

• Chesterfield Borough Council election, 1973
• Chesterfield Borough Council election, 1976
• Chesterfield Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• Chesterfield Borough Council election, 1983
• Chesterfield Borough Council election, 1987
• Chesterfield Borough Council election, 1991 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
• Chesterfield Borough Council election, 1995
• Chesterfield Borough Council election, 1999
• Chesterfield Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by one)^[5][6]
• Chesterfield Borough Council election, 2007
• Chesterfield Borough Council election, 2011^[7]
• Chesterfield Borough Council election, 2015

By-election results

1995-1999

West By-Election 14 November 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		809	48.3
	Conservative		545	32.5
	Labour		322	19.2
Majority			264	15.8
Turnout			1,676	44.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Holmbrook By-Election 10 April 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,068	54.5
	Labour		812	41.5
	Conservative		78	4.0
Majority			256	13.0
Turnout			1,958	51.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

1999-2003

New Whittington By-Election 15 March 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,115	64.8	+3.1
	Labour		569	33.1	-2.5
	Conservative		37	2.1	-0.6
Majority			546	31.7
Turnout			1,721	45.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2003-2007

Loundsley Green By-Election 22 April 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Barr	895	65.8	+5.1
	Labour	Thomas Murphy	431	31.6	-5.6
	Conservative	Gary Hatton	36	2.6	+2.6
Majority			464	34.2
Turnout			1,362	40.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2007-2011

Brimington South By-Election 6 May 2010[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Haywood	1,500	47.9	+4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Hartley	1,134	36.2	-12.6
	Conservative	Gary Hatton	499	15.9	+8.5
Majority			366	11.7
Turnout			3,133	65.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References

1. "Chesterfield Borough Council". Chesterfield Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
2. "Chesterfield". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
3. The Borough of Chesterfield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire (District Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
5. "Chesterfield". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Chesterfield (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
7. "England council elections". BBC News.
8. "Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Chesterfield Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-05-20.

• By-election results

External links

• Chesterfield Council