Derbyshire County Council elections

Derbyshire County Council in England is elected every four years.

Political control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 1977
Conservative	1977 - 1981
Labour	1981 - 2009
Conservative	2009 - 2012
No Overall Control	2012 - 2013
Labour	2013 -

Council elections

Derbyshire County Council election, 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 (boundary changes increased the number of seats by 1)^[2]
Derbyshire County Council election, 2009
Derbyshire County Council election, 2013

County result maps

2013 results map

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 Democrat		301	13.6
Majority			680	30.6
Turnout			2,221	25.0
	Labour hold		Swing

1997-2001

Newhall By-Election 13 November 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		966	71.7	+6.5
	Conservative		229	17.0	-4.1
	Liberal Democrat		153	11.4	-2.3
Majority			737	54.7
Turnout			1,348	13.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Melbourne By-Election 13 April 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,789	49.1	+2.8
	Labour		1,611	44.0	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat		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		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		943	44.1	-0.1
	Liberal Democrat		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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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
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 Democrat	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
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 Democrat	David Rowe	543	7.9	-0.7
Majority
Turnout			6870	73.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Derwent Valley By-Election 24 September 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jo Wild	1017	51.0	+8.1
	Labour	Martin Rutter	466	21.5	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Crapper	314	13.6	+4.6
	UKIP	Mike Dawson	285	13.1	-11.0
Majority			641	29.5
Turnout			2172
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Derbyshire". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
↑ "Local election results: Derbyshire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
↑ "Lib Dems bounce back in byelections". London: guardian.co.uk. 2004-04-30. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
↑ "Derbyshire elections 2009" (PDF). Derbyshire County Council. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
↑ "2009 results by division". Derbyshire County Council. Retrieved 2009-10-12.

By-election results

External links

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Council elections in Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Amber Valley Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Bolsover District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Chesterfield Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Derby City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Derbyshire Dales District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Erewash Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

High Peak Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North East Derbyshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

South Derbyshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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