Chesterfield Borough Council elections
Local government elections in Derbyshire, England
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Chesterfield Borough Council elections are held every four years. Chesterfield Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 48 councillors have been elected from 19 wards.[1] However, the 2023 elections will be fought under new boundaries with the number of Councillors reducing from 48 to 40.
Political control
Chesterfield was a municipal borough from 1836 until 1974.[2] The borough was reformed under the Local Government Act 1972, gaining Staveley and Brimington and becoming a non-metropolitan district. The first election to the reformed council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[3][4]
| Party in control | Years | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 1973–2003 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2003–2011 | |
| Labour | 2011–present | |
Leadership
The leaders of the council since 2001 have been:[5]
Council elections
- 1973 Chesterfield Borough Council election
- 1976 Chesterfield Borough Council election
- 1979 Chesterfield Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[7]
- 1983 Chesterfield Borough Council election
- 1987 Chesterfield Borough Council election
- 1991 Chesterfield Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[8]
- 1995 Chesterfield Borough Council election
- 1999 Chesterfield Borough Council election
- 2003 Chesterfield Borough Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by one)[9][1]
- 2007 Chesterfield Borough Council election
- 2011 Chesterfield Borough Council election[10]
- 2015 Chesterfield Borough Council election
- 2019 Chesterfield Borough Council election
- 2023 Chesterfield Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[11]
Results maps
2003 results map
2007 results map
2011 results map
2015 results map
2019 results map
2023 results map
By-election results
1995-1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 809 | 48.3 | |||
| Conservative | 545 | 32.5 | |||
| Labour | 322 | 19.2 | |||
| Majority | 264 | 15.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,676 | 44.6 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 1,068 | 54.5 | |||
| Labour | 812 | 41.5 | |||
| Conservative | 78 | 4.0 | |||
| Majority | 256 | 13.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,958 | 51.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
1999-2003
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
2003-2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
2007-2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Haywood | 1,500 | 47.9 | +4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | Swing | ||||
2015-2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Rogers | 532 | 47.1 | +12.1 | |
| Labour | Ron Mihaly | 445 | 39.4 | −9.9 | |
| Conservative | Gordon Franklin Partington | 84 | 7.4 | −8.3 | |
| UKIP | Barry Thompson | 69 | 6.1 | 6.1 | |
| Majority | 87 | 7.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,130 | 31 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
2019-2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Debbie Wheeldon | 747 | 48.5 | +15.2 | |
| Independent | Dean Rhodes | 676 | 43.9 | +43.9 | |
| Green | Louis Hollingworth | 118 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
| Majority | 71 | 4.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,541 | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2023-2027
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sharon Blank | 1,521 | 45.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ed Fordham | 621 | 18.4 | ||
| Green | Vicky Noble | 511 | 15.2 | ||
| Conservative | Jacob Rodgers | 499 | 14.8 | ||
| Chesterfield And North Derbyshire Independents | Kris Stone | 220 | 6.5 | ||
| Majority | 900 | 26.7 | |||
| Turnout | 3,372 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Steve Lismore | 635 | 34.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Hartley | 592 | 32.1 | ||
| Conservative | Harry Smith | 278 | 15.1 | ||
| Independent | Martin Hibbert | 188 | 10.2 | ||
| Green | Joshua Ward | 151 | 8.2 | ||
| Majority | 43 | 2.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,844 | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Falconer | 410 | 34.6 | ||
| Reform | Courtney James | 350 | 29.6 | ||
| Labour | Pauline Twigg | 235 | 19.8 | ||
| Independent | Jane Hindle | 90 | 7.6 | ||
| Green | Katherine Noble | 48 | 4.1 | ||
| Conservative | Jacob Rodgers | 42 | 3.5 | ||
| Chesterfield And North Derbyshire Independents | David Jones | 9 | 0.8 | ||
| Majority | 60 | 5.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,184 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Steven Barlow | 490 | |||
| Reform | Dawn Taylor | 430 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Collins | 410 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Hartley | 393 | |||
| Green | Robert Ferrie | 144 | |||
| Green | Alison Riley | 144 | |||
| Labour | Dean Collins | 124 | |||
| Labour | Lisa Collins | 113 | |||
| Independent | Martin Hibbert | 67 | |||
| Independent | Vicki Holmes | 50 | |||
| Conservative | John Boult | 46 | |||
| Conservative | Alison Hounslow | 35 | |||
| Chesterfield And North Derbyshire Independents | Kris Stone | 19 | |||
| Reform gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Reform gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||