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]

Year	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Reform	Green	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year							Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (98 seats)
1973	61	25	5	–	–	7		Labour
1977	30	62	0	–	0	6		Conservative
New division boundaries; seats decreased from 98 to 84
1981	59	21	1	–	0	3		Labour
1985	54	24	4	–	0	2		Labour
1989	51	27	3	–	0	3		Labour
1993	55	21	7	–	0	1		Labour
Derby becomes a unitary authority; seats decreased from 84 to 64
1997	45	12	6	–	0	1		Labour
2001	43	13	7	–	0	1		Labour
New division boundaries
2005	38	15	10	–	0	1		Labour
2009	22	33	8	–	0	1		Conservative
New division boundaries
2013	43	18	3	–	0	0		Labour
2017	24	37	3	–	0	0		Conservative
2021	14	45	4	0	1	0		Conservative
New division boundaries
2025	3	12	3	42	2	2		Reform

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

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

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

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

Council composition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joel Bryan	1,104	51.1	+15.0
	Conservative	Chris Page	723	33.5	−16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Allen	239	11.1	+5.0
	Green	Ashley Dunn	94	4.4	−3.5
Majority			381	17.6
Turnout			2,260	22.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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

Long Eaton North by-election 2 December 2025^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Owen Ferron	745	28.1	−7.7
	Conservative	Dan Pitt	722	27.2	+4.2
	Labour	George Carr-Williamson	579	21.8	−2.7
	Green	Mell Catori	314	11.8	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Briggs	154	5.8	−3.6
	Derbyshire Community Party	Cheryl Pidgeon	141	5.3	New
Majority			23	0.9
Turnout			2,655	29.0
	Reform hold		Swing

Horsley by-election: 20 January 2026^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Lian Pizzey	1,341	43.6	+16.7
	Reform	Juliette Stevens	1,091	35.5	+0.6
	Conservative	Amanda Paget	426	13.9	−9.0
	Labour	John Cowings	116	3.8	−6.5
	Advance UK	Alex Stevenson	57	1.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Miller	43	1.4	−2.0
Majority			250	8.1	+0.1
Turnout			3,074	29.4	−9.5
Registered electors			10,455
	Green gain from Reform		Swing	8.5