2023 North East Derbyshire District Council election

2023 North East Derbyshire District Council election
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All 53 seats to North East Derbyshire District Council
27 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Nigel Barker Alex Dale Ross Shipman
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 18 seats, 35.4% 30 seats, 46.7% 3 seats, 13.6%
Seats before 18[a] 26[b] 3
Seats won 28 19 3
Seats after 27 19 3
Seat change Increase 10 Decrease 11 Steady
Popular vote 26,216 23,320 6,578
Percentage 43.1% 38.3% 10.8%
Swing Increase 7.7% Decrease 8.4% Decrease 2.8%
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank
Leader Frank Adlington-Stringer
Party Independent Green
Last election 2 seats, 2.4% 0 seats, 1.9%
Seats before 6 0
Seats won 2 1
Seats after 3 1
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 2,562 2,208
Percentage 4.2% 3.6%
Swing Increase 1.8% Increase 1.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 North East Derbyshire District Council election
Leader before election

Alex Dale
Conservative
No overall control

Leader after election

Nigel Barker
Labour

The 2023 North East Derbyshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 53 members of North East Derbyshire District Council in Derbyshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by a Conservative minority administration. The Conservatives had won a majority of the seats at the 2019 election, but a series of defections saw them lose their majority in November 2022.[2][3]

The election saw Labour win a majority of the seats on the council.[4] Labour group leader Nigel Barker was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 2023.[5]

Results

Election result

2023 North East Derbyshire District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 52 28 10 0 Increase 10 52.8 43.1 26,216 +7.7
  Conservative 53 19 0 11 Decrease 11 35.8 38.3 23,320 –8.4
  Liberal Democrats 48 3 0 0 Steady 3.8 10.8 6,578 –2.8
  Independent 8 2 1 1 Steady 3.8 4.2 2,562 +1.8
  Green 3 1 1 0 Increase 1 1.9 3.6 2,208 +1.7

Ward Results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election.[6][7]

Ashover

Ashover
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Helen Wetherall 387 49.6 N/A
Conservative James William Armitage*
(William Armitage) 		244 31.3 −45.3
Labour Gail Blamire 75 9.6 +1.3
Liberal Democrats Lee Clarke 74 9.5 −5.5
Majority 143 18.3
Turnout 780 47.87 +5.43
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Barlow and Holmesfield

Barlow and Holmesfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pamela Jones 371 63.3 −2.0
Labour Susan Allenby 141 24.1 +2.6
Liberal Democrats John Wilcock 74 12.6 −0.7
Majority 230 39.2
Turnout 586 37.37 −0.10
Conservative hold Swing

Brampton and Walton

Brampton and Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin Thacker* 735 62.9 −8.4
Conservative Peter Elliott* 695 59.5 −8.5
Labour Michael Gordon 325 27.8 +8.0
Labour Hannah Bazley 300 25.7 +13.9
Liberal Democrats Sarah Evans 133 11.4 −2.1
Liberal Democrats Paula Maude 79 6.8 N/A
Majority 370 31.7
Turnout 1,169 42.34 −3.17
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Clay Cross North

Clay Cross North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoffrey Morley* 842 50.4 +0.7
Labour Kathleen Rouse* 765 45.8 +2.3
Labour Nicola Morley 759 45.5 −1.3
Conservative Jessica Clark 684 41.0 +12.3
Conservative Christopher Nolan 631 37.8 +9.8
Conservative David Sankey 591 35.4 +10.4
Liberal Democrats Leah Shafik 147 8.8 −4.3
Liberal Democrats John Ahern 143 8.6 −7.4
Liberal Democrats Carly Howard 136 8.1 −6.7
Majority 75 4.5
Turnout 1,669 31.43
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Clay Cross South

Clay Cross South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derrick Skinner 476 58.6 −1.9
Labour Frances Petersen 469 57.8 +0.5
Conservative Yvonne Shaw 238 29.3 +11.3
Conservative Derek Ball 232 28.6 +11.8
Liberal Democrats Robert Rogerson 57 7.0 −3.7
Liberal Democrats Alan Marshall 55 6.8 N/A
Majority 231 28.5
Turnout 812 29.34 +3.88
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Coal Aston

Coal Aston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Foster* 559 43.3 −14.5
Conservative Richard Spooner 475 36.8 −30.1
Independent Anthony Hutchinson* 473 36.6 −30.3
Labour Rachel Steele 342 26.5 +3.4
Labour Jonathan Williams 300 23.2 +2.1
Independent Paul Parkin* 276 21.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Pauline Marriott 37 2.9 −8.6
Liberal Democrats Timothy Ramshaw 25 1.9 −5.3
Majority 419 44.7
Turnout 1,292 44.66 +3.60
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Anthony Hutchinson had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but both left the party in November 2022 to sit as an independent councillor. Seat shown as Conservative hold to allow for comparison with 2019 election. Paul Parkin had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative in Dronfield North ward. He also left the party in November 2022 to sit as an independent.

Dronfield North

Dronfield North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Baxter 445 52.5 +13.4
Labour Christine Smith 429 50.6 +12.4
Conservative Martin Hanrahan 315 37.2 −11.2
Conservative Philip Wright* 312 36.8 −9.6
Liberal Democrats Wendy Temple 93 11.0 −0.8
Liberal Democrats Adrienne Wilcock 62 7.3 −4.1
Majority 114 13.4
Turnout 847 30.05 −2.27
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

One of the Dronfield North seats had been held by Paul Parkin who had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but left the party in November 2022 to sit as an independent councillor. Seat show as previously Conservative to allow for comparison with 2019 results. Parkin stood as a candidate in Coal Aston rather than Dronfield North in 2023.

Dronfield South

Dronfield South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Cheetham 779 43.7 +23.7
Labour Caroline Smith 752 42.2 +22.7
Conservative William Jones 736 41.3 −10.1
Conservative Angelique Foster* 730 41.0 −19.1
Conservative Marie Ireland 716 40.2 −10.3
Labour John Yates 671 37.7 +20.6
Liberal Democrats Alison Ball 349 19.6 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Moore 191 10.7 −4.1
Liberal Democrats Camille Ramshaw 188 10.6 −1.9
Majority 6 0.3
Turnout 1,781 37.50 −0.95
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Dronfield Woodhouse

Dronfield Woodhouse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kevin Tait 297 46.9 −17.9
Labour Roland Lovatt 209 33.0 +13.7
Independent Roger Hall* 68 10.7 −54.1
Liberal Democrats Emma Harpham 50 7.9 −8.0
Majority 88 13.9
Turnout 633 41.61 +1.96
Conservative hold Swing

Roger Hall had been elected as a Conservative in 2019, but left the party to sit as an independent councillor in September 2022. Seat shown as Conservative hold to allow for comparison with 2019 result.

Eckington North

Eckington North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Beech 516 52.1 +18.5
Labour Christine Gare 503 50.8 +20.4
Conservative Cristian Gomez Reaney* 439 44.3 −2.9
Conservative Jeremy Kenyon* 425 42.9 −4.7
Majority 64 6.5
Turnout 990 33.71 +2.30
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Eckington South and Renishaw

Eckington South and Renishaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kathleen Clegg 670 58.4 +9.8
Labour Stephen Pickering* 600 52.3 +11.8
Labour Stuart Fawcett 537 46.8 +7.0
Conservative Philip Wheelhouse 383 33.4 −2.3
Conservative Jennifer Archer 363 31.6 +0.2
Conservative Philippa Allan 349 30.4 +2.7
Liberal Democrats Lois Gent 63 5.5 −5.8
Liberal Democrats Philip Kay 55 4.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Gustaf Degen 54 4.7 N/A
Majority 154 13.4
Turnout 1,148 24.73 +0.82
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Gosforth Valley

Gosforth Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michelle Emmens* 985 50.5 −9.9
Conservative Lilian Deighton* 944 48.4 −10.8
Conservative Richard Welton* 922 47.3 −10.1
Labour John Laxton 631 32.4 +11.7
Labour Samuel Ohene 628 32.2 +10.7
Labour John Whiteley 601 30.8 +9.5
Liberal Democrats Simon Temple 361 18.5 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Regina Kay 294 15.1 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Samuel Kay 264 13.5 −3.0
Majority 291 14.9
Turnout 1,949 43.03 +1.39
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Grassmoor

Grassmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lee Hartshorne* 545 69.3 +10.0
Labour Michael Durrant 511 65.0 +3.4
Conservative Fiona Turner 156 19.8 +4.7
Conservative Derrick Willmot 149 19.0 +4.3
Liberal Democrats Antony Bingham 75 9.5 −6.9
Liberal Democrats Nadine Hart 73 9.3 −6.8
Majority 355 45.2
Turnout 786 25.12 −1.79
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Holmewood and Heath

Holmewood and Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Suzy Cornwell Ball* 460 60.1 +3.0
Labour Lee Stone* 411 53.7 +2.8
Conservative Zena Wharmby 216 28.2 −0.7
Conservative Clifford Berry 204 26.7 −0.8
Liberal Democrats Julia Vongyer 88 11.5 −3.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Vongyer 84 11.0 N/A
Majority 143 22.0
Turnout 765 23.50 +0.71
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Killamarsh East

Killamarsh East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Lacey* 379 47.4 +2.0
Conservative Stephen Reed 367 45.9 −5.7
Conservative Wendy Tinley 359 44.9 −1.3
Labour John Windle 359 44.9 −1.2
Liberal Democrats June Hancock 50 6.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Keith Windley 27 3.4 N/A
Majority 8 1.0
Turnout 799 27.83 +0.96
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Killamarsh West

Killamarsh West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clive Fletcher 504 46.8 +2.3
Labour Carol Lacey 496 46.1 +2.5
Conservative Stephen Clough* 442 41.1 −7.8
Labour Billie Morris 406 37.7 −5.7
Conservative David Drabble 384 35.7 −16.5
Conservative Adrian Platts 343 31.9 −16.8
Independent Maureen Potts*
(Mo Potts) 		242 22.5 −26.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Firth 111 10.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kane Kehoe 83 7.7 N/A
Majority 36 3.4
Turnout 1,076 25.87 −0.07
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Mo Potts had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative, but left the party to sit as an independent councillor in July 2022.[8] Her seat shown as previously Conservative to allow comparison with 2019 results.

North Wingfield Central

North Wingfield Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nigel Barker* 860 69.0 +7.6
Labour Jayne Barry* 805 64.6 +10.2
Labour Michael Smith 736 59.0 +7.4
Conservative Andrew Markwell 285 22.9 −0.8
Conservative Katherine Burrow 238 19.1 +0.8
Conservative Richard Embrey 216 17.3 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Michelle Bingham 108 8.7 −10.1
Liberal Democrats Wendy Smalley 72 5.8 −8.9
Liberal Democrats Edwin Maude 63 5.1 −6.4
Majority 451 36.1
Turnout 1,247 27.08 +0.60
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Pilsley and Morton

Pilsley and Morton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Gillott* 1,031 71.7 +34.6
Labour Daniel Higgon 775 53.9 +20.0
Independent Andrew Cooper* 573 39.8 −11.2
Independent John Funnell* 443 30.8 −5.8
Conservative Ritchie Knowles 208 14.5 −3.4
Conservative James Miller 175 12.2 −1.7
Conservative Simon Temperton 144 10.0 −1.9
Liberal Democrats William Ramshaw 127 8.8 −3.9
Majority 130 9.0
Turnout 1,438 33.17 +1.00
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Independent hold Swing

Ridgeway and Marsh Lane

Ridgeway and Marsh Lane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carolyn Renwick* 312 56.8 −3.2
Labour Trevor Back 130 23.7 −7.2
Liberal Democrats Sarah Marsh 107 19.5 +10.4
Majority 182 33.1
Turnout 549 39.65 −3.42
Conservative hold Swing

Shirland

Shirland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charlotte Cupit* 819 54.4 −1.7
Conservative Heather Liggett* 651 43.2 −1.5
Conservative Michael Roe* 630 41.8 −1.2
Labour Janice Hacz 598 39.7 +3.9
Labour Barry Barnes 544 36.1 +1.7
Labour Christine Arnold 464 30.8 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Ian Barfield 163 10.8 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Rusbridge 98 6.5 −1.1
Liberal Democrats David Murphy 63 4.2 N/A
Majority 32 2.1
Turnout 1,506 31.34 +0.10
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Sutton

Sutton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Birkin* 499 53.0 +3.3
Labour Patrick Kerry* 494 52.5 +2.8
Conservative Barry Lewis 318 33.8 −0.4
Conservative Sanjoy Sen 293 31.1 −1.3
Liberal Democrats Laura McPheely 104 11.1 −2.5
Liberal Democrats Coral Pollendine 51 5.4 N/A
Majority 176 18.7
Turnout 941 29.44 +3.72
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Tupton

Tupton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ross Shipman* 609 45.0 +5.9
Liberal Democrats David Hancock* 582 43.0 −2.9
Liberal Democrats Pamela Windley* 508 37.5 −1.7
Labour John Cooper 506 37.4 +8.5
Labour Stephen Peters 497 36.7 +8.3
Labour Ross Griffin 424 31.3 +6.0
Conservative Mark Faulkner 258 19.1 −9.0
Conservative Gary Green 220 16.3 −10.1
Conservative Harry Smith 209 15.4 −7.4
Majority 2 0.1
Turnout 1,353 31.57 −3.88
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Unstone

Unstone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Dale* 308 54.2 −8.8
Labour Janet Hill 230 40.5 +9.7
Liberal Democrats Jill Cantrell 30 5.3 −0.8
Majority 78 13.7
Turnout 568 39.89 +3.54
Conservative hold Swing

Wingerworth

Wingerworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Frank Adlington-Stringer 1,004 51.9 +28.8
Conservative Patricia Antcliff* 710 36.7 −19.6
Conservative Neil Baker 707 36.6 −12.9
Conservative Diana Ruff* 628 32.5 −18.2
Green Lesley Kovacsh Whetton 606 31.3 N/A
Green David Kesteven 598 30.9 N/A
Labour Paul Addison 311 16.1 +1.1
Labour Christopher Quinn 278 14.4 +0.3
Labour Gemma Styles 198 10.2 −3.3
Liberal Democrats Dean Murphy 114 5.9 −16.2
Liberal Democrats Nicola Smith 109 5.6 −10.6
Independent Jean Yeomans 100 5.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kristofer Lancey 95 4.9 −8.3
Majority 294 15.2
Turnout 1,934 44.30 +1.10
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections between 2023 and 2027

Clay Cross North

Clay Cross North By-Election 10 October 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jessica Stokes 624 51.0 Increase10.1
Labour Emma Green 356 29.1 Decrease21.3
Green Ash Farrand 175 14.3 New
Liberal Democrats Hannah Shafik 69 5.6 Decrease3.1
Majority 268 21.9
Turnout 1,224 22.10 Decrease9.33
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Including one vacant seat at North Wingfield previously held by Labour councillor Jeff Lilley prior to his resignation in April 2023.[1]
  2. ^ Including one vacant seat at Dronfield South previously held by Conservative councillor Alan Powell prior to his resignation in April 2023.
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