2023 Derby City Council election

2023 Derby City Council election
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All 51 seats to Derby City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout32.4%
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Baggy Shanker Chris Poulter Alan Graves
Party Labour Conservative Reform Derby
Last election 16 seats, 36.1% 18 seats, 32.4% 6 seats, 8.0%
Seats won 23 15 6
Seat change Increase 7 Decrease 3 Steady
Popular vote 64,982 41,622 18,472
Percentage 41.2% 26.4% 11.7%
Swing Increase 5.1% Decrease 6.0% Increase 3.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Leader Ajit Atwal
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 8 seats, 16.9% 3 seats, 2.7%
Seats won 4 3
Seat change Decrease 4 Steady
Popular vote 23,276 5,332
Percentage 14.7% 3.4%
Swing Decrease 2.2% Increase 0.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Derby City Council election
Leader before election

Chris Poulter

Conservative (NOC)

Leader after election

Baggy Shanker
Labour (NOC)

The 2023 Derby City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 51 members of Derby City Council in Derbyshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

New ward boundaries were drawn up for this election, although the number of councillors remained 51. This election also marked a change in the electoral pattern for the city council. Prior to this election a third of the council was elected at a time three years out of every four. From this election onwards the whole council would be elected together every four years.[2]

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a Conservative minority administration. The council remained under no overall control after the election but Labour overtook the Conservatives to become the largest party.[3] Labour group leader Baggy Shanker was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 24 May 2023, leading a Labour minority administration.[4]

While some have reported Reform Derby as being synonymous with Reform UK, the parties are in fact distinct but affiliated entities.[5][6][7]

Summary

Election result

Following the results, the council remained in no overall control, with Labour becoming the largest party.[8]

2023 Derby City Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 51 23 4 0 Increase 7 45.1 41.2 64,982 +5.1
  Conservative 37 15 0 0 Decrease 3 29.4 26.4 41,622 –6.0
  Reform Derby 51 6 0 0 Steady 11.8 11.7 18,472 +3.7
  Liberal Democrats 51 4 0 4 Decrease 4 7.8 14.7 23,276 –2.2
  Independent 8 3 0 0 Steady 5.9 3.4 5,322 +0.7
  Green 11 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.7 4,228 –1.1

Ward results

Asterisks denote incumbent councillors who sought re-election.[9]

Abbey

Abbey (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carmel Ashby 1,359 66.2
Labour Sue Bosner* 1,347 65.6
Labour Paul Hezelgrave* 1,171 57.0
Liberal Democrats Allison Burke 353 17.2
Conservative Munawar Chaudhary 341 16.6
Conservative Adam Hurt 308 15.0
Green Molly Christodoulou 277 13.5
Liberal Democrats Ann Crosby 276 13.4
Reform Derby Julie Paxton 195 9.5
Liberal Democrats Simon Ferrigno 191 9.3
Reform Derby Alan Cokayne 134 6.5
Reform Derby Stephen Peach 114 5.6
Independent Ian Toone 96 4.7
Turnout 24.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour hold
Labour hold

Allestree

Allestree (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ged Potter* 2,413 53.9
Conservative Steve Hassall* 2,283 51.0
Conservative Kieran McGeehan 1,992 44.5
Labour Sally Green 1,312 29.3
Labour Patrick Green 1,257 28.1
Labour Adam Hounslow-Eyre 1,153 25.8
Green Helen Hitchcock 596 13.3
Green Tony Mott 528 11.8
Green Samuel Ward 455 10.2
Reform Derby Graham Leeming 304 6.8
Reform Derby Elaine Lumley 273 6.1
Liberal Democrats Will Berry 250 5.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Lind 219 4.9
Liberal Democrats Ahmed Hamzah 197 4.4
Reform Derby David Adams 188 4.2
Turnout 43.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Alvaston North

Alvaston North (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Derby Alan Graves* 1,720 60.8
Reform Derby John Evans* 1,533 54.2
Reform Derby Kirk Kus* 1,510 53.4
Labour Co-op Viv Pointon 1,042 36.8
Labour Co-op John Banks 997 35.2
Labour Co-op Haf Rehman 858 30.3
Conservative Chloe Kelly 294 10.4
Liberal Democrats Preetinder Butter 158 5.6
Independent David Gale 142 5.0
Liberal Democrats Glenda Howcroft 130 4.6
Liberal Democrats Matthew Neiland 104 3.7
Turnout 26.9
Reform Derby win (new seat)
Reform Derby win (new seat)
Reform Derby win (new seat)

Alvaston South

Alvaston South (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Derby Alan Lindsey* 1,513 55.6
Reform Derby Stephen Fowke 1,435 52.7
Reform Derby Timothy Prosser* 1,380 50.7
Labour Co-op Bethany Madden 1,126 41.4
Labour Co-op Roger Dale 1,108 40.7
Labour Co-op Emma Shaw 1,048 38.5
Conservative Zach Wayman 304 11.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Allen 102 3.7
Liberal Democrats Ian Care 88 3.2
Liberal Democrats Marco Slowinski 64 2.4
Turnout 29.5
Reform Derby win (new seat)
Reform Derby win (new seat)
Reform Derby win (new seat)

Arboretum

Arboretum (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shiraz Khan* 1,890 78.5
Labour Gulfraz Nawaz* 1,738 72.2
Labour Cecile Wright 1,372 57.0
Conservative Matlub Hussain 1,073 44.5
Independent Sassi Bartlett 233 9.7
Liberal Democrats Daniel Holmes 230 9.5
Liberal Democrats Alan Pickersgill 188 7.8
Liberal Democrats Jairo Marrero 177 7.3
Reform Derby Anthony Blaney 128 5.3
Reform Derby Patrick Delaney 121 5.0
Reform Derby Jean-Christian Gouy De Muyncke 76 3.2
Turnout 29.6
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Blagreaves

Blagreaves (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Sara Bolton 1,931 47.7
Labour Co-op Saquib Amin 1,898 46.9
Labour Co-op Hardyal Dhindsa * 1,896 46.9
Liberal Democrats Danielle Lind* 1,836 45.4
Liberal Democrats Joe Naitta* 1,736 42.9
Liberal Democrats Farhatullah Khan 1,505 37.2
Conservative Peter Berry 415 10.3
Reform Derby Hardip Naitta 390 9.6
Reform Derby Jeanette Russell 274 6.8
Reform Derby Owen Garnett 256 6.3
Turnout 40.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Hardyal Dhindsa had been an incumbent councillor for Normanton Ward.

Chaddesden East

Chaddesden East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jerry Pearce* 966 51.7
Conservative John Wright 806 43.2
Labour Becky Everett 739 39.6
Labour Tom Spray 566 30.3
Reform Derby Paul Bysh 239 12.8
Reform Derby Stephen Evans 211 11.3
Green Andreas Christodoulou 120 6.4
Liberal Democrats Janet Williams 47 2.5
Liberal Democrats Mark Smith 40 2.1
Turnout 30.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Chaddesden North

Chaddesden North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Hudson 605 38.5
Labour Co-op Neil Wilson 582 37.1
Labour Co-op Jonathan Bayliss 567 36.1
Liberal Democrats James Testro* 518 33.0
Conservative Jakob Marshall 359 22.9
Conservative Edward Harrison 316 20.1
Reform Derby Christopher Evans 101 6.4
Reform Derby Ian Crompton 91 5.8
Turnout 24.1
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Incumbent James Testro had been elected as a Conservative, but left the party in March 2021 and subsequently defected to the Liberal Democrats.

Chaddesden West

Chaddesden West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Martin Rawson* 732 51.2
Labour Co-op Kathy Kozlowski 680 47.6
Conservative Tracey Pearce* 540 37.8
Conservative Ashley Clarke 526 36.8
Reform Derby Paul Bettany 113 7.9
Reform Derby Ann Graves 91 6.4
Liberal Democrats Timothy Holyoake 90 6.3
Liberal Democrats Ashley Stirland 86 6.0
Turnout 22.9
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Chellaston & Shelton Lock

Chellaston & Shelton Lock (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Philip Ingall* 1,620 43.7
Independent Celia Ingall* 1,527 41.2
Independent Stephen Lakin 967 26.1
Conservative Ross McCristal 905 24.4
Conservative Harvey Jennings* 887 23.9
Labour Chanaka Dissanayake 750 20.2
Reform Derby Russel Armstrong 735 19.8
Conservative Matt Brentnall 722 19.5
Labour Jason Thakar 710 19.1
Labour Nathan Thaker 659 17.8
Reform Derby Paul Randle 585 15.8
Reform Derby Amanda Gouy De Muyncke 451 12.2
Green Ria Ghei 247 6.7
Liberal Democrats Valerie French 146 3.9
Liberal Democrats Clive Holland 116 3.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Parnall 96 2.6
Turnout 33.5
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Darley

Darley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Repton* 2,510 68.7
Labour Alison Martin* 2,387 65.3
Labour Carmel Swan* 2,101 57.5
Green Lucy Giuliano 932 25.5
Conservative Alan Grimadell 864 23.6
Conservative Julio Abraham 805 22.0
Liberal Democrats Carol Bull 399 10.9
Liberal Democrats Marion Hall 239 6.5
Liberal Democrats Ann Jackman 231 6.3
Reform Derby Louise Boole 182 5.0
Reform Derby Stephen Handley 160 4.4
Reform Derby Sharon Saxton 156 4.3
Turnout 37.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Littleover

Littleover (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lucy Care* 2,373 58.7
Liberal Democrats Ajit Atwal* 1,950 48.2
Liberal Democrats Emily Lonsdale* 1,929 47.7
Labour Co-op Gurdev Dhillon 1,426 35.3
Labour Co-op Sophia Brown 1,293 32.0
Labour Co-op Simon Parkes 1,190 29.4
Conservative Balbir Samra 569 14.1
Conservative Ed Packham 520 12.9
Conservative Matthew Osborne 517 12.8
Reform Derby David Jowitt 146 3.6
Reform Derby Jacqueline Blaney 112 2.8
Reform Derby Douglas Banton 108 2.7
Turnout 40.9
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Mackworth & New Zealand

Mackworth & New Zealand (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gaurav Pandey* 1,231 43.9
Labour John Whitby* 1,190 42.4
Labour Ndukwe Onuoha 1,168 41.7
Conservative Adrian Pegg 1,114 39.7
Labour Nwando Umeh 1,084 38.7
Conservative Mick Walsh 1,044 37.2
Independent Diane Froggatt* 381 13.6
Green Jak Carr 305 10.9
Reform Derby Ben Sage 179 6.4
Reform Derby Nigel Caulton 174 6.2
Liberal Democrats Sarah Tillett 167 6.0
Reform Derby Daniel Bamford 162 5.8
Liberal Democrats Carmine Branco 129 4.6
Liberal Democrats Stuart Handley 84 3.0
Turnout 29.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Mickleover

Mickleover (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alison Holmes* 2,274 48.3
Conservative Matthew Holmes* 2,250 47.8
Conservative Miles Pattison* 2,039 43.3
Liberal Democrats Maggie Hird 1,610 34.2
Labour Nick Northover 1,155 24.5
Liberal Democrats Elle McAllister 1,138 24.2
Liberal Democrats Greg Webb 1,071 22.7
Labour Angela Kinsey 968 20.5
Labour Paul Sharratt 854 18.1
Green Holly Rushbrooke 330 7.0
Reform Derby Jacqueline Banton 158 3.4
Reform Derby Adrian Hayden 151 3.2
Reform Derby Lisa Hodgson 136 2.9
Turnout 42.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Normanton

Normanton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Jangir Khan* 2,654 77.6
Labour Co-op Balbir Sandhu* 2,468 72.2
Labour Co-op Gurkiran Thandi 2,236 65.4
Conservative Habib Tafseer 1,278 37.4
Independent Simon Bacon 356 10.4
Liberal Democrats Lindsay Smith 295 8.6
Reform Derby Derek Gould 220 6.4
Liberal Democrats Bob Troup 200 5.8
Reform Derby Katie Thomas 194 5.7
Reform Derby Laoni Cooper 180 5.3
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey O'Farrell 177 5.2
Turnout 33.7
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Oakwood

Oakwood (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Eyre* 2,287 70.1
Conservative Freya Trewhella 2,075 63.6
Conservative Jamie Mulhall 1,919 58.9
Labour Co-op Antony Stevenson 731 22.4
Labour Co-op Kehinde Johnson-Lawal 710 21.8
Labour Co-op Ranjit Seehra 681 20.9
Liberal Democrats Frank Harwood 355 10.9
Liberal Democrats Chris Wright 349 10.7
Reform Derby Jim Wise 198 6.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bird 185 5.7
Reform Derby Timothy Adams 152 4.7
Reform Derby Monica Lindsey 139 4.3
Turnout 34.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Sinfin & Osmaston

Sinfin & Osmaston (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Baggy Shanker* 1,589 72.0
Labour Co-op Sarah Chambers 1,553 70.4
Labour Co-op Nadine Peatfield* 1,537 69.6
Conservative Jay Joshi 597 27.0
Reform Derby Brenden May 319 14.5
Reform Derby Maria Adeseun 304 13.8
Reform Derby Greg Szemraj 262 11.9
Green Kate Brown 175 7.9
Liberal Democrats John Arguile 124 5.6
Liberal Democrats Mike Carr 91 4.1
Liberal Democrats Lee Thomas 71 3.2
Turnout 24.7
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Spondon

Spondon (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Poulter* 1,611 52.9
Conservative Nicola Roulstone* 1,589 52.1
Conservative Jonathan Smale* 1,589 52.1
Labour Ruth Coates 1,049 34.4
Labour Adrian Axtell 987 32.4
Labour Pauline Inwood 973 31.9
Green Stevie Hardy 263 8.6
Liberal Democrats Helen Harrison 251 8.2
Liberal Democrats Philip Wray 217 7.1
Reform Derby Cameron Cox 186 6.1
Reform Derby Kathryn Wills 168 5.5
Reform Derby Shane Walker 165 5.4
Liberal Democrats Baz Jabbar 93 3.1
Turnout 32.8
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Jonathan Smale had been a Councillor for Chaddesden Ward, but chose to seek election in Spondon.

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