2019 Derbyshire Dales District Council election

2019 UK local government election

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2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)

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All 39 seats to Derbyshire Dales District Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Labour
Last election	29 seats, 45.3%	3 seats, 7.2%	5 seats, 26.9%
Seats won	20	8	6
Seat change	9	5	1
Popular vote	17,017	9,991	11,112
Percentage	40.1	23.6	26.2
Swing	5.3	16.4	0.7

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Independent	Green
Last election	2 seats, 6.2%	0 seats, 5.8%
Seats won	3	2
Seat change	1	2
Popular vote	1,561	2,239
Percentage	3.7	5.3
Swing	2.5	0.5

Map showing the composition of Derbyshire Dales District Council following the election. Striped wards have mixed representation.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2019 Derbyshire Dales District Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect all 39 councillors for Derbyshire Dales District Council. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The Conservative Party retained control of the council for the fifth consecutive election, with a significantly reduced majority of 1.

No wards were uncontested for the first time since the 1999 election, and was the last election to be held under the ward boundaries that had been in use since the 2003 election.

Ward results

Ashbourne North

Ashbourne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sue Bull	519	48.5
	Conservative	Stuart Lees	515	48.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Dobbs	325	30.3
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Wildgoose	263	24.6
	Labour	Andy White	198	18.5
	Labour	Roslyn Hope	187	17.5
Majority			190
Turnout			1,071
	Conservative hold		Swing	20.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashbourne South

Ashbourne South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tom Donnelly	598	43.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Archer	538	39.0
	Conservative	Dermot Murphy	516	37.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Shirtcliffe	447	32.4
	Labour	Peter Ginnis	161	11.7
	Labour	Ruth Pugh	160	11.6
	Green	John Hill	157	11.4
Majority			22
Turnout			1,380
	Conservative hold		Swing	24.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Bakewell

Bakewell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Wakeman	1,025	67.0
	Conservative	Alyson Hill	1,015	66.4
	Conservative	Alasdair Sutton	939	61.4
	Labour	Paul Morgans	465	30.4
	Labour	Helen Smith	408	26.7
Majority			474
Turnout			1,529
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradwell

Bradwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Furness	324	57.4	9.6
	Labour	Les Swain	240	42.6	9.6
Majority			84
Turnout			564
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.6

Brailsford

Brailsford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michele Morley	542	82.6
	Labour	Nicholas Bishop	114	17.4
Majority			428
Turnout			656
	Conservative hold		Swing	23.9

Calver

Calver
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Froggatt	329	48.5	15.6
	Green	Robert Scott	219	32.2	32.2
	Labour	Thomas Barker	131	19.3	16.6
Majority			110
Turnout			679
	Conservative hold		Swing	23.9

Carsington Water

Carsington Water
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lewis Rose	374	59.6
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Elsworth	132	21.0
	Labour	Bob Allen	122	19.4
Majority			155
Turnout			628
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chatsworth

Chatsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan Hobson	456	74.0
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Bowman	100	16.2
	Labour	Jacob Butler	60	9.7
Majority			356
Turnout			616
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clifton and Bradley

Clifton and Bradley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Shirley	396	64.7	4.3
	Labour	Rob Pugh	114	18.6	18.6
	UKIP	Richard Stone	102	16.7	1.8
Majority			282
Turnout			612
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.2

Darley Dale

Darley Dale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jason Atkin	755	43.5
	Conservative	Mark Salt	685	39.5
	Conservative	Andrew Statham	653	37.6
	Liberal Democrats	Naomi Bell	431	24.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Creese	374	21.6
	Green	Emma Hickling	363	20.9
	Labour	Robert Golder	324	18.7
	Labour	Lucy Peacock	301	17.3
	UKIP	Paul Roe	267	15.4
	Labour	Keith Kendrick	246	14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Martin	241	13.9
Majority			222
Turnout			1,735
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dovedale and Parwich

Dovedale and Parwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard FitzHerbert	424	73.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Fearn	78	13.6
	Labour	Sue Hodgson	73	12.7
Majority			346
Turnout			575
	Conservative hold		Swing

Doveridge and Sudbury

Doveridge and Sudbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jacqueline Allison	343	53.8	53.8
	Conservative	Albert Catt	238	37.3	37.7
	Labour	Laurie Butler	57	8.9	8.9
Majority			105
Turnout			638
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	45.8

Hartington and Taddington

Hartington and Taddington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Chapman	289	59.8
	Green	John Youatt	82	17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Asher Bond	61	12.6
	Labour	John Cowings	51	10.6
Majority			207
Turnout			483
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hathersage and Eyam

Hathersage and Eyam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter O'Brien	585	41.3
	Labour	Claire Raw	552	38.9
	Conservative	Vicky Massey	548	38.6
	Conservative	John Orchard	479	33.8
	Liberal Democrats	Elanor Nancolas	420	29.6
Majority			4
Turnout			1,418
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	7.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Hulland

Hulland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Bright	445	80.2
	Labour	Rosie Ayliffe	110	19.8
Majority			335
Turnout			555
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lathkill and Bradford

Lathkill and Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Graham Elliott	460	86.0	23.7
	Labour	Richard Wingard	75	14.0	14.0
Majority			385
Turnout			535
	Independent hold		Swing	4.9

Litton and Longstone

Litton and Longstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Gamble	296	48.5
	Conservative	Geoff Stevens	228	37.4
	Labour	Chris Cole	86	14.1
Majority			68
Turnout			610
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Masson

Masson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joyce Pawley	459	44.6
	Conservative	Garry Purdy	386	37.5
	Labour	Andrew Hartley	334	32.5
	Green	John Green	273	26.5
	Conservative	Richard Walsh	261	25.4
	UKIP	Bob Spowart	156	15.2
Majority			52
Turnout			1,029
	Labour hold		Swing	10.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Matlock All Saints

Matlock All Saints
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Burfoot	1,465	68.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Burfoot	1,322	62.0
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Wain	1,182	55.5
	Conservative	Ann Elliott	549	25.8
	Labour	Martin Rutter	387	18.2
	Conservative	Elly Fawcett-Neal	339	15.9
	Labour	Lucia Whitney	339	15.9
Majority			633
Turnout			2,131
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	23.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Matlock St. Giles

Matlock St. Giles
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Flitter	895	53.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Cruise	746	44.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Hughes	675	40.0
	Conservative	Jacquie Stevens	520	30.8
	Conservative	Dan Hopkinson	474	28.1
	Conservative	Alayne Green	415	24.6
	Labour	Sylvia Needham	359	21.3
	Labour	Peter Goulden	352	20.9
	Labour	Phil Whitney	318	18.8
Majority			155
Turnout			1,688
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Norbury

Norbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Morley	435	82.9	6.1
	Labour	Jan Cole	90	17.1	17.1
Majority			345
Turnout			525
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.5

Stanton

Stanton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Matthew Buckler	200	39.9
	Conservative	Dave Oakley	199	39.7
	Labour	Jennifer Joy-Matthews	102	20.4
Majority			1
Turnout			501
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Tideswell

Tideswell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Neil Buttle	204	42.1	42.1
	Conservative	Richard Hewson-Stoate	167	34.5	27.6
	Labour	Chris Bowen	113	23.3	14.6
Majority			37
Turnout			484
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	34.9

Winster and South Darley

Winster and South Darley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Colin Swindell	758	97.2
	Labour	Charlie Phillips	22	2.8
Majority			736
Turnout			780
	Independent hold		Swing

Wirksworth

Wirksworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mike Ratcliffe	1,200	59.6
	Labour	Pete Slack	1,128	56.1
	Labour	Elisa McDonagh	1,089	54.1
	Green	Ivan Dixon	741	36.8
	Conservative	Gladwyn Gratton	590	29.3
	Conservative	Angus Jenkins	480	23.9
Majority			348
Turnout			2,012
	Labour hold		Swing	13.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections between 2019 and 2023

Masson by-election

Masson by-election: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dermot Murphy	447	41.3	6.7
	Labour	Nicholas Whitehead	444	41.0	1.3
	Green	Mark Stanley	192	17.7	3.1
Majority			3
Turnout			1,083
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	4.0

Wirksworth by-election

Wirksworth by-election: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dawn Greatorex	1,109	49.9	15.5
	Conservative	Gladwyn Gratton	741	33.3	12.8
	Green	Richard Rowlatt	373	16.8	2.6
Majority			368
Turnout			2,223
	Labour hold		Swing	14.2

Carsington Water by-election

Carsington Waterby-election: 5 May 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Rose	343	43.8	15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Monty Stuart-Monteith	274	35.0	14.0
	Labour	Andrew Hartley	132	16.9	2.5
	Green	John Ward	34	4.3	4.3
Majority			69
Turnout			783
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.9

References

"Derbyshire Dales District Council Election Results". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
"Derbyshire Dales District Council Election Results" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2021.
"Derbyshire Dales". The Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
"District council elections". Derbyshire Dales District Council. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Masson Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Wirksworth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Carsington Water Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

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