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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.
The election saw Labour win a majority of the seats on the council. Labour group leader Nigel Barker was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 2023.
Results
Election result
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Labour | 52 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 52.8 | 43.1 | 26,216 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | 53 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 35.8 | 38.3 | 23,320 | –8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 10.8 | 6,578 | –2.8 | ||
Independent | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 2,562 | +1.8 | ||
Green | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. Her seat shown as previously Conservative to allow comparison with 2019 results.
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
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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jessica Stokes | 624 | 51.0 | 10.1 | |
Labour | Emma Green | 356 | 29.1 | 21.3 | |
Green | Ash Farrand | 175 | 14.3 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Hannah Shafik | 69 | 5.6 | 3.1 | |
Majority | 268 | 21.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,224 | 22.10 | 9.33 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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- 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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