2019 Derbyshire Dales District Council election

The Derbyshire Dales District Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect all 39 local councillors for Derbyshire Dales District Council.

2019 Derbyshire Dales District Council election

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
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 16,951 9,991 11,112 Percentage 40.0 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

Ward Results

Ashbourne North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sue Bull	519	51.5	12.5
	Conservative	Stuart Lees	515
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Dobbs	325	29.3	29.3
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Wildgoose	263
	Labour	Andy White	198	19.1	16.9
	Labour	Roslyn Hope	187
Majority			190
Turnout			2,007
	Conservative hold		Swing	20.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashbourne South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tom Donnelly	598	43.2	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Archer	538	38.2	38.2
	Conservative	Dermot Murphy	516
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Shirtcliffe	447
	Labour	Peter Ginnis	161	12.4	12.1
	Labour	Ruth Pugh	160
	Green	John Hill	157	6.1	15.6
Majority			22
Turnout			2,577
	Conservative hold		Swing	24.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Bakewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mark Wakeman	1,025	77.3	33.0
	Conservative	Alyson Hill	1,015
	Conservative	Alasdair Sutton	939
	Labour	Paul Morgans	465	22.7	5.0
	Labour	Helen Smith	408
Majority			474
Turnout			3,852
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

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

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

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

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jason Atkin	755	45.1	8.5
	Conservative	Mark Salt	685
	Conservative	Andrew Statham	653
	Liberal Democrats	Naomi Bell	431	22.5	22.5
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Creese	374
	Green	Emma Hickling	363	7.8	7.8
	Labour	Robert Golder	324	18.8	3.4
	Labour	Lucy Peacock	301
	UKIP	Paul Roe	267	5.8	11.4
	Labour	Keith Kendrick	246
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Martin	241
Majority			222
Turnout			4,640
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Peter O'Brien	585	44.0	0.7
	Labour	Claire Raw	552
	Conservative	Vicky Massey	548	39.7	15.6
	Conservative	John Orchard	479
	Liberal Democrats	Elanor Nancolas	420	16.3	16.3
Majority			4
Turnout			2,584
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	7.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Joyce Pawley	459	42.3	1.6
	Conservative	Garry Purdy	386	34.6	21.5
	Labour	Andrew Hartley	334
	Green	John Green	273	14.6	14.6
	Conservative	Richard Walsh	261
	UKIP	Bob Spowart	156	8.3	8.3
Majority			52
Turnout			1,869
	Labour hold		Swing	10.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Matlock All Saints

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Burfoot	1,465	71.1	28.9
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Burfoot	1,322
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Wain	1,182
	Conservative	Ann Elliott	549	15.9	17.7
	Labour	Martin Rutter	387	13.0	11.2
	Conservative	Elly Fawcett-Neal	339
	Labour	Lucia Whitney	339
Majority			633
Turnout			5,583
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	23.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Matlock St. Giles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Flitter	895	48.7	17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Cruise	746
	Liberal Democrats	David Hughes	675
	Conservative	Jacquie Stevens	520	29.6	2.3
	Conservative	Dan Hopkinson	474
	Conservative	Alayne Green	415
	Labour	Sylvia Needham	359	21.6	6.7
	Labour	Peter Goulden	352
	Labour	Phil Whitney	318
Majority			155
Turnout			4,754
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

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

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

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

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

Wirksworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mike Ratcliffe	1,200	65.4	24.2
	Labour	Pete Slack	1,128
	Labour	Elisa McDonagh	1,089
	Green	Ivan Dixon	741	14.2	2.6
	Conservative	Gladwyn Gratton	590	20.5	7.0
	Conservative	Angus Jenkins	480
Majority			348
Turnout			5,228
	Labour hold		Swing	13.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

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References

1. "District council elections". Derbyshire Dales District Council. Retrieved 2019-05-03.