Chesterfield Borough Council elections

Chesterfield Borough Council in Derbyshire, England is elected every four years. 48 councillors are elected from 20 wards with between one and three elected from each ward.[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in controlYears
Labour1973 - 2003
Liberal Democrats2003 - 2011
Labour2011–present

Council elections
  • 1973 Chesterfield Borough Council election
  • 1976 Chesterfield Borough Council election
  • 1979 Chesterfield Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[3]
  • 1983 Chesterfield Borough Council election
  • 1987 Chesterfield Borough Council election
  • 1991 Chesterfield Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[4]
  • 1995 Chesterfield Borough Council election
  • 1999 Chesterfield Borough Council election
  • 2003 Chesterfield Borough Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by one)[5][6]
  • 2007 Chesterfield Borough Council election
  • 2011 Chesterfield Borough Council election[7]
  • 2015 Chesterfield Borough Council election
  • 2019 Chesterfield Borough Council election

By-election results

1995-1999
West By-Election 14 November 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats 809 48.3
Conservative 545 32.5
Labour 322 19.2
Majority 264 15.8
Turnout 1,676 44.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holmbrook By-Election 10 April 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats 1,068 54.5
Labour 812 41.5
Conservative 78 4.0
Majority 256 13.0
Turnout 1,958 51.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

1999-2003
New Whittington By-Election 15 March 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats 1,115 64.8 +3.1
Labour 569 33.1 -2.5
Conservative 37 2.1 -0.6
Majority 546 31.7
Turnout 1,721 45.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2003-2007
Loundsley Green By-Election 22 April 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Jean Barr 895 65.8 +5.1
Labour Thomas Murphy 431 31.6 -5.6
Conservative Gary Hatton 36 2.6 +2.6
Majority 464 34.2
Turnout 1,362 40.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2007-2011
Brimington South By-Election 6 May 2010[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John Haywood 1,500 47.9 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hartley 1,134 36.2 -12.6
Conservative Gary Hatton 499 15.9 +8.5
Majority 366 11.7
Turnout 3,133 65.3
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2015-2019
Moor By-Election 4 Oct 2018[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Tony Rogers 532 47.1 12.1
Labour Ron Mihaly 445 39.4 -9.9
Conservative Gordon Franklin Partington 84 7.4 -8.3
UKIP Barry Thompson 69 6.1 6.1
Majority 87 7.7
Turnout 1,130 31
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

References
  1. "Chesterfield Borough Council". Chesterfield Borough Council. Archived from the original on 2012-11-17. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  2. "Chesterfield". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  3. The Borough of Chesterfield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  4. legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire (District Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
  5. "Chesterfield". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  6. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Chesterfield (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  7. "England council elections". BBC News.
  8. "Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Chesterfield Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  9. "Declaration of Result of Poll". Chesterfield Borough Council. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
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