South Derbyshire District Council elections

South Derbyshire District Council elections are held every four years. South Derbyshire District Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of South Derbyshire in Derbyshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2011, 36 councillors have been elected from 15 wards.^[1]

Council elections

1973 South Derbyshire District Council election
1976 South Derbyshire District Council election
1979 South Derbyshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
1983 South Derbyshire District Council election
1987 South Derbyshire District Council election
1991 South Derbyshire District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]^[4]^[5]
1995 South Derbyshire District Council election
1999 South Derbyshire District Council election
2003 South Derbyshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[6]
2007 South Derbyshire District Council election
2011 South Derbyshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[1]
2015 South Derbyshire District Council election
2019 South Derbyshire District Council election
2023 South Derbyshire District Council election

Council composition

Year						Control
Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Green	Independent	Control
2003	15	21	0	0	Labour
2007	21	14	0	1	Conservative
2011	19	17	0	0	Conservative
2015	24	12	0	0	Conservative
2019	22	14	0	0	Conservative
2023	10	23	2	1	Labour

By-election results

1995-1999

Hatton By-Election 17 July 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	318	67.9	+67.9
	Conservative	151	32.2	+32.2
Majority		167	35.7
Turnout		469	23.5
	Labour gain from Conservative	Swing

Repton By-Election 17 July 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	572	56.3	+19.5
	Labour	444	43.7	+20.5
Majority		128	12.6
Turnout		1,016	35.1
	Conservative hold	Swing

Swadlincote By-Election 30 October 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	407	61.0	+15.5
	Liberal Democrats	215	32.2	+32.2
	Conservative	45	6.7	−2.0
Majority		192	28.8
Turnout		667
	Labour hold	Swing

Newhall By-Election 13 November 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	497	73.5	−8.6
	Conservative	91	13.5	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	88	13.0	+13.0
Majority		406	60.0
Turnout		676	13.8
	Labour hold	Swing

Swadlincote By-Election 16 April 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	497	58.5	+13.0
	Independent	289	34.0	+13.9
	Conservative	64	7.5	−1.2
Majority		208	24.5
Turnout		850	23.7
	Labour hold	Swing

1999-2003

Newhall By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,047	71.8	+1.1
	Conservative	803	28.2	−1.1
Majority		1,244	43.6
Turnout		2,850
	Labour hold	Swing

2003-2007

Hilton By-Election 17 February 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Littlejohn	499	59.3	−13.5
	Labour		245	29.1	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Winter	97	11.5	+11.5
Majority			254	30.2
Turnout			841	26.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swadlincote By-Election 20 April 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Tilley	565	61.3	+10.4
	Conservative	Jon McEwan	356	38.7	+11.9
Majority			209	22.6
Turnout			921	17.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Swadlincote By-Election 13 July 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Lane	562	51.4	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Morris	301	27.5	+27.5
	Conservative	Jon-Paul McEwan	231	21.1	−5.7
Majority			331	23.9
Turnout			1,094	20.3
	Labour hold		Swing

2007-2011

Church Gresley By-Election 18 October 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Rhind	639	43.8	−23.0
	BNP	Richard Fallows	516	35.4	+35.4
	Conservative	Jana Eaton	304	20.8	−12.4
Majority			123	8.4
Turnout			1,459
	Labour hold		Swing

2015-2019

Linton By-Election 25 October 2018^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Tipping	613	46.3	+13.3
	Labour	Malc Gee	510	38.5	+5.8
	UKIP	Mike Dawson	118	8.9	−17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Wilkinson	82	6.2	−1.5
Majority			103	7.8
Turnout			1,323
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[8]

Linton By-Election 25 October 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Pegg	623	62.5	23.8
	Labour	Ben Stuart	316	32.7	2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Karen Johnson	48	4.8	0.7
Majority			307	29.8
Turnout			988	22.53
	Conservative hold		Swing

2019-2023

Church Gresley By-Election 6 May 2021^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Redfern	994	61.4	+25.0
	Labour	Sue Taylor	625	38.6	−0.1
Majority			369	22.8
Turnout			1,619
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hilton By-Election 6 May 2021^[10]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Gillian Lemmon	1,364
Conservative	Peter Smith	1,097
Liberal Democrats	Grahame Andrew	467
Labour	David Peacock	457
Labour	Maureen Timmins	428
Reform UK	Alan Graves	105
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Seales By-Election 6 May 2021^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Ackroyd	1,070	67.0	+16.4
	Labour	Steven Frost	527	33.0	+2.7
Majority			543	34.0
Turnout			1,597
	Conservative hold		Swing

Seales By-Election 9 September 2021^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Amy Wheelton	399	39.7	+39.7
	Conservative	Stuart Swann	390	38.8	−11.8
	Labour	Louise Mulgrew	188	18.7	−11.6
	Green	Amanda Baker	27	2.7	+2.7
Majority			9	0.9
Turnout			1,004
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Midway By-Election 30 June 2022^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louise Mulgrew	600	52.6	+14.7
	Conservative	Barry Appleby	540	47.4	+9.2
Majority			60	5.3
Turnout			1,140
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2023-2027

Melbourne By-Election 2 May 2024^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Matthew Gotheridge	928	45.4
	Labour	Jackie Lane	681	33.3
	Liberal Democrats	John James	219	10.7
	Green	Jonathan Wood	135	6.6
	Reform UK	Liam Booth-Isherwood	82	4.0
Majority			247	12.1
Turnout			2,045
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hatton By-Election 4 July 2024^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Patten	527	43.4	−6.5
	Labour	Jackie Lane	415	34.2	15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tilo Scheel	271	22.3	+22.3
Majority			112	9.2
Turnout			1,213
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "The South Derbyshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2011", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2011/165, retrieved 21 August 2022
^ The District of South Derbyshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Derbyshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Woodville Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ "Linton By-Election". South Derbyshire District Council.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Church Gresley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hilton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Seales Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Seales Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Midway Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Melbourne Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hatton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2024.

External links

South Derbyshire Council

[2011order-1] "The South Derbyshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2011", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2011/165, retrieved 21 August 2022

[2] The District of South Derbyshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976

[3] slation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[4] slation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[5] slation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[6] slation.gov.uk - The District of South Derbyshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[7] "Local Elections Archive Project — Woodville Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[8] "Linton By-Election". South Derbyshire District Council.

[9] "Local Elections Archive Project — Church Gresley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[10] "Local Elections Archive Project — Hilton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[11] "Local Elections Archive Project — Seales Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[12] "Local Elections Archive Project — Seales Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[13] "Local Elections Archive Project — Midway Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[14] "Local Elections Archive Project — Melbourne Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2024.

[15] "Local Elections Archive Project — Hatton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2024.

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v t e Council elections in Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Amber Valley Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Bolsover District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Chesterfield Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Derby City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Derbyshire Dales District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Erewash Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
High Peak Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
North East Derbyshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
South Derbyshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
See also: Wards Boundary changes