2019 Chesterfield Borough Council election

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2019 Chesterfield Borough Council election
Derbyshire flag.svg
  2015 2 May 2019 (2019-05-02) 2023  

All 48 seats to Chesterfield Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Labour Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election38 seats, 44.3%9 seats, 23.6%0 seats, 3.9%
Seats won28173
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 10Increase2.svg 8Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote25,53822,8943,358
Percentage43.5%39.0%5.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.8%Increase2.svg 15.4%Increase2.svg 1.8%

Chesterfield UK ward map 2019.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2019 Chesterfield Borough Council election

Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

Elections to Chesterfield Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 2 May 2019. [1]

Contents

Summary

Election result

2019 Chesterfield Borough Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 4828010Decrease2.svg 1058.343.525,538–0.8
  Liberal Democrats 481780Increase2.svg 835.439.022,894+15.4
  Independent 7330Increase2.svg 36.35.73,358+1.8
  Conservative 26000Steady2.svg0.09.15,360–9.0
  Green 2000Steady2.svg0.01.1641N/A
  UKIP 3001Decrease2.svg 10.01.1634–7.7
 Chesterfield Independents2000Steady2.svg0.00.6335N/A

Ward results

Barrow Hill and New Whittington

Barrow Hill and New Whittington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Barry Bingham 914 64.6
Liberal Democrats Kelly Thornton 685 48.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Holmes 675 47.7
Labour Lisa-Marie Derbyshire27319.3
Labour Susan Bean25618.1
Labour John Flint24917.6
UKIP John Daramy23216.4
UKIP Robert Warwick22616.0
Conservative Oliver Scheidt1198.4
Conservative Linda Rowley1077.6
Conservative Adam Parrish926.5
Turnout 1,41832.9
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP

Brimington North

Brimington North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terence Gilby 430 65.5
Labour Susan Perkins 395 60.2
Liberal Democrats Claire Lewis14221.6
Liberal Democrats Jon Cayzer12218.6
Conservative Simon Temperton9314.2
Turnout 69222.2
Labour hold
Labour hold

Brimington South

Brimington South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Gilby 864 64.8
Labour Ian Callan 828 62.1
Labour Anthony Bellamy 808 60.6
Liberal Democrats Jane Collins27820.9
Conservative Craig Hoyland25919.4
Liberal Democrats Ian Openshaw24818.6
Liberal Democrats Russell Eagling22316.7
Turnout 1,37829.1
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Brockwell

Brockwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Maureen Davenport 1,270 61.1
Liberal Democrats Edward Fordham 1,206 58.0
Liberal Democrats Katherine Hollingworth 1,149 55.2
Labour Stephen Brunt76937.0
Labour Lesley Whetton66331.9
Labour Jarrad Keyes63130.3
Conservative Annetta Woodhead1718.2
Turnout 2,12641.5
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Dunston

Dunston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon Simmons 626 57.5
Labour Mark Rayner 620 57.0
Labour Janice Marriott 616 56.6
Liberal Democrats Joanne Favreau27024.8
Liberal Democrats Jolyon Favreau25823.7
Liberal Democrats Ronald Satterfitt25323.3
Conservative Margaret Moss20418.8
Turnout 1,13224.2
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hasland

Hasland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Brady 892 56.7
Labour Amanda Serjeant 780 49.6
Labour Stuart Brittain 755 48.0
Liberal Democrats Bridget Dunks36823.4
Conservative Paul Gibbons35422.5
Green Darren Yates33321.2
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Frear27517.5
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Herring18912.0
Turnout 1,60433.4
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hollingwood and Inkersall

Hollingwood and Inkersall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Michael Bagshaw 892 56.0
Independent Paul Mann 828 52.0
Independent Ruth Perry 774 48.6
Labour Joanne Barnett56135.2
Labour Helen Elliott54534.2
Labour Anthony Hill46229.0
Conservative Frank Wilkinson1449.0
Liberal Democrats William Nightingale875.5
Liberal Democrats Arron Shutler654.1
Liberal Democrats Keith Shutler543.4
Turnout 1,60628.1
Independent gain from Labour
Independent gain from Labour
Independent gain from Labour

Holmebrook

Holmebrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Falconer 554 52.0
Liberal Democrats Glenys Falconer 525 49.3
Labour Ronald Mihaly47244.3
Labour Gordon McLaren39937.5
Conservative Richard Woodhead787.3
Turnout 1,07735.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Linacre

Linacre
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Emily Coy 778 62.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Barr 733 58.9
Labour David Culley31825.6
Labour Marion Thorpe29223.5
Conservative Roderick Harrison17414.0
Turnout 1,26539.4
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Loundsley Green

Loundsley Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raymond Catt 484 59.0
Labour Avis Murphy 471 57.4
Liberal Democrats Simon Coy22527.4
Liberal Democrats Matthew Genn20224.6
Conservative Sandra Furniss12415.1
Turnout 85229.1
Labour hold
Labour hold

Lowgates and Woodthorpe

Lowgates and Woodthorpe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lisa Collins 418 46.9
Labour Dean Collins 414 46.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Jacobs18921.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hartley18520.7
Independent Joseph Mann14115.8
Conservative Rhodri Hutchinson13715.4
Independent Michelle Mann12313.8
Conservative Malcolm Rowley10411.7
Turnout 90826.7
Labour hold
Labour hold

Middlecroft and Poolsbrook

Middlecroft and Poolsbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Dyke 414 48.4
Labour Christine Ludlow 377 44.0
Independent Dale Denton30235.3
Independent Cheryl Jackson29834.8
Conservative Margaret Andrews9210.7
Liberal Democrats Harry Holloway596.9
Liberal Democrats Kevin Maher566.5
Turnout 87125.5
Labour hold
Labour hold

Moor

Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Rogers 510 48.1
Labour Kathryn Caulfield 403 38.0
Liberal Democrats Pamela Millward40237.9
Labour Paul Knaggs30528.8
UKIP Barry Thompson17616.6
Conservative Irene Wilkinson797.5
Turnout 1,06332.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Labour hold

Old Whittington

Old Whittington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean Innes 353 40.3
Labour Peter Innes 337 38.5
Liberal Democrats June Bingham28132.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Jakins21624.7
Chesterfield IndependentPaul Stone20423.3
Chesterfield IndependentPhilip Wood13115.0
Conservative Norman Andrews11012.6
Turnout 89129.0
Labour hold
Labour hold

Rother

Rother
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennifer Flood 651 62.2
Labour Lisa Blakemore 645 61.6
Labour Keith Miles 630 60.2
Liberal Democrats Dawn Nickson27025.8
Liberal Democrats Harry Atkins20920.0
Liberal Democrats Trevor Millward20920.0
Conservative Sara Scotting17616.8
Turnout 1,06223.2
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St. Helen's

St. Helen's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jill Mannion-Brunt 597 68.5
Labour Thomas Murphy 579 66.4
Liberal Democrats Oliver Fish18921.7
Liberal Democrats Yvette Marsden16919.4
Conservative Michael Sterland9510.9
Turnout 90525.7
Labour hold
Labour hold

St. Leonard's

St. Leonard's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sharon Blank 929 56.1
Labour Kathryn Sarvent 851 51.4
Labour Daniel Kelly 763 46.1
Liberal Democrats Adrian Mather57334.6
Liberal Democrats Margaret Cannon56033.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Harrison39924.1
Conservative Anne Sterland32719.8
Turnout 1,69928.5
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Walton

Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Kellman 1,131 60.4
Liberal Democrats Thomas Snowdon 1,015 54.2
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Redihough 984 52.6
Labour Rachel Rush36419.4
Conservative John Boult34118.2
Conservative Ian Jerram31917.0
Labour Graham Barnett31817.0
Green David Wadsworth30816.5
Labour Mark Stirland29815.9
Conservative John Scotting28215.1
Turnout 1,89642.0
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

West

West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Shirley Niblock 1,157 54.1
Liberal Democrats Howard Borrell 1,154 54.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Niblock 1,129 52.8
Labour Stephen Hibbert51223.9
Labour Stephen Marriott49723.2
Conservative James Dale47222.1
Conservative Marcus Linsey45921.5
Conservative Nigel Sterland44821.0
Labour Stephen Lismore42419.8
Turnout 2,18044.6
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats hold

By-elections

Hollingwood & Inkersall

Hollingwood & Inkersall: 7 July 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Debbie Wheeldon 747 48.5 +15.2
Independent Dean Rhodes67643.9-9.1
Green Louis Hollingworth1187.7N/A
Majority714.6
Turnout 1,541
Labour gain from Independent Swing Increase2.svg12.2

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