2022 Derby City Council election

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2022 Derby City Council election
Derbyshire flag.svg
  2021 5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)2023 

17 out of 51 seats to Derby City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election21 seats, 38.5%14 seats, 31.0%8 seats, 15.4%
Seats won572
Seats after18168
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 2Steady2.svg
Popular vote18,28020,4199,530
Percentage32.4%36.1%16.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg 6.1%Increase2.svg 5.1%Increase2.svg 1.5%

 Fourth partyFifth party
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Party Reform UK Independent
Last election6 seats, 7.2%2 seats, 3.4%
Seats won21
Seats after63
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1
Popular vote4,4921,539
Percentage8.0%2.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.8%Decrease2.svg 0.7%

Derby UK ward map 2022.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Derby City Council election

Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


No overall control

The 2022 Derby City Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One-third of the seats were up for election.

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Results summary

2022 Derby City Council election [1]
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 5Decrease2.svg 329.4131835.318,28032.4-6.1
  Labour 7Increase2.svg 241.291631.420,41936.1+5.1
  Liberal Democrats 2Steady2.svg11.86815.79,53016.9+1.5
  Reform UK 2Steady2.svg11.84611.84,4928.0+0.8
  Independent 1Increase2.svg 15.9235.91,5392.7-0.7
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02,1693.8-0.6
  English Democrat 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0560.1N/A

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Paul Hezelgrave 1,384 47.3 +9.0
Liberal Democrats Farhatullah Khan92431.6-2.6
Conservative Adam Hurt35512.1-6.1
Green Helen Hitchcock1615.5-0.9
Reform UK Julie Paxton1033.5+0.6
Majority46015.7
Turnout 2,92730.6
Labour Co-op hold Swing Increase2.svg5.8

Allestree

Allestree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Webb 2,629 55.3 -11.8
Labour Patrick Green1,22625.8+6.5
Green Tony Mott4138.7+1.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bird3447.2+2.4
Reform UK David Adams1392.9+1.0
Majority1,40329.5
Turnout 4,75143.9
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg9.2

Alvaston

Alvaston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Alan Graves 1,692 54.9 +11.0
Labour Co-op Tom Spray97931.7-0.2
Conservative Peter Berry2929.5-11.2
Liberal Democrats David Edwards1213.9+0.4
Majority71323.2
Turnout 3,08427.0
Reform UK gain from UKIP Swing Increase2.svg5.6

Arboretum

Arboretum
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shiraz Khan 1,981 76.6 +9.1
Conservative Edward Harrison26910.4-1.9
Liberal Democrats Jairo Marrero2098.1+0.1
Reform UK Stephen Handley1284.9+0.1
Majority1,71266.2
Turnout 2,58722.2
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg5.5

Blagreaves

Blagreaves
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ruth Skelton 1,877 50.2 +0.8
Labour Saquib Amin1,38237.0+9.0
Conservative David Jennings37810.1-9.6
Reform UK James Wise1032.8-0.1
Majority49513.2
Turnout 3,74038.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg4.1

Boulton

Boulton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Alan Lindsey 1,176 41.0 -16.3
Labour Iain Parker1,10938.7+4.3
Conservative Chris Howlett48116.8N/A
Liberal Democrats Jane Webb993.5-4.8
Majority672.3
Turnout 2,86528.6
Reform UK gain from UKIP Swing Decrease2.svg10.3

Chaddesden

Chaddesden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rob Cooper 1,971 65.7 -3.4
Labour Co-op John Banks74324.8±0.0
Green Stevie Hardy1133.8N/A
Reform UK Alfred Saxby893.0-0.4
Liberal Democrats Glenda Howcroft862.9+0.3
Majority1,22840.9
Turnout 3,00230.4
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.7

Chellaston

Chellaston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Celia Ingall 1,539 39.9 +3.9
Conservative Ross McCristal1,28433.3-9.5
Labour Viv Pointon71118.4+4.0
Green Daniel Thompson1173.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul Wilson1042.7-2.4
Reform UK George Warren1002.6+0.9
Majority2556.6
Turnout 3,85532.7
Independent gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg6.7

Darley

Darley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Carmel Swan 2,040 53.5 +10.3
Conservative Alan Grimadell1,07828.3-2.5
Green Jane Temple38010.0-7.0
Liberal Democrats Gregory Webb2095.5-1.1
Reform UK Lucy Murphy1042.7+0.2
Majority96225.2
Turnout 3,81136.9
Labour Co-op hold Swing Increase2.svg6.4

Although Darley was a Labour hold from the 2018 Derby City Council election it was a Labour gain from 2021 when it was won by the Conservatives at a by-election held concurrently with the main 2021 Derby City Council election.

Derwent

Derwent
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Martin Rawson 867 38.6 +10.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Hudson69330.8+28.3
Conservative Gaynor Collick62627.8-9.2
Reform UK Amanda Gouy de Muyncke622.8+0.2
Majority1747.8
Turnout 2,24822.3
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing Decrease2.svg8.9

Littleover

Littleover
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lucy Care 2,247 51.3 +8.1
Labour Co-op Philip Hutchinson1,30229.7+0.3
Conservative Ed Packham66115.1-9.9
Green Jak Carr1142.6N/A
Reform UK Carole Bradley551.3-0.2
Majority94521.6
Turnout 4,37939.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg3.9

Mackworth

Mackworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Whitby 1,160 43.8 +5.9
Conservative Adrian Pegg98337.1-7.8
Green Sam Ward30311.4+2.0
Liberal Democrats Carmine Branco1074.0-0.4
Reform UK Nigel Caulton973.7+0.3
Majority1776.7
Turnout 2,65026.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg6.9

Mickleover

Mickleover
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alison Holmes 2,489 50.3 -8.6
Liberal Democrats Nick Northover1,55831.5+4.2
Labour Jonathan Bayliss64012.9+0.7
Green Holly Rushbrooke1763.6N/A
Reform UK Steve Peach851.7+0.2
Majority93118.8
Turnout 4,94841.9
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg6.4

Normanton

Normanton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Balbir Sandhu 2,067 74.0 +17.5
Conservative Jamie Mulhall51018.3+7.0
Reform UK Anthony Blaney1354.8-2.5
Liberal Democrats Abdul Jabbar822.9-21.9
Majority1,55755.7
Turnout 2,79426.9
Labour Co-op hold Swing Increase2.svg5.3

Oakwood

Oakwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mick Barker 1,668 53.7 -10.0
Labour Co-op Neil Wilson78825.3+12.6
Liberal Democrats Frank Harwood44814.4-4.2
Green Molly Christodoulou1234.0+0.4
Reform UK Helen Caulton822.6+1.2
Majority88028.4
Turnout 3,10930.4
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg11.3

Sinfin

Sinfin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Nadine Peatfield 1,439 58.7 -0.7
Conservative Jay Joshi73329.9-0.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Lind1265.1+0.3
Reform UK Brenden May963.9-1.2
English Democrat David Black562.3N/A
Majority70628.8
Turnout 2,45023.5
Labour Co-op hold Swing N/A

Spondon

Spondon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Poulter 1,873 57.0 -13.0
Labour Ashiq Hussain60118.3+4.9
Liberal Democrats Philip Wray2969.0+4.6
Green Victor Wood2698.2-1.7
Reform UK Stephen Fowke2487.5+5.2
Majority1,27238.7
Turnout 3,28733.6
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg9.0

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References

  1. "2022 local election results". Derby City Council. Retrieved 11 May 2022.