2023 Derby City Council election
4 May 2023
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Winner of each seat at the 2023 Derby City Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Derby City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 51 members of Derby City Council in Derbyshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
New ward boundaries were drawn up for this election, although the number of councillors remained 51. This election also marked a change in the electoral pattern for the city council. Prior to this election a third of the council was elected at a time three years out of every four. From this election onwards the whole council would be elected together every four years.[2]
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a Conservative minority administration. The council remained under no overall control after the election but Labour overtook the Conservatives to become the largest party.[3] Labour group leader Baggy Shanker was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 24 May 2023, leading a Labour minority administration.[4]
While some have reported Reform Derby as being synonymous with Reform UK, the parties are in fact distinct but affiliated entities.[5][6][7]
Summary
Election result
Following the results, the council remained in no overall control, with Labour becoming the largest party.[8]
| 2023 Derby City Council election | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Labour | 51 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 45.1 | 41.2 | 64,982 | +5.1 | ||
| Conservative | 37 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 29.4 | 26.4 | 41,622 | –6.0 | ||
| Reform | 51 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 18,472 | +3.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 51 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7.8 | 14.7 | 23,276 | –2.2 | ||
| Independent | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 3.4 | 5,322 | +0.7 | ||
| Green | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 4,228 | –1.1 | ||
Ward results
Asterisks denote incumbent councillors who sought re-election.[9]
Abbey
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Carmel Ashby | 1,359 | 66.2 | ||
| Labour | Sue Bosner* | 1,347 | 65.6 | ||
| Labour | Paul Hezelgrave* | 1,171 | 57.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Allison Burke | 353 | 17.2 | ||
| Conservative | Munawar Chaudhary | 341 | 16.6 | ||
| Conservative | Adam Hurt | 308 | 15.0 | ||
| Green | Molly Christodoulou | 277 | 13.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ann Crosby | 276 | 13.4 | ||
| Reform | Julie Paxton | 195 | 9.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Ferrigno | 191 | 9.3 | ||
| Reform | Alan Cokayne | 134 | 6.5 | ||
| Reform | Stephen Peach | 114 | 5.6 | ||
| Independent | Ian Toone | 96 | 4.7 | ||
| Turnout | 24.8 | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Allestree
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ged Potter* | 2,413 | 53.9 | ||
| Conservative | Steve Hassall* | 2,283 | 51.0 | ||
| Conservative | Kieran McGeehan | 1,992 | 44.5 | ||
| Labour | Sally Green | 1,312 | 29.3 | ||
| Labour | Patrick Green | 1,257 | 28.1 | ||
| Labour | Adam Hounslow-Eyre | 1,153 | 25.8 | ||
| Green | Helen Hitchcock | 596 | 13.3 | ||
| Green | Tony Mott | 528 | 11.8 | ||
| Green | Samuel Ward | 455 | 10.2 | ||
| Reform | Graham Leeming | 304 | 6.8 | ||
| Reform | Elaine Lumley | 273 | 6.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Will Berry | 250 | 5.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Lind | 219 | 4.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ahmed Hamzah | 197 | 4.4 | ||
| Reform | David Adams | 188 | 4.2 | ||
| Turnout | 43.1 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Alvaston North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Alan Graves* | 1,720 | 60.8 | ||
| Reform | John Evans* | 1,533 | 54.2 | ||
| Reform | Kirk Kus* | 1,510 | 53.4 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Viv Pointon | 1,042 | 36.8 | ||
| Labour Co-op | John Banks | 997 | 35.2 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Haf Rehman | 858 | 30.3 | ||
| Conservative | Chloe Kelly | 294 | 10.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Preetinder Butter | 158 | 5.6 | ||
| Independent | David Gale | 142 | 5.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Glenda Howcroft | 130 | 4.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Neiland | 104 | 3.7 | ||
| Turnout | 26.9 | ||||
| Reform win (new seat) | |||||
| Reform win (new seat) | |||||
| Reform win (new seat) | |||||
Alvaston South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Alan Lindsey* | 1,513 | 55.6 | ||
| Reform | Stephen Fowke | 1,435 | 52.7 | ||
| Reform | Timothy Prosser* | 1,380 | 50.7 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Bethany Madden | 1,126 | 41.4 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Roger Dale | 1,108 | 40.7 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Emma Shaw | 1,048 | 38.5 | ||
| Conservative | Zach Wayman | 304 | 11.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Allen | 102 | 3.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Care | 88 | 3.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Marco Slowinski | 64 | 2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 29.5 | ||||
| Reform win (new seat) | |||||
| Reform win (new seat) | |||||
| Reform win (new seat) | |||||
Arboretum
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Shiraz Khan* | 1,890 | 78.5 | ||
| Labour | Gulfraz Nawaz* | 1,738 | 72.2 | ||
| Labour | Cecile Wright | 1,372 | 57.0 | ||
| Conservative | Matlub Hussain | 1,073 | 44.5 | ||
| Independent | Sassi Bartlett | 233 | 9.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Holmes | 230 | 9.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Pickersgill | 188 | 7.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jairo Marrero | 177 | 7.3 | ||
| Reform | Anthony Blaney | 128 | 5.3 | ||
| Reform | Patrick Delaney | 121 | 5.0 | ||
| Reform | Jean-Christian Gouy De Muyncke | 76 | 3.2 | ||
| Turnout | 29.6 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Blagreaves
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Sara Bolton | 1,931 | 47.7 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Saquib Amin | 1,898 | 46.9 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Hardyal Dhindsa * | 1,896 | 46.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Danielle Lind* | 1,836 | 45.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Naitta* | 1,736 | 42.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Farhatullah Khan | 1,505 | 37.2 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Berry | 415 | 10.3 | ||
| Reform | Hardip Naitta | 390 | 9.6 | ||
| Reform | Jeanette Russell | 274 | 6.8 | ||
| Reform | Owen Garnett | 256 | 6.3 | ||
| Turnout | 40.8 | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Hardyal Dhindsa had been an incumbent councillor for Normanton Ward.
Chaddesden East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jerry Pearce* | 966 | 51.7 | ||
| Conservative | John Wright | 806 | 43.2 | ||
| Labour | Becky Everett | 739 | 39.6 | ||
| Labour | Tom Spray | 566 | 30.3 | ||
| Reform | Paul Bysh | 239 | 12.8 | ||
| Reform | Stephen Evans | 211 | 11.3 | ||
| Green | Andreas Christodoulou | 120 | 6.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Williams | 47 | 2.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Smith | 40 | 2.1 | ||
| Turnout | 30.4 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Chaddesden North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Hudson | 605 | 38.5 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Neil Wilson | 582 | 37.1 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Jonathan Bayliss | 567 | 36.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | James Testro* | 518 | 33.0 | ||
| Conservative | Jakob Marshall | 359 | 22.9 | ||
| Conservative | Edward Harrison | 316 | 20.1 | ||
| Reform | Christopher Evans | 101 | 6.4 | ||
| Reform | Ian Crompton | 91 | 5.8 | ||
| Turnout | 24.1 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour Co-op win (new seat) | |||||
Incumbent James Testro had been elected as a Conservative, but left the party in March 2021 and subsequently defected to the Liberal Democrats.
Chaddesden West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Martin Rawson* | 732 | 51.2 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Kathy Kozlowski | 680 | 47.6 | ||
| Conservative | Tracey Pearce* | 540 | 37.8 | ||
| Conservative | Ashley Clarke | 526 | 36.8 | ||
| Reform | Paul Bettany | 113 | 7.9 | ||
| Reform | Ann Graves | 91 | 6.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Timothy Holyoake | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ashley Stirland | 86 | 6.0 | ||
| Turnout | 22.9 | ||||
| Labour Co-op win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour Co-op win (new seat) | |||||
Chellaston & Shelton Lock
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Philip Ingall* | 1,620 | 43.7 | ||
| Independent | Celia Ingall* | 1,527 | 41.2 | ||
| Independent | Stephen Lakin | 967 | 26.1 | ||
| Conservative | Ross McCristal | 905 | 24.4 | ||
| Conservative | Harvey Jennings* | 887 | 23.9 | ||
| Labour | Chanaka Dissanayake | 750 | 20.2 | ||
| Reform | Russel Armstrong | 735 | 19.8 | ||
| Conservative | Matt Brentnall | 722 | 19.5 | ||
| Labour | Jason Thakar | 710 | 19.1 | ||
| Labour | Nathan Thaker | 659 | 17.8 | ||
| Reform | Paul Randle | 585 | 15.8 | ||
| Reform | Amanda Gouy De Muyncke | 451 | 12.2 | ||
| Green | Ria Ghei | 247 | 6.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Valerie French | 146 | 3.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Clive Holland | 116 | 3.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Parnall | 96 | 2.6 | ||
| Turnout | 33.5 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Darley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Martin Repton* | 2,510 | 68.7 | ||
| Labour | Alison Martin* | 2,387 | 65.3 | ||
| Labour | Carmel Swan* | 2,101 | 57.5 | ||
| Green | Lucy Giuliano | 932 | 25.5 | ||
| Conservative | Alan Grimadell | 864 | 23.6 | ||
| Conservative | Julio Abraham | 805 | 22.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Carol Bull | 399 | 10.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Marion Hall | 239 | 6.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ann Jackman | 231 | 6.3 | ||
| Reform | Louise Boole | 182 | 5.0 | ||
| Reform | Stephen Handley | 160 | 4.4 | ||
| Reform | Sharon Saxton | 156 | 4.3 | ||
| Turnout | 37.0 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Littleover
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Lucy Care* | 2,373 | 58.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ajit Atwal* | 1,950 | 48.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Emily Lonsdale* | 1,929 | 47.7 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Gurdev Dhillon | 1,426 | 35.3 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Sophia Brown | 1,293 | 32.0 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Simon Parkes | 1,190 | 29.4 | ||
| Conservative | Balbir Samra | 569 | 14.1 | ||
| Conservative | Ed Packham | 520 | 12.9 | ||
| Conservative | Matthew Osborne | 517 | 12.8 | ||
| Reform | David Jowitt | 146 | 3.6 | ||
| Reform | Jacqueline Blaney | 112 | 2.8 | ||
| Reform | Douglas Banton | 108 | 2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 40.9 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Mackworth & New Zealand
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gaurav Pandey* | 1,231 | 43.9 | ||
| Labour | John Whitby* | 1,190 | 42.4 | ||
| Labour | Ndukwe Onuoha | 1,168 | 41.7 | ||
| Conservative | Adrian Pegg | 1,114 | 39.7 | ||
| Labour | Nwando Umeh | 1,084 | 38.7 | ||
| Conservative | Mick Walsh | 1,044 | 37.2 | ||
| Independent | Diane Froggatt* | 381 | 13.6 | ||
| Green | Jak Carr | 305 | 10.9 | ||
| Reform | Ben Sage | 179 | 6.4 | ||
| Reform | Nigel Caulton | 174 | 6.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Tillett | 167 | 6.0 | ||
| Reform | Daniel Bamford | 162 | 5.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Carmine Branco | 129 | 4.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Handley | 84 | 3.0 | ||
| Turnout | 29.7 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Mickleover
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alison Holmes* | 2,274 | 48.3 | ||
| Conservative | Matthew Holmes* | 2,250 | 47.8 | ||
| Conservative | Miles Pattison* | 2,039 | 43.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Maggie Hird | 1,610 | 34.2 | ||
| Labour | Nick Northover | 1,155 | 24.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Elle McAllister | 1,138 | 24.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Greg Webb | 1,071 | 22.7 | ||
| Labour | Angela Kinsey | 968 | 20.5 | ||
| Labour | Paul Sharratt | 854 | 18.1 | ||
| Green | Holly Rushbrooke | 330 | 7.0 | ||
| Reform | Jacqueline Banton | 158 | 3.4 | ||
| Reform | Adrian Hayden | 151 | 3.2 | ||
| Reform | Lisa Hodgson | 136 | 2.9 | ||
| Turnout | 42.0 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Normanton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Jangir Khan* | 2,654 | 77.6 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Balbir Sandhu* | 2,468 | 72.2 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Gurkiran Thandi | 2,236 | 65.4 | ||
| Conservative | Habib Tafseer | 1,278 | 37.4 | ||
| Independent | Simon Bacon | 356 | 10.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Lindsay Smith | 295 | 8.6 | ||
| Reform | Derek Gould | 220 | 6.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Troup | 200 | 5.8 | ||
| Reform | Katie Thomas | 194 | 5.7 | ||
| Reform | Laoni Cooper | 180 | 5.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey O'Farrell | 177 | 5.2 | ||
| Turnout | 33.7 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Oakwood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Matthew Eyre* | 2,287 | 70.1 | ||
| Conservative | Freya Trewhella | 2,075 | 63.6 | ||
| Conservative | Jamie Mulhall | 1,919 | 58.9 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Antony Stevenson | 731 | 22.4 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Kehinde Johnson-Lawal | 710 | 21.8 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Ranjit Seehra | 681 | 20.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Frank Harwood | 355 | 10.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Wright | 349 | 10.7 | ||
| Reform | Jim Wise | 198 | 6.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Bird | 185 | 5.7 | ||
| Reform | Timothy Adams | 152 | 4.7 | ||
| Reform | Monica Lindsey | 139 | 4.3 | ||
| Turnout | 34.0 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Sinfin & Osmaston
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour Co-op | Baggy Shanker* | 1,589 | 72.0 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Sarah Chambers | 1,553 | 70.4 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Nadine Peatfield* | 1,537 | 69.6 | ||
| Conservative | Jay Joshi | 597 | 27.0 | ||
| Reform | Brenden May | 319 | 14.5 | ||
| Reform | Maria Adeseun | 304 | 13.8 | ||
| Reform | Greg Szemraj | 262 | 11.9 | ||
| Green | Kate Brown | 175 | 7.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Arguile | 124 | 5.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Carr | 91 | 4.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Lee Thomas | 71 | 3.2 | ||
| Turnout | 24.7 | ||||
| Labour Co-op win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour Co-op win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour Co-op win (new seat) | |||||
Spondon
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Christopher Poulter* | 1,611 | 52.9 | ||
| Conservative | Nicola Roulstone* | 1,589 | 52.1 | ||
| Conservative | Jonathan Smale* | 1,589 | 52.1 | ||
| Labour | Ruth Coates | 1,049 | 34.4 | ||
| Labour | Adrian Axtell | 987 | 32.4 | ||
| Labour | Pauline Inwood | 973 | 31.9 | ||
| Green | Stevie Hardy | 263 | 8.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Harrison | 251 | 8.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Wray | 217 | 7.1 | ||
| Reform | Cameron Cox | 186 | 6.1 | ||
| Reform | Kathryn Wills | 168 | 5.5 | ||
| Reform | Shane Walker | 165 | 5.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Baz Jabbar | 93 | 3.1 | ||
| Turnout | 32.8 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Jonathan Smale had been a Councillor for Chaddesden Ward, but chose to seek election in Spondon.
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