2023 Chesterfield Borough Council election

2023 Chesterfield Borough Council election
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All 40 seats on Chesterfield Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Tricia Gilby Paul Holmes Paul Mann
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 28 (43.5%) 17 (39.0%) 3 (5.7%)
Seats before 29 17 2
Seats won 28 12 0
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Chesterfield Borough Council election
Leader before election

Tricia Gilby
Labour

Leader after election

Tricia Gilby
Labour

The 2023 Chesterfield Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 40 members of Chesterfield Borough Council in Derbyshire, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Results

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Following the results, the council remained under Labour control. New ward boundaries took effect for this election following a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, reducing the number of seats from 48 to 40. Only the Staveley South seat (previously called Hollingwood and Inkersall) had its boundaries left entirely unchanged.[2] Labour retained its majority on the council with an increased share of the seats, as the Liberal Democrats and Independents lost seats.

Based on estimates for what the previous position would have been under the new boundaries, Labour notionally 'gained' Brampton East and Boythorpe, Brampton West and Loundsley Green and Linacre wards from the Liberal Democrats and Staveley South from Independents and that the Liberal Democrats notionally 'gained' Staveley North from Labour.[3]

2023 Chesterfield Borough Council election[4]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 40 28 Steady 70.0 46.8 27,904 +3.3
  Liberal Democrats 35 12 Decrease 5 30.0 32.6 19,440 –6.4
  Conservative 18 0 Steady 0.0 9.5 5,677 +0.4
  Green 9 0 Steady 0.0 4.5 2,704 +3.4
  Independent 9 0 Decrease 3 0.0 4.2 2,516 –1.5
  Chesterfield Independents 10 0 Steady 0.0 2.3 1,392 +1.7

Ward Results

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The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election.[5]

Brampton East and Boythorpe

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Brampton East and Boythorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jonathan Davies 566 47.1
Liberal Democrats Glenys Falconer* 528 43.9
Liberal Democrats Keith Falconer* 522 43.4
Labour Janice Marriott* 496 41.3
Green Andrew Clarke 132 11.0
Chesterfield Independents Daryl Portas 52 4.3
Turnout 1,202 33.45
Labour win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Brampton West and Loundsley Green

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Brampton West and Loundsley Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Brock 987 41.2
Labour Martin Stone 977 40.8
Liberal Democrats Shirley Niblock* 971 40.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Niblock* 970 40.5
Liberal Democrats Howard Borrell* 968 40.4
Labour Pauline Twigg 871 36.3
Conservative William Birkett 420 17.5
Chesterfield Independents David Jones 233 9.7
Turnout 2,397 41.68
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Brimington North

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Brimington North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Culley 604 70.7
Labour Suzie Perkins* 525 61.5
Independent Graeme Challands 133 15.6
Independent Cheryl Jackson 123 14.4
Conservative Rod Harrison 103 12.1
Liberal Democrats Margarita Jacobs 65 7.6
Liberal Democrats Andy Jakins 48 5.6
Turnout 854 22.58
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Brimington South

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Brimington South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tricia Gilby* 667 47.2
Labour Ian Callan* 638 45.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hartley 566 40.0
Liberal Democrats Jane Collins 524 37.1
Conservative Malcolm Rowley 228 16.1
Turnout 1,414 33.21
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Brockwell

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Brockwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Maureen Davenport* 737 52.1
Liberal Democrats Katherine Hollingworth* 685 48.4
Labour Robert Goodall 472 33.4
Labour Glynn Jordan 440 31.1
Conservative Jane Bird 153 10.8
Green Janet Ratcliffe 145 10.2
Chesterfield Independents Adele Downer 71 5.0
Turnout 1,415 36.52
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Dunston

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Dunston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jean Innes* 793 50.5
Labour Gordon McLaren 743 47.3
Labour Michelle Twigg 693 44.1
Liberal Democrats Sandra Bridge 275 17.5
Liberal Democrats Ewan Cameron 272 17.3
Conservative Linda Rowley 265 16.9
Liberal Democrats Linda Thompson 238 15.1
Chesterfield Independents Paul Stone 219 13.9
Green David Fox 190 12.1
Chesterfield Independents Alan Heathcote 161 10.2
Chesterfield Independents Samuel Hartley 155 9.9
Independent Gordon Simmons* 133 8.5
Turnout 1,571 26.47
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hasland

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Hasland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mick Brady* 1,066 46.1
Labour Amanda Serjeant* 904 39.1
Labour Stuart Brittain* 896 38.8
Green Darren Yates 661 28.6
Conservative Paul Gibbons 656 28.4
Conservative Jacob Rodgers 557 24.1
Conservative Craig Stanley 540 23.4
Green Simon Geikie 476 20.6
Green Simon Swift 473 20.5
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Frear 156 6.8
Liberal Democrats Linda Shipley 115 5.0
Liberal Democrats Tom Hudson 112 4.8
Turnout 2,310 38.72
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Linacre

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Linacre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gavin Baldauf-Good 710 41.8
Labour Judy Staton 644 37.9
Conservative Stephen Lynch 553 32.6
Conservative Ian Jerram 549 32.3
Liberal Democrats Bridget Dunks 426 25.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Gately 420 24.7
Turnout 1,698 41.60
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Rother

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Rother
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jenny Flood* 841 66.5
Labour Lisa Blakemore* 831 65.7
Labour Keith Miles* 767 60.7
Liberal Democrats Harry Holloway 236 18.7
Liberal Democrats Paul King 234 18.5
Liberal Democrats Kevin Maher 211 16.7
Conservative Jonathan Potts 211 16.7
Turnout 1,264 22.94
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Spire

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Spire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laura Bagley 954 49.8
Labour Kate Sarvent* 929 48.5
Labour Peter Innes* 902 47.1
Liberal Democrats Ed Fordham* 743 38.8
Liberal Democrats Adrian Mather 720 37.6
Liberal Democrats Greg Campbell 718 37.5
Chesterfield Independents Susan Armenante 191 10.0
Conservative Jack Woolley 186 9.7
Turnout 1,917 34.73
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Staveley Central

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Staveley Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry Dyke* 458 53.0
Labour Jacquie Ridgway 410 47.5
Independent Paul Wilson 196 22.7
Independent Keith Bannister 192 22.2
No Description Carl Chambers 183 21.2
Conservative Carole Tilson 82 9.5
Green Jeffrey Horton 80 9.3
Turnout 864 22.80
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Staveley North

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Staveley North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Jacobs 506 50.4
Liberal Democrats June Bingham 465 46.4
Labour Lisa Collins* 346 34.5
Labour Dean Collins* 344 34.3
Conservative Ian Tagg 113 11.3
Chesterfield Independents Donna Robertshaw 79 7.9
Turnout 1,003 27.31
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Staveley South

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Staveley South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Debbie Wheeldon* 844 53.2
Labour Allan Ogle 770 48.5
Labour Stuart Yates 763 48.1
Independent Paul Mann* 564 35.5
Independent Dean Rhodes 512 32.3
Independent Ruth Perry* 480 30.2
Conservative John Hobson 239 15.1
Turnout 1,587 27.61
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Walton

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Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Maggie Kellman* 1,264 51.5
Liberal Democrats Nick Redihough* 1,205 49.1
Liberal Democrats Tom Snowdon* 1,151 46.9
Labour Lucy McManus 814 33.2
Labour Steve Brunt 735 30.0
Labour David Rice 602 24.5
Conservative Alison Hounslow 443 18.1
Green David Wadsworth 393 16.0
Turnout 2,454 44.10
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Whittington

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Whittington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Barry Bingham* 1,239 64.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Holmes* 931 48.6
Liberal Democrats Kelly Thornton* 896 46.8
Labour Steve Lismore 625 32.6
Labour Corina Nicholls 515 26.9
Labour Marion Thorpe 472 24.6
Conservative Susan Gibbons 190 9.9
Chesterfield Independents Rose Clark 150 7.8
Turnout 1,915 29.14
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Whittington Moor

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Whittington Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kate Caulfield* 698 62.8
Labour Leslie Thompson 592 53.2
Conservative John Gleadall 189 17.0
Liberal Democrats Maisie Hollingworth 162 14.6
Liberal Democrats Leslie Ralph 161 14.5
Green Sophie Haworth 154 13.8
Chesterfield Independents Brad Waterhouse 81 7.3
Turnout 1,112 25.05
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

By-elections

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Spire

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Spire: 4 July 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sharon Blank 1,521 45.1 −2.0
Liberal Democrats Ed Fordham* 621 18.4 −20.4
Green Vicky Noble 511 15.2 N/A
Conservative Jacob Rodgers 499 14.8 +5.1
Chesterfield Independents Kris Stone 220 6.5 −3.5
Turnout 3,372 57.81 +23.08
Labour hold Swing

Staveley North

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Staveley North: 4 July 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Lismore 635 34.4 −0.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hartley 592 32.1 −14.3
Conservative Harry Smith 278 15.1 +3.8
Independent Martin Hibbert 188 10.2 N/A
Green Joshua Ward 151 8.2 N/A
Turnout 1,844 50.23 +22.92
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

References

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  1. ^ Coyle, Simon (2023-05-04). "Chesterfield local council elections 2023 results". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  2. ^ "The Chesterfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/1369, retrieved 22 July 2023
  3. ^ "Derbyshire elections: Labour keeps a tight hold of Chesterfield Borough Council as Lib Dems lose ground". Derbyshire Times. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  4. ^ "Chesterfield result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  5. ^ "Chesterfield borough and parish elections May 2023". Chesterfield Borough Council. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
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