Derbyshire
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Cycles
- 2025 64 races · 64 seats 78.1% below quota
- 2021 61 races · 64 seats 34.4% below quota
- 2017 61 races · 64 seats 42.2% below quota
Council composition as of 2025
64 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2025 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2025)
In 2025, 64 seats were up across 64 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 64 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 83,631 | 36.8% | 42 | 65.6% | 25 | 39.1% | +17 |
| Conservative Party | 47,816 | 21.0% | 12 | 18.8% | 14 | 21.9% | -2 |
| Labour Party | 45,855 | 20.2% | 3 | 4.7% | 13 | 20.3% | -10 |
| Liberal Democrats | 19,872 | 8.7% | 3 | 4.7% | 5 | 7.8% | -2 |
| Green Party | 19,697 | 8.7% | 2 | 3.1% | 5 | 7.8% | -3 |
| Independent | 8,989 | 4.0% | 2 | 3.1% | 2 | 3.1% | 0 |
| Belper Independents | 909 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Chesterfield And North Derbyshire Independents (CANDI) | 329 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 233 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Homeland Party | 84 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| National Front | 18 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 227,433 | 100.0% | 64 | 100.0% | 64 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2025 →
Composition history
One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2017 | 2021 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfreton and Somercotes | 46% | 55% | 50% |
| Alport and Derwent | 58% | 52% | |
| Alport and Duffield | 44% | ||
| Ashbourne | 73% | 67% | |
| Ashbourne South | 39% | ||
| Aston | 50% | 54% | 38% |
| Bakewell | 61% | 53% | 30% |
| Barlborough and Clowne | 58% | 56% | 53% |
| Belper | 46% | 43% | |
| Birdholme | 59% | 51% | |
| Bolsover | 50% | ||
| Bolsover North | 58% | 41% | |
| Bolsover South | 53% | 47% | |
| Boythorpe and Brampton South | 46% | 43% | |
| Breadsall and West Hallam | 68% | 57% | 41% |
| Breaston | 60% | 60% | 38% |
| Brimington | 59% | 56% | 44% |
| Buxton North and East | 44% | 49% | 34% |
| Buxton South and West | 34% | ||
| Buxton West | 47% | 46% | |
| Chapel and Hope Valley | 45% | 47% | 30% |
| Clay Cross and Tupton | 37% | ||
| Clay Cross North | 40% | 49% | |
| Clay Cross South | 60% | 55% | |
| Codnor, Aldercar, Langley Mill and Loscoe | 49% | ||
| Derwent Valley | 57% | 55% | 31% |
| Dovedale | 47% | 60% | |
| Dovedale and Ashbourne North | 36% | ||
| Dronfield and Unstone | 39% | ||
| Dronfield East | 57% | 59% | |
| Dronfield West and Walton | 65% | 68% | |
| Dronfield Woodhouse and Walton | 37% | ||
| Duffield and Belper South | 48% | 51% | |
| Dunston | 47% | ||
| Eckington and Coal Aston | 37% | ||
| Eckington and Killamarsh | 46% | 57% | |
| Elmton with Creswell and Whitwell | 52% | ||
| Etherow | 54% | 47% | 40% |
| Etwall and Findern | 35% | ||
| Etwall and Repton | 68% | 62% | |
| Glossop and Charlesworth | 45% | 49% | |
| Glossop North | 33% | ||
| Glossop South | 33% | ||
| Greater Heanor | 48% | 66% | |
| Hardwick | 55% | ||
| Hasland and Rother | 37% | ||
| Heanor | 37% | ||
| Heanor Central | 44% | 59% | |
| Hilton | 64% | 65% | 41% |
| Horsley | 64% | 63% | 35% |
| Ilkeston Central | 55% | ||
| Ilkeston East | 42% | 52% | |
| Ilkeston North | 56% | ||
| Ilkeston South | 45% | 49% | |
| Ilkeston South and Kirk Hallam | 56% | ||
| Ilkeston West | 48% | 57% | |
| Killamarsh and Renishaw | 46% | ||
| Linacre and Loundsley Green | 29% | ||
| Linton | 59% | 46% | 47% |
| Long Eaton | 44% | 50% | |
| Long Eaton North | 36% | ||
| Long Eaton South | 37% | ||
| Loundsley Green and Newbold | 47% | 39% | |
| Matlock | 42% | 58% | 49% |
| Melbourne | 66% | 50% | |
| Melbourne and Woodville | 44% | ||
| New Mills | 45% | 44% | |
| New Mills and Hayfield | 39% | ||
| North Belper | 24% | ||
| North Wingfield, Pilsley and Morton | 43% | ||
| Petersham | 42% | 48% | |
| Repton and Stenson | 37% | ||
| Ripley East | 44% | ||
| Ripley East and Codnor | 52% | 58% | |
| Ripley West and Crich | 35% | ||
| Ripley West and Heage | 50% | 56% | |
| Sandiacre | 58% | 62% | 43% |
| Sawley | 53% | 54% | 32% |
| Shirebrook and Pleasley | 48% | 56% | 58% |
| Shirland and Wingerworth South | 33% | ||
| South Belper and Holbrook | 45% | ||
| South Normanton and Pinxton | 46% | 47% | 56% |
| Spire | 55% | 47% | 35% |
| St Mary's | 50% | ||
| St. Marys | 44% | ||
| Staveley | 52% | 31% | 41% |
| Staveley North and Whittington | 43% | 53% | 39% |
| Sutton | 54% | 47% | 51% |
| Swadlincote Central | 44% | 55% | |
| Swadlincote East | 54% | ||
| Swadlincote North | 51% | 52% | |
| Swadlincote South | 45% | 59% | 48% |
| Swadlincote West | 54% | ||
| Swanwick and Riddings | 43% | ||
| Tibshelf | 52% | 38% | |
| Walton and West | 39% | 38% | |
| Walton, Brampton and Boythorpe | 32% | ||
| Whaley Bridge | 35% | 52% | 57% |
| Wingerworth and Shirland | 59% | 55% | |
| Wirksworth | 45% | 42% | 30% |