The 2023 Bolsover District Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 37 members of Bolsover District Council in Derbyshire, England.[3] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
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All 37 seats to Bolsover District Council 19 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2023 Bolsover District Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Summary
editOverview
editFollowing the results, the council remained under Labour control.[4]
Election result
edit2023 Bolsover District Council election[5] | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Labour | 37 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 83.8 | 48.8 | 16,720 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative | 37 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8.1 | 27.2 | 9,343 | +16.1 | ||
Independent | 29 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8.1 | 21.3 | 7,307 | –13.7 | ||
TUSC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 380 | New | ||
Liberal Democrats | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 250 | –4.7 | ||
Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 175 | New | ||
Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 117 | New |
Ward Results
editThe results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election.[6]
Ault Hucknall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Kirkham* | 689 | 50.1 | +8.6 | |
Labour | Malcolm Richards | 658 | 47.9 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Catherine Tite | 592 | 43.1 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Andrew Hunt | 449 | 32.7 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Karen Whitaker | 442 | 32.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Iain Grainger-Grimes | 439 | 32.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Sarah Bister | 361 | 26.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 143 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,374 | 28.32 | +3.00 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
One seat shown as a gain from independent to allow for comparison with 2019 results, although the independent elected in 2019, Liz Smyth, had subsequently joined Labour during 2021. She did not stand for re-election.
Barlborough
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Haywood | 510 | 45.2 | +8.4 | |
Labour | Vicki Wapplington | 471 | 41.7 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | Maxine Dixon* | 458 | 40.6 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | David Dixon* | 436 | 38.6 | −1.0 | |
Independent | John Shaw | 185 | 16.4 | −5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Stanley | 80 | 7.1 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 13 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,129 | 33.68 | +1.06 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Blackwell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clive Moesby* | 495 | 50.5 | +11.7 | |
Labour | Sally Renshaw | 402 | 41.0 | +9.8 | |
Independent | Debbie Marshall-Curtis | 306 | 31.2 | −6.3 | |
Independent | Dexter Bullock* | 296 | 30.2 | −18.0 | |
Conservative | Jane Halford | 148 | 15.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Darren Keyworth | 140 | 14.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 96 | 9.8 | |||
Turnout | 980 | 28.82 | −5.56 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bolsover East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Anne Clarke* | 507 | 53.0 | −13.0 | |
Labour | Rowan Clarke* | 436 | 45.6 | −13.9 | |
Conservative | Joel Fletcher-Swindlehurst | 303 | 31.7 | −3.1 | |
Independent | Paul Goodwin | 246 | 25.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Richard Pinder | 226 | 23.6 | N/A | |
TUSC | Daniel Jackson | 62 | 6.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 133 | 13.9 | |||
Turnout | 956 | 26.88 | +1.38 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bolsover North and Shuttlewood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Donna Hales* | 492 | 72.7 | +17.9 | |
Labour | Ashley Taylor | 429 | 63.4 | +9.6 | |
Conservative | Nick Gray-Cowley | 150 | 22.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alex Webster | 136 | 20.1 | N/A | |
TUSC | Elaine Evans | 49 | 7.2 | −37.6 | |
Majority | 279 | 41.2 | |||
Turnout | 677 | 22.99 | +2.10 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bolsover South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Cathy Jeffery | 386 | 37.8 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | Carol Wood | 317 | 31.0 | +15.8 | |
Independent | Derek Adams* | 314 | 30.7 | −25.3 | |
Labour | Paul Harford | 301 | 29.5 | −1.8 | |
Conservative | Chris Wood | 271 | 26.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Nick Clarke | 245 | 24.0 | N/A | |
TUSC | Jon Dale | 88 | 8.6 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,022 | 31.07 | −1.90 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Clowne East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Bennett | 547 | 40.4 | +16.7 | |
Labour | Robert Hiney-Saunders | 517 | 38.2 | +15.6 | |
Independent | Ross Walker* | 504 | 37.2 | −24.1 | |
Independent | Allan Bailey* | 469 | 34.6 | −21.5 | |
Labour | Dawn Walton | 401 | 29.6 | +7.6 | |
Independent | Glyn Hughes | 357 | 26.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Natalie Hoy* | 343 | 25.3 | −16.9 | |
Conservative | Matt Hoy | 320 | 23.6 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | Angela Pogmore | 230 | 17.0 | N/A | |
TUSC | David Watson | 47 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 35 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,355 | 29.79 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Natalie Hoy had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2019 but joined the Conservatives in 2020. Seat shown as a gain from Liberal Democrats to allow comparison with 2019 results.[7]
Clowne West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Will Fletcher | 239 | 54.8 | +30.5 | |
Labour | Karl Reid | 197 | 45.2 | +12.6 | |
Majority | 42 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 436 | 26.88 | +0.15 | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Elmton-with-Creswell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rita Turner* | 728 | 54.6 | +11.8 | |
Labour | Duncan McGregor* | 705 | 52.8 | +6.5 | |
Labour | Amanda Davis | 674 | 50.5 | +21.0 | |
Independent | Steve Smith | 366 | 27.4 | −2.1 | |
Independent | Martin Saunders | 268 | 20.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Derek Steff | 257 | 19.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Terence Edgar | 207 | 15.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sarah Smith | 195 | 14.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 308 | 23.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,334 | 26.01 | −1.11 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Langwith
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sandra Peake* | 500 | 67.8 | +67.8 | |
Labour | Stephen Fritchley* | 457 | 61.9 | +61.9 | |
Conservative | James Kershaw-Dickson | 138 | 18.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Carol Patterson | 127 | 17.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Gillian Breffit | 64 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Raison | 52 | 7.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 319 | 43.2 | |||
Turnout | 738 | 21.60 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pinxton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mary Dooley* | 430 | 56.4 | +17.0 | |
Labour | Mark Hinman* | 422 | 55.3 | +18.7 | |
Conservative | Julian Siddle | 312 | 40.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Kat Moss | 254 | 33.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 110 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 763 | 23.58 | +0.46 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Mark Hinman won his seat in a by-election in November 2022, but seat shown as gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019 result.
Shirebrook North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jen Wilson* | 411 | 49.6 | −26.4 | |
Labour | Chris Kane* | 330 | 39.9 | −24.9 | |
Conservative | Keeley Howson | 210 | 25.4 | +4.0 | |
Independent | David Downes | 202 | 24.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | David Taylor | 187 | 22.6 | N/A | |
Green | Martin Gibbons | 62 | 7.5 | N/A | |
TUSC | Ronnie Rogers | 62 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 120 | 14.5 | |||
Turnout | 828 | 23.72 | +3.80 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Shirebrook South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jane Yates | 422 | 55.7 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Janet Tait* | 412 | 54.4 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Adam Hind | 185 | 24.4 | −7.8 | |
Independent | Sylwester Zwierzynski | 159 | 21.0 | −11.2 | |
Conservative | Dave Manton | 111 | 14.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Oakton | 54 | 7.1 | −12.3 | |
TUSC | Dean Eggleston | 39 | 5.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 227 | 30.0 | |||
Turnout | 758 | 22.08 | +1.55 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
South Normanton East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Emma Stevenson | 371 | 41.1 | −4.0 | |
Labour | Lucy King | 294 | 32.6 | −11.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew Brogdale | 242 | 26.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sharon Coleman | 197 | 21.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Tracey Cannon* | 184 | 20.4 | −30.2 | |
Independent | Andrew Joesbury* | 141 | 15.6 | −33.0 | |
Independent | John Cox | 132 | 14.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Aileen Coleman | 126 | 14.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 52 | 5.8 | |||
Turnout | 902 | 25.82 | +0.25 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
South Normanton West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lisa Powell | 438 | 35.3 | −1.2 | |
Labour | Phil Smith | 422 | 34.0 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | Louise Fox | 410 | 33.1 | +12.2 | |
Labour | Adam Summers | 405 | 32.7 | −2.4 | |
Conservative | Christopher Key | 381 | 30.7 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Alfie Mountford | 377 | 30.4 | +15.2 | |
Independent | Olivia Ball | 238 | 19.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Susan Burnham | 213 | 17.2 | N/A | |
Independent | David Coleman | 143 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Green | Ian Mason | 113 | 9.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Christine Papworth | 106 | 8.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Graham Parkin* | 82 | 6.6 | −33.3 | |
Independent | Evonne Parkin* | 79 | 6.4 | −32.0 | |
TUSC | Brian Loader | 33 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 5 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,240 | 23.78 | −1.95 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Tibshelf
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Justin Gilbody | 420 | 42.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Deborah Watson* | 341 | 34.2 | −7.1 | |
Independent | Allison Beckett | 326 | 32.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Kathryn Salt | 270 | 27.1 | −5.8 | |
Labour | Jane Molsher-Berry | 188 | 18.9 | −7.8 | |
Independent | Raymond Heffer* | 178 | 17.9 | −15.6 | |
Conservative | Josh Flint | 85 | 8.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Shawn Sunderland | 56 | 5.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 15 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 997 | 30.69 | −5.61 | ||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Whitwell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tom Munro* | 434 | 49.7 | +8.1 | |
Labour | Jeanne Raspin | 377 | 43.1 | +9.8 | |
Independent | Peter Roberts* | 320 | 36.6 | −26.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Jackson | 215 | 24.6 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Paul Bettison | 150 | 17.2 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Linda Roberts | 117 | 13.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 57 | 6.5 | |||
Turnout | 874 | 29.53 | −1.58 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ Including one vacant seat in Clowne West ward previously held by independent councillor Dan Salt until his removal from the council in December 2022 for non-attendance.[1] Of the independent councillors, nine sat together as the "Independent Group" led by Deborah Watson, three formed the "Community Independents" led by Ross Walker (which group had also included Dan Salt prior to his removal) and one councillor was not aligned to any group.[2]
- ^ "Council minutes, 7 December 2022". Bolsover District Council. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ "Your councillors by political grouping". Bolsover District Council. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ "Bolsover | England Councils 2023 - Election Results | Sky News". Sky News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "Labour reinforces its hold at Bolsover Council securing 31 seats after election". Mansfield and Ashfield Chad. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "Bolsover result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "District Election 2023". Bolsover District Council. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ Boothroyd, David (5 June 2020). "Trouble for Aberdeenshire Tories". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 22 July 2023.