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2013 Derbyshire County Council election

2013 UK local government election

Field	Value
election_name	2013 Derbyshire County Council election
country	Derbyshire
type	Parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	yes
previous_election	2009 Derbyshire County Council election
previous_year	2009
next_election	2017 Derbyshire County Council election
next_year	2017
seats_for_election	All 64 seats to Derbyshire County Council
majority_seats	33
election_date	2 May 2013
party1	Labour Party (UK)
last_election1	33
seats1	43
seat_change1	18
popular_vote1	80,665
percentage1	41.1%
party2	Conservative Party (UK)
last_election2	21
seats2	18
seat_change2	13
popular_vote2	56,455
percentage2	28.7%
party3	Liberal Democrats (UK)
last_election3	8
seats3	3
seat_change3	4
popular_vote3	15,006
percentage3	7.6%
map_image	Derbyshire UK local election 2013 map.svg
map_size	350px
map_caption	Map showing the results of the 2013 Derbyshire County Council elections.
title	Council control
posttitle	Council control after election
before_election	No overall control
after_election	Labour

An election to Derbyshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. Following the final draft of the 2012 electoral review, 64 councillors were elected from 61 electoral divisions which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. No elections were held in the City of Derby, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council. The Labour Party won back control of the council by a landslide victory, taking forty-two of the authority's sixty-four seats.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.

Background

The previous election ended 28 years of Labour control, giving the Conservatives an overall majority of two seats and control of the council. However, their majority was eroded by the suspension and defection of two Conservative councillors, leaving the council hung.

Election results

Derbyshire County Council – Results by District

Amber Valley Borough

(10 seats, 9 electoral divisions)

Alfreton and Somercotes

Alport and Derwent

Belper

Duffield and Belper South

Greater Heanor

Heanor Central

Horsley

Ripley East and Codnor

Ripley West and Heage

Bolsover District

(6 seats, 6 electoral divisions)

Barlborough and Clowne

Bolsover North

Bolsover South

Shirebrook and Pleasley

South Normanton and Pinxton

Tibshelf

Chesterfield Borough

(9 seats, 9 electoral divisions)

Birdholme

Boythorpe and Brampton South

Brimington

Loundsley Green and Newbold

Spire

St Mary's

Staveley

Staveley North and Whittington

Walton and West

Derbyshire Dales District

(6 seats, 6 electoral divisions)

Ashbourne

Bakewell

Derwent Valley

Dovedale

Matlock

Wirksworth

Erewash Borough

(9 seats, 9 electoral divisions)

Breadsall and West Hallam

Breaston

Ilkeston East

Ilkeston South

Ilkeston West

Long Eaton

Petersham

Sandiacre

Sawley

High Peak Borough

(8 seats, 7 electoral divisions)

Buxton North and East

Buxton West

Chapel and Hope Valley

Etherow

Glossop and Charlesworth

New Mills

Whaley Bridge

North East Derbyshire District

(8 seats, 7 electoral divisions)

Clay Cross North

Clay Cross South

Dronfield East

Dronfield West and Walton

Eckington and Killamarsh

Sutton

Wingerworth and Shirland

South Derbyshire District

(8 seats, 8 electoral divisions)

Aston

Etwall and Repton

Hilton

Linton

Melbourne

Swadlincote Central

Swadlincote North

Swadlincote South

By-Elections between May 2013 – May 2017

By-elections are called when a representative Councillor resigns or dies, so are unpredictable. A by-election is held to fill a political office that has become vacant between the scheduled elections.

Alport and Derwent – 14 November 2014

Brimington – 5 February 2015

Ashbourne – 7 May 2015

Derwent Valley – 24 September 2015

References

"Derbyshire electoral review".
(13 October 2011). "The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk.
"I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". electoralcommission.org.uk.
"Elections: Your council - Derbyshire County Council".
(26 May 2012). "The former chairman of Derbyshire County Council, Robin Baldry, will …".
(11 March 2013). "HEAGE: Tory councillor defects to UKIP".

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