Election Name: | 2023 Bolsover District Council election |
Country: | Derbyshire |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2019 Bolsover District Council election |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | 2027 Bolsover District Council election |
Next Year: | 2027 |
Seats For Election: | All 37 seats to Bolsover District Council |
Majority Seats: | 19 |
Registered: | 61,655 |
Leader1: | Steve Fritchley |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 18 seats, 46.1% |
Seats Before1: | 20 |
Seats1: | 31 |
Seat Change1: | 13 |
Percentage1: | 48.8% |
Swing1: | 2.7% |
Leader2: | David Dixon |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 2 seats, 11.1% |
Seats Before2: | 3 |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Percentage2: | 27.2% |
Swing2: | 16.1% |
Party4: | Independent politician |
Last Election4: | 16 seats, 35.0% |
Seats Before4: | 14 |
Seats4: | 3 |
Seat Change4: | 13 |
Percentage4: | 21.3% |
Swing4: | 13.7% |
Party5: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election5: | 1 seat, 5.4% |
Seats Before5: | 0 |
Seats5: | 0 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Percentage5: | 0.7% |
Swing5: | 4.7% |
Leader | |
Before Election: | Steve Fritchley |
Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Posttitle: | Leader after election |
After Election: | Steve Fritchley |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 2023 Bolsover District Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 37 members of Bolsover District Council in Derbyshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
Following the results, the council remained under Labour control.[2]
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The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election.[3]
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.
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.[4]
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.