Chesterfield Borough Council elections explained

Chesterfield Borough Council elections are held every four years. Chesterfield Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 48 councillors have been elected from 19 wards.^[1] However, the 2023 elections will be fought under new boundaries with the number of Councillors reducing from 48 to 40.

Political control

Chesterfield was a municipal borough from 1836 until 1974.^[2] The borough was reformed under the Local Government Act 1972, gaining Staveley and Brimington and becoming a non-metropolitan district. The first election to the reformed council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^{[3] [4]}

Party in control		Years
	1973–2003
	2003–2011
	2011–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2001 have been:^[5]

Councillor	Party		From	To
Bill Flanagan		May 1974	2001
John Burrows^[6]		2001	May 2003
Ray Russell		May 2003	18 May 2011
John Burrows		18 May 2011	10 May 2017
Tricia Gilby		10 May 2017

Council elections

• 1973 Chesterfield Borough Council election
• 1976 Chesterfield Borough Council election
• 1979 Chesterfield Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)^[7]
• 1983 Chesterfield Borough Council election
• 1987 Chesterfield Borough Council election
• 1991 Chesterfield Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[8]
• 1995 Chesterfield Borough Council election
• 1999 Chesterfield Borough Council election
• 2003 Chesterfield Borough Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by one)^{[9] [1]}
• 2007 Chesterfield Borough Council election
• 2011 Chesterfield Borough Council election^[10]
• 2015 Chesterfield Borough Council election
• 2019 Chesterfield Borough Council election
• 2023 Chesterfield Borough Council election

By-election results

2023-2027

References

• By-election results

External links

• Chesterfield Council

Notes and References

1. si. The Borough of Chesterfield (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. 1999. 2692. 21 August 2022.
2. Web site: Chesterfield Municipal Borough . A Vision of Britain through Time . GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth . 21 August 2022.
3. Web site: Compositions calculator . The Elections Centre . 20 August 2022.
4. News: Chesterfield . 2010-05-20 . BBC News Online.
5. Web site: Council minutes . Chesterfield Borough Council . 21 August 2022.
6. News: Stevens . Dom . Former councillors honoured for their service . 21 August 2022 . Chesterfield News . 4 December 2019.
7. The Borough of Chesterfield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
8. legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire (District Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
9. News: Chesterfield . 2009-08-12 . BBC News Online.
10. News: England council elections. BBC News .