Derbyshire Dales District Council elections

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Map showing the composition of Derbyshire Dales District Council as of July 2011. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independent in grey.

Derbyshire Dales District Council in Derbyshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 39 councillors have been elected from 25 wards.[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in control Years
No overall control 1973 - 1976
Conservative 1976 - 1995
No overall control 1995 - 1999
Conservative 1999 - present

Council elections

Summary of the results of recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2003 election.[3]

Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Independent
1995[4] 15 8 16 0
1999[5] 21 5 9 4
2003[3] 24 5 9 1
2007[2] 26 4 8 1
2011[6] 29 5 4 1
2015

District result maps

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[7] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning party
St Giles and Tansley 1 May 1997 Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Calver by-election 12 October 2000 Conservative Conservative
Taddington by-election 7 March 2002 Conservative Conservative
All Saints Matlock by-election 27 November 2003 Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Litton and Longstone by-election 31 March 2005 Conservative Conservative
Winster & South Darley by-election 20 April 2006 Liberal Democrat Conservative
Lathkill & Bradford by-election 11 May 2006 Independent Independent
Masson by-election 6 December 2007 Labour Conservative
Matlock St Giles by-election 4 June 2009 Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Winster & South Darley by-election 23 July 2009 Conservative Labour
Bradwell by-election 12 January 2012 Conservative Conservative

References

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