Jump to content

2021 Derby City Council election

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Map showing the results of the 2021 Derby City Council election

The 2021 Derby City Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.[1] One-third of the seats were up for election, with one ward (Darley) electing two councillors.[2]

Results

[edit]
2021 Derby City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 9 Increase 2 50.0 12 21 41.2 24,665 38.5 +6.9
  Labour 5 Decrease 3 27.8 8 13 25.5 19,807 31.0 +0.6
  Liberal Democrats 2 Steady 11.1 6 8 15.7 9,880 15.4 -2.5
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 7 7 13.7 2,154 3.4 -0.9
  Reform UK 2 Increase 2 11.1 0 2 3.9 4,615 7.2 New
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,799 4.4 +4.1
  Link Party 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 41 0.1 ±0.0
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 29 <0.1 New
  UKIP 0 Decrease 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 N/A N/A -15.4

Ward results

[edit]

Abbey

[edit]
Abbey[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Bonser 1,147 38.3 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Farhatullah Khan 1,025 34.2 −8.7
Conservative Edward Rycroft 546 18.2 +9.5
Green Helen Hitchcock 192 6.4 N/A
Reform UK Julie Paxton[a] 87 2.9 N/A
Majority 122 4.1
Turnout 2,997 30.8
Labour hold Swing

Allestree

[edit]
Allestree[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ged Potter 3,489 67.1 +4.7
Labour Co-op John Banks 1,002 19.3 +3.0
Green Tony Mott 363 7.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Martin Jones 250 4.8 −7.2
Reform UK James Wise[a] 99 1.9 N/A
Majority 2,487 47.8
Turnout 5,203 47.7
Conservative hold Swing

Alvaston

[edit]
Alvaston[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK John Evans[a] 1,411 43.9 N/A
Labour Co-op Thomas Spray 1,024 31.9 +5.4
Conservative Peter Berry 665 20.7 +9.2
Liberal Democrats Preetinder Butter 113 3.5 −2.1
Majority 387 12.0
Turnout 3,213 27.7
Reform UK gain from UKIP Swing

John Evans was the sitting councillor having been elected as a UKIP candidate in 2016.

Arboretum

[edit]
Arboretum[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gulfraz Nawaz 1,952 67.5 −4.8
Conservative Adam Hurt 355 12.3 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Jairo Marrero 232 8.0 −2.4
Green Ian Sleeman 214 7.4 N/A
Reform UK George Flint[a] 140 4.8 N/A
Majority 1,597 55.2
Turnout 2,893 24.6
Labour hold Swing

Blagreaves

[edit]
Blagreaves[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joe Naitta 1,895 49.4 −0.2
Labour Michael Bullock 1,073 28.0 −4.0
Conservative Rusi Jaspal 755 19.7 +9.0
Reform UK Anthony Blaney[a] 111 2.9 N/A
Majority 822 21.4
Turnout 3,834 39.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Boulton

[edit]
Boulton[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Tim Prosser[a] 1,663 57.3 N/A
Labour Sara Bolton 998 34.4 +12.9
Liberal Democrats Jane Webb 240 8.3 +3.5
Majority 665 22.9
Turnout 2,901 28.7
Reform UK gain from Labour Swing

Chaddesden

[edit]
Chaddesden[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Smale 2,311 69.1 +10.8
Labour Adam Wisdish 829 24.8 +2.2
Reform UK Gary Small[a] 115 3.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Glenda Howcroft 88 2.6 −2.0
Majority 1,482 44.3
Turnout 3,343 33.8
Conservative hold Swing

Chellaston

[edit]
Chellaston[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harvey Jennings 1,743 42.8 +7.3
Independent Celia Ingall 1,463 36.0 −3.3
Labour Hafeez Rehman 584 14.4 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Wilson 209 5.1 −1.2
Reform UK Alfred Saxby[a] 70 1.7 N/A
Majority 280 6.8
Turnout 4,069 34.6
Conservative hold Swing

Darley

[edit]
Darley[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Alison Martin 1,833 49.3 +1.0
Conservative Alan Grimadell 1,305 35.1 +10.1
Labour Co-op Carmel Swan 1,304 35.1 −13.2
Conservative Chris Howlett 1,138 30.6 +5.6
Green Adrian Howlett 721 19.4 N/A
Green Robert Jacques 564 15.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Simon King 278 7.5 −10.1
Liberal Democrats Eloise Thatcher 186 5.0 −12.6
Reform UK John Summerfield[a] 105 2.8 N/A
Turnout — 37.6
Labour Co-op hold
Conservative gain from Labour Co-op

Derwent

[edit]
Derwent[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tracey Pearce 892 37.0 −10.4
Independent Richard Hudson* 691 28.7 N/A
Labour Martin Rawson 674 28.0 −0.7
Reform UK Carole Bradley[a] 62 2.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Simon Ferrigno 60 2.5 −3.8
TUSC Eden Maskill-Watts 29 1.2 N/A
Majority 201 8.3
Turnout 2,408 23.9
Conservative hold Swing

Incumbent Richard Hudson had been elected as a Conservative, but was suspended from, and later quit the party in March 2021.

Littleover

[edit]
Littleover[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Emily Lonsdale 1,976 43.2 −6.5
Labour Gurdev Dhillon 1,343 29.4 +5.7
Conservative Ed Packham 1,140 25.0 +6.7
Reform UK Brenden May[a] 69 1.5 N/A
Link Party Tony Welch 41 0.9 −0.6
Majority 633 13.8
Turnout 4,569 41.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Mackworth

[edit]
Mackworth[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gaurav Pandey 1,227 44.9 +10.6
Labour Paul Pegg * 1,034 37.9 −0.8
Green Samuel Ward 256 9.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Carmine Branco 121 4.4 −3.9
Reform UK George Warren[a] 92 3.4 N/A
Majority 193 7.0
Turnout 2,730 26.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Mickleover

[edit]
Mickleover[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Holmes 3,071 58.9 +14.2
Liberal Democrats Maggie Hird 1,426 27.3 −9.8
Labour John Whitby 637 12.2 +1.6
Reform UK Derek Reynolds[a] 80 1.5 −6.1
Majority 1,645 31.6
Turnout 5,214 45.4
Conservative hold Swing

Normanton

[edit]
Normanton[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Hardyal Dhindsa 1,878 56.5 −18.9
Liberal Democrats Abdul Jabbar 825 24.8 +17.7
Conservative Tafseer Habib 377 11.3 +2.4
Reform UK Michael Siveyer[a] 242 7.3 N/A
Majority 1,053 31.7
Turnout 3,322 32.1
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Oakwood

[edit]
Oakwood[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Eyre 2,304 63.7 +17.7
Liberal Democrats Frank Harwood* 671 18.6 +12.7
Labour Co-op Neil Wilson 460 12.7 −2.8
Green Vic Wood 130 3.6 N/A
Reform UK Graham Leeming[a] 51 1.4 N/A
Majority 1,633 45.1
Turnout 3,616 35.2
Conservative hold Swing

Frank Harwood had been elected as a Conservative, but resigned the party whip and sat as an Independent from June 2020. He subsequently joined the Liberal Democrats just before the election.

Victorious candidate Matthew Eyre was just 23 years old, and became the youngest councillor in Derbyshire at the time, a position he held until the 2022 Long Eaton By-election for Derbyshire County Council.

Sinfin

[edit]
Sinfin[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Baggy Shanker 1,551 59.4 +8.7
Conservative Jay Joshi 798 30.6 +7.9
Reform UK Doug Lumley[a] 134 5.1 −15.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Lind 126 4.8 −1.7
Majority 753 28.8
Turnout 2,609 25.1
Labour hold Swing

Spondon

[edit]
Spondon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Evonne Williams 2,539 70.0 +10.8
Labour Ashiq Hussain 484 13.4 −5.3
Green Andreas Christodoulou 359 9.9 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Philip Wray 159 4.4 +1.3
Reform UK David Adams[a] 84 2.3 −11.2
Majority 2,055 56.6
Turnout 3,625 36.7
Conservative hold Swing

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Stood as Reform Derby and Reform UK
  1. ^ "NOTICE OF ELECTION - Derby" (PDF). Derby.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ^ Hawley, Zena (11 April 2021). "Derby City Council candidates for local elections 2021". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED - Derby" (PDF). Derby.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
Retrieved from "https://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=2021_Derby_City_Council_election&oldid=1262782907"