2018 Derby City Council election

The 2018 Derby City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Derby City Council in England.[3] This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour group on the council suffered losses of both the Council Leader Ranjit Banwait and the mayor John Whitby, as well as then cabinet member Sara Bolton, who lost by over 1,000 votes to Conservative Rob Cooper.[4] Labour lost its overall majority on the council, and a Conservative minority administration was formed with Liberal Democrat and UKIP backing.[5]

2018 Derby City Council election[1][2]
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17 of the 51 seats to Derby City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 26 17
Seats before 26 18
Seats won 5 8
Seats after 23 20
Seat change Decrease3 Increase2
Popular vote 21,264 27,447
Percentage 31.0% 39.1%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats UKIP
Last election 5 2
Seats before 5 1
Seats won 2 2
Seats after 5 3
Seat change Steady Increase1
Popular vote 10,355 7,001
Percentage 15.1% 10.2%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2018 Derby City Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

No overall control

Election results

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2018 Derby City Council election[6]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 8 3 0  3 47.1 39.1 27,447  13.6
  Labour 5 0 3  3 29.4 31.0 21,264  5.3
  Liberal Democrats 2 0 0   11.8 15.1 10,355  0.3
  UKIP 2 1 1   11.8 10.2 7,001  12.1
  Green 0 0 0   0.0 1.2 854 New
  Independent 0 0 0   0.0 3.4 2,346  3.0

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2014 election.

Ward results

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Abbey

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Location of Abbey ward
Abbey (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Hezelgrave 1,295 38.9  2.4
Liberal Democrats Ajit Atwal 1,294 38.9  11.5
Conservative Harvey Jennings 547 16.4  1.8
UKIP Ann Graves 95 2.8  7.8
Green Alice Joy 95 2.8  2.1
Majority 1 0.0 N/A
Turnout 3,326 35.2  5.9
Labour hold Swing

Allestree

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Location of Allestree ward
Allestree (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Webb 3,757 70.1  9.4
Labour Cecile Wright 910 17.0  0.1
Liberal Democrats Deena Smith 407 7.6  3.9
Green Dan Holme 175 3.2  3.2
UKIP David Adams 106 1.9  9.0
Majority 2,847 53.2 N/A
Turnout 5,355 48.5  6.4
Conservative hold Swing

Alvaston

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Location of Alvaston ward
Alvaston (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Alan Graves 2,478 58.8  12.6
Labour Thomas Spray 976 23.1  10.1
Conservative Charnjeev Bolla 479 11.3  1.4
Green Ian Sleeman 113 2.6  2.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Lind 108 2.5  2.8
Independent David Gale 57 1.3  0.1
Majority 1,502 35.7  22.6
Turnout 4,211 36.5  6.8
UKIP hold Swing

Arboretum

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Location of Arboretum ward
Arboretum (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Shiraz Khan 2,356 57.0
Conservative Matlub Hussain 1,356 33.0
Liberal Democrats Krishan Raithatha 207 5.0
UKIP Anthony Blaney 203 4.9
Turnout
Labour hold

Blagreaves

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Location of Blagreaves ward
Blagreaves (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Ruth Skelton 2,207 49.5
Labour Farzana Khalid 1,439 32.3
Conservative Maxwell Craven 704 15.8
UKIP Richard Andrew Rogers 104 2.3
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold

Boulton

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Location of Boulton ward
Boulton (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
UKIP Paul Bettany 1,602 40.2
Labour Ranjit Banwait (Incumbent) 1,128 28.3
Conservative Gaurav Pandey 1,086 27.2
Liberal Democrats Brian Venn 165 4.1
Turnout
UKIP gain from Labour

Chaddesden

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Location of Chaddesten ward
Chaddesden (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Rob Cooper 2,268 59.8
Labour Sara Bolton (Incumbent) 1,205 31.8
UKIP Carole Bradley 169 4.4
Liberal Democrats Glenda Howcroft 147 3.8
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour

Chellaston

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Location of Chaddesten ward
Chellaston (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Ross McCristal 1,829 36.8
Independent Philip Ingall (Incumbent) 1,797 36.2
Labour Steve Lapsley 906 18.2
UKIP Kate Mosley 182 3.6
Liberal Democrats Jane Webb 160 3.2
Green John Hill 84 1.6
Turnout
Conservative hold

Darley

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Location of Darley ward
Darley (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Lisa Eldret 1,739 42.4
Conservative Miles Pattison 1,674 40.8
Liberal Democrats Niall Garratt 475 11.5
UKIP Jennifer Palmer 110 2.6
Green James Lasner 103 2.5
Turnout
Labour hold

Derwent

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Location of Derwent ward
Derwent (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Steve Willoughby 1,600 54.8
Labour Lucy Rigby 977 33.4
UKIP Andrew Bennett 192 6.5
Liberal Democrats Simon Ferrigno 150 5.1
Turnout
Conservative hold

Note: Derwent ward was won by UKIP at the previous regular election in 2014, but gained by the Conservatives in a by-election on 9 March 2017.[7]

Littleover

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Location of Littleover ward
Littleover (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Lucy Care 2,443 50.6
Labour Jamie D'Arcy 1,309 27.1
Conservative Jordan Kemp 962 19.9
UKIP Douglas Lumley 88 1.8
Independent Tony Welch 23 0.4
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold

Mackworth

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Location of Mackworth ward
Mackworth (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Adrian Pegg 1,233 41.2
Labour John Whitby (Incumbent) 943 31.5
Liberal Democrats Tom Bull 513 17.1
UKIP Freddie Theobald 176 5.8
Green Naomi Wilds 125 4.1
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour

Mickleover

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Location of Mickleover ward
Mickleover (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Alison Holmes 3,296 60.4
Liberal Democrats Maggie Hird 1,427 26.1
Labour Jyoti Wilkinson 622 11.4
UKIP Barry Appleby 106 1.9
Turnout
Conservative hold

Normanton

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Location of Normanton ward
Normanton (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Balbir Sandhu 2,631 70.2
Conservative Habib Iqbal 654 17.4
Liberal Democrats Preetinder Butter 257 6.8
UKIP Derek Reynolds 202 5.3
Turnout
Labour hold

Oakwood

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Location of Oakwood ward
Oakwood (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Mick Barker 2,328 62.8
Labour Neil Wilson 609 16.4
Independent Alex Dann 469 12.6
UKIP Gary Small 199 5.3
Liberal Democrats David Batey 101 2.7
Turnout
Conservative hold

Sinfin

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Location of Sinfin ward
Sinfin (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Nadine Peatfield 1,542 55.0
Conservative Jay Joshi 869 31.0
UKIP Roger Adcock 218 7.7
Liberal Democrats John-Paul Keane 171 6.1
Turnout
Labour hold

Spondon

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Location of Spondon ward
Spondon (1 Seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Christopher Poulter 2,796 71.2
Labour Michael Winfield 677 17.2
UKIP Maureen Hodgetts 171 4.3
Green Vic Wood 159 4.0
Liberal Democrats Simon King 123 3.1
Turnout
Conservative hold

References

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  1. ^ "Derby City Council". BBC News. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Local Election 2018". Derby City Council.
  3. ^ 2FS, Derby City Council, Council House, Corporation Street, Derby, DE1. "Election information 2018 - Derby City Council". www.derby.gov.uk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Live: Derby and Amber Valley election night 2018". 4 May 2018 – via www.derbytelegraph.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Conservatives to run Derby City Council". BBC News. 16 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Derby City Council elections results - your at-a-glance guide". 3 May 2018 – via www.derbytelegraph.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Derwent Ward By Election – The Results". Derby City Council. 9 March 2017.

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