Chesterfield local elections

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Chesterfield Council is elected every four years.

Contents 1 Political control 2 Council elections 3 By-election results 4 External links

[edit] Political control

• Labour 1973 - 2003
• Liberal Democrat 2003 - present

[edit] Council elections

• Chesterfield Council election, 1999
• Chesterfield Council election, 2003
• Chesterfield Council election, 2007

[edit] By-election results

West By-Election 14 November 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		809	48.3
	Conservative		545	32.5
	Labour		322	19.2
Majority			264	15.8
Turnout			1,676	44.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Holmbrook By-Election 10 April 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,068	54.5
	Labour		812	41.5
	Conservative		78	4.0
Majority			256	13.0
Turnout			1,958	51.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

New Whittington By-Election 15 March 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,115	64.8	+3.1
	Labour		569	33.1	-2.5
	Conservative		37	2.1	-0.6
Majority			546	31.7
Turnout			1,721	45.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Loundsley Green By-Election 22 April 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Barr	895	65.8	+5.1
	Labour	Thomas Murphy	431	31.6	-5.6
	Conservative	Gary Hatton	36	2.6	+2.6
Majority			464	34.2
Turnout			1,362	40.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] External links

• Chesterfield Council