Chesterfield local elections

Chesterfield Borough Council in Derbyshire, England is elected every four years. 48 councillors are elected from 20 wards with between one and three elected from each ward.^[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]

Chesterfield Council election, 1999
Chesterfield Council election, 2003 (boundary changes took place which increased the number of seats by one)^[3]
Chesterfield Council election, 2007
Chesterfield Council election, 2011 ^[4]

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

Brimington South By-Election 6 May 2010^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Haywood	1,500	47.9	+4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Hartley	1,134	36.2	-12.6
	Conservative	Gary Hatton	499	15.9	+8.5
Majority			366	11.7
Turnout			3,133	65.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing