South Derbyshire District Council elections

South Derbyshire Council is elected every four years.

Political control

Labour 1973 - 1976

No overall control 1976 - 1983

Labour 1983 - 2007

Conservative 2007 - present

Council elections

By-election results

Hatton By-Election 17 July 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 318 67.9 +67.9
Conservative 151 32.2 +32.2
Majority 167 35.7
Turnout 469 23.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Repton By-Election 17 July 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 572 56.3 +19.5
Labour 444 43.7 +20.5
Majority 128 12.6
Turnout 1,016 35.1
Conservative hold Swing
Swadlincote By-Election 30 October 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 407 61.0 +15.5
Liberal Democrat 215 32.2 +32.2
Conservative 45 6.7 -2.0
Majority 192 28.8
Turnout 667
Labour hold Swing
Newhall By-Election 13 November 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 497 73.5 -8.6
Conservative 91 13.5 -4.4
Liberal Democrat 88 13.0 +13.0
Majority 406 60.0
Turnout 676 13.8
Labour hold Swing
Swadlincote By-Election 16 April 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 497 58.5 +13.0
Independent 289 34.0 +13.9
Conservative 64 7.5 -1.2
Majority 208 24.5
Turnout 850 23.7
Labour hold Swing
Newhall By-Election 7 June 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 2,047 71.8 +1.1
Conservative 803 28.2 -1.1
Majority 1,244 43.6
Turnout 2,850
Labour hold Swing
Hilton By-Election 17 February 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Littlejohn 499 59.3 -13.5
Labour 245 29.1 +1.9
Liberal Democrat Derek Winter 97 11.5 +11.5
Majority 254 30.2
Turnout 841 26.6
Conservative hold Swing
Swadlincote By-Election 20 April 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Tilley 565 61.3 +10.4
Conservative Jon McEwan 356 38.7 +11.9
Majority 209 22.6
Turnout 921 17.2
Labour hold Swing
Swadlincote By-Election 13 July 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Lane 562 51.4 +0.5
Liberal Democrat Peter Morris 301 27.5 +27.5
Conservative Jon-Paul McEwan 231 21.1 -5.7
Majority 331 23.9
Turnout 1,094 20.3
Labour hold Swing
Church Gresley By-Election 18 October 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Rhind 639 43.8 -23.0
BNP Richard Fallows 516 35.4 +35.4
Conservative Jana Eaton 304 20.8 -12.4
Majority 123 8.4
Turnout 1,459
Labour hold Swing

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