Bolsover District Council elections

Local government elections in Derbyshire, England

Bolsover District Council elections are held every four years. Bolsover District Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Bolsover in Derbyshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 37 councillors have been elected from 17 wards.^[1]

Council elections

Year								Notes
Year	Labour	Independent	Conservatives	Liberal Democrats	Green	Residents	Respect	Notes
1973^[2]	30	5	1
1976^[2]	25	7	4
1979^[2]	31	6						New ward boundaries.^[3]
1983^[2]	35	2
1987^[2]	30	2	1	2		2		District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same.^[4]
1991^[2]	34	3
1995^[5]	35	1				1		District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same^[6]^[7]^[8]
1999^[9]	32	4				1
2003^[10]	31	4				2		New ward boundaries^[11]
2007^[12]	27	7				2	1
2011^[13]	31	4			1	1
2015^[14]	32	5						New ward boundaries^[15]
2019^[16]	18	16	2	1				New ward boundaries^[1]
2023^[17]	31	3	3					Boundary changes^[18]

District result maps

2003 results map
2007 results map
2011 results map
2015 results map
2019 results map
2023 results map

By-elections

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;^[19] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election	Date
Shirebrook South West by-election	25 August 2011	Independent	Labour
Whitwell by-election	23 May 2013	Green	RA
South Normanton East by-election	14 August 2014	Labour	Labour
Bolsover North West by-election	8 January 2015	Labour	Labour
Bolsover South by-election	8 October 2015	Labour	Labour
Bolsover North and Shuttlewood by-election	6 May 2021	Labour	Labour
Pinxton by-election	6 May 2021	Independent	Labour
Pinxton by-election	17 November 2022	Labour	Labour

References

^ ^a ^b "The Bolsover (Electoral Changes) Order 2017", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2017/1265, retrieved 21 August 2022
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Bolsover-1973-2011.pdf
^ The District of Bolsover (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
^ The Derbyshire (District Boundaries) Order 1985
^ "Election results round-up - Local elections". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 1995.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ Colin, Rawlings; Thrasher, Michael. The District of Bolsover Council Election Results 1973-2011 (PDF). The Elections Centre Plymouth University.
^ "District Council Election Results 2003". Bolsover District Council. Archived from the original on 29 August 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Bolsover (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ "Bolsover". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
^ "Councillors". Bolsover District Council. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
^ "District Council Election 2015". Bolsover District Council. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Bolsover (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ "Bolsover District Council Election 2019". Bolsover District Council. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021.
^ "Bolsover result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2014.