2018 Derby City Council election

2018 Derby City Council election^[1]^[2]
17 of the 51 seats to Derby City Council; 26 seats needed for a majority
	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;

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]

Election results[]

2018 Derby City Council election^[6]
	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[]

Abbey[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

^ "Derby City Council". BBC News. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018.
^ "Local Election 2018". Derby City Council.
^ 2FS, Derby City Council, Council House, Corporation Street, Derby, DE1. "Election information 2018 - Derby City Council". www.derby.gov.uk.
^ "Live: Derby and Amber Valley election night 2018". 4 May 2018 – via www.derbytelegraph.co.uk.
^ "Conservatives to run Derby City Council". BBC News. 16 May 2018.
^ "Derby City Council elections results - your at-a-glance guide". 3 May 2018 – via www.derbytelegraph.co.uk.
^ "Derwent Ward By Election – The Results". Derby City Council. 9 March 2017.

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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.

[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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