Erewash Borough Council elections

Erewash Borough Council in Derbyshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 51 councillors are elected from 22 wards.^[1]

Political control[]

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Ilkeston North By-Election 2 October 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	331	71.6	-11.2
	Conservative	97	21.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	34	7.4	+7.4
Majority		234	50.6
Turnout		462
	Labour hold	Swing

Sandiacre South By-Election 21 May 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	704	60.6	+23.4
	Conservative	308	26.5	-2.4
	Labour	150	12.9	-21.1
Majority		396	34.1
Turnout		1,162
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Sawley By-Election 18 June 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	733	48.4	+29.1
	Conservative	402	26.5	+14.4
	Labour	380	25.1	+6.6
Majority		331	21.9
Turnout		1,515	28.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative	Swing

Sandiacre South By-Election 10 August 2000
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	432	43.2	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats	416	41.6	-3.6
	Labour	151	15.1	-5.3
Majority		16	1.6
Turnout		999	30.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

West Hallam By-Election 20 September 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	433	46.6	-6.0
	Liberal Democrats	375	40.3	+27.4
	Labour	122	13.1	-21.5
Majority		58	6.3
Turnout		930	24.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Abbotsford By-Election 28 February 2002^[9]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	294	42.1	-20.6
	Independent	205	29.4	+29.4
	Conservative	199	28.5	-8.8
Majority		89	12.7
Turnout		698	17.9
	Labour hold	Swing

Little Eaton Breadsall and Morley By-Election 29 April 2004^[10]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	627	63.0	+17.1
	Liberal Democrats	368	37.0	+0.9
Majority		259	26.0
Turnout		995	35.2
	Conservative hold	Swing

Kirk Hallam By-Election 28 October 2004^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louis Booth	523	52.1	+23.4
	Liberal Democrats		232	23.1	-1.5
	Conservative		120	11.9	-1.4
	UKIP		129	12.8	+12.8
Majority			291	29.0
Turnout			1,004	21.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Sawley By-Election 13 January 2005
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	423	38.1	+29.4
	Labour	348	31.4	+21.4
	Liberal Democrats	338	30.5	+0.0
Majority		75	6.7
Turnout		1,109	21.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Kirk Hallam By-Election 27 October 2005^[12]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	707	77.0	+24.9
	Conservative	132	14.4	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	79	8.6	-14.5
Majority		575	62.6
Turnout		918	19.3
	Labour gain from Independent	Swing

Derby Road West By-Election 23 April 2009^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keri Andrews	696	39.0	+6.7
	Conservative	Elaine Wright	584	32.7	-12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Neil	301	16.9	-5.4
	BNP	Mark Bailey	205	11.5	+11.5
Majority			112	6.3
Turnout			1,786
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Abbotsford By-Election 16 July 2009^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathryn Major	471	53.4	+2.1
	Labour	James Dawson	306	34.7	-14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Aanonson	105	11.9	+11.9
Majority			165	18.7
Turnout			882	23.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Hallam and Dale Abbey By-Election 21 January 2010^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Broughton	692	51.4	-22.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Hamson	506	37.6	+37.6
	Labour	James Dawson	149	11.1	-15.0
Majority			186	13.8
Turnout			1,347	33.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

^ "Elections". Erewash Borough Council. Archived from the original on 2009-09-29. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
^ "Erewash". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
^ The Borough of Erewash (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
^ The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (Areas) Order 1985
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Erewash (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Erewash (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ "Labour gains ahead of May local polls". guardian.co.uk. 2002-03-01. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
^ "Lib Dems bounce back in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2004-04-30. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
^ "Labour edges ahead in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2004-10-29. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
^ "Labour romp it at Kirk Hallam". Ilkeston Advertiser. 2005-11-10. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
^ "'Surprise' Labour win in council by-election". this is derbyshire.co.uk. 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
^ "Big two parties claim win apiece as voters have say". this is derbyshire.co.uk. 2009-07-18. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
^ "Tory victory in by-election". this is derbyshire.co.uk. 2010-01-22. Retrieved 2010-01-22.

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See also: Wards Boundary changes