2023 Derby City Council election

2023 Derby City Council election
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All 51 seats to Derby City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout32.4%
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Baggy Shanker Chris Poulter Alan Graves
Party Labour Conservative Reform Derby
Last election 16 seats, 36.1% 18 seats, 32.4% 6 seats, 8.0%
Seats won 23 15 6
Seat change Increase 7 Decrease 3 Steady
Popular vote 64,982 41,622 18,472
Percentage 41.2% 26.4% 11.7%
Swing Increase 5.1% Decrease 6.0% Increase 3.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Leader Ajit Atwal
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 8 seats, 16.9% 3 seats, 2.7%
Seats won 4 3
Seat change Decrease 4 Steady
Popular vote 23,276 5,332
Percentage 14.7% 3.4%
Swing Decrease 2.2% Increase 0.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Derby City Council election
Leader before election

Chris Poulter

Conservative (NOC)

Leader after election

Baggy Shanker
Labour (NOC)

The 2023 Derby City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 51 members of Derby City Council in Derbyshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

New ward boundaries were drawn up for this election, although the number of councillors remained 51. This election also marked a change in the electoral pattern for the city council. Prior to this election a third of the council was elected at a time three years out of every four. From this election onwards the whole council would be elected together every four years.[2]

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a Conservative minority administration. The council remained under no overall control after the election but Labour overtook the Conservatives to become the largest party.[3] Labour group leader Baggy Shanker was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 24 May 2023, leading a Labour minority administration.[4]

While some have reported Reform Derby as being synonymous with Reform UK, the parties are in fact distinct but affiliated entities.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Derby City Council local election results". DerbyshireLive. 2023-05-05. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  2. ^ "The Derby (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/201, retrieved 21 May 2023
  3. ^ Hawley, Zena (5 May 2023). "Labour biggest party on Derby City Council but with no overall majority after day of drama". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  4. ^ Slater, Nigel (26 May 2023). "New Derby council leader's plan to 'restore pride' in city centre". Derbyshire Live. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  5. ^ "View registration - The Electoral Commission". search.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  6. ^ "View registration - The Electoral Commission". search.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  7. ^ "2023 local election results - Derby City Council". derby.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-16.