2021 Derby City Council election

The 2021 Derby City Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.^[1] One-third of the seats were up for election, with one ward (Darley) electing two councillors.^[2]

Results

2021 Derby City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	9	2	50.0	12	21	41.2	24,665	38.5	+6.9
	Labour	5	3	27.8	8	13	25.5	19,807	31.0	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	2		11.1	6	8	15.7	9,880	15.4	-2.5
	Independent	0		0.0	7	7	13.7	2,154	3.4	-0.9
	Reform UK	2	2	11.1	0	2	3.9	4,615	7.2	New
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,799	4.4	+4.1
	Link Party	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	41	0.1	±0.0
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	29	<0.1	New
	UKIP	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	N/A	N/A	-15.4

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Bonser	1,147	38.3	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Farhatullah Khan	1,025	34.2	−8.7
	Conservative	Edward Rycroft	546	18.2	+9.5
	Green	Helen Hitchcock	192	6.4	N/A
	Reform UK	Julie Paxton^[a]	87	2.9	N/A
Majority			122	4.1
Turnout			2,997	30.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Allestree

Allestree^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ged Potter	3,489	67.1	+4.7
	Labour Co-op	John Banks	1,002	19.3	+3.0
	Green	Tony Mott	363	7.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Jones	250	4.8	−7.2
	Reform UK	James Wise^[a]	99	1.9	N/A
Majority			2,487	47.8
Turnout			5,203	47.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alvaston

Alvaston^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	John Evans^[a]	1,411	43.9	*N/A*
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Spray	1,024	31.9	+5.4
	Conservative	Peter Berry	665	20.7	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Preetinder Butter	113	3.5	−2.1
Majority			387	12.0
Turnout			3,213	27.7
	Reform UK gain from UKIP		Swing

John Evans was the sitting councillor having been elected as a UKIP candidate in 2016.

Arboretum

Arboretum^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gulfraz Nawaz	1,952	67.5	−4.8
	Conservative	Adam Hurt	355	12.3	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jairo Marrero	232	8.0	−2.4
	Green	Ian Sleeman	214	7.4	N/A
	Reform UK	George Flint^[a]	140	4.8	N/A
Majority			1,597	55.2
Turnout			2,893	24.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Blagreaves

Blagreaves^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Naitta	1,895	49.4	−0.2
	Labour	Michael Bullock	1,073	28.0	−4.0
	Conservative	Rusi Jaspal	755	19.7	+9.0
	Reform UK	Anthony Blaney^[a]	111	2.9	N/A
Majority			822	21.4
Turnout			3,834	39.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Boulton

Boulton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Tim Prosser^[a]	1,663	57.3	*N/A*
	Labour	Sara Bolton	998	34.4	+12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Webb	240	8.3	+3.5
Majority			665	22.9
Turnout			2,901	28.7
	Reform UK gain from Labour		Swing

Chaddesden

Chaddesden^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Smale	2,311	69.1	+10.8
	Labour	Adam Wisdish	829	24.8	+2.2
	Reform UK	Gary Small^[a]	115	3.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Glenda Howcroft	88	2.6	−2.0
Majority			1,482	44.3
Turnout			3,343	33.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chellaston

Chellaston^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harvey Jennings	1,743	42.8	+7.3
	Independent	Celia Ingall	1,463	36.0	−3.3
	Labour	Hafeez Rehman	584	14.4	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Wilson	209	5.1	−1.2
	Reform UK	Alfred Saxby^[a]	70	1.7	N/A
Majority			280	6.8
Turnout			4,069	34.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Darley

Darley^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Alison Martin	1,833	49.3	+1.0
	Conservative	Alan Grimadell	1,305	35.1	+10.1
	Labour Co-op	Carmel Swan	1,304	35.1	−13.2
	Conservative	Chris Howlett	1,138	30.6	+5.6
	Green	Adrian Howlett	721	19.4	N/A
	Green	Robert Jacques	564	15.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Simon King	278	7.5	−10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Eloise Thatcher	186	5.0	−12.6
	Reform UK	John Summerfield^[a]	105	2.8	N/A
Turnout			—	37.6
	Labour Co-op hold
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op

Derwent

Derwent^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tracey Pearce	892	37.0	−10.4
	Independent	Richard Hudson	691	28.7	N/A
	Labour	Martin Rawson	674	28.0	−0.7
	Reform UK	Carole Bradley^[a]	62	2.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Ferrigno	60	2.5	−3.8
	TUSC	Eden Maskill-Watts	29	1.2	N/A
Majority			201	8.3
Turnout			2,408	23.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Littleover

Littleover^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Lonsdale	1,976	43.2	−6.5
	Labour	Gurdev Dhillon	1,343	29.4	+5.7
	Conservative	Ed Packham	1,140	25.0	+6.7
	Reform UK	Brenden May^[a]	69	1.5	N/A
	Link Party	Tony Welch	41	0.9	−0.6
Majority			633	13.8
Turnout			4,569	41.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Mackworth

Mackworth^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gaurav Pandey	1,227	44.9	+10.6
	Labour	Paul Pegg	1,034	37.9	−0.8
	Green	Samuel Ward	256	9.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Carmine Branco	121	4.4	−3.9
	Reform UK	George Warren^[a]	92	3.4	N/A
Majority			193	7.0
Turnout			2,730	26.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Mickleover

Mickleover^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Holmes	3,071	58.9	+14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Maggie Hird	1,426	27.3	−9.8
	Labour	John Whitby	637	12.2	+1.6
	Reform UK	Derek Reynolds^[a]	80	1.5	−6.1
Majority			1,645	31.6
Turnout			5,214	45.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Normanton

Normanton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Hardyal Dhindsa	1,878	56.5	−18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Jabbar	825	24.8	+17.7
	Conservative	Tafseer Habib	377	11.3	+2.4
	Reform UK	Michael Siveyer^[a]	242	7.3	N/A
Majority			1,053	31.7
Turnout			3,322	32.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Oakwood

Oakwood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Eyre	2,304	63.7	+17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Harwood	671	18.6	+12.7
	Labour Co-op	Neil Wilson	460	12.7	−2.8
	Green	Vic Wood	130	3.6	N/A
	Reform UK	Graham Leeming^[a]	51	1.4	N/A
Majority			1,633	45.1
Turnout			3,616	35.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sinfin

Sinfin^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Baggy Shanker	1,551	59.4	+8.7
	Conservative	Jay Joshi	798	30.6	+7.9
	Reform UK	Doug Lumley^[a]	134	5.1	−15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Lind	126	4.8	−1.7
Majority			753	28.8
Turnout			2,609	25.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Spondon

Spondon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evonne Williams	2,539	70.0	+10.8
	Labour	Ashiq Hussain	484	13.4	−5.3
	Green	Andreas Christodoulou	359	9.9	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Wray	159	4.4	+1.3
	Reform UK	David Adams^[a]	84	2.3	−11.2
Majority			2,055	56.6
Turnout			3,625	36.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Stood as Reform Derby and Reform UK

^ "NOTICE OF ELECTION - Derby" (PDF). Derby.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ Hawley, Zena (11 April 2021). "Derby City Council candidates for local elections 2021". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED - Derby" (PDF). Derby.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[ref-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Stood as Reform Derby and Reform UK

[1] "NOTICE OF ELECTION - Derby" (PDF). Derby.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[2] Hawley, Zena (11 April 2021). "Derby City Council candidates for local elections 2021". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[wards-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED - Derby" (PDF). Derby.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

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