Bolsover District Council elections

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	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
2019[15]	18	16	2	1				New ward boundaries[1]
2023[16]	31	3	3

District result maps

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

By-elections

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;^[17] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
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