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						New ward boundaries[15]
2019[16]	18	16	2	1				New ward boundaries[1]
2023[17]	31	3	3					Boundary changes[18]

District result maps

• 
  2003 results map
• 
  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;^[19] 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

References

1. "The Bolsover (Electoral Changes) Order 2017", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2017/1265, retrieved 21 August 2022
2. https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Bolsover-1973-2011.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
3. The District of Bolsover (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
4. The Derbyshire (District Boundaries) Order 1985
5. "Election results round-up - Local elections". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 1995.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
8. legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
9. Colin, Rawlings; Thrasher, Michael. The District of Bolsover Council Election Results 1973-2011 (PDF). The Elections Centre Plymouth University.
10. "District Council Election Results 2003". Bolsover District Council. Archived from the original on 29 August 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
11. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Bolsover (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
12. "Bolsover". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
13. "Councillors". Bolsover District Council. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
14. "District Council Election 2015". Bolsover District Council. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
15. legislation.gov.uk - The Bolsover (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
16. "Bolsover District Council Election 2019". Bolsover District Council. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021.
17. "Bolsover result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
18. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
19. "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2014.

External links

• Bolsover Council