2018 Derby City Council election

2018 Derby City Council election^[1][2]

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17 of the 51 seats to Derby City Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 26 17 Seats before 26 18 Seats won 5 8 Seats after 23 20 Seat change 3 2 Popular vote 21,264 27,447 Percentage 31.0% 39.1%   Third party Fourth party   Party Liberal Democrats UKIP Last election 5 2 Seats before 5 1 Seats won 2 2 Seats after 5 3 Seat change 1 Popular vote 10,355 7,001 Percentage 15.1% 10.2%
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2018 Derby City Council elections.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election No overall control

The 2018 Derby City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Derby City Council in England.^[3] This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour group on the council suffered losses of both the Council Leader Ranjit Banwait and the mayor John Whitby, as well as then cabinet member Sara Bolton, who lost by over 1,000 votes to Conservative Rob Cooper.^[4] Labour lost its overall majority on the council, and a Conservative minority administration was formed with Liberal Democrat and UKIP backing.^[5]

Election results

2018 Derby City Council election^[6]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	3	0	3	47.1	39.1	27,447	13.6
	Labour	5	0	3	3	29.4	31.0	21,264	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	0		11.8	15.1	10,355	0.3
	UKIP	2	1	1		11.8	10.2	7,001	12.1
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	1.2	854	New
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	3.4	2,346	3.0

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2014 election.

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Hezelgrave	1,295	38.9	2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ajit Atwal	1,294	38.9	11.5
	Conservative	Harvey Jennings	547	16.4	1.8
	UKIP	Ann Graves	95	2.8	7.8
	Green	Alice Joy	95	2.8	2.1
Majority			1	0.0	N/A
Turnout			3,326	35.2	5.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Allestree

Allestree (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Webb	3,757	70.1	9.4
	Labour	Cecile Wright	910	17.0	0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Deena Smith	407	7.6	3.9
	Green	Dan Holme	175	3.2	3.2
	UKIP	David Adams	106	1.9	9.0
Majority			2,847	53.2	N/A
Turnout			5,355	48.5	6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alvaston

Alvaston (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Alan Graves	2,478	58.8	12.6
	Labour	Thomas Spray	976	23.1	10.1
	Conservative	Charnjeev Bolla	479	11.3	1.4
	Green	Ian Sleeman	113	2.6	2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Lind	108	2.5	2.8
	Independent	David Gale	57	1.3	0.1
Majority			1,502	35.7	22.6
Turnout			4,211	36.5	6.8
	UKIP hold		Swing

Arboretum

Blagreaves

Boulton

Chaddesden

Chellaston

Darley

Derwent

Note: Derwent ward was won by UKIP at the previous regular election in 2014, but gained by the Conservatives in a by-election on 9 March 2017.^[7]

Littleover

Mackworth

Mickleover

Normanton

Oakwood

Sinfin

Spondon

References

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