Bolsover District Council elections

Map showing the composition of Bolsover District Council as of the last election in 2015. Labour in red and independents in grey.

Bolsover District Council in Derbyshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 37 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2003 election.^[3]

• Bolsover District Council election, 1973
• Bolsover District Council election, 1976
• Bolsover District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
• Bolsover District Council election, 1983
• Bolsover District Council election, 1987 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
• Bolsover District Council election, 1991

Year	Labour	Independent	Residents	Green	Respect	Others	Notes
1995[6]	35	1	1	0	0	0	District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[7][8][9]
1999[10]	32	4	0	0	0	1
2003[11]	31	4	2	0	0	0	New ward boundaries[12]
2007[13]	27	7	2	0	1	0
2011[14]	31	4	1	1	0	0
2015[15]	32	5	0	0	0	0	New ward boundaries[16]

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

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

References

1. "Councillors". Bolsover District Council. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
2. "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
3. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
4. The District of Bolsover (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
5. The Derbyshire (District Boundaries) Order 1985
6. "Election results round-up - Local elections". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 1995.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
8. legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
9. legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
10. "Bolsover". BBC News Online. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
11. "District Council Election Results 2003". Bolsover District Council. Archived from the original on 29 August 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
12. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Bolsover (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
13. "Bolsover". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
14. "Councillors". Bolsover District Council. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
15. "District Council Election 2015". Bolsover District Council. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
16. legislation.gov.uk - The Bolsover (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
17. "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 19 July 2014.

External links

• Bolsover Council