# 2023 Bolsover District Council election

The 2023 Bolsover District Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 37 members of Bolsover District Council in Derbyshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

## Summary
### Overview

Following the results, the council remained under Labour control.

### Election result

2023 Bolsover District Council election :
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 37 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 83.8 | 48.8 | 16,720 | +2.7 |
| Conservative | 37 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8.1 | 27.2 | 9,343 | +16.1 |
| Independent | 29 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 8.1 | 21.3 | 7,307 | –13.7 |
| TUSC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.1 | 380 | New |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 250 | –4.7 |
| Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.5 | 175 | New |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.3 | 117 | New |

## Ward Results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election.

### Ault Hucknall

Ault Hucknall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Thomas Kirkham* | 689 | 50.1 | +8.6 |
| | Labour | Malcolm Richards | 658 | 47.9 | +3.1 |
| | Labour | Catherine Tite | 592 | 43.1 | +7.7 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Hunt | 449 | 32.7 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | Karen Whitaker | 442 | 32.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Iain Grainger-Grimes | 439 | 32.0 | N/A |
| | Independent | Sarah Bister | 361 | 26.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 143 | 2.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,374 | 28.32 | +3.00 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
One seat shown as a gain from independent to allow for comparison with 2019 results, although the independent elected in 2019, Liz Smyth, had subsequently joined Labour during 2021. She did not stand for re-election.

### Barlborough

Barlborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Haywood | 510 | 45.2 | +8.4 |
| | Labour | Vicki Wapplington | 471 | 41.7 | +7.6 |
| | Conservative | Maxine Dixon* | 458 | 40.6 | −1.4 |
| | Conservative | David Dixon* | 436 | 38.6 | −1.0 |
| | Independent | John Shaw | 185 | 16.4 | −5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Stanley | 80 | 7.1 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13 | 1.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,129 | 33.68 | +1.06 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Blackwell

Blackwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Clive Moesby* | 495 | 50.5 | +11.7 |
| | Labour | Sally Renshaw | 402 | 41.0 | +9.8 |
| | Independent | Debbie Marshall-Curtis | 306 | 31.2 | −6.3 |
| | Independent | Dexter Bullock* | 296 | 30.2 | −18.0 |
| | Conservative | Jane Halford | 148 | 15.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Darren Keyworth | 140 | 14.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 96 | 9.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 980 | 28.82 | −5.56 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Bolsover East

Bolsover East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anne Clarke* | 507 | 53.0 | −13.0 |
| | Labour | Rowan Clarke* | 436 | 45.6 | −13.9 |
| | Conservative | Joel Fletcher-Swindlehurst | 303 | 31.7 | −3.1 |
| | Independent | Paul Goodwin | 246 | 25.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Richard Pinder | 226 | 23.6 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Daniel Jackson | 62 | 6.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 133 | 13.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 956 | 26.88 | +1.38 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Bolsover North and Shuttlewood

Bolsover North and Shuttlewood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Donna Hales* | 492 | 72.7 | +17.9 |
| | Labour | Ashley Taylor | 429 | 63.4 | +9.6 |
| | Conservative | Nick Gray-Cowley | 150 | 22.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Alex Webster | 136 | 20.1 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Elaine Evans | 49 | 7.2 | −37.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 279 | 41.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 677 | 22.99 | +2.10 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Bolsover South

Bolsover South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Cathy Jeffery | 386 | 37.8 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Carol Wood | 317 | 31.0 | +15.8 |
| | Independent | Derek Adams* | 314 | 30.7 | −25.3 |
| | Labour | Paul Harford | 301 | 29.5 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | Chris Wood | 271 | 26.5 | N/A |
| | Independent | Nick Clarke | 245 | 24.0 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Jon Dale | 88 | 8.6 | −2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,022 | 31.07 | −1.90 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Clowne East

Clowne East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Bennett | 547 | 40.4 | +16.7 |
| | Labour | Robert Hiney-Saunders | 517 | 38.2 | +15.6 |
| | Independent | Ross Walker* | 504 | 37.2 | −24.1 |
| | Independent | Allan Bailey* | 469 | 34.6 | −21.5 |
| | Labour | Dawn Walton | 401 | 29.6 | +7.6 |
| | Independent | Glyn Hughes | 357 | 26.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Natalie Hoy* | 343 | 25.3 | −16.9 |
| | Conservative | Matt Hoy | 320 | 23.6 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative | Angela Pogmore | 230 | 17.0 | N/A |
| | TUSC | David Watson | 47 | 3.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 35 | 2.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,355 | 29.79 | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Natalie Hoy had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2019 but joined the Conservatives in 2020. Seat shown as a gain from Liberal Democrats to allow comparison with 2019 results.

### Clowne West

Clowne West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Will Fletcher | 239 | 54.8 | +30.5 |
| | Labour | Karl Reid | 197 | 45.2 | +12.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42 | 9.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 436 | 26.88 | +0.15 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Elmton-with-Creswell

Elmton-with-Creswell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rita Turner* | 728 | 54.6 | +11.8 |
| | Labour | Duncan McGregor* | 705 | 52.8 | +6.5 |
| | Labour | Amanda Davis | 674 | 50.5 | +21.0 |
| | Independent | Steve Smith | 366 | 27.4 | −2.1 |
| | Independent | Martin Saunders | 268 | 20.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Derek Steff | 257 | 19.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Terence Edgar | 207 | 15.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Sarah Smith | 195 | 14.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 308 | 23.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,334 | 26.01 | −1.11 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Langwith

Langwith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sandra Peake* | 500 | 67.8 | +67.8 |
| | Labour | Stephen Fritchley* | 457 | 61.9 | +61.9 |
| | Conservative | James Kershaw-Dickson | 138 | 18.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Carol Patterson | 127 | 17.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Breffit | 64 | 8.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steven Raison | 52 | 7.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 319 | 43.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 738 | 21.60 | N/A |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Pinxton

Pinxton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mary Dooley* | 430 | 56.4 | +17.0 |
| | Labour | Mark Hinman* | 422 | 55.3 | +18.7 |
| | Conservative | Julian Siddle | 312 | 40.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Kat Moss | 254 | 33.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 110 | 14.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 763 | 23.58 | +0.46 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Mark Hinman won his seat in a by-election in November 2022, but seat shown as gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019 result.

### Shirebrook North

Shirebrook North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jen Wilson* | 411 | 49.6 | −26.4 |
| | Labour | Chris Kane* | 330 | 39.9 | −24.9 |
| | Conservative | Keeley Howson | 210 | 25.4 | +4.0 |
| | Independent | David Downes | 202 | 24.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | David Taylor | 187 | 22.6 | N/A |
| | Green | Martin Gibbons | 62 | 7.5 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Ronnie Rogers | 62 | 7.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 120 | 14.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 828 | 23.72 | +3.80 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Shirebrook South

Shirebrook South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jane Yates | 422 | 55.7 | +1.2 |
| | Labour | Janet Tait* | 412 | 54.4 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative | Adam Hind | 185 | 24.4 | −7.8 |
| | Independent | Sylwester Zwierzynski | 159 | 21.0 | −11.2 |
| | Conservative | Dave Manton | 111 | 14.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Oakton | 54 | 7.1 | −12.3 |
| | TUSC | Dean Eggleston | 39 | 5.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 227 | 30.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 758 | 22.08 | +1.55 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### South Normanton East

South Normanton East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Emma Stevenson | 371 | 41.1 | −4.0 |
| | Labour | Lucy King | 294 | 32.6 | −11.0 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Brogdale | 242 | 26.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Sharon Coleman | 197 | 21.8 | N/A |
| | Independent | Tracey Cannon* | 184 | 20.4 | −30.2 |
| | Independent | Andrew Joesbury* | 141 | 15.6 | −33.0 |
| | Independent | John Cox | 132 | 14.6 | N/A |
| | Independent | Aileen Coleman | 126 | 14.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52 | 5.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 902 | 25.82 | +0.25 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### South Normanton West

South Normanton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lisa Powell | 438 | 35.3 | −1.2 |
| | Labour | Phil Smith | 422 | 34.0 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative | Louise Fox | 410 | 33.1 | +12.2 |
| | Labour | Adam Summers | 405 | 32.7 | −2.4 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Key | 381 | 30.7 | +10.5 |
| | Conservative | Alfie Mountford | 377 | 30.4 | +15.2 |
| | Independent | Olivia Ball | 238 | 19.2 | N/A |
| | Independent | Susan Burnham | 213 | 17.2 | N/A |
| | Independent | David Coleman | 143 | 11.5 | N/A |
| | Green | Ian Mason | 113 | 9.1 | N/A |
| | Independent | Christine Papworth | 106 | 8.5 | N/A |
| | Independent | Graham Parkin* | 82 | 6.6 | −33.3 |
| | Independent | Evonne Parkin* | 79 | 6.4 | −32.0 |
| | TUSC | Brian Loader | 33 | 2.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,240 | 23.78 | −1.95 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Tibshelf

Tibshelf :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Justin Gilbody | 420 | 42.1 | N/A |
| | Independent | Deborah Watson* | 341 | 34.2 | −7.1 |
| | Independent | Allison Beckett | 326 | 32.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | Kathryn Salt | 270 | 27.1 | −5.8 |
| | Labour | Jane Molsher-Berry | 188 | 18.9 | −7.8 |
| | Independent | Raymond Heffer* | 178 | 17.9 | −15.6 |
| | Conservative | Josh Flint | 85 | 8.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Shawn Sunderland | 56 | 5.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15 | 1.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 997 | 30.69 | −5.61 |
| | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Whitwell

Whitwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom Munro* | 434 | 49.7 | +8.1 |
| | Labour | Jeanne Raspin | 377 | 43.1 | +9.8 |
| | Independent | Peter Roberts* | 320 | 36.6 | −26.4 |
| | Conservative | Peter Jackson | 215 | 24.6 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Paul Bettison | 150 | 17.2 | N/A |
| | Reform UK | Linda Roberts | 117 | 13.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 57 | 6.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 874 | 29.53 | −1.58 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |