# 2019 Bolsover District Council election

The 2019 Bolsover District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 37 members of Bolsover District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The election resulted in the Labour Party losing control of the council for the first time in 40 years after winning 18 seats, one short of a majority. Independents made gains largely at the expense of Labour, winning 16 seats.
Labour then won back the District Council in 2021 after 2 by election gains in Bolsover North and Shuttlewood and Pinxton wards. They have since had Liz Smyth (Ault Hucknall) join the Labour Group at Bolsover District Council in 2021, giving the Labour group a majority of 2.

## Summary
### Election result

2019 Bolsover District Council election :
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 37 | 18 | N/A | N/A | 14 | 48.6 | 46.1 | 13,730 | –19.8 |
| Independent | 22 | 16 | N/A | N/A | 11 | 43.2 | 35.0 | 10,430 | +13.8 |
| Conservative | 13 | 2 | N/A | N/A | 2 | 5.4 | 11.1 | 3,299 | +7.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | 1 | N/A | N/A | 1 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 1,610 | N/A |
| UKIP | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A | | 0.0 | 1.2 | 357 | –2.3 |
| Socialist Alternative | 2 | 0 | N/A | N/A | | 0.0 | 1.1 | 342 | N/A |

## Ward Results
### Ault Hucknall

Ault Hucknall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Elizabeth Smyth | 565 | 46.6 | |
| | Labour | Patricia Clough | 544 | 44.8 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Kirkham | 503 | 41.5 | |
| | Labour | Michael Yates | 429 | 35.4 | |
| | Conservative | Sophie Castledine-Dack | 348 | 28.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steven Raison | 219 | 18.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 74 | 2.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,228 | 25.32 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Barlborough

Barlborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Dixon | 451 | 42.0 | |
| | Conservative | Maxine Dixon | 425 | 39.6 | |
| | Labour | Hilary Gilmour* | 395 | 36.8 | |
| | Labour | Brian Watson* | 366 | 34.1 | |
| | Independent | John Shaw | 238 | 22.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Connor McInnes | 116 | 10.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30 | 2.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,082 | 32.62 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Blackwell

Blackwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Dexter Bullock* | 565 | 48.2 | |
| | Labour | Clive Moesby* | 455 | 38.8 | |
| | Independent | Debbie Marshall-Curtis | 439 | 37.5 | |
| | Labour | Tony Gascoyne | 366 | 31.2 | |
| | Independent | Leonard Walker | 165 | 14.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Hay | 122 | 10.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16 | 1.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,194 | 34.38 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Bolsover East

Bolsover East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anne Clarke | 481 | 66.0 | |
| | Labour | John Clarke | 434 | 59.5 | |
| | Conservative | David Pleming | 254 | 34.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 180 | 24.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 825 | 25.50 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Bolsover North and Shuttlewood

Bolsover North and Shuttlewood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patricia Cooper | 270 | 54.8 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Cooper* | 265 | 53.8 | |
| | Socialist Alternative | Elaine Evans | 221 | 44.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 44 | 9.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 545 | 20.89 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Bolsover South

Bolsover South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Derek Adams | 601 | 56.0 | |
| | Labour | Rosemary Bowler | 418 | 38.9 | |
| | Labour | Malcolm Crane* | 336 | 31.3 | |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Gray-Cowley | 163 | 15.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mathew Waller | 132 | 12.3 | |
| | Socialist Alternative | Jonathan Dale | 121 | 11.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 82 | 7.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,091 | 32.97 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Clowne East

Clowne East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ross Walker | 984 | 61.3 | |
| | Independent | Allan Bailey | 900 | 56.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Natalie Hoy | 677 | 42.2 | |
| | Labour | Terence Connerton* | 380 | 23.7 | |
| | Labour | Karl Reid* | 363 | 22.6 | |
| | Labour | Karen Oxspring | 353 | 22.0 | |
| | Conservative | Joshua Yewman | 289 | 18.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 297 | 18.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,613 | 35.69 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Clowne West

Clowne West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Dan Salt | 186 | 43.1 | |
| | Labour | Jim Smith* | 141 | 32.6 | |
| | Conservative | Neil Yewman | 105 | 24.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45 | 10.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 437 | 26.73 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### Elmton-with-Creswell

Elmton-with-Creswell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | James Clifton* | 737 | 58.4 | |
| | Labour | Duncan McGregor* | 585 | 46.3 | |
| | Labour | Rita Turner* | 541 | 42.8 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Smith | 373 | 29.5 | |
| | UKIP | Lesley Carley | 357 | 28.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Breffit | 162 | 12.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 168 | 13.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,274 | 27.12 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Langwith

Langwith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Fritchley* | Unopposed | N/A | |
| | Labour | Sandra Peake* | Unopposed | N/A | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | N/A | N/A | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | N/A | N/A | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Pinxton

Pinxton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | James Watson | 405 | 53.4 | |
| | Labour | Mary Dooley* | 299 | 39.4 | |
| | Labour | Michael Fox | 278 | 36.6 | |
| | Independent | Cherry Drake-Brockman | 221 | 29.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Cheung | 63 | 8.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21 | 2.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 764 | 23.12 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Shirebrook North

Shirebrook North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jen Wilson* | 529 | 76.0 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Kane | 451 | 64.8 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Sainsbury | 149 | 21.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 302 | 43.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 722 | 19.92 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Shirebrook South

Shirebrook South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Downes | 340 | 54.5 | |
| | Labour | Janet Tait | 320 | 51.3 | |
| | Conservative | Sylwester Zwierzynski | 201 | 32.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Oakton | 121 | 19.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 119 | 19.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 647 | 20.53 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### South Normanton East

South Normanton East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Tracey Cannon* | 457 | 50.6 | |
| | Independent | Andrew Joesbury* | 439 | 48.6 | |
| | Labour | John Brough | 408 | 45.1 | |
| | Labour | James Coyle | 394 | 43.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 31 | 3.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 921 | 25.57 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### South Normanton West

South Normanton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Jane Bryson | 537 | 42.0 | |
| | Independent | Graham Parkin | 510 | 39.9 | |
| | Independent | Evonne Parkin | 491 | 38.4 | |
| | Labour | Paul Barnes* | 467 | 36.5 | |
| | Labour | Emma Stevenson* | 449 | 35.1 | |
| | Labour | Philip Smith* | 439 | 34.3 | |
| | Conservative | Sharon Coleman | 267 | 20.9 | |
| | Conservative | Keith Davis | 258 | 20.2 | |
| | Conservative | Stephen Harvey | 194 | 15.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 297 | 18.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,295 | 25.73 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### Tibshelf

Tibshelf :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Deborah Watson* | 466 | 41.3 | |
| | Independent | Raymond Heffer* | 377 | 33.5 | |
| | Labour | Kathryn Salt | 371 | 32.9 | |
| | Independent | Shirley Ellks | 302 | 26.8 | |
| | Labour | Jane Yates | 301 | 26.7 | |
| | Independent | Diane Rutland | 268 | 23.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6 | 0.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,138 | 36.30 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### Whitwell

Whitwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Peter Roberts | 577 | 63.0 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Munro* | 381 | 41.6 | |
| | Labour | Malcolm Ritchie* | 305 | 33.3 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Hogg | 195 | 21.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 76 | 8.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 932 | 31.11 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

## By-elections 2019–2023
### Bolsover North and Shuttlewood by-election

Bolsover North and Shuttlewood by-election 6 May 2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Donna Marie Hales | 351 | 51.5 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Sean Hoy | 254 | 37.3 |
| | Independent | Martin George Sanders | 38 | 5.6 |
| | TUSC | Elaine Ann Evans | 38 | 5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 97 | 14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 685 | 25.29 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
The Bolsover North and Shuttlewood by-election in 2021 was triggered by the death of Labour councillor Pat Cooper.

### Pinxton by-election 2021

Pinxton by-election 6 May 2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Stan Fox | 442 | 49.4 |
| | Conservative | Sarah Smith | 299 | 33.4 |
| | Independent | Kevin John Rose | 140 | 15.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Oakton | 14 | 1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 143 | 16.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 901 | 26.96 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
The Pinxton by-election in 2021 was triggered by the death of independent councillor James Watson. Following the two by-elections on 6 May 2021, Labour regained a majority on the council.

### Pinxton by-election 2022

Pinxton by-election 17 November 2022 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Mark Hinman | 376 | 63.3 |
| Conservative | Julian Siddle | 218 | 36.7 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
The Pinxton by-election in 2022 was triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor Stan Fox.