# 2019 Chesterfield Borough Council election

Elections to Chesterfield Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 2 May 2019.

## Summary
### Election result

2019 Chesterfield Borough Council election :
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 48 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 58.3 | 43.5 | 25,538 | –0.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | 48 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 35.4 | 39.0 | 22,894 | +15.4 |
| Independent | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 3,358 | +1.8 |
| Conservative | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 9.1 | 5,360 | –9.0 |
| Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.1 | 641 | N/A |
| UKIP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 634 | –7.7 |
| Chesterfield Independents | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.6 | 335 | N/A |

## Ward results
### Barrow Hill and New Whittington

Barrow Hill and New Whittington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barry Bingham | 914 | 64.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kelly Thornton | 685 | 48.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Holmes | 675 | 47.7 | |
| | Labour | Lisa-Marie Derbyshire | 273 | 19.3 | |
| | Labour | Susan Bean | 256 | 18.1 | |
| | Labour | John Flint | 249 | 17.6 | |
| | UKIP | John Daramy | 232 | 16.4 | |
| | UKIP | Robert Warwick | 226 | 16.0 | |
| | Conservative | Oliver Scheidt | 119 | 8.4 | |
| | Conservative | Linda Rowley | 107 | 7.6 | |
| | Conservative | Adam Parrish | 92 | 6.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,418 | 32.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP | Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP | Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP | Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP | Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP |

### Brimington North

Brimington North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Terence Gilby | 430 | 65.5 | |
| | Labour | Susan Perkins | 395 | 60.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Claire Lewis | 142 | 21.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jon Cayzer | 122 | 18.6 | |
| | Conservative | Simon Temperton | 93 | 14.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 692 | 22.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Brimington South

Brimington South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patricia Gilby | 864 | 64.8 | |
| | Labour | Ian Callan | 828 | 62.1 | |
| | Labour | Anthony Bellamy | 808 | 60.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Collins | 278 | 20.9 | |
| | Conservative | Craig Hoyland | 259 | 19.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Openshaw | 248 | 18.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Russell Eagling | 223 | 16.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,378 | 29.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Brockwell

Brockwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maureen Davenport | 1,270 | 61.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Fordham | 1,206 | 58.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Katherine Hollingworth | 1,149 | 55.2 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Brunt | 769 | 37.0 | |
| | Labour | Lesley Whetton | 663 | 31.9 | |
| | Labour | Jarrad Keyes | 631 | 30.3 | |
| | Conservative | Annetta Woodhead | 171 | 8.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,126 | 41.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |

### Dunston

Dunston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gordon Simmons | 626 | 57.5 | |
| | Labour | Mark Rayner | 620 | 57.0 | |
| | Labour | Janice Marriott | 616 | 56.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joanne Favreau | 270 | 24.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jolyon Favreau | 258 | 23.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Satterfitt | 253 | 23.3 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Moss | 204 | 18.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,132 | 24.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Hasland

Hasland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Brady | 892 | 56.7 | |
| | Labour | Amanda Serjeant | 780 | 49.6 | |
| | Labour | Stuart Brittain | 755 | 48.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bridget Dunks | 368 | 23.4 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Gibbons | 354 | 22.5 | |
| | Green | Darren Yates | 333 | 21.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Frear | 275 | 17.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Herring | 189 | 12.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,604 | 33.4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Hollingwood and Inkersall

Hollingwood and Inkersall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Michael Bagshaw | 892 | 56.0 | |
| | Independent | Paul Mann | 828 | 52.0 | |
| | Independent | Ruth Perry | 774 | 48.6 | |
| | Labour | Joanne Barnett | 561 | 35.2 | |
| | Labour | Helen Elliott | 545 | 34.2 | |
| | Labour | Anthony Hill | 462 | 29.0 | |
| | Conservative | Frank Wilkinson | 144 | 9.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Nightingale | 87 | 5.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arron Shutler | 65 | 4.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Shutler | 54 | 3.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,606 | 28.1 | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour |

### Holmebrook

Holmebrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Falconer | 554 | 52.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glenys Falconer | 525 | 49.3 | |
| | Labour | Ronald Mihaly | 472 | 44.3 | |
| | Labour | Gordon McLaren | 399 | 37.5 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Woodhead | 78 | 7.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,077 | 35.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |

### Linacre

Linacre :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Emily Coy | 778 | 62.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Barr | 733 | 58.9 | |
| | Labour | David Culley | 318 | 25.6 | |
| | Labour | Marion Thorpe | 292 | 23.5 | |
| | Conservative | Roderick Harrison | 174 | 14.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,265 | 39.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Loundsley Green

Loundsley Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Raymond Catt | 484 | 59.0 | |
| | Labour | Avis Murphy | 471 | 57.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Coy | 225 | 27.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Genn | 202 | 24.6 | |
| | Conservative | Sandra Furniss | 124 | 15.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 852 | 29.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Lowgates and Woodthorpe

Lowgates and Woodthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lisa Collins | 418 | 46.9 | |
| | Labour | Dean Collins | 414 | 46.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Jacobs | 189 | 21.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Hartley | 185 | 20.7 | |
| | Independent | Joseph Mann | 141 | 15.8 | |
| | Conservative | Rhodri Hutchinson | 137 | 15.4 | |
| | Independent | Michelle Mann | 123 | 13.8 | |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Rowley | 104 | 11.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 908 | 26.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Middlecroft and Poolsbrook

Middlecroft and Poolsbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Barry Dyke | 414 | 48.4 | |
| | Labour | Christine Ludlow | 377 | 44.0 | |
| | Independent | Dale Denton | 302 | 35.3 | |
| | Independent | Cheryl Jackson | 298 | 34.8 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Andrews | 92 | 10.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harry Holloway | 59 | 6.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Maher | 56 | 6.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 871 | 25.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Moor

Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Rogers | 510 | 48.1 | |
| | Labour | Kathryn Caulfield | 403 | 38.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pamela Millward | 402 | 37.9 | |
| | Labour | Paul Knaggs | 305 | 28.8 | |
| | UKIP | Barry Thompson | 176 | 16.6 | |
| | Conservative | Irene Wilkinson | 79 | 7.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,063 | 32.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Old Whittington

Old Whittington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jean Innes | 353 | 40.3 | |
| | Labour | Peter Innes | 337 | 38.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | June Bingham | 281 | 32.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Jakins | 216 | 24.7 | |
| | Chesterfield Independent | Paul Stone | 204 | 23.3 | |
| | Chesterfield Independent | Philip Wood | 131 | 15.0 | |
| | Conservative | Norman Andrews | 110 | 12.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 891 | 29.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Rother

Rother :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jennifer Flood | 651 | 62.2 | |
| | Labour | Lisa Blakemore | 645 | 61.6 | |
| | Labour | Keith Miles | 630 | 60.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dawn Nickson | 270 | 25.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harry Atkins | 209 | 20.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Millward | 209 | 20.0 | |
| | Conservative | Sara Scotting | 176 | 16.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,062 | 23.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### St. Helen's

St. Helen's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jill Mannion-Brunt | 597 | 68.5 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Murphy | 579 | 66.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Oliver Fish | 189 | 21.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Yvette Marsden | 169 | 19.4 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Sterland | 95 | 10.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 905 | 25.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### St. Leonard's

St. Leonard's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sharon Blank | 929 | 56.1 | |
| | Labour | Kathryn Sarvent | 851 | 51.4 | |
| | Labour | Daniel Kelly | 763 | 46.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Mather | 573 | 34.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Cannon | 560 | 33.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Harrison | 399 | 24.1 | |
| | Conservative | Anne Sterland | 327 | 19.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,699 | 28.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Walton

Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Kellman | 1,131 | 60.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Snowdon | 1,015 | 54.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Redihough | 984 | 52.6 | |
| | Labour | Rachel Rush | 364 | 19.4 | |
| | Conservative | John Boult | 341 | 18.2 | |
| | Conservative | Ian Jerram | 319 | 17.0 | |
| | Labour | Graham Barnett | 318 | 17.0 | |
| | Green | David Wadsworth | 308 | 16.5 | |
| | Labour | Mark Stirland | 298 | 15.9 | |
| | Conservative | John Scotting | 282 | 15.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,896 | 42.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### West

West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shirley Niblock | 1,157 | 54.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard Borrell | 1,154 | 54.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Niblock | 1,129 | 52.8 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Hibbert | 512 | 23.9 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Marriott | 497 | 23.2 | |
| | Conservative | James Dale | 472 | 22.1 | |
| | Conservative | Marcus Linsey | 459 | 21.5 | |
| | Conservative | Nigel Sterland | 448 | 21.0 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Lismore | 424 | 19.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,180 | 44.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

## By-elections
### Hollingwood & Inkersall

Hollingwood & Inkersall: 7 July 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Debbie Wheeldon | 747 | 48.5 | +15.2 |
| | Independent | Dean Rhodes | 676 | 43.9 | −9.1 |
| | Green | Louis Hollingworth | 118 | 7.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 71 | 4.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,541 | | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | 12.2 | |