2025 UK local government election
2025 Derbyshire County Council election|
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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| Leader
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Barry Lewis
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Ed Fordham
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| Party
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Reform UK
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Conservative
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Liberal Democrats
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| Last election
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0
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45
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4
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| Seats before
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0
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41
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4
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| Seats won
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42
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12
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3
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Sixth party
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| Leader
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Joan Dixon
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[a]
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| Party
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Labour
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Green
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Independent
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| Last election
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14
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1
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0
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| Seats before
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15
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1
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3
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| Seats won
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3
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2
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2
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The Derbyshire County Council elections took place alongside the other 2025 local elections. All 64 seats to Derbyshire County Council were contested with new boundaries.[2] The Conservatives had controlled the council since 2017. Reform UK won the election with 42 seats.
Previous council composition
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- July 2022: Alan Griffiths (Conservative) dies - by-election held October 2022[4]
- March 2023: Philip Rose (Conservative) and Alex Stevenson (Conservative) join Reform UK[5]
- October 2022: Joel Bryan (Labour) gains by-election from Conservatives[6]
- June 2023: Roger Redfern (Conservative) dies - by-election held August 2023
- August 2023: Alan Haynes (Labour) gains by-election from Conservatives[7]
- May 2024: Nigel Gourlay (Conservative) suspended from party[8]
- January 2025: Philip Rose (Reform UK) and Alex Stevenson (Reform UK) leave party to sit as independents[b][5]
- March 2025: Ruth George (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent[9]
- April 2025: Nigel Gourlay is the (Conservative) candidate for his division.
| 2025 Derbyshire County Council election
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| Party
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Candidates
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Seats
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Gains
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Losses
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Net gain/loss
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Seats %
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Votes %
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Votes
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+/−
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Reform UK
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64
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42
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42
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0
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42
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65.6
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36.8
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83,629
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Conservative
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64
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12
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33
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18.8
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21.0
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47,816
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Labour
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64
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3
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11
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4.7
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20.2
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45,855[c]
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Liberal Democrats
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56
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3
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1
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4.7
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8.7
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19,872
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Green
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53
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2
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1
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0
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1
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3.1
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8.7
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19,697
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Independent
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36
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2
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2
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0
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2
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3.1
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4.0
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8,989
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Belper Independent
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2
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0
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0
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0
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0.0
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0.4
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909
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Chesterfield Independents
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6
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0
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0
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0
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0.0
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0.1
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329
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TUSC
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6
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0
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0
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0
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0.0
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0.1
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233
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Homeland
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0.0
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<0.1
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84
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National Front
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0.0
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<0.1
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18
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North East Derbyshire
[edit]
- ^ "Your councillors by party". Derbyshire County Council. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ "LGBCE Derbyshire". LGBCE. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "Find Councillor". Derbyshire County Council. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ "Alan Griffiths: Tributes paid after county councillor dies". BBC News. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ a b Bisknell, Eddie (14 January 2025). ""We are not Nigel Farage's chattel" - Derbyshire councillor declares as he and nine Reform UK colleagues resign from the party". Derbyshire Times. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Long Eaton Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Swadlincote South Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ "Derbyshire Tory suspended over care home cuts criticism". BBC News. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ "Former MP Ruth George decides to stand as independent". BBC News. 11 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Alfreton and Somercotes, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Alport and Duffield, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Codnor, Aldercar, Langley Mill and Loscoe, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Heanor, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Horsley, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for North Belper, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Ripley East, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Ripley West and Crich, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for South Belper and Holbrook, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Swanwick and Riddings, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Barlborough and Clowne, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Bolsover, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Elmton with Creswell and Whitwell, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Hardwick, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Shirebrook and Pleasley, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for South Normanton and Pinxton, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Brimington, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Dunston, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Hasland and Rother, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Linacre and Loundsley Green, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Spire, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Staveley, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Staveley North and Whittington, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Walton, Brampton and Boythorpe, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Ashbourne South, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Bakewell, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Derwent Valley, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Dovedale and Ashbourne North, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Matlock, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Wirksworth, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Breadsall and West Hallam, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Breaston, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Ilkeston Central, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Ilkeston North, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Ilkeston South and Kirk Hallam, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Long Eaton North, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Long Eaton South, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Sandiacre, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Sawley, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Buxton North and East, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Buxton South and West, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Chapel and Hope Valley, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Etherow, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Glossop North, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Glossop South, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for New Mills and Hayfield, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Whaley Bridge, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Clay Cross and Tupton, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Dronfield and Unstone, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Dronfield Woodhouse and Walton, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Eckington and Coal Aston, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Killamarsh and Renishaw, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for North Wingfield, Pilsley and Morton, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Shirland and Wingerworth South, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Sutton, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Aston, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Etwall and Findern, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Hilton, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Linton, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Melbourne and Woodville, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Repton and Stenson, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Swadlincote East, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Swadlincote South, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Election results for Swadlincote West, 1 May 2025". democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk. Derbyshire County Council. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ Two of the independent councillors formed the "Amber Valley Independents" group prior to the election, led by Philip Rose.[1]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Part of the Amber Valley Independents group, which is not registered as a party with the Electoral Commission
- ^ Including 14,031 for Labour Co-op candidates