Bolsover council election, 2023
Most seats
31
Labour Party
Seats contested
38
across 17 wards
Turnout
26.9%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 31 | +15 | 16,720 | 48.4% | +2.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 4 | +2 | 9,593 | 27.8% | +16.7 |
| Independent | 3 | -13 | 7,307 | 21.2% | -13.9 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 0 | +0 | 380 | 1.1% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | -1 | 250 | 0.7% | -4.7 |
| Green Party | 0 | +0 | 175 | 0.5% | — |
| Reform UK | 0 | +0 | 117 | 0.3% | — |
Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.
Candidates
| Party | Candidates | Of a possible 38 |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 38 | |
| Labour Party | 37 | |
| Independent | 29 | |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | |
| Green Party | 2 | |
| Reform UK | 1 |
A party standing a full slate could field 38 candidates, one per seat.
Results by ward
Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.
Ault Hucknall 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Tom Kirkham Elected | 689 | 50.1% | -12.5 |
| Labour Party | Malcolm John Ritchie Elected | 658 | 47.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Catherine Tite Elected | 592 | 43.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andrew Hunt | 449 | 32.7% | -7.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Karen Michelle Whitaker | 442 | 32.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Iain Jonathon Grainger-Grimes | 439 | 32.0% | — |
| Independent | Sarah Jane Gwendoline Bister | 361 | 26.3% | -38.7 |
| Majority | 143 | |||
| Turnout | 28.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,869 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,374 | |||
Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party hold
Barlborough 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | James Duncan Haywood Elected | 510 | 45.2% | +5.5 |
| Labour Party | Vicki Wapplington Elected | 471 | 41.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Maxine Dixon | 458 | 40.6% | -4.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Carl Dixon | 436 | 38.6% | — |
| Independent | John Robert Shaw | 185 | 16.4% | -7.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan John Stanley | 80 | 7.1% | -4.6 |
| Majority | 13 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,384 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,129 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Blackwell 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Clive Richard Moesby Elected | 495 | 50.5% | +7.4 |
| Labour Party | Sally Renshaw Elected | 402 | 41.0% | — |
| Independent | Debbie Marshall-Curtis | 306 | 31.2% | -22.3 |
| Independent | Dexter Gene Bryan Bullock | 296 | 30.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jane Halford | 148 | 15.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Darren Michael Keyworth | 140 | 14.3% | — |
| Majority | 96 | |||
| Turnout | 29.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,410 | |||
| Ballots cast | 980 | |||
Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party hold
Bolsover East 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Anne Clarke Elected | 507 | 53.0% | -29.3 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Rowan Jonathan Lewis Clarke Elected | 436 | 45.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Joel Fletcher-Swindlehurst | 303 | 31.7% | -11.8 |
| Independent | Paul Goodwin | 246 | 25.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Richard Terrance Pinder | 226 | 23.6% | — |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Daniel Jackson | 62 | 6.5% | — |
| Majority | 133 | |||
| Turnout | 27.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,576 | |||
| Ballots cast | 956 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party hold
Bolsover North & Shuttlewood 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Donna Marie Hales Elected | 492 | 72.7% | +21.1 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Ashley Taylor Elected | 429 | 63.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nicholas Gray-Cowley | 150 | 22.2% | -15.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alex Webster | 136 | 20.1% | — |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Elaine Ann Evans | 49 | 7.2% | +1.7 |
| Majority | 279 | |||
| Turnout | 23.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,976 | |||
| Ballots cast | 677 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party hold
Bolsover South 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Cathy Jeffery Elected | 386 | 37.8% | -9.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Carol Anne Wood Elected | 317 | 31.0% | +12.6 |
| Independent | Derek Adams | 314 | 30.7% | -37.1 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Paul Harford | 301 | 29.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Chris Wood | 271 | 26.5% | — |
| Independent | Nick Clarke | 245 | 24.0% | — |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Jon Dale | 88 | 8.6% | — |
| Majority | 3 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,311 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,022 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party hold · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Independent
Clowne East 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | David Bennett Elected | 547 | 40.4% | +11.5 |
| Labour Party | Robert Hiney-Saunders Elected | 517 | 38.2% | — |
| Independent | Ross Walker Elected | 504 | 37.2% | -37.6 |
| Independent | Allan Bailey | 469 | 34.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Dawn Christine Walton | 401 | 29.6% | — |
| Independent | Glyn Hughes | 357 | 26.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Natalie Hoy | 343 | 25.3% | +3.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Matt Hoy | 320 | 23.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Angela Helen Pogmore | 230 | 17.0% | — |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | David Edward Watson | 47 | 3.5% | — |
| Majority | 35 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,599 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,355 | |||
Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats · Independent hold
Clowne West 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Will Fletcher Elected | 239 | 54.8% | +30.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | William Fletcher Elected | 239 | 54.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Karl Reid | 197 | 45.2% | +12.5 |
| Majority | 42 | |||
| Turnout | 27.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,675 | |||
| Ballots cast | 436 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Independent · Conservative and Unionist Party gain
Elmton-with-Creswell 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Rita Turner Elected | 728 | 54.6% | -9.2 |
| Labour Party | Duncan McGregor Elected | 705 | 52.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Amanda Jane Davis Elected | 674 | 50.5% | — |
| Independent | Steve Smith | 366 | 27.4% | -52.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Derek Walter Steff | 268 | 20.1% | — |
| Independent | Martin George Saunders | 268 | 20.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Terence Ian Paul Edgar | 207 | 15.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sarah Smith | 195 | 14.6% | — |
| Majority | 308 | |||
| Turnout | 26.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,137 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,334 | |||
Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party hold
Langwith 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Sandra Peake Elected | 500 | 67.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Steve Fritchley Elected | 457 | 61.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | James Paul Kershaw-Dickson | 138 | 18.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Carol Ann Patterson | 127 | 17.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Gillian Breffit | 64 | 8.7% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Steven Raison | 52 | 7.0% | — |
| Majority | 319 | |||
| Turnout | 22.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,427 | |||
| Ballots cast | 738 | |||
Pinxton 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Mary Jane Dooley Elected | 430 | 56.4% | -6.9 |
| Labour Party | Mark Andrew Hinman Elected | 422 | 55.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Julian Siddle | 312 | 40.9% | +4.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Kat Moss | 254 | 33.3% | — |
| Majority | 110 | |||
| Turnout | 24.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,250 | |||
| Ballots cast | 763 | |||
Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party hold
Shirebrook North 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Jen Wilson Elected | 411 | 49.6% | -44.2 |
| Labour Party | Chris Kane Elected | 330 | 39.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Keeley Samantha Howson | 210 | 25.4% | -1.1 |
| Independent | David Peter Downes | 202 | 24.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Anthony Taylor | 187 | 22.6% | — |
| Green Party | Martin Peter Gibbons | 62 | 7.5% | — |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Ronnie Rogers | 62 | 7.5% | — |
| Majority | 120 | |||
| Turnout | 24.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,497 | |||
| Ballots cast | 828 | |||
Labour Party hold
Shirebrook South 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Jane Elizabeth Yates Elected | 422 | 55.7% | -13.6 |
| Labour Party | Janet Tait Elected | 412 | 54.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Adam Hind | 185 | 24.4% | -16.5 |
| Independent | Sylwester Zwierzynski | 159 | 21.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Dave Manton | 111 | 14.6% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Mary Oakton | 54 | 7.1% | -17.5 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Dean Lloyd Eggleston | 39 | 5.1% | — |
| Majority | 227 | |||
| Turnout | 22.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,447 | |||
| Ballots cast | 758 | |||
Labour Party hold
South Normanton East 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Emma Jane Stevenson Elected | 371 | 41.1% | -6.9 |
| Labour Party | Lucy King Elected | 294 | 32.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andrew Paul Brogdale | 242 | 26.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sharon Patricia Coleman | 197 | 21.8% | — |
| Independent | Tracey Elizabeth Cannon | 184 | 20.4% | -33.4 |
| Independent | Andrew Charles Josebury | 141 | 15.6% | — |
| Independent | John Cox | 132 | 14.6% | — |
| Independent | Aileen Coleman | 126 | 14.0% | — |
| Majority | 52 | |||
| Turnout | 26.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,576 | |||
| Ballots cast | 902 | |||
Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party gain from Independent
South Normanton West 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Lisa Powell Elected | 438 | 35.3% | -3.5 |
| Labour Party | Phil Smith Elected | 422 | 34.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Louise Fox Elected | 410 | 33.1% | +10.9 |
| Labour Party | Adam Summers | 405 | 32.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Christopher William Key | 381 | 30.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alfie Hector Mountford | 377 | 30.4% | — |
| Independent | Olivia Lucy Ball | 238 | 19.2% | -25.4 |
| Independent | Susan Margaret Burnham | 213 | 17.2% | — |
| Independent | David Coleman | 143 | 11.5% | — |
| Green Party | Ian Christopher Mason | 113 | 9.1% | — |
| Independent | Christine Papworth | 106 | 8.5% | — |
| Independent | Graham Jeffrey Parkin | 82 | 6.6% | — |
| Independent | Evonne Mary Parkin | 79 | 6.4% | — |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Brian Loader | 33 | 2.7% | — |
| Majority | 5 | |||
| Turnout | 24.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,275 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,240 | |||
Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party gain from Independent · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Independent
Tibshelf 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Justin Liam Gilbody Elected | 420 | 42.1% | -2.6 |
| Independent | Deborah Susan Watson Elected | 341 | 34.2% | — |
| Independent | Allison Elizabeth Beckett | 326 | 32.7% | — |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Kathryn Marie Salt | 270 | 27.1% | -8.5 |
| Labour Party | Jane Molisher-Berry | 188 | 18.9% | — |
| Independent | Ray Heffer | 178 | 17.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Josh Flint | 85 | 8.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Shawn Sunderland | 56 | 5.6% | — |
| Majority | 15 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,284 | |||
| Ballots cast | 997 | |||
Independent hold
Whitwell 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Tom Munro Elected | 434 | 49.7% | -2.6 |
| Labour Party | Jeanne Raspin Elected | 377 | 43.1% | — |
| Independent | Peter Roberts | 320 | 36.6% | -42.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter Jackson | 215 | 24.6% | -2.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul George Bettison | 150 | 17.2% | — |
| Reform UK | Linda Roberts | 117 | 13.4% | — |
| Majority | 57 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,962 | |||
| Ballots cast | 874 | |||
Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party hold