The 2023 North East Derbyshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 53 members of North East Derbyshire District Council in Derbyshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by a Conservative minority administration. The Conservatives had won a majority of the seats at the 2019 election, but a series of defections saw them lose their majority in November 2022.
The election saw Labour win a majority of the seats on the council. Labour group leader Nigel Barker was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 2023.
Results
Ward Results
The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election.
Ashover
Barlow and Holmesfield
Brampton and Walton
Clay Cross North
Clay Cross South
Coal Aston
Anthony Hutchinson had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but both left the party in November 2022 to sit as an independent councillor. Seat shown as Conservative hold to allow for comparison with 2019 election. Paul Parkin had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative in Dronfield North ward. He also left the party in November 2022 to sit as an independent.
Dronfield North
One of the Dronfield North seats had been held by Paul Parkin who had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but left the party in November 2022 to sit as an independent councillor. Seat show as previously Conservative to allow for comparison with 2019 results. Parkin stood as a candidate in Coal Aston rather than Dronfield North in 2023.
Dronfield South
Dronfield Woodhouse
Roger Hall had been elected as a Conservative in 2019, but left the party to sit as an independent councillor in September 2022. Seat shown as Conservative hold to allow for comparison with 2019 result.
Eckington North
Eckington South and Renishaw
Gosforth Valley
Grassmoor
Holmewood and Heath
Killamarsh East
Killamarsh West
Mo Potts had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative, but left the party to sit as an independent councillor in July 2022. Her seat shown as previously Conservative to allow comparison with 2019 results.