1996 Derby City Council election

1996 Derby City Council election^[1]^[2]
All 44 seats in the Derby City Council; 23 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1996 Derby City Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1996 Derby City Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1996.^[3] This was on the same day as other local elections. This election was held ahead of Derby City Council becoming a unitary authority on 1 April 1997. As a result, the entire council was up for election and the elected councillors acted as a shadow authority until that date. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

Overall results

1996 Derby City Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Labour	39	9	0	9	88.6	55.5	33,386
	Conservative	3	0	9	9	6.8	27.6	16,593
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	0		4.5	16.1	9,716
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	385
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	85
	SDP	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	36
Total		44						60,201

Ward results

Abbey

Location of Abbey ward

Abbey ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Fuller	1,891
	Labour	M. Walker	1,752
	Labour	J. Till	1,725
	Conservative	A. Beckworth	478
	Conservative	D. Sice	353
	Conservative	I. Sice	349
	Liberal Democrats	B. Harry	253
	Liberal Democrats	J. Keane	248
Turnout				25.6%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Allestree

Location of Allestree ward

Allestree^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Du Sautoy	1,838
	Conservative	R. Webb	1,734
	Labour	J. Horobin	1,087
	Labour	W. Cotton	1,043
	Liberal Democrats	S. King	413
	Liberal Democrats	T. Hall	314
Turnout				42.6%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Alvaston

Location of Alvaston ward

Alvaston^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Bayliss	1,687
	Labour	N. Wawman	1,532
	Conservative	G. Carran	522
	Conservative	I. Gray	480
	Liberal Democrats	D. Turner	178
	Liberal Democrats	P. Turner	167
Turnout				31.4%
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Babington

Location of Babington ward

Babington^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Hussain	1,203
	Labour	A. Kalia	1,160
	Labour	V. Wilsoncroft	1,096
	Conservative	M. Hussain	296
	Conservative	A. Alam	257
	Conservative	J. Magee	240
	Liberal Democrats	M. Sherazi	139
	Liberal Democrats	M. Rashid	131
	Liberal Democrats	A. Savage	130
	Green	L. Davies	95
Turnout				30.6%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Blagreaves

Location of Blagreaves ward

Blagreaves^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Redfern	1,703
	Labour	M. Crosdale	1,583
	Liberal Democrats	A. Spendlove	1,580
	Liberal Democrats	E. Ashburner	1,578
	Conservative	K. Lester	832
	Conservative	P. McCandless	736
Turnout				49.7%
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Boulton

Location of Boulton ward

Boulton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Blanksby	1,973
	Labour	Hardyal Dhindsa	1,647
	Conservative	K. Thompson	799
	Conservative	E. Birkinshaw	724
	Liberal Democrats	P. Harlow	361
	Liberal Democrats	R. Skelton	206
	Independent	G. Hardy	85
Turnout				36.7%
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Breadsall

Location of Breadsall ward

Breadsall^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Woodland	3,139
	Labour	J. Whitby	2,321
	Conservative	P. Latham	1,862
	Conservative	G. Shaw	1,560
	Liberal Democrats	M. Staines	627
Turnout				34.9%
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Chaddesden

Location of Chaddesden ward

Chaddesden^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Bolton	1,828
	Labour	M. Repton	1,677
	Conservative	M. Kilminster	764
	Conservative	H. Johnson	731
	Liberal Democrats	L. Alcock	355
	Liberal Democrats	P. Whitaker	230
Turnout				36.3%
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Chellaston

Location of Chellaston ward

Chellaston^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Whitehead	1,877
	Labour	B. Jackson	1,852
	Conservative	J. Jennings	1,569
	Conservative	M. Bertalan	1,201
	Liberal Democrats	J. Eaton	175
	Liberal Democrats	P. Kay	158
Turnout				40.3%
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Darley

Location of Darley ward

Darley^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Wooley	2,000
	Labour	J. Bijoux	1,990
	Labour	P. Chadfield	1,956
	Conservative	J. Brittain	1,654
	Conservative	P. Hickson	1,638
	Conservative	C. Hulls	1,570
	Liberal Democrats	R. Jackson	438
	Liberal Democrats	M. McCann	423
	Liberal Democrats	G. Wood	330
Turnout				44.4%
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Derwent

Location of Derwent ward

Derwent^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Hayes	1,742
	Labour	M. Young	1,630
	Conservative	G. Francis	317
	Conservative	C. Mellor	302
	Liberal Democrats	P. Robinson	212
Turnout				30.7%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Kingsway

Location of Kingsway ward

Kingsway^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Graves	1,376
	Labour	K. Hill	1,220
	Conservative	N. Brown	961
	Conservative	B. Maw	944
	Liberal Democrats	A. Crosby	750
	Liberal Democrats	R. Troup	521
Turnout				40.0%
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Litchurch

Location of Litchurch ward

Litchurch^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Akhtar	1,221
	Labour	A. Rehman	1,147
	Conservative	J. Alam	429
	Conservative	M. Hussain	379
	Green	J. Macdonald	219
	Liberal Democrats	A. Piggott	175
	Liberal Democrats	B. Sherazi	93
Turnout				28.5%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Littleover

Location of Littleover ward

Littleover^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Care	2,065
	Liberal Democrats	M. Burgess	1,879
	Labour	L. Shillingford	779
	Labour	M. Manku	778
	Conservative	A. Champion	676
	Conservative	B. Samra	559
	SDP	K. Dickenson	36
Turnout				50.9%
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Mackworth

Location of Mackworth ward

Mackworth^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Baxter	1,649
	Labour	R. Gerrard	1,503
	Conservative	J. Francis	379
	Conservative	J. Veitch	347
	Liberal Democrats	B. Benson	216
	Liberal Democrats	J. Benson	166
Turnout				36.5%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Mickleover

Location of Mickleover ward

Mickleover^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Taylor	1,596
	Labour	A. Macdonald	1,392
	Conservative	A. Griffiths	1,247
	Conservative	R. Broadfield	1,163
	Liberal Democrats	J. Foxon	470
	Liberal Democrats	A. Wilbraham	395
Turnout				37.5%
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Normanton

Location of Normanton ward

Normanton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Jones	1,554
	Labour	Chris Williamson	1,472
	Conservative	A. Blackwood	311
	Conservative	J. Samra	245
	Liberal Democrats	A. Cooper	235
	Liberal Democrats	A. Hartropp	206
	Green	E. Wall	71
Turnout				32.2%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Osmanton

Location of Osmaston ward

Osmanton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Laxton	1,017
	Labour	J. McGiven	878
	Liberal Democrats	C. Goacher	236
	Liberal Democrats	I. Care	193
Turnout				22.5%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Sinfin

Location of Sinfin ward

Sinfin^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Mullarkey	1,765
	Labour	A. Nath	1,576
	Conservative	H. Love	231
	Liberal Democrats	P. Gale	208
	Liberal Democrats	M. Platt	203
	Conservative	A. Wood	174
Turnout				29.4%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Spondon

Location of Spondon ward

Spondon^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Byrne	2,299
	Labour	J. Athern	1,906
	Conservative	D. Black	1,428
	Labour	R. Turner	1,410
	Conservative	J. Lee	1,347
	Conservative	A. Pegg	1,299
	Liberal Democrats	P. Peat	630
	Liberal Democrats	J. Whitaker	313
Turnout				40.5%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold

References

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1996". The Elections Centre.
^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1996 (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Derby City Council Election Results 1979-1995" (PDF). Elections Centre.

[compostition-1] "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.

[2] "Local Election Summaries 1996". The Elections Centre.

[handbook-3] Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1996 (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

[results-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Derby City Council Election Results 1979-1995" (PDF). Elections Centre.

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