2012 Derby City Council election

The 2012 Derby City Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. The Labour Party gained control of the council, which had previously been under No Overall Control.

2012 Derby City Council election

3 May 2012
17 of the 51 seats to Derby City Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats before 22 16 12 Seats won 10 4 3 Seats after 28 14 9 Seat change 6 2 3 Popular vote 24,982 13,671 11,529 Percentage 44.7% 24.5% 20.6%
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2012 Derby City Council elections
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election Labour

Election results

2012 Derby City Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	10	6	0	6	58.8	44.7	24,982	16.6
	Conservative	4	1	2	1	23.5	24.5	13,671	10.7
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	5	5	17.6	20.6	11,529	11.7
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	5.4	3,033	New
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	3.0	1,667	2.5
	BNP	0	0	0		0.0	1.8	1,031	0.2

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2008 election.

Ward results

Abbey

Location of Abbey ward

Abbey (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sarah Elizabeth Russell	1,330	46.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rehmat Khan	1,026	35.7
	Conservative	John Cope	284	9.9
	Green	Tom Reading	233	8.1
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Allestree

Location of Allestree ward

Allestree (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip Hickson	2,040	47.2
	Labour	Helen McCartney Butcher	1,289	29.8
	UKIP	Martin Du Sautoy	647	15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Barker	179	4.1
	Green	Jane Sarah Temple	172	4.0
Turnout
	Conservative hold

Alvaston

Location of Alvaston ward

Alvaston (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mark Stuart Tittley	1,471	48.0
	UKIP	Alan Wayne Graves	1,007	32.8
	Conservative	Alan Leslie Grimadell	471	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Edward Ahern	119	3.9
Turnout
	Labour hold

Arboretum

Location of Arboretum ward

Arboretum (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gulfraz Nawaz	1,757	44.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tullah Khan	1,743	44.3
	Green	Simon Hales	248	6.3
	Conservative	Ross McCristal	186	4.7
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Blagreaves

Location of Blagreaves ward

Blagreaves (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Singh Naitta	1,741	46.4
	Labour	Michelle Joanne McFarlane	1,569	41.8
	Conservative	Edward Montgomery Ashford	442	11.8
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold

Boulton

Location of Boulton ward

Boulton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alison Martin	1,720	56.6
	Conservative	Frank Leeming	678	22.3
	UKIP	Steve Fowke	445	14.6
	Green	David Foster	123	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kyle Martin	75	2.5
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative

Chaddesden

Location of Chaddesten ward

Chaddesden (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anne MacDonald	1,689	54.2
	Conservative	Steve Hassall	836	26.8
	BNP	Paul Hilliard	459	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Colin Deuchar Care	134	4.3
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative

Chellaston

Location of Chellaston ward

Chellaston (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Matthew Edward Holmes	1,430	42.2
	Labour	Paul Thomas Hezelgrave	1,394	41.2
	UKIP	Paul Andrew Randle	458	13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nazir Hussain	105	3.1
Turnout
	Conservative hold

Darley

Location of Darley ward

Darley (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jack Stanton	1,403	41.4
	Conservative	John David Howard	841	24.8
	Liberal Democrats	Finbar Richards	564	16.6
	Green	David Clasby	375	11.1
	UKIP	Ian Edward Crompton	205	6.0
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Derwent

Location of Derwent ward

Derwent (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Eileen Redfern	1,314	51.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Hudson	689	27.1
	BNP	Julie Fuller	302	11.9
	Conservative	Nicola Angela Roulstone	239	9.4
Turnout
	Labour hold

Littleover

Location of Littleover ward

Littleover (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Les Allen	1,615	44.2
	Labour	Simon Peter Parkes	1,188	32.5
	Conservative	Maxwell Arnold John Bradley Craven	853	23.3
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold

Mackworth

Location of Mackworth ward

Mackworth (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Pegg	1,587	67.0
	Conservative	Valerie Joan Taylor	377	15.9
	Green	Katy Cheatham	231	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Catrin Sian Rutland	174	7.3
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Mickleover

Location of Mickleover ward

Mickleover (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Jane Jones	1,807	40.3
	Conservative	Alison Joyce Holmes	1,481	33.0
	Labour	Lester John Pendrey	910	20.3
	Green	Jean MacDonald	285	6.4
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold

Normanton

Location of Normanton ward

Normanton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hardyal Singh Dhindsa	2,092	61.0
	Liberal Democrats	Muhammed Afsar	1,035	30.2
	Conservative	Hardial Singh Dhamrait	8.9	305
Turnout
	Labour hold

Oakwood

Location of Oakwood ward

Oakwood (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frank Harwood	1,348	47.7
	Labour	Neil Wilson	1,084	38.4
	UKIP	Lee Allen	276	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Anthony Jackson	116	4.1
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Sinfin

Location of Sinfin ward

Sinfin (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Baggy Shanker	1,880	78.1
	Conservative	Arron Mathew Marsden	273	11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kelly Anne Keenan	254	10.6
Turnout
	Labour hold

Spondon

Location of Spondon ward

Spondon (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Evonne Williams	1,587	47.9
	Labour	Steve Froggatt	1,305	39.4
	BNP	Vanessa Griffin	270	8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Kirkman King	153	4.6
Turnout
	Conservative hold