2019 Bolsover District Council election

The 2019 Bolsover District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 37 members of Bolsover District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

2019 Bolsover District Council election

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 37 seats to Bolsover District Council 19 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Independent Last election 32 seats, 65.9% 5 seats, 21.2% Seats won 18 16 Seat change 14 11 Popular vote 13,730 10,430 Percentage 46.1% 35.0% Swing 19.8% 13.8%   Third party Fourth party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 0 seats, 4.1% N/A Seats won 2 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 3,299 1,610 Percentage 11.1% 5.4% Swing 7.0% N/A
Results by ward
Council control before election Labour Council control after election No overall control

The election resulted in the Labour Party losing control of the council for the first time in 40 years after winning 18 seats, one short of a majority. Independents made gains largely at the expense of Labour, winning 16 seats.

Labour then won back the District Council in 2021 after 2 by election gains in Bolsover North and Shuttlewood and Pinxton wards. They have since had Liz Smyth (Ault Hucknall) join the Labour Group at Bolsover District Council in 2021, giving the Labour group a majority of 2.

Summary

Election result

2019 Bolsover District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	37	18	N/A	N/A	14	48.6	46.1	13,730	–19.8
	Independent	22	16	N/A	N/A	11	43.2	35.0	10,430	+13.8
	Conservative	13	2	N/A	N/A	2	5.4	11.1	3,299	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	8	1	N/A	N/A	1	2.7	5.4	1,610	N/A
	UKIP	1	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	1.2	357	–2.3
	Socialist Alternative	2	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	1.1	342	N/A

Ward Results

Ault Hucknall

Ault Hucknall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elizabeth Smyth	565	46.6
	Labour	Patricia Clough	544	44.8
	Labour	Thomas Kirkham	503	41.5
	Labour	Michael Yates	429	35.4
	Conservative	Sophie Castledine-Dack	348	28.7
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Raison	219	18.1
Majority			74	2.7
Turnout			1,228	25.32
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Barlborough

Barlborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Dixon	451	42.0
	Conservative	Maxine Dixon	425	39.6
	Labour	Hilary Gilmour*	395	36.8
	Labour	Brian Watson*	366	34.1
	Independent	John Shaw	238	22.2
	Liberal Democrats	Connor McInnes	116	10.8
Majority			30	2.8
Turnout			1,082	32.62
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Blackwell

Blackwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dexter Bullock*	565	48.2
	Labour	Clive Moesby*	455	38.8
	Independent	Debbie Marshall-Curtis	439	37.5
	Labour	Tony Gascoyne	366	31.2
	Independent	Leonard Walker	165	14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Hay	122	10.4
Majority			16	1.3
Turnout			1,194	34.38
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bolsover East

Bolsover East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Clarke	481	66.0
	Labour	John Clarke	434	59.5
	Conservative	David Pleming	254	34.8
Majority			180	24.7
Turnout			825	25.50
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bolsover North and Shuttlewood

Bolsover North and Shuttlewood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Cooper	270	54.8
	Labour	Christopher Cooper*	265	53.8
	Socialist Alternative	Elaine Evans	221	44.8
Majority			44	9.0
Turnout			545	20.89
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bolsover South

Bolsover South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Derek Adams	601	56.0
	Labour	Rosemary Bowler	418	38.9
	Labour	Malcolm Crane*	336	31.3
	Conservative	Nicholas Gray-Cowley	163	15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mathew Waller	132	12.3
	Socialist Alternative	Jonathan Dale	121	11.3
Majority			82	7.6
Turnout			1,091	32.97
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Clowne East

Clowne East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ross Walker	984	61.3
	Independent	Allan Bailey	900	56.1
	Liberal Democrats	Natalie Hoy	677	42.2
	Labour	Terence Connerton*	380	23.7
	Labour	Karl Reid*	363	22.6
	Labour	Karen Oxspring	353	22.0
	Conservative	Joshua Yewman	289	18.0
Majority			297	18.5
Turnout			1,613	35.69
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Clowne West

Clowne West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dan Salt	186	43.1
	Labour	Jim Smith*	141	32.6
	Conservative	Neil Yewman	105	24.3
Majority			45	10.5
Turnout			437	26.73
	Independent win (new seat)

Elmton-with-Creswell

Elmton-with-Creswell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Clifton*	737	58.4
	Labour	Duncan McGregor*	585	46.3
	Labour	Rita Turner*	541	42.8
	Labour	Stephen Smith	373	29.5
	UKIP	Lesley Carley	357	28.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Breffit	162	12.8
Majority			168	13.3
Turnout			1,274	27.12
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Langwith

Langwith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Fritchley*	Unopposed	N/A
	Labour	Sandra Peake*	Unopposed	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Pinxton

Pinxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Watson	405	53.4
	Labour	Mary Dooley*	299	39.4
	Labour	Michael Fox	278	36.6
	Independent	Cherry Drake-Brockman	221	29.1
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Cheung	63	8.3
Majority			21	2.8
Turnout			764	23.12
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Shirebrook North

Shirebrook North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jen Wilson*	529	76.0
	Labour	Christopher Kane	451	64.8
	Conservative	Robert Sainsbury	149	21.4
Majority			302	43.4
Turnout			722	19.92
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Shirebrook South

Shirebrook South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Downes	340	54.5
	Labour	Janet Tait	320	51.3
	Conservative	Sylwester Zwierzynski	201	32.2
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Oakton	121	19.4
Majority			119	19.1
Turnout			647	20.53
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

South Normanton East

South Normanton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tracey Cannon*	457	50.6
	Independent	Andrew Joesbury*	439	48.6
	Labour	John Brough	408	45.1
	Labour	James Coyle	394	43.6
Majority			31	3.5
Turnout			921	25.57
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

South Normanton West

South Normanton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jane Bryson	537	42.0
	Independent	Graham Parkin	510	39.9
	Independent	Evonne Parkin	491	38.4
	Labour	Paul Barnes*	467	36.5
	Labour	Emma Stevenson*	449	35.1
	Labour	Philip Smith*	439	34.3
	Conservative	Sharon Coleman	267	20.9
	Conservative	Keith Davis	258	20.2
	Conservative	Stephen Harvey	194	15.2
Majority			297	18.5
Turnout			1,295	25.73
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Tibshelf

Tibshelf

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Deborah Watson*	466	41.3
	Independent	Raymond Heffer*	377	33.5
	Labour	Kathryn Salt	371	32.9
	Independent	Shirley Ellks	302	26.8
	Labour	Jane Yates	301	26.7
	Independent	Diane Rutland	268	23.8
Majority			6	0.6
Turnout			1,138	36.30
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Whitwell

Whitwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Roberts	577	63.0
	Labour	Thomas Munro*	381	41.6
	Labour	Malcolm Ritchie*	305	33.3
	Conservative	Paul Hogg	195	21.3
Majority			76	8.3
Turnout			932	31.11
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

By-elections 2019–2023

Bolsover North and Shuttlewood by-election

Bolsover North and Shuttlewood by-election 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donna Marie Hales	351	51.5
	Conservative	Matthew Sean Hoy	254	37.3
	Independent	Martin George Sanders	38	5.6
	TUSC	Elaine Ann Evans	38	5.6
Majority			97	14.2
Turnout			685	25.29
	Labour hold		Swing

The Bolsover North and Shuttlewood by-election in 2021 was triggered by the death of Labour councillor Pat Cooper.

Pinxton by-election 2021

Pinxton by-election 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stan Fox	442	49.4
	Conservative	Sarah Smith	299	33.4
	Independent	Kevin John Rose	140	15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Oakton	14	1.6
Majority			143	16.0
Turnout			901	26.96
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

The Pinxton by-election in 2021 was triggered by the death of independent councillor James Watson. Following the two by-elections on 6 May 2021, Labour regained a majority on the council.

Pinxton by-election 2022

Pinxton by-election 17 November 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hinman	376	63.3
	Conservative	Julian Siddle	218	36.7
	Labour hold		Swing

The Pinxton by-election in 2022 was triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor Stan Fox.