Local Elections 2021: all candidates standing for Derbyshire County Council

All 64 seats on the county council, covering 61 ward areas – known as divisions – are up for grabs. The Conservative Party is currently in control of the authority and has been since 2017, holding a majority with 36 seats. The Labour Party is the main opposition party with 24 seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats hold three seats. There is one vacant seat, the Staveley division, which had been held by Labour. The election will have an array of procedures in place at polling stations to allow for social distancing and Covid prevention, with voters needing to bring their own pen and pencil and mandatory face coverings. Voters are being encouraged to vote by post, for which residents will need to register for in plenty of time. Thousands of residents have already done so due to the ongoing risk of Covid-19. An upsurge in postal voting is likely to see the election count process take longer than usual, with results expected throughout the afternoon on Friday, May 7, instead of in the earlier hours. The candidate lists show that the Conservative Party is the only political party to be contesting all 64 seats. The Labour Party is contesting 63 seats, all but the Dovedale division. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats are standing in 55 seats; the Green Party is standing in 43 seats; the Reform UK party is standing in six seats; the Chesterfield Independents are standing in five seats; the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition is standing in four seats; UKIP is standing on one seat and there are 15 independent candidates. There are a total of 254 candidates competing across all 61 divisions. A total of 16 sitting councillors are not standing for re-election, which means the authority will have at least 16 new members after the election. Among those stepping down are long-standing members such as Labour’s former leader Cllr Anne Western and the Conservative’s Pat Murray and Judith Twigg, the current civic chairman of the council. Two divisions, Bolsover North and Birdholme, have six-way contests for a seat on the authority. In the previous election, in 2017, seven seats were won by fewer than 100 votes, with three coming down to less than 30 votes. One of the Glossop and Charlesworth seats was decided by just 11 votes. This year’s elections will see Dermot Murphy, a Conservative former district councillor, and Cllr Richard Bright, a former Conservative district councillor (now independent) going head-to-head in Wirksworth. Two former Conservative district councillors, one of whom is now standing for Labour and another who is an independent, are competing against their former party in Linton. Two former Derbyshire MPs, Edwina Currie and Ruth George (now a county councillor) will compete for the Whaley Bridge division. Here are the prospective candidates for this year’s Derbyshire County Council elections, broken down alphabetically by district. Candidates for each division are also listed alphabetically by surname, which is the order they will appear on ballots. Amber Valley Alfreton and Somercotes Division – two seats Steve Elliott – Green Party Kate Kift – Liberal Democrat Steve Marshall-Clarke – Labour Philip Rose – Conservative Paul Slater – Liberal Democrat Paul Smith – Labour Leo Swarvett – Green Party David Wilson – Conservative Alport and Derwent Division Ben Bellamy – Labour and Co-operative Rachael Hatchett – Green Party Michael Heap – Liberal Democrat David Taylor – Conservative Belper Division Emma Monkman – Labour and Co-operative John Morrissey – Liberal Democrat John Nelson – Conservative Julie Wozniczka – Green Party Duffield and Belper South Division Sue Allen – Liberal Democrat Joel Bryan – Labour and Co-operative Gez Kinsella – Green Party Chris Short – Conservative Greater Heanor Division Suqie Banwait – Labour Cathie Hallsworth – Green Party Jerry Marler – Liberal Democrats Alexander Stevenson – Conservative Heanor Central Division Michelle Belsom – Liberal Democrat Richard Iliffe – Conservative Paul Jones – Labour Tina Pritchard – Green Party Horsley Division Trevor Ainsworth – Conservative Matthew Jones – Labour Matt McGuinness – Green Party Gemma Quinton – Liberal Democrat Ripley East and Codnor Ron Ashton – Conservative Tony Holmes – Labour Kate Smith – Liberal Democrats Jamie Walls – Green Party Ripley West and Heage Michael Bedford – Green Party Paul Lobley – Labour and Co-operative Paul Moss – Conservative Paul Smith – Liberal Democrat Bolsover Barlborough and Clowne Division Patricia Clough – Labour and Co-operative Natalie Hoy – Conservative Benjamin Marshall – Liberal Democrat Bolsover North Division Elaine Evans – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Matthew Hoy – Conservative Samuel Kay – Liberal Democrat Peter Roberts – Independent Martin Sanders – Independent Mick Yates – Labour and Co-operative Bolsover South Division Ryan Cook – Conservative Jonathan Dale – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Joan Dixon – Labour and Co-operative Steven Raison – Liberal Democrat Shirebrook and Pleasley Division Christine Dale – Labour David Murray – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Helen Oakton – Liberal Democrat Slywester Zwierzynski – Conservative South Normanton and Pinxton Division Jim Coyle – Labour Andrew Joesbury – Independent Brian Loader – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Julian Siddle – Conservative John Wilcock – Liberal Democrat Tibshelf Nick Avis – Green Party James Barron – Conservative Morgan Leggett – Liberal Democrat Debbie Marshall-Curtis – Independent Clive Moesby – Labour Chesterfield Birdholme Division Dave Allen – Labour Kathryn Berridge – Chesterfield Independents Amanda Brassington – Liberal Democrat Paul Gibbons – Conservative Dean Rhodes – Independent Darren Yates – Green Party Boythorpe and Brampton South Division Keith Falconer – Liberal Democrat Heather Liggett – Conservative Ron Mihaly – Labour Theresa Powell – Chesterfield Independents David Wadsworth – Green Party Brimington Division Carl Chambers – Independent Dean Collins – Labour and Co-operative Shirley Niblock – Liberal Democrat Ruth Perry – Independent Barry Thompson – Conservative Loundsley Green and Newbold Division Ed Fordham – Liberal Democrat David Jones – Chesterfield Independents Sanjoy Sen – Conservative Mick Wall – Labour Spire Division Andy Barton – Green Party Adrian Mather – Liberal Democrat Ludwig Ramsey – Labour Oliver Scheidt – Conservative St Mary’s Division Amy Dale – Conservative Jean Innes – Labour and Co-operative Tony Rogers – Liberal Democrat Paul Stone – Chesterfield Independents Staveley Division Mick Bagshaw – Independent Anne-Frances Hayes – Labour Niall Hopkinson – Conservative Paul Mann – Independent Staveley North and Whittington Division Barry Bingham – Liberal Democrat Adam Parrish – Conservative Colin Stimson – Chesterfield Independents Marion Thorpe – Labour Walton and West Division John Boult – Conservative Simon Geikie – Green Party Stephen Lismore – Labour and Co-operative Paul Niblock – Liberal Democrat Derbyshire Dales Ashbourne Division Steve Bull – Conservative Peter Dobbs – Liberal Democrats John Hill – Green Party Nick Whitehead – Labour Bakewell Division Peter O’Brien – Labour Alasdair Sutton – Conservative Derwent Valley Division Claire Cadogan – Liberal Democrats Susan Hobson – Conservative Dovedale Division Neil Buttle – Green Party Simon Spencer – Conservative Matlock Division Sue Burfoot – Liberal Democrat Christabel Holland – Green Party Trevor Page – Labour and Co-operative Valerie Taylor – Conservative Wirksworth Division Richard Bright – Independent Paul Cruise – Liberal Democrats Diane Fletcher – Labour and Co-operative Dermot Murphy – Conservative John Ward – Green Party Erewash Breadsall and West Hallam Division David Adams – Reform UK Carol Hart – Conservative Robert Mee – Liberal Democrat Ian Wilson – Labour Breaston Division Robert Parkinson – Conservative Brent Poland – Green Party Adam Thompson – Labour and Co-operative Ilkeston East Division Robert Flatley – Conservative Zee Sheldon – Green Party Geoff Stratford – Labour Kristopher Watts – Liberal Democrat Ilkeston South Division James Dawson – Labour Aaron Gibson – Conservative Heather Hierons – Green Party Angela Togni – Liberal Democrat Ilkeston West Division Tony King – Conservative Abbie Monaghan – Green Party Jennifer Smith – Liberal Democrat Dan Whittle – Labour and Co-operative Long Eaton Division Rachel Allen – Liberal Democrat Lee Fletcher – Green Party Alan Griffiths – Conservative Gordon Thomas – Labour Petersham Division Garry Hickton – Conservative Charlotte Land – Green Party Laurie Morgen – Labour Jane Oseman – Liberal Democrat Sandiacre Division Ashley Dunn – Green Party Wayne Major – Conservative Celia Powers – Labour Gaynor Watts – Reform UK Susannah Watts – Liberal Democrat Sawley Division James Archer – Liberal Democrat Kewal Singh Athwal – Conservative Denise Bond – Labour Stephanie Dunn – Green Party Jo Homer – Reform UK High Peak Buxton North and East Division Caitlin Bisknell – Labour and Co-operative Peter Crook – Green Party Chris Gould – Reform UK Linda Grooby – Conservative Chris Weaver – Liberal Democrats Buxton West Division Stan Heptinstall – Liberal Democrat Tony Kemp – Conservative David Newton – Labour Eileen Reynolds – Green Party Chapel and Hope Valley Division Paddy Bann – Independent Joanna Collins – Green Party Nigel Gourlay – Conservative Phil Harrison – Labour James Patterson – Liberal Democrat Etherow Division Christopher Boyle – United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) Robert Hodgetts-Haley – Green Party Charles Jevon – Liberal Democrat Becki Woods – Labour Thomas Wynne – Conservative Glossop and Charlesworth Division – two seats Gerry Dominey – Labour Damien Greenhalgh – Labour Dom Starkey – Conservative Robyn Summers – Green Party Jean Wharmby – Conservative Stephen Worrall – Liberal Democrats New Mills Division Tony Ashton – Conservative Beth Atkins – Liberal Democrat Anne Clarke – Labour and Co-operative Matthew Paterson – Green Party Whaley Bridge Division Edwina Currie Jones – Conservative Ruth George – Labour and Co-operative Lucas Jones – Green Party David Lomax – Liberal Democrat North East Derbyshire Clay Cross North Division Charlotte Cupit – Conservative Janet Hill – Labour Ross Shipman – Liberal Democrat Clay Cross South Division William Armitage – Conservative Kevin Gillott – Labour Dave Jones – Reform UK Julia Vongyer – Liberal Democrat Dronfield East Division Alex Dale – Conservative Roland Lovatt – Labour Carly Radford – Green Party Simon Temple – Liberal Democrats Dronfield West and Walton Division David Cheetham – Labour Angelique Foster – Conservative Emma Harpham – Liberal Democrat Eckington and Killamarsh Division – two seats Anne Clarke – Labour Mark Firth – Liberal Democrat Mark Foster – Conservative Alan Marshall – Liberal Democrats Steve Pickering – Labour Carolyn Renwick – Conservative John Rose – Independent Sutton Division Nigel Barker – Labour Emily Main – Green Party Keiron Payne – Independent Blaine Uknighted – Liberal Democrat Jack Woolley – Conservative Wingerworth and Shirland Division Frank Adlington-Stringer – Green Party Ross Griffin – Labour and Co-operative Barry Lewis – Conservative Camille Ramshaw – Liberal Democrat South Derbyshire Aston Division Neil Atkin – Conservative Alan Graves – Reform UK John Hills – Liberal Democrats Caroline Scott – Green Party Iain Wilson – Labour Etwall and Repton Division Amanda Baker – Green Party Martyn Ford – Conservative Stephen Hardwick – Liberal Democrat John McCallum – Labour Hilton Division Grahame Andrew – Liberal Democrat Julie Jackson – Labour Julie Patten – Conservative Martin Wall – Green Party Linton Division Dan Pegg – Labour Stuart Swann – Conservative Amy Wheelton – Independent Melbourne Division Jane Carroll – Labour David Du Celliee Muller – Conservative Thomas James – Liberal Democrats Jonathan Wood – Green Party Swadlincote Central Division Sylvia Dearing – Green Party Alan Jones – Labour Gary Musson – Conservative Swadlincote North Division Sean Bambrick – Labour Peter Smith – Conservative Swadlincote South Jude Boynton – Green Party Louise Mulgrew – Labour Roger Redfern – Conservative To take part in this year’s election you must register to vote by Monday, April 19. The deadline to register for a postal vote is 5pm on Tuesday, April 20 and the deadline for proxy vote applications – in which a designated person votes on your behalf – is Tuesday, April 27. In the Derbyshire county area, all parts of the county excluding Derby, voters will be casting ballots for the county council elections at the same time as voting for Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner. Amber Valley and Bolsover residents will have additional votes for their respective borough council election and by-elections.