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 summary

Election result

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 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.

North Wingfield Central

Pilsley and Morton

Ridgeway and Marsh Lane

Shirland

Sutton

Tupton

Unstone

Wingerworth

Changes 2023–2027 Clay Cross North

Ross Shipman, David Hancock, and Pam Windley (all elected as Liberal Democrats) and Mike Roe (elected as a Conservative) left their parties in December 2024 to become independents, forming a new group with independent councillor Heather Liggett.

Stephen Reed, elected as a Conservative, left the party and joined Reform UK in February 2025.

Eckington South & Renishaw

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