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2015 Derby City Council election^[1]^[2]
17 of the 51 seats to Derby City Council; 26 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2015 Derby City Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 2015 Derby City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Derby City Council in England.^[3] It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party increased its majority on the council by gaining two seats.

Election results

2015 Derby City Council election
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	11	2	0	2	64.7	37.2	40,309	10.8
Conservative	5	0	0		29.4	31.2	33,750	2.0
Liberal Democrats	1	0	1	1	5.9	12.0	13,042	5.9
UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	16.9	18,293	New
Green	0	0	0		0.0	1.1	1,217	0.7
Independent	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.8	875	0.6
TUSC	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	643	New
BNP	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	98	2.2
British Independents	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	60	New
English Democrat	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	50	New

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2011 election.

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Asaf Afzal	2,688	50.1%
	Conservative	Edward James Packham	1,056	19.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Hudson	875	16.3%
	UKIP	Martin Ashley Bardoe	748	13.9%
Majority			1,632	30.4%
Turnout			5,367	54.8%
	Labour hold

Allestree

Allestree (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steve Hassall	4,867	56.7%
	Labour	Simon Peter Parkes	1,835	21.4%
	UKIP	Frank Leeming	1,005	11.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Deena Smith	883	10.3%
Majority			3,032	35.3%
Turnout			8,590	77.5%
	Conservative hold

Alvaston

Alvaston (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Bayliss	2,588	40.8%
	UKIP	Arron Marsden	1,826	28.8%
	Conservative	Pete Berry	1,404	22.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Ellen Anthony	385	6.1%
	TUSC	Charles Albert Taylor	74	1.2%
	British Independents	David Andrew Gale	60	0.9%
Majority			762	12.0%
Turnout			6,337	55.9%
	Labour hold

Arboretum

Arboretum (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Fareed Hussain	3,549	71.1%
	Conservative	Ross McCristal	505	10.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Hird	434	8.7%
	UKIP	Usman Khalid-Raja	387	7.8%
	TUSC	Graham Lewis	118	2.4%
Majority			3,044	61.0%
Turnout			4,993	46.3%
	Labour hold

Blagreaves

Blagreaves (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Amo Raju	2,401	36.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Danielle Lind	1,990	30.5%
	Conservative	Max Craven	1,235	18.9%
	UKIP	Vincent Davis	844	12.9%
Majority			411	6.3%
Turnout			6,527	66.0%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Boulton

Boulton (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Barbara Sybil Jackson	2,177	37.8%
	UKIP	Steve Fowke	1,562	27.1%
	Conservative	Celia Ingall	1,538	26.7%
	Green	David Leonard Foster	239	4.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Venn	159	2.8%
	TUSC	Shaun Christopher Stuart	80	1.4%
Majority			615	10.7%
Turnout			5,755	57.8%
	Labour hold

Chaddesden

Chaddesden (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Linda Mary Winter	2,147	34.4%
	Conservative	Jonathan Charles Smale	2,131	34.2%
	UKIP	Anthony Joseph Crawley	1,558	25.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Colin Care	304	4.9%
	BNP	Paul Hillard	98	1.6%
Majority			16	0.3%
Turnout			6,238	62.0%
	Labour hold

Chellaston

Chellaston (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Leslie Grimadell	3,342	43.8%
	Labour	Cecile Yvonne Wright	2,161	28.3%
	UKIP	John Evans	1,506	19.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Elizabeth Katharine Webb	568	7.4%
	English Democrat	David William Black	50	0.7%
Majority			1,181	15.5%
Turnout			7,627	67.0%
	Conservative hold

Darley

Darley (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Martin Jeffrey Repton	2,698	39.1%
	Conservative	Jordan Kemp	2,373	34.4%
	UKIP	Kirk Lewis Kus	632	9.2%
	Green	Alice Sarah Mason-Power	632	9.2%
	Liberal Democrats	John Allman Cameron	565	8.2%
Majority			325	4.7%
Turnout			6,900	66.4%
	Labour hold

Derwent

Derwent (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Martin Rawson	2,107	42.5%
	UKIP	Sarah Ann Hallam	1,336	27.0%
	Conservative	Steve Willoughby	1,165	23.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Ferrigno	349	7.0%
Majority			771	15.5%
Turnout			4,957	51.4%
	Labour hold

Littleover

Littleover (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Carr	2,682	35.4%
	Labour	Dom Anderson	2,403	31.7%
	Conservative	Gee Afsar	1,744	23.0%
	UKIP	Vaughan Saxby	606	8.0%
	Independent (politician)	Tony Welch	139	1.8%
Majority			279	3.7%
Turnout			7,574	71.9%
	Liberal Democrats hold

Mackworth

Mackworth (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Diane Elizabeth Froggatt	1,811	32.9%
	Conservative	Sean Thomas Rose	1,268	23.0%
	UKIP	Freddie Theobald	1,094	19.9%
	Independent	Lisa Maria Higginbottom*	736	13.4%
	Green	Marten Kats	346	6.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Catrin Sian Rutland	250	4.5%
Majority			543	9.9%
Turnout			5,505	57.4%
	Labour gain from Independent

Note: Lisa Higginbottom was elected as a Labour councillor at the previous election in 2011, but resigned to sit as an independent in October 2013.^[4]

Mickleover

Mickleover (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Keith	3,772	43.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Joseph Barker	2,382	27.7%
	Labour	Lester John Pendrey	1,523	17.7%
	UKIP	Ian Edward Crompton	925	10.8%
Majority			1,390	16.2%
Turnout			8,602	73.6%
	Conservative hold

Normanton

Normanton (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jangir Khan	3,763	71.6%
	Conservative	Ashley Anthony Waterhouse	597	11.4%
	UKIP	Jayprakash Joshi	486	9.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Leonard	219	4.2%
	TUSC	Terence Anderson	191	3.6%
Majority			3,166	60.2%
Turnout			5,256	51.0%
	Labour hold

Oakwood

Oakwood (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robin Wood	3,345	51.0%
	Labour	Fay Knight	1,672	25.5%
	UKIP	Gary John Small	1,197	18.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Anthony Jackson	340	5.2%
Majority			1,673	25.5%
Turnout			6,554	65.1%
	Conservative hold

Sinfin

Sinfin (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joanna Terese West	2,993	60.7%
	UKIP	Gaurav Pandey	1,383	28.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Jake Zyla	432	8.8%
	TUSC	Zbigniew Wojcik	123	2.5%
Majority			1,610	32.7%
Turnout			6,624	66.5%
	Labour hold

Spondon

Spondon (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicola Angela Roulstone	3,384	51.1%
	Labour	Richard Morgan	1,793	27.1%
	UKIP	Garth Munton	1,222	18.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Alf Wall	225	3.4%
Majority			1,591	24.0%
Turnout			6,624	66.5%
	Conservative hold

References

^ "Local Election Results 2015". Andrew Teale.
^ "Local Election 2015". Derby City Council.
^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
^ Chris Mallett (22 October 2013). "Former Derby Mayor quits Labour in protest at cash cuts". Derby Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013.

[1] "Local Election Results 2015". Andrew Teale.

[2] "Local Election 2015". Derby City Council.

[TEC-3] "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

[4] Chris Mallett (22 October 2013). "Former Derby Mayor quits Labour in protest at cash cuts". Derby Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013.

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