2013 Derbyshire County Council election

An election to Derbyshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. Following the final draft of the 2012 electoral review, 64 councillors were elected from 61 electoral divisions which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. No elections were held in the City of Derby, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council. The Labour Party won back control of the council by a landslide victory, taking forty-two of the authority's sixty-four seats.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.

Background
The previous election ended 28 years of Labour control, giving the Conservatives an overall majority of two seats and control of the council. However, their majority was eroded by the suspension and defection of two Conservative councillors, leaving the council hung.

Amber Valley Borough
(10 seats, 9 electoral divisions)

Bolsover District
(6 seats, 6 electoral divisions)

Chesterfield Borough
(9 seats, 9 electoral divisions)

Derbyshire Dales District
(6 seats, 6 electoral divisions)

Erewash Borough
(9 seats, 9 electoral divisions)

High Peak Borough
(8 seats, 7 electoral divisions)

North East Derbyshire District
(8 seats, 7 electoral divisions)

South Derbyshire District
(8 seats, 8 electoral divisions)

By-Elections between May 2013 – May 2017
By-elections are called when a representative Councillor resigns or dies, so are unpredictable. A by-election is held to fill a political office that has become vacant between the scheduled elections.