2009 Derbyshire County Council election

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All 63 seats to Derbyshire County Council 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 15 38 10 Seats won 33 22 8 Seat change 19 16 2 Popular vote 88,403 64,787 48,413 Percentage 39.0% 28.6% 21.3%
2009 local election results in Derbyshire
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Conservative

Elections to Derbyshire County Council took place on 4 June 2009 as part of the 2009 United Kingdom local elections, having been delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament.

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,^[1] 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.^[2]

Summary

The election was won by the Conservatives who were elected with a small overall majority. It ended 28 consecutive years of local governance by the Labour Party [1]

Results

Derbyshire County Council election, 2009

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	33			19	53.2%	40.68%	88,403
	Labour	22			16	35.48%	29.81%	64,787
	Liberal Democrats	8			2	12.9%	22.28%	48,413
	BNP	0				0	5.04%	10,967
	Green	0				0	1.24%	2,714
	UKIP	0				0	0.8%	1,883
	National Front	0				0	0.00%	126
	Independent	1				1.56%