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Chesterfield 2021

Local elections held 6 May 2021.

9 ward races
9 seats
6 elected below the proportional quota
66.7% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 9 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 9 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Labour Party10,25438.2%666.7%444.4%+2
Conservative and Unionist Party6,84725.5%00.0%333.3%-3
Liberal Democrats6,63124.7%333.3%222.2%+1
Independent1,6066.0%00.0%00.0%0
Green Party8293.1%00.0%00.0%0
CH IND6602.5%00.0%00.0%0
Total26,827100.0%9100.0%9100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Staveley · single-seat

Marginal winner 31.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +18.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,672

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Hayes A.Labour Party83231.1%Elected
2Mann P.A.Independent78529.4%
3Bagshaw M.A.Independent55520.8%
4Hopkinson N.J.Conservative and Unionist Party50018.7%

Electorate 9,085 · Ballots cast 2,672 · EC ward code E58000243 · Back to ward index

Walton & West · single-seat

Marginal winner 38.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +11.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,954

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Niblock P.A.Liberal Democrats1,50838.1%Elected
2Boult J.D.L.Conservative and Unionist Party1,44636.6%
3Lismore S.B.Labour Party75919.2%
4Geikie S.T.Green Party2416.1%

Electorate 8,124 · Ballots cast 3,954 · EC ward code E58000250 · Back to ward index

Loundsley Green & Newbold · single-seat

Marginal winner 39.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +10.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,445

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Fordham E.T.Liberal Democrats1,35839.4%Elected
2Wall M.Labour Party1,28437.3%
3Sen S.Conservative and Unionist Party63818.5%
4Jones D.I.CH IND1654.8%

Electorate 9,022 · Ballots cast 3,445 · EC ward code E58000230 · Back to ward index

Boythorpe & Brampton South · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,131

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Mihaly R.R.Labour Party1,33142.5%Elected
2Falconer K.Liberal Democrats1,01132.3%
3Liggett H.K.Conservative and Unionist Party54817.5%
4Wadsworth D.J.Green Party1605.1%
5Powell T.CH IND812.6%

Electorate 7,969 · Ballots cast 3,131 · EC ward code E58000203 · Back to ward index

St. Marys · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,826

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Innes J.M.Labour Party1,24844.2%Elected
2Dale A.M.Conservative and Unionist Party86730.7%
3Rogers T.Liberal Democrats45216.0%
4Stone P.C.CH IND2599.2%

Electorate 9,468 · Ballots cast 2,826 · EC ward code E58000242 · Back to ward index

Spire · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,380

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Ramsey L.M.Labour Party1,12747.4%Elected
2Scheidt O.Conservative and Unionist Party61926.0%
3Mather A.Liberal Democrats44118.5%
4Barton A.Green Party1938.1%

Electorate 7,704 · Ballots cast 2,380 · EC ward code E58000241 · Back to ward index

Birdholme · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.1 pts Valid ballots 2,686

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Allen D.Labour Party1,37251.1%Elected
2Gibbons P.Conservative and Unionist Party88132.8%
3Yates D.A.Green Party2358.7%
4Brassington A.J.Liberal Democrats1174.4%
5Berridge K.A.CH IND632.3%
6Rhodes D.Independent180.7%

Electorate 8,500 · Ballots cast 2,686 · EC ward code E58000200 · Back to ward index

Staveley North & Whittington · single-seat

Marginal winner 53.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −3.4 pts Valid ballots 2,921

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Bingham B.Liberal Democrats1,56053.4%Elected
2Thorpe M.Labour Party72424.8%
3Parrish A.E.Conservative and Unionist Party54518.7%
4Stimson C.R.CH IND923.1%

Electorate 9,096 · Ballots cast 2,921 · EC ward code E58000244 · Back to ward index

Brimington · single-seat

Marginal winner 56.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −6.1 pts Valid ballots 2,812

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Collins D.Labour Party1,57756.1%Elected
2Thompson B.Conservative and Unionist Party80328.6%
3Niblock S.A.Liberal Democrats1846.5%
4Chambers C.Independent1675.9%
5Perry R.M.Independent812.9%

Electorate 9,804 · Ballots cast 2,812 · EC ward code E58000206 · Back to ward index