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Erewash 2021

Local elections held 6 May 2021.

9 ward races
9 seats
2 elected below the proportional quota
22.2% 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
Conservative and Unionist Party17,32354.7%9100.0%666.7%+3
Labour Party9,42929.8%00.0%333.3%-3
Green Party2,4537.7%00.0%00.0%0
Liberal Democrats2,2387.1%00.0%00.0%0
Reform UK2450.8%00.0%00.0%0
Total31,688100.0%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

Petersham · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,427

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Hickton G.K.Conservative and Unionist Party1,63147.6%Elected
2Morgen L.Labour Party1,24136.2%
3Land C.L.Green Party3199.3%
4Oseman J.E.Liberal Democrats2366.9%

Electorate 10,082 · Ballots cast 3,427 · EC ward code E58000234 · Back to ward index

Ilkeston South · single-seat

Marginal winner 48.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +1.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,880

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Gibson A.P.Conservative and Unionist Party1,40148.6%Elected
2Dawson J.C.H.Labour Party1,21742.3%
3Hierons H.A.Green Party1685.8%
4Togni A.Liberal Democrats943.3%

Electorate 9,760 · Ballots cast 2,880 · EC ward code E58000226 · Back to ward index

Long Eaton · single-seat

Marginal winner 50.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference 0.0 pts Valid ballots 3,369

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Griffiths A.Conservative and Unionist Party1,68550.0%Elected
2Thomas G.F.Labour Party1,21536.1%
3Fletcher L.C.Green Party2657.9%
4Allen R.Liberal Democrats2046.1%

Electorate 9,881 · Ballots cast 3,369 · EC ward code E58000229 · Back to ward index

Ilkeston East · single-seat

Marginal winner 52.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −2.2 pts Valid ballots 2,681

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Flatley R.F.Conservative and Unionist Party1,39952.2%Elected
2Stratford G.Labour Party1,04138.8%
3Sheldon Z.H.Green Party1796.7%
4Watts K.J.Liberal Democrats622.3%

Electorate 9,879 · Ballots cast 2,681 · EC ward code E58000225 · Back to ward index

Sawley · single-seat

Marginal winner 53.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −3.6 pts Valid ballots 3,800

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Athwal K.S.Conservative and Unionist Party2,03553.6%Elected
2Bond D.J.Labour Party1,07128.2%
3Archer J.M.Liberal Democrats45712.0%
4Dunn S.W.Green Party1503.9%
5Homer J.Reform UK872.3%

Electorate 9,329 · Ballots cast 3,800 · EC ward code E58000238 · Back to ward index

Breadsall & West Hallam · single-seat

Marginal winner 57.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −7.2 pts Valid ballots 4,114

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Hart C.A.Conservative and Unionist Party2,35357.2%Elected
2Mee R.M.Liberal Democrats97623.7%
3Wilson I.R.Labour Party69416.9%
4Adams D.C.Reform UK912.2%

Electorate 9,312 · Ballots cast 4,114 · EC ward code E58000204 · Back to ward index

Ilkeston West · single-seat

Marginal winner 57.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −7.2 pts Valid ballots 3,355

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1King T.Conservative and Unionist Party1,91957.2%Elected
2Whittle D.Labour Party1,15434.4%
3Monaghan A.E.Green Party2066.1%
4Smith J.C.Liberal Democrats762.3%

Electorate 9,565 · Ballots cast 3,355 · EC ward code E58000227 · Back to ward index

Breaston · single-seat

Marginal winner 59.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −9.7 pts Valid ballots 4,384

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Parkinson R.A.Conservative and Unionist Party2,61959.7%Elected
2Poland B.Green Party94221.5%
3Thompson A.Labour Party82318.8%

Electorate 10,323 · Ballots cast 4,384 · EC ward code E58000205 · Back to ward index

Sandiacre · single-seat

Marginal winner 62.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −12.0 pts Valid ballots 3,678

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Major W.S.Conservative and Unionist Party2,28162.0%Elected
2Powers C.J.Labour Party97326.5%
3Dunn A.C.J.Green Party2246.1%
4Watts S.L.Liberal Democrats1333.6%
5Watts G.Reform UK671.8%

Electorate 9,362 · Ballots cast 3,678 · EC ward code E58000237 · Back to ward index