1995 Derby City Council election

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1995 Derby City Council election^[1]^[2]

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4 May 1995

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15 of the 44 seats in the Derby City Council
23 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Last election	24	19	1
Seats before	25	18	1
Seats won	14	0	1
Seats after	30	12	2
Seat change	5	6	1
Popular vote	28,491	10,788	4,911
Percentage	63.9%	24.2%	11.0%

Map showing the results of the 1995 Derby City Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 1995 Derby City Council election took place on 4 May 1995 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1995.^[3] This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

Overall results[edit]

1995 Derby City Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Labour	14	5	0	5	93.3	63.9	28,491
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	1	6.7	11.0	4,911
	Conservative	0	0	6	6	0.0	24.2	10,788
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	0.9	387
	SDP	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	44
Total		15						44,621

Ward results[edit]

Abbey[edit]

Abbey ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Ainsley	2,186	77.1%
	Conservative	D. Sice	398	14.0%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Lilley	252	8.9%
Turnout				29.0%
	Labour hold

Babington[edit]

Babington^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Hussain	1,681	74.9%
	Conservative	J. Magee	236	10.5%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Sherazi	173	7.7%
	Green	L. Davies	154	6.9%
Turnout				30.6%
	Labour hold

Chaddesden[edit]

Chaddesden^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	K. Merry	2,347	70.0%
	Conservative	M. Kilminster	726	21.6%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Alcock	221	6.6%
	Green	P. Chapman	61	1.8%
Turnout				40.2%
	Labour hold

Chellaston[edit]

Chellaston^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Jackson	2,197	56.7%
	Conservative	J. Jennings	1,678	43.3%
Turnout				41.2%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Darley[edit]

Darley^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Woolley	2,017	49.5%
	Conservative	P. Hickson	1,555	38.2%
	Liberal Democrats	S. King	502	12.3%
Turnout				43.2%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Derwent[edit]

Derwent^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Hayes	2,028	84.5%
	Conservative	A. Pegg	372	15.5%
Turnout				32.1%
	Labour hold

Kingsway[edit]

Kingsway^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Graves	1,628	49.2%
	Conservative	B. Maw	883	26.7%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Crosby	799	24.1%
Turnout				44.4%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Litchurch[edit]

Litchurch^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. McGiven	1,699	78.2%
	Conservative	B. Samra	255	11.7%
	Green	J. Macdonald	112	5.2%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Sherazi	107	4.9%
Turnout				29.8%
	Labour hold

Littleover[edit]

Littleover^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	E. Ashburner	1,581	45.5%
	Labour	S. Bhalla	1,113	32.0%
	Conservative	G. Shaw	737	21.2%
	SDP	K. Dickenson	44	1.3%
Turnout				48.3%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Mackworth[edit]

Mackworth^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Gerrard	2,121	81.3%
	Conservative	J. Veitch	374	14.3%
	Liberal Democrats	W. Savage	115	4.4%
Turnout				40.2%
	Labour hold

Mickleover[edit]

Mickleover^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Taylor	2,027	54.9%
	Conservative	R. Broadfield	1,206	32.7%
	Liberal Democrats	I. Care	456	12.4%
Turnout				42.1%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Normanton[edit]

Normanton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Williamson	1,774	75.6%
	Conservative	P. McCandless	349	14.9%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Cooper	164	7.0%
	Green	E. Wall	60	2.6%
Turnout				32.6%
	Labour hold

Osmanton[edit]

Osmanton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Streets	1,217	82.6%
	Conservative	G. Carran	159	10.8%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Troup	97	6.6%
Turnout				25.1%
	Labour hold

Sinfin[edit]

Sinfin^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Mullarkey	1,934	81.6%
	Conservative	J. Lee	234	9.9%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Gale	202	8.5%
Turnout				31.0%
	Labour hold

Spondon[edit]

Spondon^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Wilson	2,522	57.4%
	Conservative	C. Brown	1,626	37.0%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Harris	242	5.5%
Turnout				44.6%
	Labour gain from Conservative

References[edit]

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1995". The Elections Centre.
^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1995 (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Derby City Council Election Results 1979-1995" (PDF). Elections Centre.

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