2025 Derbyshire County Council election

2025 Derbyshire County Council election

1 May 2025 (2025-05-01)

All 64 seats to Derbyshire County Council
33 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Alan Graves Barry Lewis
(defeated)
Joan Dixon
(defeated)
Party Reform UK Conservative Labour
Leader's seat Aston Shirland & Wingerworth South Bolsover
Last election 0 seats, 0.2% 45 seats, 47.8% 14 seats, 33.2%
Seats before 0 41 15
Seats won 42 12 3
Seat change 42 33 11
Popular vote 83,629 47,816 45,855
Percentage 36.8% 21.0% 20.2%
Swing 36.6 pp 26.8 pp 13.0 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Ed Fordham Gez Kinsella N/A
Party Liberal Democrats Green Independent
Leader's seat Spire South Belper & Holbrook
Last election 4 seats, 9.0% 1 seat, 7.6% 0 seats, 1.8%
Seats before 4 1 3
Seats won 3 2 2
Seat change 1 1 2
Popular vote 19,872 19,697 8,989
Percentage 8.7% 8.7% 4.0%
Swing 0.3 pp 1.1 pp 2.2 pp



Leader before election

Barry Lewis
Conservative

Leader after election

Alan Graves
Reform UK

The 2025 Derbyshire County Council election took place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Derbyshire County Council in Derbyshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections All 64 seats were contested under new boundaries. The Conservatives had controlled the council since the 2017 election. At the election, Reform UK won 42 seats and gained control of the council. Alan Graves was elected leader of the council, while still also serving on Derby City Council.