The Derbyshire County Council election results are now in for the two local divisions, with Simon Spencer retaining his seat and Irene Ratcliffe regaining her’s after a four-year gap:
Dovedale Division: including Parwich, Alsop & most of Pikehall
Wirksworth Division: including Ballidon and the rest of Pikehall
The Conservatives have lost control of the County Council, with Labour achieving a substantial overall majority (taking 43 of the 64 seats). The average turnout rate for the County as a whole was 34.9%.
(Added 4th May: Overall for the County the political split in voting was Labour 43%, Conservatives 29%, UKIP 18.5%, Liberal Democrat 7.5% and Others 2%. Interestingly the BNP vote of nearly 11,000 in 2009 has evaporated, but the UKIP vote of under 2,000 in 2009 has risen to 3 votes shy of 38,000. The Liberal Democrats won three seats, but UKIP won none; does this mean that they also will be arguing for PR? What might this mean for next year’s elections to the European Parliament where there is PR?)
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