2021 Derby City Council election
2021 UK local government election
The 2021 Derby City Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One-third of the seats were up for election, with one ward (Darley) electing two councillors.
Results
Ward results
Abbey
Allestree
Alvaston
John Evans was the sitting councillor having been elected as a UKIP candidate in 2016.
Arboretum
Blagreaves
Boulton
Chaddesden
Chellaston
Darley
Derwent
Incumbent Richard Hudson had been elected as a Conservative, but was suspended from, and later quit the party in March 2021.
Littleover
Mackworth
Mickleover
Normanton
Oakwood
Frank Harwood had been elected as a Conservative, but resigned the party whip and sat as an Independent from June 2020. He subsequently joined the Liberal Democrats just before the election.
Victorious candidate Matthew Eyre was just 23 years old, and became the youngest councillor in Derbyshire at the time, a position he held until the 2022 Long Eaton By-election for Derbyshire County Council.
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