View the results from the six Derbyshire Dales divisions in the County Council elections on 4 May. The average turnout across the Dales was 44.3%.
As the Conservatives regained control of Derbyshire County Council from Labour, here in the Derbyshire Dales the new controlling group held four of the six divisions, Labour narrowly held off the Conservatives in Wirksworth by just 28 votes and the Liberal Democrats regained Matlock from Labour.
Derbyshire Dales District Council organised the election in the Dales, and the count took place in the main sports hall at our Arc Leisure Matlock. Here are the Dales results:
Ashbourne
Steve Bull (Conservative) 2775 - ELECTED
Rebecca Goodall (Liberal Democrats) 751
Richard Stone (UKIP) 254
Rejected ballot papers = 19
Turnout 39.4%
CONSERVATIVE HOLD
Bakewell
Eleanor Nancolas (Liberal Democrats) 613
Helen Swift (Labour) 1103
Judith Twigg (Conservative) 2652 - ELECTED
Rejected ballot papers = 4
Turnout 45.2%
CONSERVATIVE HOLD
Derwent Valley
Jason Atkin (Conservative) 2291 - ELECTED
Michael Crapper (Liberal Democrats) 606
Paul Cecil Roe (UKIP) 248
Martin Joseph Rutter (Labour) 897
Turnout 42.5%
CONSERVATIVE HOLD
Dovedale
Martin Aiton (Liberal Democrats) 241
Tom Barker (Labour) 433
Simon Spencer (Conservative) 1825 - ELECTED
Colin Swindell (Independent) 1250
John Robin Youatt (Green Party) 132
Turnout 42.3%
CONSERVATVE HOLD
Matlock
Andy Botham (Labour) 1198
Sue Burfoot (Liberal Democrats) 1889 - ELECTED
Ann Elliott (Conservative) 1383
Turnout 52.1%
LIB DEM GAIN OVER LABOUR
Wirksworth
Gill Bates (Liberal Democrats) 259
Richard Bright (Conservative) 2012
Ivan Dixon (Green Party) 226
Irene Ratcliffe (Labour) 2040 - ELECTED
Rejected ballot papers = 7
Turnout 44.9%
LABOUR HOLD
- View results from across the county at www.derbyshire.gov.uk/elections
