2017 Derbyshire County Council election

2017 Derbyshire County Council election

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All 64 seats to Derbyshire County Council 33 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 18 43 3 Seats won 37 24 3 Seat change 19 19 Popular vote 93,546 76,135 25,259 Percentage 43.9% 35.8% 11.9%
Map showing the results of the 2017 Derbyshire County Council elections.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Conservative

An election to Derbyshire County Council took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 United Kingdom local elections. 64 councillors were elected from 61 electoral divisions which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.^[1] No elections were held in the City of Derby, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council. The Conservative Party won back control of the council, taking thirty-seven of the authority's sixty-four seats.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 4 May 2017 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[2] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.^[3]