Derby local elections: Everything you need to know as residents head to polls

On Thursday, local elections will take place across the UK.

51 seats will be up for grabs on Derby City Council.

Georgia Gilholy has put together this guide of everything you need to know.

Who currently controls Derby City Council?

As of September 2021, the council was under no overall control, with the Conservatives being the largest single party with 18 seats to Labour’s 16, the Liberal Democrats' eight, Reform’s six and three councillors sitting as independents

The number of wards in Derby will increase from 17 to 18 and all but three wards will be represented by three councillors.

Chaddesden East, Chaddesden North and Chaddesden West only elect two councillors each due to their smaller size.

This means the election could be a tightly contested one, with both main parties vying for control over key local issues such as housing, transportation, waste management and council taxes.

Do I need an ID to vote?

Yes, you will need a valid ID to vote on Thursday.

The May 4 local elections will be the first-ever elections in England where all voters will be required to show photo identification before casting their ballot.

What ID can I take to the polling station?

Valid forms of identification include passports, driving licenses, bus passes, cards with the PASS hologram, biometric immigration documents or a national identity card issued by a country in the European Economic Area (EEA) or European Union (EU).

Expired photo IDs will be accepted by polling station volunteers if your appearance and name are the same as those on the document.

What if I have no photo ID?

People who are eligible to vote but do not own valid photo ID were able to request a free voter authority certificate before April 25.

It is now too late to request a free certificate ahead of Thursday’s elections.

Is it too late to register to vote?

It is now too late to register to vote in Thursday’s local elections. The deadline to register in England was April 17.

For future elections you can register to vote on the Government website.

Where can I vote on Thursday?

There are 102 polling stations in schools, community centres and other public buildings across the city. They will be open for voting between 7am and 10pm.

You can use the council website to find your nearest station. 

Who can I vote for on Thursday?

209 candidates from across the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party, Reform Derby and several independents are standing for election across every Derby ward.

The full list of declared candidates is as follows:

Abbey 

• Carmel Ashby - Labour Party
• Sue Bonser - Labour Party
• Allison Burke - Liberal Democrat
• Munawa Chaudhary - Conservative Party
• Molly Christodoulou - Green Party
• Alan Cokayne - Reform Derby
• Ann Crosby - Liberal Democrat
• Simon Ferrigno - Liberal Democrat
• Paul Hezelgrave - Labour Party
• Adam Hurt - Conservative Party
• Julie Paxton - Reform Derby
• Stephen Peach - Reform Derby
• Ian Toone - Independent

Allestree 

• David Adams - Reform Derby
• Hamzah Ahmed - Liberal Democrat
• Will Berry - Liberal Democrat
• Patrick Green - Labour Party
• Sally Green - Labour Party
• Steve Hassall - Conservative Party
• Helen Hitchcock - Green Party
• Adam Hounslow-Eyre - Labour Party
• Graham Leeming - Reform Derby
• Paul Lind - Liberal Democrat
• Elaine Lumley - Reform Derby
• Kieran Morgan-McGeehan - Conservative Party
• Tony Mott - Green Party
• Ged Potter - Conservative Party
• Samuel Ward - Green Party

Alvaston North 

• John Banks - Labour Party
• Preetinder Butter - Liberal Democrat
• John Evans - Reform Derby
• Dave Gale - Independent
• Alan Graves - Reform Derby
• Glenda Howcroft - Liberal Democrat
• Chloe Kelly - Conservative Party
• Kirk Kus - Reform Derby
• Matthew Neiland - Liberal Democrat
• Viv Pointon - Labour Party
• Haf Rehman - Labour Party

Alvaston South 

• Stephen Allen - Liberal Democrat
• Ian Care - Liberal Democrat
• Roger Dale - Labour Party
• Stephen Fowke - Reform Derby
• Alan Lindsey - Reform Derby
• Bethany Madden - Labour Party
• Timothy Prosser - Reform Derby
• Emma Shaw - Labour Party
• Marco Slowinski - Liberal Democrat
• Zach Wayman - Conservative Party

Arboretum 

• Anthony Blaney - Reform Derby
• Patrick Delaney - Reform Derby
• Jean-Christian Gouy De Muyncke - Reform Derby
• Daniel Holmes - Liberal Democrat
• Matlub Hussain - Conservative Party
• Shiraz Khan - Labour Party
• Jairo Marrero - Liberal Democrat
• Gulfraz Nawaz - Labour Party
• Alan Pickersgill - Liberal Democrat
• Sassi Stark - Independent
• Cecile Wright - Labour Party

Blagreaves 

• Saquib Amin - Labour Party
• Peter Berry - Conservative Party
• Sara Bolton - Labour Party
• Hardyal Dhindsa - Labour Party
• Owen Garnett - Reform Derby
• Farhatullah Khan - Liberal Democrat
• Danielle Lind - Liberal Democrat
• Hardip Naitta - Reform Derby
• Joe Naitta - Liberal Democrat
• Jeanette Russell - Reform Derby

Chaddesden East 

• Paul Bysh - Reform Derby
• Andreas Christodoulou - Green Party
• Stephen Evans - Reform Derby
• Becky Everett - Labour Party
• Jerry Pearce - Conservative Party
• Mark Smith - Liberal Democrat
• Tom Spray - Labour Party
• Janet Williams - Liberal Democrat
• John Wright - Conservative Party

Chaddesden North 

• Jonathan Bayliss - Labour Party
• Ian Crompton - Reform Derby
• Christopher Evans - Reform Derby
• Edward Harrison - Conservative Party
• Richard Husdon - Liberal Democrat
• Jakob Marshall - Conservative Party
• James Testro - Liberal Democrat
• Neil Wilson - Labour Party

Chaddesden West 

• Paul Bettany - Reform Derby
• Ashley Clarke - Conservative Party
• Ann Graves - Reform Derby
• Timothy Holyoake - Liberal Democrat
• Kathy Kozlowski - Labour Party
• Tracey Pearce - Conservative Party
• Martin Rawson - Labour Party
• Ashley Stirland - Liberal Democrat

Chellaston and Shelton Lock 

• Russell Armstrong - Reform Derby
• Matt Brentnall - Conservative Party
• Chanaka Dissanayake - Labour Party
• Valerie French - Liberal Democrat
• Ria Ghei - Green Party
• Amanda Gouy De Muyncke - Reform Derby
• Clive Holland - Liberal Democrat
• Celia Ingall - Independent
• Phillip Ingall - Independent
• Harvey Jennings - Conservative Party
• Stephen Lakin - Independent
• Ross McCristal - Conservative Party
• Andrew Parnall - Liberal Democrat
• Paul Randle - Reform Derby
• Jason Thakar - Labour Party
• Nathan Thakar - Labour Party

Darley 

• Julio Abraham - Conservative Party
• Louise Boole - Reform Derby
• Carol Bull - Liberal Democrat
• Lucy Giuliano- - Green Party
• Alan Grimadell - Conservative Party
• Marion Hall - Liberal Democrat
• Stephen Handley - Reform Derby
• Ann Jackman - Liberal Democrat
• Alison Martin - Labour Party
• Martin Repton - Labour Party
• Sharon Saxton - Reform Derby
• Carmel Swan - Labour Party

Littleover 

• Ajit Atwal - Liberal Democrat
• Douglas Banton - Reform Derby
• Jacqueline Blaney - Reform Derby
• Sophia Brown - Labour Party
• Lucy Care - Liberal Democrat
• Gurdev Dhillon - Labour Party
• David Jowitt - Reform Derby
• Emily Lonsdale - Liberal Democrat
• Matthew Osborne - Conservative Party
• Ed Packham - Conservative Party
• Simon Parkes - Labour Party
• Balbir Samra - Conservative Party

Mackworth and New Zealand 

• Daniel Bamford - Reform Derby
• Carmine Branco - Liberal Democrat
• Jak Carr - Green Party
• Nigel Caulton - Reform Derby
• Diane Froggatt - Independent
• Stuart Handley - Liberal Democrat
• Ndukwe Onuoha - Labour Party
• Gaurav Pandey - Conservative Party
• Adrian Pegg - Conservative Party
• Ben Sage - Reform Derby
• Sarah Tillett - Liberal Democrat
• Nwando Umeh - Labour Party
• Mick Walsh - Conservative Party
• John Whitby - Labour Party

Mickleover 

• Jacqueline Banton - Reform Derby
• Adrian Hayden - Reform Derby
• Maggie Hird - Liberal Democrat
• Lisa Hodgson - Reform Derby
• Alison Holmes - Conservative Party
• Matthew Holmes - Conservative Party
• Angela Kinsey - Labour Party
• Elle McAllister - Liberal Democrat
• Nick Northover - Labour Party
• Miles Pattison - Conservative Party
• Holly Rushbrooke - Green Party
• Paul Sharratt - Labour Party
• Greg Webb - Liberal Democrat

Normanton 

• Simon Bacon - Independent
• Laoni Cooper - Reform Derby
• Derek Gould - Reform Derby
• Jangir Khan - Labour Party
• Geoffrey O'Farrell - Liberal Democrats
• Balbir Sandhu - Labour Party
• Lindsay Smith - Liberal Democrat
• Habib Tafseer - Conservative Party
• Gurkiran Thandi - Labour Party
• Katie Thomas - Reform Derby
• Bob Troup - Liberal Democrats

Oakwood

• Timothy Adams - Reform Derby
• Andrew Bird - Liberal Democrats
• Matthew Eyre - Conservative Party
• Frank Harwood - Liberal Democrat
• Kehinde Johnson-Lawal - Labour Party
• Monica Lindsey - Reform Derby
• Jamie Mulhall - Conservative Party
• Ranjit Seehra - Labour Party
• Antony Stevenson - Labour Party
• Freya Trewhella - Conservative Party
• Jim Wise - Reform Derby
• Chris Wright - Liberal Democrat

Sinfin and Osmaston 

• Maria Adeseun - Reform Derby
• John Arguile - Liberal Democrat
• Kate Brown - Green Party
• Mike Carr - Liberal Democrat
• Sarah Chambers - Labour Party
• Jay Joshi - Conservative Party
• Brenden May - Reform Derby
• Nadine Peatfield - Labour Party
• Baggy Shanker - Labour Party
• Greg Szemraj - Reform Derby
• Lee Thomas - Liberal Democrat

Spondon 

• Ruth Coates - Labour Party
• Cameron Cox - Reform Derby
• Stevie Hardy - Green Party
• Helen Harrison - Liberal Democrat
• Pauline Inwood - Labour Party
• Baz Jabbar - Liberal Democrat
• Christopher Poulter - Conservative Party
• Nicola Roulstone - Conservative Party
• Jonathan Smale - Conservative Party
• Shane Walker - Reform Derby
• Kathryn Wills - Reform Derby
• Phillip Wray - Liberal Democrat

What do Derby City Council elections decide?

Councillors determine council policy which is limited by national laws and regulations.

The council is responsible for providing a range of public services, including:

• Housing and property services
• Waste and recycling services
• Planning and building control
• Social care and health services
• Environmental health services
• Leisure and cultural services, including parks, libraries, and museums
• Education and schools
• Highways and transportation
• Licensing and regulatory services
• Community safety and crime prevention