North East Derbyshire | |
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 Dronfield, the largest settlement in North East Derbyshire | |
 Shown withinDerbyshire | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Ceremonial county | Derbyshire |
| Admin. HQ | Wingerworth |
| Government | |
| • Type | North East Derbyshire District Council |
| • MPs: | Louise Sandher-Jones,Natalie Fleet |
| Area | |
• Total | 107 sq mi (276 km2) |
| • Rank | 128th |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 106,646 |
| • Rank | Ranked 231st |
| • Density | 1,000/sq mi (386/km2) |
| Ethnicity(2021) | |
| • Ethnic groups | |
| Religion(2021) | |
| • Religion | List
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| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
| Postcode | |
| ONS code | 17UJ (ONS) E07000038 (GSS) |
| Ethnicity | 95.7% White |
North East Derbyshire is alocal government district inDerbyshire, England. The council is based in the large village ofWingerworth. The district also includes the towns ofDronfield andClay Cross as well as numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.
The neighbouring districts areChesterfield (which it almost surrounds),Bolsover,Amber Valley,Derbyshire Dales,Sheffield andRotherham.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under theLocal Government Act 1972, covering the area of three former districts, which were all abolished at the same time:[2]
The new district was named North East Derbyshire, reflecting its position within the wider county.[3]
North East Derbyshire District Council | |
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| Type | |
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| Leadership | |
Lee Hickin since 2021[6] | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 53 councillors |
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| Elections | |
Last election | 4 May 2023 |
Next election | 6 May 2027 |
| Meeting place | |
| 2013 Mill Lane,Wingerworth,Chesterfield, S42 6NG | |
| Website | |
| www | |
North East Derbyshire District Council providesdistrict-level services.County-level services are provided byDerbyshire County Council. The district is also entirely covered bycivil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.[7]
Since 2014 the district has been a non-constituent member of theSouth Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (formerly known as the Sheffield City Region); the council sends representatives to meetings of the combined authority, but the electorate of North East Derbyshire District does not vote in elections for theMayor of South Yorkshire.[8] The district is also part ofThe Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership.[9]
The council has been underLabour majority control since the2023 election.[10]
The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:[11][12]
| Party in control | Years | |
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| Labour | 1974–1976 | |
| No overall control | 1976–1979 | |
| Labour | 1979–2019 | |
| Conservative | 2019–2022 | |
| No overall control | 2022–2023 | |
| Labour | 2023–present | |
Theleaders of the council since 2004 have been:
| Councillor | Party | From | To | |
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| Graham Baxter[13][14] | Labour | 2004 | May 2019 | |
| Martin Thacker[15][16] | Conservative | 20 May 2019 | 13 Jul 2020 | |
| Alex Dale[17][18] | Conservative | 13 Jul 2020 | May 2023 | |
| Nigel Barker[19] | Labour | 22 May 2023 | ||
Following the2023 election,[20] and subsequent changes of allegiance up to February 2025, the composition of the council was:[21]
| Party | Councillors | |
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| Labour | 27 | |
| Conservative | 17 | |
| Green | 1 | |
| Reform | 1 | |
| Independent | 7 | |
| Total | 53 | |
Five of the independent councillors sit together as the "North East Derbyshire Independents" group, and the other two form the "Independent Group". The next election is due in 2027.[21]
Since the last boundary changes in 2019 the council has comprised 53councillors, representing 24wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.[22]
Since 2015 the council has been based at offices on Mill Lane in Wingerworth.[23] Prior to 2015 the council was based at the former Chesterfield Rural District Council's offices at the Council House on Saltergate in Chesterfield, outside the council's own area. The Council House had been built in 1938 and was substantially extended shortly after North East Derbyshire's creation in 1974.[24]
The district is entirely covered bycivil parishes. The parish council for Dronfield takes the style "town council".[25]
Settlements in the district include:
The district, along with the district ofBolsover and adjoining areas inSouth Yorkshire, was a major producer ofcoal; a large seam of coal was discovered during the construction of theClay Cross Tunnel in the 1830s. Coal mining became the main industry in the region.[26]
On nationalisation in 1947 there were 27 coal mines in the Chesterfield area, reduced to 12 by 1980.[27] During the 1980s theConservative government planned to close down many of the remaining mines, leading to the1984–85 miners' strike. Members of North DerbyshireNUM were split over the strike, with a March 1984 area ballot, at the start of the strike, narrowly opposing it.[28] It was however observed by the majority of North East Derbyshire miners, with all local pits initially closed. The strike caused massive poverty and social upheaval as traditionally close-knit communities became divided between those who worked and those who did not.[29] The strike was resolved by the spring of 1985 and mine closures continued, with the closure of many associated industries. This decimated many local communities, with many former pit villages struggling to recover. The last Colliery in the area closed in 1993.[27]
Following the closure of the pits large areas of the district were derelict, with old mine workings and spoil tips from 150 years ofindustrialisation. Over the last few years these sites have been remediated andregenerated by open cast mining of the remaining surface deposits andreclamation of coal from the old spoil heaps. The sites have then been restored as a mix ofparkland, business parks, and housing sites. The work, part-funded by EEC Coalfield community regeneration grants, helped clean up theenvironmental legacy and fund the creation of job opportunities by providing the infrastructure for development. This resulted in several large and some smaller business parks, now providing thousands of jobs, albeit many inwarehousing anddistribution, not of the same skill level as the lost engineering jobs.
In terms of television, North East Derbyshire is served byBBC Yorkshire andITV Yorkshire broadcasting from theEmley Moor transmitter.[30]
Radio stations for the area are:
Derbyshire Times is the weekly local newspaper that serves the district .[32]
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The council uses its coat of arms as its logo.
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