Borough of Chesterfield

Chesterfield Borough Council
Chesterfield Borough Council
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Type
Type	Non-metropolitan district
Leadership
Mayor	Jenny Flood, ; Labour ; since 8 May 2024
Leader	Tricia Gibley, ; Labour ; since 10 May 2017
Chief Executive	Huw Bowen ; since 2008
Structure
Seats	40 councillors
Political groups	Administration (29) Labour (29)Opposition (11) Liberal Democrats (11)
Elections
Last election	4 May 2023
Next election	6 May 2027
Meeting place
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	Town Hall, Rose Hill, Chesterfield, S40 1LP
Website
	www.chesterfield.gov.uk

Borough of Chesterfield
Borough of Chesterfield
Non-metropolitan district and borough
	Chesterfield skyline and the Crooked Spire of Chesterfield Parish Church.
	Shown within Derbyshire
	Borough of Chesterfield Location within England Borough of Chesterfield Location within the United Kingdom Borough of Chesterfield Location in Europe
	Coordinates: 53°14′N 1°25′W / 53.233°N 1.417°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	East Midlands
County	Derbyshire
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district
• Local Authority	Chesterfield Borough Council
• MPs	Toby Perkins (L); Lee Rowley (C)
Population (2022)
• Total	104,110 (Ranked 230th)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 95.5% White; 1.9% Asian; 1.4% Mixed; 0.8% Black; 0.4% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 50.5% Christianity; 47.1% no religion ; 1.4% other ; 1% Islam ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
Postcode	S40, S41
Post town	chesterfield
Dialling code	01246
ISO 3166-2	GB-DBY
ONS code	17UD (ONS); E07000034 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SK382711
Demonym	Cestrefeldian

The Borough of Chesterfield is a non-metropolitan district with borough status in Derbyshire, England. It is named after the town of Chesterfield, its largest settlement, and also contains the town of Staveley and the large village of Brimington.

The borough borders the North East Derbyshire district to the north, west and south, and the Bolsover district to the east.

History

The town of Chesterfield had been an ancient borough. It was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, governed by a corporate body called "the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Chesterfield", generally known as the corporation or town council.^[2] The modern district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 as one of nine non-metropolitan districts within Derbyshire. The new district covered the area of two former districts and a single parish from a third, which were all abolished at the same time:^[3]

Brimington parish from Chesterfield Rural District
Chesterfield Municipal Borough
Staveley Urban District

The new district was named Chesterfield after its largest town.^[4] The new Chesterfield district was granted borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Chesterfield's series of mayors dating back to 1598.^[5]^[6]

Governance

Chesterfield Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Derbyshire County Council. The Staveley and Brimington parts of the borough are also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.^[9]

Since 2014 the borough has been a non-constituent member of the South 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 Chesterfield do not vote in elections for the Mayor of South Yorkshire.^[10]

Political control

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2011.

The first election to the borough council as reformed under the Local Government Act 1972 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
	Labour	1974–2003
	Liberal Democrats	2003–2011
	Labour	2011–present

Leadership

The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Chesterfield. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1974 have been:^[13]

Councillor		From	To
Bill Flanagan^[14]	Labour	May 1974	2001
John Burrows^[15]	Labour	2001	May 2003
Ray Russell	Liberal Democrats	May 2003	18 May 2011
John Burrows	Labour	18 May 2011	10 May 2017
Tricia Gilby	Labour	10 May 2017

Composition

Following the 2023 election, and subsequent by-elections in July 2024, the composition of the council was:^[16]^[17]

Party		Councillors
	Labour	29
	Liberal Democrats	11
Total		40

The next election is due in 2027.

Elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2023, the council has comprised 40 councillors representing 16 wards, with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.^[18]

Premises

The council is based at Chesterfield Town Hall on Rose Hill, which was purpose-built for the council in 1938.^[19]

Geography

The borough is situated around the town of Chesterfield and includes the villages of Old Whittington, Brimington (which also has a parish council),^[20] Sheepbridge and New Whittington, and the town of Staveley which maintains a town council.^[21] The borough's main two towns are Chesterfield and Staveley. With its geographical position, the borough offers convenient commuter links to the cities of Sheffield, Nottingham, Derby, Bradford, Wakefield, Manchester, Salford, Leeds and Lincoln, and via its mainline railway station at Chesterfield and the connections to the M1 motorway.

Travel to work areas

Chesterfield and its surrounding borough are situated around multiple travel to work areas which span from the counties of Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire as well as Derbyshire. The cities of Nottingham, Manchester, Derby, Wakefield and Sheffield are the closest cities to Chesterfield and its surrounding borough.^[22]^[23]

Suburbs

Suburbs of Chesterfield include:

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