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Derbyshire County Council
Local authority area: Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county council, in the East Midlands region of England. It covers 2,546.8 km² and had 803,464 residents in 2022 — about 315 people per km².
Council headquartersCounty Hall
Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People
Population
Estimates recorded for Derbyshire, 2012–2022.
Residents, 2022803,464+3.9% since 2012
Land area2,546.8km²983.3 sq mi
Density315/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#14of 382 UK councils · #14 in England
Population estimates3 data points
773.5K796.1K803.5K
201220182022
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Elections
64 county electoral divisions
Divisions are built from district wards (ONS best-fit lookup); residents are the Census 2021 totals of those wards.
| Division | District | Wards | Residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfreton & Somercotes | Amber Valley | 2 | 15,000 |
| Alport & Duffield | Amber Valley | 2 | 11,699 |
| Ashbourne South | Derbyshire Dales | 4 | 13,997 |
| Aston | South Derbyshire | 3 | 20,676 |
| Bakewell | Derbyshire Dales | 5 | 14,849 |
| Barlborough & Clowne | Bolsover | 4 | 15,858 |
| Bolsover | Bolsover | 4 | 18,478 |
| Breadsall & West Hallam | Erewash | 2 | 10,566 |
| Breaston | Erewash | 3 | 15,650 |
| Brimington | Chesterfield | 3 | 16,311 |
| Buxton North & East | High Peak | 4 | 13,809 |
| Buxton South & West | High Peak | 4 | 11,942 |
| Chapel & Hope Valley | High Peak | 4 | 12,895 |
| Clay Cross & Tupton | North East Derbyshire | 3 | 16,059 |
| Codnor, Aldercar, Langley Mill & Loscoe | Amber Valley | 2 | 19,195 |
| Derwent Valley | Derbyshire Dales | 6 | 22,521 |
| Dovedale & Ashbourne North | Derbyshire Dales | 6 | 20,864 |
| Dronfield & Unstone | North East Derbyshire | 4 | 17,270 |
| Dronfield Woodhouse & Walton | North East Derbyshire | 5 | 17,769 |
| Dunston | Chesterfield | 2 | 13,758 |
| Eckington & Coal Aston | North East Derbyshire | 4 | 15,601 |
| Elmton with Creswell & Whitwell | Bolsover | 3 | 15,325 |
| Etherow | High Peak | 5 | 13,395 |
| Etwall & Findern | South Derbyshire | 2 | 14,400 |
| Glossop North | High Peak | 5 | 15,705 |
| Glossop South | High Peak | 4 | 13,012 |
| Hardwick | Bolsover | 4 | 19,794 |
| Hasland & Rother | Chesterfield | 2 | 15,572 |
| Heanor | Amber Valley | 2 | 17,139 |
| Hilton | South Derbyshire | 2 | 12,557 |
| Horsley | Amber Valley | 2 | 14,355 |
| Ilkeston Central | Erewash | 3 | 18,495 |
| Ilkeston North | Erewash | 3 | 15,023 |
| Ilkeston South & Kirk Hallam | Erewash | 2 | 11,459 |
| Killamarsh & Renishaw | North East Derbyshire | 3 | 15,418 |
| Linacre & Loundsley Green | Chesterfield | 2 | 11,366 |
| Linton | South Derbyshire | 3 | 19,533 |
| Long Eaton North | Erewash | 2 | 12,382 |
| Long Eaton South | Erewash | 2 | 12,230 |
| Matlock | Derbyshire Dales | 2 | 11,155 |
| Melbourne & Woodville | South Derbyshire | 3 | 20,529 |
| New Mills & Hayfield | High Peak | 4 | 12,071 |
| North Belper | Amber Valley | 2 | 15,886 |
| North Wingfield, Pilsley & Morton | North East Derbyshire | 3 | 17,433 |
| Repton & Stenson | South Derbyshire | 3 | 18,444 |
| Ripley East | Amber Valley | 2 | 16,217 |
| Ripley West & Crich | Amber Valley | 3 | 15,319 |
| Sandiacre | Erewash | 4 | 25,904 |
| Sawley | Erewash | 2 | 14,033 |
| Shirebrook & Pleasley | Bolsover | 4 | 20,721 |
| Shirland & Wingerworth South | North East Derbyshire | 5 | 25,172 |
| South Belper & Holbrook | Amber Valley | 3 | 22,779 |
| South Normanton & Pinxton | Bolsover | 3 | 15,792 |
| Spire | Chesterfield | 2 | 13,108 |
| Staveley | Chesterfield | 2 | 14,026 |
| Staveley North & Whittington | Chesterfield | 2 | 13,152 |
| Sutton | North East Derbyshire | 4 | 18,343 |
| Swadlincote East | South Derbyshire | 3 | 26,189 |
| Swadlincote South | South Derbyshire | 3 | 23,534 |
| Swadlincote West | South Derbyshire | 3 | 25,108 |
| Swanwick & Riddings | Amber Valley | 3 | 17,433 |
| Walton, Brampton & Boythorpe | Chesterfield | 3 | 18,751 |
| Whaley Bridge | High Peak | 2 | 10,913 |
| Wirksworth | Derbyshire Dales | 5 | 15,439 |
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Source: Wikidata Q11775003 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.