Photo: Michael Patterson · CC BY-SA 2.0Labour holds a majority on Chesterfield Borough Council
Duckmanton is run by Chesterfield Borough Council, North East Derbyshire District Council and Derbyshire County Council, with Staveley parish council for local matters. Labour has a majority on Chesterfield Borough Council. No party holds a majority on North East Derbyshire District Council. Reform UK has a majority on Derbyshire County Council. Most of Duckmanton is in Chesterfield (MP Mr Toby Perkins, Labour); 35% of residents are in Bolsover (MP Natalie Fleet, Labour).
£2,503
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Duckmanton’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Chesterfield Borough Council
Labour holds a majority on Chesterfield Borough Council: 28 of its 40 seats as elected. The Liberal Democrats hold 10, Reform UK 2. Who’s in charge ↓
Derbyshire changed hands in 2025
Derbyshire County Council, which runs schools, social care and roads, went from a Conservative majority (43 of 64 seats in 2021) to a Reform UK majority at the May 2025 election: Reform UK won 41 of 64 seats. Derbyshire ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Duckmanton is £2,445 for 2026–27; Chesterfield Borough Council keeps 8% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 48% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats on Duckmanton’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 21 of Chesterfield’s 40 or 27 of North East Derbyshire’s 53 or 33 of Derbyshire’s 64 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour28
- Liberal Democrat10
- Reform UK2
Latest election: May 2023.
- Labour26
- Conservative20
- Liberal Democrat3
- Independent2
- Green1
- Reform UK1
Latest election: May 2023.
- Reform UK41+41
- Conservative12−31
- Green3+2
- Labour3−13
- Liberal Democrat3−1
- Independent2+2
Change against the council before the 1 May 2025 election.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
Two tiers of council, and a parish tier
Duckmanton has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
Local matters: allotments, play areas, halls, footpaths and benches; it is consulted on planning and adds a precept to the council tax bill. A town council is a parish council by another name.
65% of Duckmanton’s residents · Band D precept £126
The parish council for the part of Duckmanton inside Sutton cum Duckmanton parish.
Who runs Duckmanton: same source as Who runs Duckmanton, above.
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
65% of Duckmanton’s residents
Website ↗Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
Who runs Duckmanton: same source as Who runs Duckmanton, above.
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
Website ↗Transport, skills and regeneration across several council areas. It is led by an elected mayor.
Mayor: Claire Ward (Labour and Co-operative), elected May 2024
Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Duckmanton, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parish2 parish councilsStaveley parish councilSutton cum Duckmanton parish council
- 2Council wards2 wards · 5 councillorsDebbie WheeldonAllan OgleStuart YatesJoe BirkinPat Kerry
- 3Derbyshire County Council2 divisions · 2 councillorsDawn TaylorRobert Reaney
- 4Mayor of East Midlands Combined County AuthorityEast Midlands Combined County Authority · elected May 2024Claire Ward
- 5Police and crime commissionerDerbyshire Constabulary · elected May 2024Nicolle Ndiweni
- 6House of CommonsSplit between 2 constituencies
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
5 councillors for 2 wards
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Debbie WheeldonLabour · May 2023
- Allan OgleLabour · May 2023
- Stuart YatesLabour · May 2023
- Joe BirkinLabour · May 2023
- Pat KerryLabour · May 2023
Show as a table, with Derbyshire County Council’s 2 divisions (2 councillors)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staveley SouthChesterfield · 15% in Duckmanton · 1,155 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | Debbie WheeldonAllan OgleStuart Yates | May 2023 |
| SuttonNorth East Derbyshire · 16% in Duckmanton · 620 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | Joe BirkinPat Kerry | May 2023 |
Derbyshire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staveley ED9% in Duckmanton · 1,155 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Dawn Taylor | May 2025 |
| Sutton ED3% in Duckmanton · 620 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Robert Reaney | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Chesterfield Borough Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Chesterfield council election, May 2023
Results in the wards that make up Duckmanton, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
2 wards voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Duckmanton’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗4,172 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
1,759 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Duckmanton is split between 2 constituencies
The constituencies’ MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result.
Labour, MP since 6 May 2010
65% of Duckmanton’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 58% (England 60%).
Majority 10,820 of 41,555 votes (26%): wider than in 79% of England’s 543 constituencies.
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024
35% of Duckmanton’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 55% (England 60%).
Majority 6,323 of 42,434 votes (14.9%): wider than in 53% of England’s 543 constituencies.
41,555 votes for candidates · majority 10,820
Labour, MP since 6 May 2010.
turnout in July 2024: 41,555 votes from 71,645 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 10,820 of 41,555 votes (26%): wider than in 79% of England’s 543 constituencies.
Bolsover
42,434 votes for candidates · majority 6,323
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 42,434 votes from 77,207 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 6,323 of 42,434 votes (14.9%): wider than in 53% of England’s 543 constituencies.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Duckmanton’s Band D council tax is £2,445 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Chesterfield Borough Council keeps £202.39 of a Band D bill (8%); the rest goes to the Staveley parish council, Derbyshire County Council, the Derbyshire police and crime commissioner and the Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Authority.
Across the whole town the average Band D is £2,503 (parishes differ; weighted by residents).
Band D since 1993
Chesterfield’s Band D bill has risen 48% in ten years, from £1,577.60 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £630.00 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in Staveley, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Derbyshire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,200.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Derbyshire
| Chesterfield + Derbyshire | Duckmanton’s councils | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £477 | £450 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £228 | £260 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £17 | £30 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £22 | £24 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £110 | £125 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £42 | £43 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £25 | £22 | £26 |
| Public health | £72 | £79 | £78 |
| Running the council | £81 | £60 | £59 |
| Other | £37 | £28 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,110 | £1,120 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Chesterfield per its residents plus Derbyshire per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Derbyshire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Duckmanton is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
chesterfield.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
chesterfield.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Duckmanton is run
Which council runs Duckmanton?
Duckmanton is run by Chesterfield Borough Council, North East Derbyshire District Council and Derbyshire County Council. The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Duckmanton have a town council?
Yes: Duckmanton has its own parish-tier council (Staveley parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £126 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.
Who is the MP for Duckmanton?
Duckmanton is split between 2 constituencies: Chesterfield (Mr Toby Perkins, Labour) and Bolsover (Natalie Fleet, Labour). Parliament’s Find your MP service matches a postcode to its MP.
How many councillors does Duckmanton have?
5 ward councillors represent Duckmanton’s 2 wards, and 2 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Duckmanton?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Duckmanton’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Duckmanton?
Band D council tax in Duckmanton is £2,503 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Chesterfield Borough Council?
Labour has a majority: 28 of 40 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who controls North East Derbyshire District Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Labour 26 · Conservative 20 · Liberal Democrat 3 · Independent 2 · Green 1 · Reform UK 1 of 53 seats; a majority needs 27.
Who won the 2023 council election in Duckmanton?
In Duckmanton’s wards on 4 May 2023, Labour 5 of the 5 seats up. Labour had the largest share of votes, 56.8%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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