Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Labour holds a majority on Erewash Borough Council
Ilkeston is run by Erewash Borough Council and Derbyshire County Council. Labour has a majority on Erewash Borough Council. Reform UK has a majority on Derbyshire County Council. Its MP is Adam Thompson (Labour), member for Erewash.
£2,338
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Ilkeston’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Erewash Borough Council
Labour holds a majority on Erewash Borough Council: 25 of its 47 seats as elected. The Conservatives hold 18, the Greens 1, the Liberal Democrats 1, independents 1 and Reform UK 1. 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 Ilkeston is £2,336 for 2026–27; Erewash Borough Council keeps 9% 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 Ilkeston’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 24 of Erewash’s 47 or 33 of Derbyshire’s 64 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour25
- Conservative18
- Green1
- Independent1
- Liberal Democrat1
- 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
Ilkeston has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
The parish council for the part of Ilkeston inside Dale Abbey parish.
3% of Ilkeston’s residents · Band D precept £60
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
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.
97% of Ilkeston’s residents live outside any parish, with no parish council.
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 Ilkeston, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parishParish tierDale Abbey parish council
- 2Erewash Borough Council7 wards · 16 councillorsLabour 16 · Conservative 1 · Reform UK 1 · all 18
- 3Derbyshire County Council4 divisions · 4 councillorsDan PriceRichard HatfieldWayne MajorSimon Mabbott
- 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 CommonsErewash
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.
16 councillors for 7 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.
- Alan LambertLabour · May 2023
- Pam PhillipsLabour · May 2023
- Frank Charles PhillipsLabour · May 2023
- Andrew Paul PrinceConservative · May 2025 · by-election
- Emma Jane MooreLabour · May 2023
- Steve GreenLabour · May 2023
- Geoff StratfordLabour · May 2023
- James DawsonLabour · May 2023
- Josy HareLabour · May 2023
- Dan PriceReform UK · May 2025 · by-election
- Linda BurnsLabour · May 2023
- Alex BreeneLabour · May 2023
- Kate FennellyLabour · May 2023
- Mark James AlfreyLabour · May 2023
- Charles ArcherLabour · May 2023
- Naomi RobertsLabour · May 2023
- Harrison Joseph Peter BroadhurstLabour · May 2023
- Dave SnaithLabour · May 2023
Show as a table, with Derbyshire County Council’s 4 divisions (4 councillors)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larklandsall in Ilkeston · 8,637 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | Alan LambertPam PhillipsFrank Charles Phillips | May 2023 |
| Kirk Hallam & Stanton-by-Dalemostly in Ilkeston · 5,963 residents3 seats · May 2025, May 2023 | 3 | Andrew Paul Princeby-electionEmma Jane MooreSteve GreenGeoff Stratford | May 2025, May 2023 |
| Awsworth Roadall in Ilkeston · 5,146 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | James DawsonJosy Hare | May 2023 |
| Cotmanhayall in Ilkeston · 5,080 residents2 seats · May 2025, May 2023 | 2 | Dan Priceby-electionLinda BurnsAlex Breene | May 2025, May 2023 |
| Hallam Fieldsall in Ilkeston · 5,054 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | Kate FennellyMark James Alfrey | May 2023 |
| Shipley Viewall in Ilkeston · 4,797 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | Charles ArcherNaomi Roberts | May 2023 |
| Little Hallammostly in Ilkeston · 4,046 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | Harrison Joseph Peter BroadhurstDave Snaith | May 2023 |
Derbyshire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilkeston North EDall in Ilkeston · 15,023 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Dan Price | May 2025 |
| Ilkeston Central EDall in Ilkeston · 12,683 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Richard Hatfield | May 2025 |
| Sandiacre ED23% in Ilkeston · 5,963 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Wayne Major | May 2025 |
| Ilkeston South & Kirk Hallam EDall in Ilkeston · 5,054 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Simon Mabbott | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Erewash 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).
Erewash council election, May 2023
Results in the wards that make up Ilkeston, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
7 wards voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Ilkeston’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗4,152 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
3,375 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
1,476 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
Every ward’s result (4 more)
1,606 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
2,150 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
2,653 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
2,330 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.
Ilkeston is in Erewash constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Ilkeston).
43,006 votes for candidates · majority 5,859
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 43,006 votes from 71,501 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 5,859 of 43,006 votes (13.6%): the 267th-narrowest of 543 in England.
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.
Ilkeston’s Band D council tax is £2,336 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Erewash Borough Council keeps £220.22 of a Band D bill (9%); the rest goes to 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 £2,338 (parishes differ; weighted by residents).
Band D since 1993
Erewash’s Band D bill has risen 48% in ten years, from £1,592.73 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £595.13 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in the unparished part of Erewash, 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
| Erewash + Derbyshire | Ilkeston’s councils | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £477 | £450 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £228 | £260 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £28 | £30 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £24 | £24 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £114 | £125 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £39 | £43 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £18 | £22 | £26 |
| Public health | £72 | £79 | £78 |
| Running the council | £72 | £60 | £59 |
| Other | £5 | £28 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,077 | £1,120 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Erewash 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 Ilkeston 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.
erewash.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
erewash.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Ilkeston is run
Which council runs Ilkeston?
The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Ilkeston have a town council?
Parts of it do: Dale Abbey parish council.
Who is the MP for Ilkeston?
Adam Thompson (Labour) is the MP for Erewash, which covers Ilkeston.
How many councillors does Ilkeston have?
16 ward councillors represent Ilkeston’s 7 wards, and 4 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Ilkeston?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Ilkeston’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Ilkeston?
Band D council tax in Ilkeston is £2,338 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Erewash Borough Council?
Labour has a majority: 25 of 47 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who controls Derbyshire County Council?
Reform UK has a majority: 41 of 64 seats as elected.
Who won the 2023 council election in Ilkeston?
In Ilkeston’s wards on 4 May 2023, Labour 16 of the 16 seats up. Labour had the largest share of votes, 60.9%.
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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