Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Labour holds a majority on South Derbyshire District Council
Swadlincote is run by South Derbyshire District Council and Derbyshire County Council. Labour has a majority on South Derbyshire District Council. Reform UK has a majority on Derbyshire County Council. Most of Swadlincote is in South Derbyshire (MP Samantha Niblett, Labour); 2% of residents are in North West Leicestershire (MP Amanda Hack, Labour).
£2,309
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Swadlincote’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on South Derbyshire District Council
Labour holds a majority on South Derbyshire District Council: 20 of its 36 seats as elected. The Conservatives hold 12, the Liberal Democrats 2 and independents 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 Swadlincote is £2,307 for 2026–27; South Derbyshire District Council keeps 8% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 47% 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 Swadlincote’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 19 of South Derbyshire’s 36 or 33 of Derbyshire’s 64 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour20
- Conservative12
- Independent2
- Liberal Democrat2
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
Swadlincote has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
The parish council for the part of Swadlincote inside Hartshorne parish.
4% of Swadlincote’s residents · Band D precept £7
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
98% of Swadlincote’s residents
Website ↗Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
Who runs Swadlincote: same source as Who runs Swadlincote, above.
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
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.
94% of Swadlincote’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 Swadlincote, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parishParish tierHartshorne parish council
- 2Council wards5 wards · 15 councillorsLabour 15 · all 15
- 3Derbyshire County Council3 divisions · 3 councillorsJoseph Michael TurrellPaul Jason OxberryMartin Bromley
- 4Mayor of East Midlands Combined County AuthorityEast Midlands Combined County Authority · elected May 2024Claire Ward
- 5Police and crime commissionerDerbyshire Constabulary · elected May 2024Nicolle Ndiweni
- 6Police and crime commissionerLeicestershire Police · elected May 2024Rupert Matthews
- 7House 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.
15 councillors for 5 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.
- Vonnie HeathLabour · May 2023
- Neil Anthony TilleyLabour · May 2023
- Mick MulgrewLabour · May 2023
- Alan Mercer JonesLabour · May 2023
- Robert PearsonLabour · May 2023
- Louise Ann MulgrewLabour · May 2023
- Alan Steven HaynesLabour · May 2023
- Ben StuartLabour · May 2023
- Gordon Edgar RhindLabour · May 2023
- Sean Andrew BambrickLabour · May 2023
- Kalila Fiona StoreyLabour · May 2023
- Sarah Anne HarrisonLabour · May 2023
- Steve TaylorLabour · May 2023
- Malc GeeLabour · May 2023
- Angela ArcherLabour · May 2023
Show as a table, with Derbyshire County Council’s 3 divisions (3 councillors)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| SwadlincoteSouth Derbyshire · all in Swadlincote · 8,863 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | Vonnie HeathNeil Anthony TilleyMick Mulgrew | May 2023 |
| MidwaySouth Derbyshire · all in Swadlincote · 8,188 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | Alan Mercer JonesRobert PearsonLouise Ann Mulgrew | May 2023 |
| Church GresleySouth Derbyshire · mostly in Swadlincote · 8,150 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | Alan Steven HaynesBen StuartGordon Edgar Rhind | May 2023 |
| Newhall and StantonSouth Derbyshire · mostly in Swadlincote · 7,342 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | Sean Andrew BambrickKalila Fiona StoreySarah Anne Harrison | May 2023 |
| WoodvilleSouth Derbyshire · 15% in Swadlincote · 1,377 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | Steve TaylorMalc GeeAngela Archer | May 2023 |
Derbyshire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swadlincote West EDall in Swadlincote · 24,393 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Joseph Michael Turrell | May 2025 |
| Swadlincote South EDmostly in Swadlincote · 8,150 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Paul Jason Oxberry | May 2025 |
| Swadlincote East ED15% in Swadlincote · 1,377 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Martin Bromley | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. South Derbyshire District 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).
South Derbyshire council election, May 2023
Results in the wards that make up Swadlincote, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
5 wards voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Swadlincote’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗3,674 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
4,102 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
3,839 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
Every ward’s result (2 more)
3,713 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
3,859 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Swadlincote is split between 2 constituencies
The constituencies’ MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result.
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024
98% of Swadlincote’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 62% (England 60%).
Majority 4,168 of 45,737 votes (9.1%): the 168th-narrowest of 543 in England.
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024
2% of Swadlincote’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 62% (England 60%).
Majority 1,012 of 48,572 votes (2.1%): the 42nd-narrowest of 543 in England.
45,737 votes for candidates · majority 4,168
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 45,737 votes from 73,714 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 4,168 of 45,737 votes (9.1%): the 168th-narrowest of 543 in England.
North West Leicestershire
48,572 votes for candidates · majority 1,012
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 48,572 votes from 77,750 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 1,012 of 48,572 votes (2.1%): the 42nd-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.
Swadlincote’s Band D council tax is £2,307 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
South Derbyshire District Council keeps £190.78 of a Band D bill (8%); 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 £2,309 (parishes differ; weighted by residents).
Band D since 1993
South Derbyshire’s Band D bill has risen 47% in ten years, from £1,588.52 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £591.75 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in the unparished part of South Derbyshire, 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
| South Derbyshire + Derbyshire | Swadlincote’s councils | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £477 | £450 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £228 | £260 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £31 | £30 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £18 | £24 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £145 | £125 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £47 | £43 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £26 | £22 | £26 |
| Public health | £72 | £79 | £78 |
| Running the council | £57 | £60 | £59 |
| Other | £3 | £28 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,104 | £1,120 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: South Derbyshire 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 Swadlincote 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.
southderbyshire.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
southderbyshire.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Swadlincote is run
Which council runs Swadlincote?
The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Swadlincote have a town council?
Parts of it do: Hartshorne parish council.
Who is the MP for Swadlincote?
Swadlincote is split between 2 constituencies: South Derbyshire (Samantha Niblett, Labour) and North West Leicestershire (Amanda Hack, Labour). Parliament’s Find your MP service matches a postcode to its MP.
How many councillors does Swadlincote have?
15 ward councillors represent Swadlincote’s 5 wards, and 3 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Swadlincote?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Swadlincote’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Swadlincote?
Band D council tax in Swadlincote is £2,309 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls South Derbyshire District Council?
Labour has a majority: 20 of 36 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 Swadlincote?
In Swadlincote’s wards on 4 May 2023, Labour 15 of the 15 seats up. Labour had the largest share of votes, 61.6%.
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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