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North East Derbyshire: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

North East Derbyshire District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East Midlands; within the county of DBY. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Derbyshire County Council. ONS code E07000038.

Council website

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by North East Derbyshire for 2026–27: £223.15 of a £2,466.57 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 2 opened (2 academy converter), 2 closed (2 academy converter)

Arkwright Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 October 2025
Ridgeway Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 April 2026
Arkwright Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 November 2025
Ridgeway Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 May 2026

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as North East Derbyshire reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

North East Derbyshire: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	none budgeted
Highways and transport services	−£28,000
Children's social care	none budgeted
Adult social care	none budgeted
Public health	none budgeted
Housing services (general fund only)	£2.0 million
Cultural and related services	£2.0 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£4.4 million
Planning and development services	£1.8 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£3.5 million
Other services	£4.7 million
Total service expenditure	£18.4 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

North East Derbyshire in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 106,646 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 46 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £23,905 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £613 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 21.8% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 2.4% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £253,810 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 6.6 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Greenhouse gas emissions: 5.0 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 87.9% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 37.5 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 3,360 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

53 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 27, Conservative and Unionist 15, Independent / Other 9, Reform UK 1, Green Party (E&W) 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 53 councillors, by ward

Helen Wetherall (Independent / Other) — Ashover
Pam Jones (Conservative and Unionist) — Barlow & Holmesfield
Martin Thacker (Conservative and Unionist) — Brampton & Walton
Peter Elliott (Conservative and Unionist) — Brampton & Walton
Jessica Stokes (Independent / Other) — Clay Cross North
Kathy Rouse (Labour Party) — Clay Cross North
Nicki Morley (Labour Party) — Clay Cross North
Derrick Skinner (Labour Party) — Clay Cross South
Fran Petersen (Labour Party) — Clay Cross South
Mark Foster (Independent / Other) — Coal Aston
Richard Spooner (Conservative and Unionist) — Coal Aston
Christine Smith (Labour Party) — Dronfield North
Graham Baxter (Labour Party) — Dronfield North
Caroline Smith (Labour Party) — Dronfield South
David Cheetham (Labour Party) — Dronfield South
William Jones (Conservative and Unionist) — Dronfield South
Kevin Tait (Conservative and Unionist) — Dronfield Woodhouse
Christine Gare (Labour Party) — Eckington North
Richard Beech (Labour Party) — Eckington North
Kathy Clegg (Labour Party) — Eckington South & Renishaw
Stephen Pickering (Labour Party) — Eckington South & Renishaw
Stuart Fawcett (Labour Party) — Eckington South & Renishaw
Lilian Deighton (Conservative and Unionist) — Gosforth Valley
Michelle Emmens (Conservative and Unionist) — Gosforth Valley
Richard Welton (Conservative and Unionist) — Gosforth Valley
Lee Hartshorne (Labour Party) — Grassmoor
Michael Durrant (Labour Party) — Grassmoor
Lee Stone (Labour Party) — Holmewood & Heath
Suzy Cornwell (Labour Party) — Holmewood & Heath
Stephen Reed (Reform UK) — Killamarsh East
Tony Lacey (Labour Party) — Killamarsh East
Carol Lacey (Labour Party) — Killamarsh West
Clive Fletcher (Labour Party) — Killamarsh West
Stephen Clough (Conservative and Unionist) — Killamarsh West
Jayne Barry (Labour Party) — North Wingfield Central
Mick Smith (Labour Party) — North Wingfield Central
Nigel Barker (Labour Party) — North Wingfield Central
Andrew Cooper (Independent / Other) — Pilsley & Morton
Daniel Higgon (Labour Party) — Pilsley & Morton
Kevin Gillott (Labour Party) — Pilsley & Morton
Carolyn Renwick (Conservative and Unionist) — Ridgeway & Marsh Lane
Charlotte Cupit (Conservative and Unionist) — Shirland
Heather Liggett (Independent / Other) — Shirland
Michael Roe (Independent / Other) — Shirland
Joseph Birkin (Labour Party) — Sutton
Pat Kerry (Labour Party) — Sutton
David Hancock (Independent / Other) — Tupton
Pam Windley (Independent / Other) — Tupton
Ross Shipman (Independent / Other) — Tupton
Alex Dale (Conservative and Unionist) — Unstone
Frank Adlington-Stringer (Green Party (E&W)) — Wingerworth
Neil Baker (Conservative and Unionist) — Wingerworth
Pat Antcliff (Conservative and Unionist) — Wingerworth

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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