2023 North East Derbyshire District Council election
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by a Conservative minority administration.[6][7] Anthony Hutchinson had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but both left the party in November 2022 to sit as an independent councillor.One of the Dronfield North seats had been held by Paul Parkin who had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative but left the party in November 2022 to sit as an independent councillor.Roger Hall had been elected as a Conservative in 2019, but left the party to sit as an independent councillor in September 2022.Mo Potts had been elected in 2019 as a Conservative, but left the party to sit as an independent councillor in July 2022.