Chesterfield Borough Council elections are held every four years. Chesterfield Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 48 councillors have been elected from 19 wards.^[1] However, the 2023 elections will be fought under new boundaries with the number of Councillors reducing from 48 to 40.

Chesterfield was a municipal borough from 1836 until 1974.^[2] The borough was reformed under the Local Government Act 1972, gaining Staveley and Brimington and becoming a non-metropolitan district. The first election to the reformed council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[3][4]

• 1973 Chesterfield Borough Council election
• 1976 Chesterfield Borough Council election
• 1979 Chesterfield Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)^[7]
• 1983 Chesterfield Borough Council election
• 1987 Chesterfield Borough Council election
• 1991 Chesterfield Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[8]
• 1995 Chesterfield Borough Council election
• 1999 Chesterfield Borough Council election
• 2003 Chesterfield Borough Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by one)^[9][1]
• 2007 Chesterfield Borough Council election
• 2011 Chesterfield Borough Council election^[10]
• 2015 Chesterfield Borough Council election
• 2019 Chesterfield Borough Council election
• 2023 Chesterfield Borough Council election