Amber Valley Council election, 2007

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Elections to Amber Valley Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party held overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 37.7%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

[edit] Election result

Amber Valley Local Election Result 2007
Party Seats Gains Losses Net Gain/Loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Conservative 13 1 0 +1 86.7 48.5 10,503 +5.3%
  Labour 2 0 0 -1 13.3 29.4 6,378 -10.0%
  Liberal Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 13.1 2,848 +13.1%
  British National Party 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 1,048 +0.1%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 634 +2.9%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 260 +0.1%

1 Conservative candidate was unopposed.

[edit] Ward results

Alfreton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gail Dolman 1,003 48.5 -7.3
Conservative Paul West 527 25.5 -4.6
British National Party Michael White 344 16.6 +16.6
Liberal Democrat Keith Falconbridge 196 9.5 +9.5
Majority 476 23.0 -2.7
Turnout 2,070 33.6 +3.6
Labour hold Swing
Alport
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Deborah Biss 710 78.2 +7.8
Labour Sue Reaney 198 21.8 +5.9
Majority 512 56.4 +1.9
Turnout 908 45.3
Conservative hold Swing
Belper Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Makin 781 52.6 -7.1
Labour Peter Shepard 479 32.3 -8.0
Liberal Democrat Janet Thompson 225 15.2 +15.2
Majority 302 20.3 +0.9
Turnout 1,485 36.1 -9.9
Conservative hold Swing
Belper East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Les Dorey 688 52.6 +1.7
Labour Randall Sanders 381 29.1 +0.3
Liberal Democrat Timothy Clark 240 18.3 +18.3
Majority 307 23.5 +1.4
Turnout 1,309 29.7 -1.3
Conservative hold Swing
Belper North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Lewis 641 40.8 -7.1
Liberal Democrat Hassan Dervish 569 36.2 +36.2
Labour Joyce Sanders 362 23.0 -2.3
Majority 72 4.6 -18.0
Turnout 1,572 39.6 -13.4
Conservative hold Swing
Belper South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Arnold 658 49.5 +6.2
Labour Ron Buzzard 412 31.0 -1.5
Green Dave Wells 260 19.5 +6.2
Majority 246 18.5 +7.7
Turnout 1,330 34.1 +2.1
Conservative hold Swing
Crich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gill Taylor 508 61.1 -1.7
Liberal Democrat Kate Smith 202 24.3 +24.3
Labour Janis Gregory 121 14.6 -4.1
Majority 306 36.8 -7.3
Turnout 831 42.9
Conservative hold Swing
Duffield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stuart Bradford 1,005 63.7 -1.2
Labour Di Hancock 331 21.0 +7.6
Liberal Democrat Colin Thompson 242 15.3 +15.3
Majority 674 42.7 -6.5
Turnout 1,578 42.8 -0.2
Conservative hold Swing
Heage & Ambergate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Ward 878 56.3 +7.6
Labour Christine Worth 477 30.6 +0.5
Liberal Democrat Margaret Tomkins 205 13.1 +13.1
Majority 401 25.7 +7.1
Turnout 1,560 39.6 -9.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Kilburn, Denby & Holbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mel Hall 1,098 47.3 -16.0
Labour Terry Foster 571 24.6 -12.1
British National Party Alan Warner 372 16.0 +16.0
Liberal Democrat John Banks 281 12.1 +12.1
Majority 527 22.7 -3.9
Turnout 2,322 38.0 +2.0
Conservative hold Swing
Ripley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Wilson 965 42.9 -5.4
Labour Charles Cutting 925 41.1 +4.3
Liberal Democrat Michael Bedford 359 16.0 +16.0
Majority 40 1.8 -9.7
Turnout 2,249 34.3 +2.3
Conservative hold Swing
Ripley & Marehay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoff Carlile 714 42.3 -6.9
Conservative Robert Phillips-Forsyth 597 35.3 -15.5
British National Party Paul Snell 197 11.7 +11.7
Liberal Democrat Phil Boothroyd 181 10.7 +10.7
Majority 117 7.0
Turnout 1,689 36.7 -7.3
Labour hold Swing
South West Parishes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Hitchcock unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Swanwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Hayes 719 38.7 -23.0
Independent George Soudah 634 34.2 +34.2
Labour Isobel Harry 284 15.3 -9.1
British National Party Clifford Roper 135 7.3 +7.3
Liberal Democrat Gordon Monaghan 84 4.5 +4.5
Majority 85 4.5 -32.8
Turnout 1,856 43.3 +6.3
Conservative hold Swing
Wingfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Valerie Thorpe 728 79.8 +2.5
Labour David Williams 120 13.2 -9.5
Liberal Democrat Elsie Situnayake 64 7.0 +7.0
Majority 608 66.6 +12.0
Turnout 912 49.5
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] External links

BBC report of 2007 Amber Valley election result


Preceded by
Amber Valley Council election 2006		 Amber Valley local elections Succeeded by
Amber Valley Council election 2008