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
- Conservative 28
- Labour 17
[edit] Election result
Amber Valley Local Election Result 2007 | |||||||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Simon Hitchcock | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Swanwick | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 |