Amber Valley Borough Council election, 2006

Map of the results of the 2006 Amber Valley council election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2006.

Elections to Amber Valley Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party held overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 34%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Conservative 27
Labour 18

Election result

Amber Valley Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	0	3	-3	53.3	39.4	9,361	-3.6%
	Conservative	7	3	0	+3	46.7	43.2	10,259	+0.0%
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0	11.6	2,758	+1.8%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	4.7	1,116	+2.0%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	252	+1.1%

Ward results

Alfreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Walker	1,044	55.8	+8.5
	Conservative	David Wilson	564	30.1	+1.0
	Liberal	Paul Gibbons	264	14.1	-9.5
Majority			480	25.7	+7.5
Turnout			1,872	30	-11
	Labour hold		Swing

Belper East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Tomlinson	699	50.9	+1.8
	Labour	Randall Sanders	395	28.8	-7.7
	Liberal	Hassan Dervish	278	20.3	+5.9
Majority			304	22.1	+9.5
Turnout			1,372	31
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belper South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Anderson	529	43.3	-13.0
	Labour	Peter Shepherd	398	32.5	-11.2
	Green	Colin Grimley	163	13.3	+13.3
	Liberal	Timothy Clark	133	10.9	+10.9
Majority			131	10.8	-1.8
Turnout			1,223	32
	Conservative hold		Swing

Codnor & Waingroves
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Fisher	676	52.7	-5.9
	Conservative	Roy Wildsmith	424	33.0	-8.4
	Liberal	Colin Murfin	183	14.3	+14.3
Majority			252	19.7	+2.5
Turnout			1,283	33	-12
	Labour hold		Swing

Duffield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Short	982	64.9	+7.6
	Liberal	Colin Thompson	238	15.7	-5.6
	Labour	Diana Hancock	203	13.4	-8.0
	Green	Karen How	89	5.9	+5.9
Majority			744	49.2	+13.3
Turnout			1,512	43	-6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heanor & Loscoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Moon	731	43.4	-10.5
	BNP	Paul Snell	524	31.1	+31.1
	Conservative	Jean Parry	327	19.4	-26.7
	Liberal	Sally Mcintosh	103	6.1	+6.1
Majority			207	12.3	+4.5
Turnout			1,685	41	-1
	Labour hold		Swing

Heanor East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glynne Cato	567	44.4	-20.5
	Conservative	Linda Edwards-Milsom	468	36.6	+1.5
	Liberal	Gavin Sarkas-Bosman	242	19.0	+19.0
Majority			99	7.8	-22.0
Turnout			1,277	29	-12
	Labour hold		Swing

Heanor West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Jones	607	32.0	-2.7
	BNP	Brian Edwards	592	31.2	+5.0
	Liberal	Judith Woolley	427	22.5	+6.2
	Conservative	Jade Wiltshire	273	14.4	-8.5
Majority			15	0.8	-7.7
Turnout			1,899	42	-3
	Labour hold		Swing

Ironville & Riddings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Smith	700	45.0	+0.8
	Conservative	Patricia Bomar	660	42.5	-13.3
	Liberal	Gordon Monaghan	194	12.5	+12.5
Majority			40	2.5
Turnout			1,554	34	-8
	Labour hold		Swing

Kilburn, Denby & Holbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Gemmell	1,396	63.3	+16.0
	Labour	John Grace	811	36.7	+3.2
Majority			585	26.6	+12.8
Turnout			2,207	36	-11
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Langley Mill & Aldercar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephanie Ward	472	48.7	-5.8
	Conservative	Terence Thorpe	343	35.4	+16.9
	Liberal	Keith Falconbridge	154	15.9	+6.9
Majority			129	13.3	-22.7
Turnout			969	25	-15
	Labour hold		Swing

Ripley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Bowley	1,042	48.3	-0.8
	Labour	Charles Cutting	794	36.8	+4.9
	Liberal	Catharine Smith	322	14.9	-4.1
Majority			248	11.5	-5.7
Turnout			2,158	32	-9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Shipley Park, Horsley & Horsley Woodhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Parkinson	1,115	58.5	+0.0
	Labour	Eric Lancashire	790	41.5	+0.0
Majority			325	17.0	+0.0
Turnout			1,905	42	-8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Somercotes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Lyttle	784	63.3	+8.1
	Conservative	Sally West	454	36.7	+9.5
Majority			330	26.6	-1.4
Turnout			1,238	28	-10
	Labour hold		Swing

Swanwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allen King	983	61.7	+5.8
	Labour	Michael Missett	389	24.4	-7.0
	Liberal	Paulette Robinson	220	13.8	+13.8
Majority			594	37.3	+12.8
Turnout			1,592	37
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

BBC report of 2006 Amber Valley election result

Council elections in Derbyshire

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Amber Valley Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

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North East Derbyshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

(2005 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2006 (→ 2007)

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