Amber Valley Borough Council elections

One third of Amber Valley Borough Council in Derbyshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2000, 45 councillors have been elected from 23 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 1976
No overall control	1976 - 1980
Labour	1980 - 1987
No overall control	1987 - 1988
Conservative	1988 - 1991
Labour	1991 - 2000
Conservative	2000 - 2014
Labour	2014 - 2015
Conservative	2015 - Present

Council elections

Amber Valley District Council election, 1973
Amber Valley District Council election, 1976
Amber Valley District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Amber Valley District Council election, 1980
Amber Valley District Council election, 1982
Amber Valley District Council election, 1983
Amber Valley District Council election, 1984
Amber Valley District Council election, 1986 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
Amber Valley District Council election, 1987
Amber Valley District Council election, 1988
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 1990
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 1991
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 1992
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 1994 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 1995
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 1996
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 1998
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 1999
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 2000 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by two)^[6]^[7]
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 2002
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 2003
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 2004
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 2006
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 2007
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 2008
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 2010
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 2011
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 2012
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 2014
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 2015
Amber Valley Borough Council election, 2016

Borough result maps

2000 results map
2002 results map
2003 results map
2004 results map
2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2011 results map

By-election results

1993-1997

Riddings By-Election 5 September 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		619	48.2
	Labour		545	42.5
	Liberal Democrat		119	9.3
Majority			74	5.7
Turnout			1,164	24.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1997-2001

Alfreton West By-Election 26 June 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		354	76.5	-8.3
	Liberal Democrat		109	23.5	+8.3
Majority			245	53.0
Turnout			463	11.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Wingfield By-Election 16 July 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		372	44.7	+4.2
	Labour		259	31.1	-23.1
	Independent		165	19.8	+19.8
	Liberal Democrat		36	4.3	-2.8
Majority			113	13.6
Turnout			832	45.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Swanwick By-Election 22 October 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		673	68.8	+23.3
	Labour		305	31.2	-23.3
Majority			368	37.6
Turnout			978	22.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2001-2005

Belper Central By-Election 20 June 2002^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		618	53.8	-3.9
	Labour		531	46.2	+10.2
Majority			87	7.6
Turnout			1,149	28.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2005-2009

Heage and Ambergate By-Election 8 December 2005^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		557	52.3	+3.6
	Labour		381	35.8	+5.7
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Cooper	127	11.9	-9.3
Majority			176	16.5
Turnout			1,065	24.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heanor & Loscoe By-Election 2 February 2006^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Longdon	570	42.0	-11.9
	BNP	Paul Snell	411	30.2	+30.2
	Conservative	Jean Parry	317	23.3	-22.8
	Liberal Democrat	Sally McIntosh	61	4.5	+4.5
Majority			159	11.8
Turnout			1,359	33.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Ripley & Marehay By-Election 17 September 2009^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lyndsay D Cox	585	52.4	+23.7
	Conservative	Matthew C Joyes	531	47.6	-1.7
Majority			54	4.9
Turnout			1,116	24.1
	Labour hold		Swing	12.6%

2013-2017

Codnor & Waingroves by-election, 1st August 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Isobel Harry (E)	557	52.3	-5.8
	UKIP	Garry Smith	250	23.5	+9.6
	Conservative	Ron Ashton	219	20.6	-3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Falconbridge	39	3.7	+3.7
Majority			307	28.8
Turnout				26.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Heanor East by-election, 30th January 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Oaks (E)	548	58.4	+8.4
	Conservative	Steven Grainger	350	37.3	+11.0
	Liberal Democrat	Kate Smith	41	4.4	-0.2
Majority			198	21.1
Turnout				18.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Heanor West by-election, 13th March 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Celia Cox (E)	595	52.9	-3.3
	UKIP	Philip Rose	259	23.0	+23.0
	Conservative	Mark Burrell	229	20.4	-5.2
	Liberal Democrat	Kate Smith	41	3.6	+3.6
Majority			336	29.9
Turnout				23.3
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ "Democracy and elections". Amber Valley Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
↑ "Amber Valley". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
↑ The District of Amber Valley (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
↑ The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (Areas) Order 1985
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ "Amber Valley". BBC Online. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Amber Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Swing to Labour reverses Tory lead". London: guardian.co.uk. 2002-06-21. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
↑ "Tories make first gain of Cameron era". London: guardian.co.uk. 2005-12-09. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
↑ "New gloss hides old race claims". Nottingham Evening Post. 2006-02-03.
↑ "Ripley and Marehay by-election results announced". thisis derbyshire.co.uk. 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2009-09-21.

By-election results

External links

Amber Valley Council

Council elections in Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

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 2016

Bolsover District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Chesterfield Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Derby City 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 2016

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

Erewash Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

High Peak Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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

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

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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