2000 Amber Valley Borough Council election

Map of the results of the 2000 Amber Valley council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Independent in grey.

The 2000 Amber Valley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Amber Valley Borough Council in Derbyshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of seats by 2. ^[1] The Conservative Party gained control of the council from the Labour Party. ^[2]

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 31.6%, ^[3] with a trial in 2 wards seeing a 115% increase in postal voting after anyone was allowed to apply. ^[4]

Amber Valley Local Election Result 2000 ^{[3] [5]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	32			+21	71.1	50.7	27,044
	Labour	12			-20	26.7	42.4	22,604
	Independent	1			+1	2.2	2.0	1,041
	Liberal Democrats	0			0	0	4.9	2,604

Ward results

Alfreton (3) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathryn Salt	692
	Labour	Gillian Dolman	676
	Independent	Colin Thornton	657
	Labour	Steven Daley	546
	Conservative	Jill Ratcliffe	359
	Conservative	Simon Hitchcock	346
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Gibbons	297
Turnout			3,573	22.0

Alport ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Fletcher	553	67.4
	Labour	Keith Wharam	137	16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Handscombe	131	16.0
Majority			416	50.7
Turnout			821	39.4

Belper Central (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Nelson	805
	Conservative	Robert Hailsworth	722
	Labour	Joyce Sanders	502
	Labour	Alan Broughton	495
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Read	88
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Thompson	73
Turnout			2,685	35.5

Belper East (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Handley	546
	Conservative	Martin Thomlinson	530
	Labour	Nalda Boyes-Jackson	441
	Labour	Ashley Welch	421
Turnout			1,938	22.6

Belper North (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Cox	882
	Conservative	Benjamin Miller	847
	Labour	Robert Janes	398
	Labour	Kenneth Armstrong	299
Turnout			2,426	33.5

Belper South (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Arnold	673
	Conservative	Chris Short	638
	Labour	Ronald Buzzard	514
	Labour	Peter Sheperd	502
Turnout			2,327	31.0

Codnor & Waingroves (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Emmas-Williams	558
	Conservative	David Cattermole	529
	Conservative	Michael Mumby	483
	Labour	Ian Fisher	480
Turnout			2,050	27.7

Crich ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glyn Hartshorne	459	51.3
	Labour	Philip Whitney	306	34.2
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Shelley	130	14.5
Majority			153	17.1
Turnout			895	47.0

Duffield (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Woodings	897
	Conservative	Murray Charmichael-Smith	858
	Labour	Diana Hancock	341
	Labour	Jean Minion	293
	Liberal Democrats	Deena Gillat	275
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Benson	191
Turnout			2,855	39.0

Heage & Ambergate (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Wilde	711
	Conservative	June Emmott	709
	Labour	Maurice Gent	699
	Labour	Michael Missett	475
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Cooper	183
Turnout			2,777	38.3

Heanor & Loscoe (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Bailey	514
	Labour	John Moon	484
	Conservative	Christine Storr	423
	Conservative	Sally West	387
Turnout			1,808	23.7

Heanor East (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Bulkeley-Kirkham	459
	Labour	Glynne Cato	451
	Labour	Harry Soar	438
	Conservative	Enid Trusswell	431
Turnout			1,779	23.7

Heanor West (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Celia Cox	477
	Labour	Paul Jones	451
	Conservative	Janet MacDonald	384
	Conservative	Linda Edwards-Milsom	379
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Healy	323
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Woolley	323
Turnout			2,337	28.1

Ironville & Riddings (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Brown	788
	Conservative	George Cope	614
	Labour	David Griffiths	552
	Labour	Pamela Cope	535
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Falconbridge	101
Turnout			2,590	32.7

Kilburn, Denby & Holbrook (3) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Bull	870
	Conservative	Albert Hall	846
	Conservative	Alan Warner	788
	Labour	Richard Massey	749
	Labour	Timothy Benson	710
	Labour	Brenda Remington	704
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Benson	249
Turnout			4,916	29.9

Langley Mill & Aldercar (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Grace	524
	Labour	Stephanie Ward	485
	Independent	Denis Woolley	210
	Conservative	Terrence Thorpe	206
Turnout			1,425	21.3

Ripley (3) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Parkin	875
	Conservative	Patricia Turner	858
	Conservative	Kathleen Brown	774
	Labour	Charles Cutting	704
	Labour	David Neilson	665
	Labour	Stephen Freeborn	634
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Thompson	240
Turnout			4,750	26.9

Ripley & Marehay (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Cope	562
	Conservative	Patricia Bowmar	559
	Labour	Geoffrey Carlile	549
	Labour	Janis Gregory	491
Turnout			2,161	33.0

Shipley Park, Horsley & Horsley Woodhouse (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jeffery	682
	Conservative	Gregory MacDonald	676
	Labour	Eric Lancashire	611
	Labour	Owen Gray	481
	Independent	Leslie Foster	174
Turnout			2,624	33.0

Somercotes (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McCabe	690
	Labour	Alan Stringer	648
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brailsford	468
	Conservative	David Beeston	412
Turnout			2,218	26.4

South West Parishes ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cunningham	709	82.0
	Labour	Patrick Mountain	156	18.0
Majority			553	64.0
Turnout			865	40.0

Swanwick (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Hayes	885
	Conservative	Allen King	792
	Labour	David Harry	476
	Labour	Pauline Griffiths	461
Turnout			2,614	32.2

Wingfield ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Valerie Thorpe	670	78.0
	Labour	Peter Hare	189	22.0
Majority			481	56.0
Turnout			859	46.0

References

1. "Amber Valley". BBC News. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
2. "Local council results". Financial Times. 6 May 2000. p. 6.
3. "Election - May 2000". Ambernet. Archived from the original on 31 May 2002. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
4. Wainwright, Martin (15 May 2000). "Making it easy: Experiments to improve the turnout in local elections have had an impact, although some voters still want to use a polling station". The Guardian. p. 17.
5. "Election results: local councils". The Times. 6 May 2000. p. 10.