2003 Amber Valley Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2003 Amber Valley council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2003. Amber Valley UK local election 2003 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2003 Amber Valley council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2003.

Elections to Amber Valley Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Amber Valley Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 12-180.053.29,734+16.1%
  Labour 3+120.037.06,770-15.5%
  Liberal Democrats 0007.61,386+2.0%
  Independent 0002.2411-2.2%

Ward results

Alfreton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gillian Dolman71654.1
Conservative David Wilson45034.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Gibbons15811.9
Majority 26620.1
Turnout 1,324
Alport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Deborah Biss62970.4
Labour Tony Munro14215.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Handscombe12313.8
Majority 48754.5
Turnout 894
Belper Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Makin71159.0
Labour Brenda Remington49441.0
Majority 21718.0
Turnout 1,205
Belper East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Dorey55349.1+2.5
Labour Alan Broughton41136.5−7.1
Liberal Democrats Timothy Clark16214.4+14.4
Majority 14212.6+9.6
Turnout 1,126
Belper North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Hitchcock66052.2
Labour Peter Shepherd36428.8
Liberal Democrats Roger Shelley14711.6
Independent Margaret Jackson947.4
Majority 29623.4
Turnout 1,265
Belper South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Arnold61456.3+6.3
Labour Ronald Buzzard47643.7−6.3
Majority 13812.6+12.5
Turnout 1,090
Crich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Glyn Hartshorne45062.8
Labour Kenneth Armstrong13418.7
Liberal Democrats Catherine Smith13218.4
Majority 31644.1
Turnout 716
Duffield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Woodings85157.3−2.8
Labour Patrick Mountain31821.4−18.5
Liberal Democrats Deena Smith31621.3+21.3
Majority 43335.9+15.7
Turnout 1,485
Heage and Ambergate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maurice Gent73951.3
Conservative Juliette Blake55938.8
Liberal Democrats Anthony Cooper1429.9
Majority 18012.5
Turnout 1,440
Kilburn, Denby and Holbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Albert Hall84547.2+5.6
Labour Susan Reaney74141.4−2.9
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Benson20611.5−2.6
Majority 1045.8+3.1
Turnout 1,792
Ripley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kathleen Brown89050.2
Labour Walter Fryer88249.8
Majority 80.4
Turnout 1,772
Ripley and Marehay
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geoffrey Carlile62753.1
Conservative Patricia Bowmar40434.2
Independent Alex Stevenson15012.7
Majority 22318.9
Turnout 1,181
South West Parishes
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Cunningham75085.4
Labour Diana Hancock12814.6
Majority 62270.8
Turnout 878
Swanwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Hayes73355.9−6.2
Labour Paul Smith41131.4−6.5
Independent John Pidcock16712.7+12.7
Majority 32224.5
Turnout 1,311
Wingfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Valerie Thorpe63577.3
Labour Graham Naylor18722.7
Majority 44854.6
Turnout 822