2007 Amber Valley Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2007 Amber Valley council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007. Amber-Valley 2007 election map.png
Map of the results of the 2007 Amber Valley council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007.

Elections to Amber Valley Borough 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%.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Amber Valley Local Election Result 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1310+186.748.510,503+5.3%
  Labour 201-113.329.46,378-10.0%
  Liberal Democrats 0000013.12,848+13.1%
  BNP 000004.81,048+0.1%
  Independent 000002.9634+2.9%
  Green 000001.2260+0.1%

1 Conservative candidate was unopposed.

Ward results

Alfreton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gail Dolman1,00348.5−7.3
Conservative Paul West52725.5−4.6
BNP Michael White34416.6+16.6
Liberal Democrats Keith Falconbridge1969.5+9.5
Majority 47623.0−2.7
Turnout 2,07033.6+3.6
Labour hold Swing
Alport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Deborah Biss71078.2+7.8
Labour Sue Reaney19821.8+5.9
Majority 51256.4+1.9
Turnout 90845.3
Conservative hold Swing
Belper Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Makin78152.6−7.1
Labour Peter Shepard47932.3−8.0
Liberal Democrats Janet Thompson22515.2+15.2
Majority 30220.3+0.9
Turnout 1,48536.1−9.9
Conservative hold Swing
Belper East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Les Dorey68852.6+1.7
Labour Randall Sanders38129.1+0.3
Liberal Democrats Timothy Clark24018.3+18.3
Majority 30723.5+1.4
Turnout 1,30929.7−1.3
Conservative hold Swing
Belper North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Lewis64140.8−7.1
Liberal Democrats Hassan Dervish56936.2+36.2
Labour Joyce Sanders36223.0−2.3
Majority 724.6−18.0
Turnout 1,57239.6−13.4
Conservative hold Swing
Belper South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Arnold65849.5+6.2
Labour Ron Buzzard41231.0−1.5
Green Dave Wells26019.5+6.2
Majority 24618.5+7.7
Turnout 1,33034.1+2.1
Conservative hold Swing
Crich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gill Taylor50861.1−1.7
Liberal Democrats Kate Smith20224.3+24.3
Labour Janis Gregory12114.6−4.1
Majority 30636.8−7.3
Turnout 83142.9
Conservative hold Swing
Duffield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Bradford1,00563.7−1.2
Labour Di Hancock33121.0+7.6
Liberal Democrats Colin Thompson24215.3+15.3
Majority 67442.7−6.5
Turnout 1,57842.8−0.2
Conservative hold Swing
Heage & Ambergate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Ward87856.3+7.6
Labour Christine Worth47730.6+0.5
Liberal Democrats Margaret Tomkins20513.1+13.1
Majority 40125.7+7.1
Turnout 1,56039.6−9.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Kilburn, Denby & Holbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mel Hall1,09847.3−16.0
Labour Terry Foster57124.6−12.1
BNP Alan Warner37216.0+16.0
Liberal Democrats John Banks28112.1+12.1
Majority 52722.7−3.9
Turnout 2,32238.0+2.0
Conservative hold Swing
Ripley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Wilson96542.9−5.4
Labour Charles Cutting92541.1+4.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Bedford35916.0+16.0
Majority 401.8−9.7
Turnout 2,24934.3+2.3
Conservative hold Swing
Ripley & Marehay
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geoff Carlile71442.3−6.9
Conservative Robert Phillips-Forsyth59735.3−15.5
BNP Paul Snell19711.7+11.7
Liberal Democrats Phil Boothroyd18110.7+10.7
Majority 1177.0
Turnout 1,68936.7−7.3
Labour hold Swing
South West Parishes
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Hitchcockunopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Swanwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Hayes71938.7−23.0
Independent George Soudah63434.2+34.2
Labour Isobel Harry28415.3−9.1
BNP Clifford Roper1357.3+7.3
Liberal Democrats Gordon Monaghan844.5+4.5
Majority 854.5−32.8
Turnout 1,85643.3+6.3
Conservative hold Swing
Wingfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Valerie Thorpe72879.8+2.5
Labour David Williams12013.2−9.5
Liberal Democrats Elsie Situnayake647.0+7.0
Majority 60866.6+12.0
Turnout 91249.5
Conservative hold Swing