2010 Amber Valley Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2010 Amber Valley council election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010. Amber-Valley 2006 election map.png
Map of the results of the 2010 Amber Valley council election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010.

The 2010 Amber Valley Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Amber Valley Borough Council in Derbyshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Campaign

15 seats were contested in the election by a total of 50 candidates. [3]

The Conservatives campaigned on their record of controlling the council for the previous 10 years, pointing to keeping council tax increases low and plans to regenerate local towns. [4] However Labour pledged to appoint people as area managers who would be a contact point for people to bring any problems and planned to use compulsory purchase orders to bring empty properties into use. [4] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats targeted seats in Belper and Duffield campaigning on regeneration, recycling and litter, while the British National Party hoped to increase on the 2 seats they held in Heanor. [4]

Election result

The results saw no change in the party balance as Labour held the 8 seats they had been defending and the Conservatives the other 7 seats, meaning the Conservatives remained in control of the council. [5] Neither the Liberal Democrats or British National Party won any seats, with the British National Party vote dropping in Heanor where it held 2 seats. [5]

Amber Valley Local Election Result 2010 [2] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 800053.335.817,024+2.9%
  Conservative 700046.740.219,154-7.6%
  Liberal Democrats 0000017.58,352+12.4%
  BNP 000005.72,725-6.5%
  National Front 000000.4185+0.4%
  Independent 000000.3164+0.3%

Ward results

Alfreton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Walker1,80547.7-0.5
Conservative David Cantrill1,09428.9-11.5
Liberal Democrats Kieran Harley56615.0+3.6
BNP Michael White3198.4+8.4
Majority71118.8+11.0
Turnout 3,784
Labour hold Swing
Belper East [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Tomlinson1,53347.9-4.7
Liberal Democrats Timothy Clark84826.5+8.2
Labour Ben Bellamy81825.6-3.5
Majority68521.4
Turnout 3,199
Conservative hold Swing
Belper South [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jim Anderson1,24743.0-6.5
Liberal Democrats Emily Bamford84028.9+28.9
Labour Richard Salmon81628.1-2.9
Majority40714.0-4.5
Turnout 2,903
Conservative hold Swing
Codnor and Waingroves [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Parkes1,15943.3+1.6
Conservative Robert Phillips-Forsyth1,12742.1+0.4
BNP Ken Cooper39114.6-2.0
Majority321.2+1.2
Turnout 2,677
Labour hold Swing
Duffield [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Short1,76860.2-3.5
Liberal Democrats Colin Thompson1,16939.8+24.5
Majority59920.4-22.3
Turnout 2,937
Conservative hold Swing
Heanor and Loscoe [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bob Moon1,26446.4+10.8
Conservative Janet Russell87432.1+3.2
BNP Paul Snell58421.5-14.0
Majority39014.3+14.2
Turnout 2,722
Labour hold Swing
Heanor East [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Aistrop1,03835.9+5.1
Conservative Alex Stevenson96533.3+0.6
BNP Emma Roper45115.6-20.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Jelf44015.2+15.2
Majority732.6
Turnout 2,894
Labour hold Swing
Heanor West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Jones1,16037.6+7.1
Conservative Linda Edwards-Milsom97031.4+9.0
BNP Maria Riley-Ward54217.6-22.0
Liberal Democrats Gavin Sarkas-Bosman41613.5+6.0
Majority1906.2
Turnout 3,088
Labour hold Swing
Ironville and Riddings [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Smith1,45748.7+7.3
Conservative David Harrison1,08736.3-22.3
Liberal Democrats Judith Woolley44815.0+15.0
Majority37012.4
Turnout 2,992
Labour hold Swing
Kilburn, Denby and Holbrook [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Gemmell2,09748.6-6.6
Labour John Banks1,35231.3+11.0
Liberal Democrats Margaret Tomkins86920.1+7.3
Majority74517.3-17.6
Turnout 4,318
Conservative hold Swing
Langley Mill and Aldercar [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eileen Hamilton93138.4-4.4
Conservative Liam Rhodes75331.1-13.2
Liberal Democrats Christopher Bown39016.1+3.2
National Front Timothy Knowles1857.6+7.6
Independent Jo Ward1646.8+6.8
Majority1787.3
Turnout 2,423
Labour hold Swing
Ripley [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Liz Bowley1,77939.4-20.4
Labour David Williams1,66236.8+6.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Gibbons63514.1+4.6
BNP Nathan Wilde4389.7+9.7
Majority1172.6-26.5
Turnout 4,514
Conservative hold Swing
Shipley Park, Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kevin Parkinson1,49144.7-20.4
Labour Eric Lancashire1,11233.4-1.5
Liberal Democrats Neil Paget72921.9+21.9
Majority37911.4-18.8
Turnout 3,332
Conservative hold Swing
Somercotes [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Lyttle1,44354.9+6.3
Conservative Kat Moss75928.9+0.3
Liberal Democrats Keith Falconbridge42716.2+16.2
Majority68426.0+6.0
Turnout 2,629
Labour hold Swing
Swanwick [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Allen King1,61050.4+11.7
Labour Timothy Benson98330.8+15.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Bedford59918.8+14.3
Majority62719.6+15.1
Turnout 3,192
Conservative hold Swing

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