Amber Valley Borough Council election, 1998

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The 1998 Amber Valley Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Amber Valley Borough Council in Derbyshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.^[1]

Amber Valley is a local government district and borough in Derbyshire, England. It takes its name from the River Amber and covers a semi-rural area with a number of small towns whose economy was formerly based on coal mining and engineering. The parliamentary constituency of Amber Valley covers a similar area. The Local Authority population at the 2011 Census was 122,309.

Borough status in the United Kingdom is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the council or inhabitants of the district. In Scotland, similarly chartered communities were known as royal burghs, although the status is no longer granted.

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire, containing the southern extremity of the Pennine range of hills which extend into the north of the county. The county contains part of the National Forest, and borders on Greater Manchester to the northwest, West Yorkshire to the north, South Yorkshire to the northeast, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the southeast, Staffordshire to the west and southwest and Cheshire also to the west. Kinder Scout, at 636 metres (2,087 ft), is the highest point in the county, whilst Trent Meadows, where the River Trent leaves Derbyshire, is its lowest point at 27 metres (89 ft). The River Derwent is the county's longest river at 66 miles (106 km), and runs roughly north to south through the county. In 2003 the Ordnance Survey placed Church Flatts Farm at Coton in the Elms as the furthest point from the sea in Great Britain.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Labour 37
Conservative 6^[1]

Election result

Amber Valley Local Election Result 1998^[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11			-1	78.6
	Conservative	3			+1	21.4

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References

1 2 "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 1998-05-09. p. 16.
↑ "Local Elections results". The Times. 1998-05-09. p. 46.

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[policy-1] 1 2 "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 1998-05-09. p. 16.

[local-2] "Local Elections results". The Times. 1998-05-09. p. 46.

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