Amber Valley Borough Council election, 2004

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Map of the results of the 2004 Amber Valley council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2004. Amber Valley UK local election 2004 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2004 Amber Valley council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2004.

Elections to Amber Valley Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party held overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 44%.

Amber Valley Borough in England

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.

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Presently led by Theresa May, it has been the governing party since 2010. It presently has 314 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 249 members of the House of Lords, and 18 members of the European Parliament. It also has 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors. One of the major parties of UK politics, it has formed the government on 45 occasions, more than any other party.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Amber Valley Local Election Result 2004
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 8 0 1 -1 53.3 43.2 13,224 -10.0%
  Labour 7 1 0 +1 46.7 43.0 13,167 +6.0%
  Liberal 0 0 0 0 0 9.8 3,000 +2.2%
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 811 +2.7%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 399 -0.9%

Ward results

Alfreton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Bennett Marlene 1,198 47.3 -6.8
Conservative David Wilson 738 29.1 -4.9
Liberal Paul Gibbons 598 23.6 +11.7
Majority 460 18.2 -1.9
Turnout 2,565 41
Labour hold Swing
Belper Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Nelson 1,107 59.7 +0.7
Labour Ronald Buzzard 746 40.3 -0.7
Majority 361 19.4 +1.4
Turnout 1,853 46
Conservative hold Swing
Belper North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Alan Cox 1,012 47.9 -4.3
Labour Peter Shepherd 535 25.3 -3.5
Liberal Roger Shelley 438 20.7 +9.1
Independent Steven Broughton 128 6.1 -1.3
Majority 477 22.6 -0.8
Turnout 2,113 53
Conservative hold Swing
Codnor & Waingroves
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Christopher Emmas-Williams 1,029 58.6 -8.3
Conservative Patricia Bowmar 728 41.4 +8.3
Majority 301 17.2 -16.6
Turnout 1,757 45
Labour hold Swing
Heage & Ambergate
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Albert Wilde 934 48.7 +9.9
Labour Stella Ragsdale 578 30.1 -21.2
Liberal Anthony Cooper 406 21.2 +11.3
Majority 356 18.6
Turnout 1,918 49
Conservative hold Swing
Heanor & Loscoe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Tony Munro 905 53.9 -11.9
Conservative Christopher Jubb 774 46.1 +11.9
Majority 131 7.8 -23.8
Turnout 1,679 42
Labour hold Swing
Heanor East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kenneth Armstrong 1,147 64.9 +11.1
Conservative Linda Edwards-Milsom 619 35.1 +8.4
Majority 528 29.8 +2.7
Turnout 1,766 41
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Heanor West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Celia Cox 683 34.7 -12.4
BNP David Orme 515 26.2 +26.2
Conservative Jade Wiltshire 451 22.9 +2.3
Liberal Gavin Sarkas-Bosman 320 16.3 -16.0
Majority 168 8.5 -6.3
Turnout 1,969 45
Labour hold Swing
Ironville & Riddings
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jack Brown 1,066 55.8 -2.3
Labour Paul Smith 845 44.2 +2.3
Majority 221 11.6 -4.6
Turnout 1,911 42
Conservative hold Swing
Kilburn, Denby & Holbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Charles Bull 1,363 47.3 +0.1
Labour Sasann Reaney 965 33.5 -7.9
Liberal Jeremy Benson 553 19.2 +7.7
Majority 398 13.8 +8.0
Turnout 2,881 47
Conservative hold Swing
Langley Mill & Aldercar
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Mickleburgh 818 54.5 -4.7
Conservative Terence Thorpe 278 18.5 -5.0
Independent Timothy Knowles 271 18.0 +0.6
Liberal Keith Falconbridge 135 9.0 +9.0
Majority 540 36.0 +0.3
Turnout 1,502 40
Labour hold Swing
Ripley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Bowley 1,418 49.1 -1.1
Labour Walter Fryer 921 31.9 -17.9
Liberal Catharine Smith 550 19.0 +19.0
Majority 497 17.2 +16.8
Turnout 2,889 43
Conservative hold Swing
Ripley & Marehay
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Linda Cope 972 50.8 +16.6
Labour Michael Missett 941 49.2 -3.9
Majority 31 1.6
Turnout 1,913 44
Conservative hold Swing
Shipley Park, Horsley & Horsley Woodhouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Nigel Mills 1,308 58.5 +21.8
Labour Leslie Foster 929 41.5 -5.4
Majority 379 17.0
Turnout 2,237 50
Conservative hold Swing
Somercotes
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John McCabe 927 55.2 -20.7
Conservative Sally West 456 27.2 +3.1
BNP Steven Belshaw 296 17.6 +17.6
Majority 471 28.0
Turnout 1,679 38
Labour hold Swing

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