Amber Valley Borough Council election, 2000

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Map of the results of the 2000 Amber Valley council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Independent in grey. Amber Valley UK local election 2000 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2000 Amber Valley council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Independent in grey.

The 2000 Amber Valley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Amber Valley Borough Council in Derbyshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of seats by 2. [1] The Conservative party gained control of the council from the Labour party. [2]

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.

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 ceremonial county in East Midlands, England

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.

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Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 31.6%, [3] with a trial in 2 wards seeing a 115% increase in postal voting after anyone was allowed to apply. [4]

Voter turnout percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election

Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election. Eligibility varies by country, and the voting-eligible population should not be confused with the total adult population. Age and citizenship status are often among the criteria used to determine eligibility, but some countries further restrict eligibility based on sex, race, or religion.

Postal voting voting, election, ballot papers, distributed to electors or returned by post, mail

Postal voting is voting in an election whereby ballot papers are distributed to electors or returned by post, in contrast to electors voting in person at a polling station or electronically via an electronic voting system. Historically, postal votes must be distributed and placed in return mail before the scheduled election day, it is sometimes referred to as a form of early voting. It can also be used as an absentee ballot. However, in recent times the model in the US has morphed, in municipalities that use postal voting exclusively, to be one of ballots being mailed out to voters, but the return method taking on alternatives of return by mail or dropping off the ballot in person via secure drop boxes and/or voting centers.

Amber Valley Local Election Result 2000 [3] [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 32+2171.150.727,044
  Labour 12-2026.742.422,604
  Independent 1+12.22.01,041
  Liberal Democrat 0004.92,604

Ward results

Alfreton (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kathryn Salt692
Labour Gillian Dolman676
Independent Colin Thornton657
Labour Steven Daley546
Conservative Jill Ratcliffe359
Conservative Simon Hitchcock346
Liberal Democrat Paul Gibbons297
Turnout 3,57322.0
Alport [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Mary Fletcher55367.4
Labour Keith Wharam13716.7
Liberal Democrat Peter Handscombe13116.0
Majority41650.7
Turnout 82139.4
Belper Central (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Nelson805
Conservative Robert Hailsworth722
Labour Joyce Sanders502
Labour Alan Broughton495
Liberal Democrat Fiona Read88
Liberal Democrat Colin Thompson73
Turnout 2,68535.5
Belper East (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Handley546
Conservative Martin Thomlinson530
Labour Nalda Boyes-Jackson441
Labour Ashley Welch421
Turnout 1,93822.6
Belper North (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Alan Cox882
Conservative Benjamin Miller847
Labour Robert Janes398
Labour Kenneth Armstrong299
Turnout 2,42633.5
Belper South (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Arnold673
Conservative Christopher Short638
Labour Ronald Buzzard514
Labour Peter Sheperd502
Turnout 2,32731.0
Codnor & Waingroves (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Christopher Emmas-Williams558
Conservative David Cattermole529
Conservative Michael Mumby483
Labour Ian Fisher480
Turnout 2,05027.7
Crich [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Glyn Hartshorne45951.3
Labour Philip Whitney30634.2
Liberal Democrat Roger Shelley13014.5
Majority15317.1
Turnout 89547.0
Duffield (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Anthony Woodings897
Conservative Murray Charmichael-Smith858
Labour Diana Hancock341
Labour Jean Minion293
Liberal Democrat Deena Gillat275
Liberal Democrat Jeremy Benson191
Turnout 2,85539.0
Heage & Ambergate (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Albert Wilde711
Conservative June Emmott709
Labour Maurice Gent699
Labour Michael Missett475
Liberal Democrat Anthony Cooper183
Turnout 2,77738.3
Heanor & Loscoe (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Peter Bailey514
Labour John Moon484
Conservative Christine Storr423
Conservative Sally West387
Turnout 1,80823.7
Heanor East (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Francis Bulkeley-Kirkham459
Labour Glynne Cato451
Labour Harry Soar438
Conservative Enid Trusswell431
Turnout 1,77923.7
Heanor West (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Celia Cox477
Labour Paul Jones451
Conservative Janet MacDonald384
Conservative Linda Edwards-Milsom379
Liberal Democrat Andrew Healy323
Liberal Democrat Judith Woolley323
Turnout 2,33728.1
Ironville & Riddings (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jack Brown788
Conservative George Cope614
Labour David Griffiths552
Labour Pamela Cope535
Liberal Democrat Keith Falconbridge101
Turnout 2,59032.7
Kilburn, Denby & Holbrook (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Charles Bull870
Conservative Albert Hall846
Conservative Alan Warner788
Labour Richard Massey749
Labour Timothy Benson710
Labour Brenda Remington704
Liberal Democrat Jane Benson249
Turnout 4,91629.9
Langley Mill & Aldercar (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Wendy Grace524
Labour Stephanie Ward485
Independent Denis Woolley210
Conservative Terrence Thorpe206
Turnout 1,42521.3
Ripley (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Patricia Parkin875
Conservative Patricia Turner858
Conservative Kathleen Brown774
Labour Charles Cutting704
Labour David Neilson665
Labour Stephen Freeborn634
Liberal Democrat Janet Thompson240
Turnout 4,75026.9
Ripley & Marehay (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Linda Cope562
Conservative Patricia Bowmar559
Labour Geoffrey Carlile549
Labour Janis Gregory491
Turnout 2,16133.0
Shipley Park, Horsley & Horsley Woodhouse (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Jeffery682
Conservative Gregory MacDonald676
Labour Eric Lancashire611
Labour Owen Gray481
Independent Leslie Foster174
Turnout 2,62433.0
Somercotes (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John McCabe690
Labour Alan Stringer648
Conservative Geoffrey Brailsford468
Conservative David Beeston412
Turnout 2,21826.4
South West Parishes [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Cunningham70982.0
Labour Patrick Mountain15618.0
Majority55363.9
Turnout 86540.0
Swanwick (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Stephen Hayes885
Conservative Allen King792
Labour David Harry476
Labour Pauline Griffiths461
Turnout 2,61432.2
Wingfield [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Valerie Thorpe67078.0
Labour Peter Hare18922.0
Majority48156.0
Turnout 85946.0

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References

  1. ↑ "Amber Valley". BBC News Online . Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Local council results". Financial Times . 6 May 2000. p. 6.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "Election - May 2000". Ambernet. Archived from the original on 2002-05-31. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Wainwright, Martin (15 May 2000). "Making it easy: Experiments to improve the turnout in local elections have had an impact, although some voters still want to use a polling station". The Guardian . p. 17.
  5. ↑ "Election results: local councils". The Times . 6 May 2000. p. 10.
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