Amber Valley Borough Council election, 2016

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2016 local election results in Amber Valley

Elections to Amber Valley Borough Council in Derbyshire, England took place on Thursday 5 May 2016. One third of the council seats were up for election and after the election the Conservative party continued to hold overall control of the council.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Amber Valley election result 2016
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 11 2 1 +1 73.3 40.6 9,800
  Conservative 4 1 2 -1 27.7 34.9 8,418
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 16.8 4,047
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 1,101
  Liberal Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 592
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 131
  National Front 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 29

Ward results

Percentage change in party votes are from the last time the ward was contested. This is either 2014 or 2015.

Alfreton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Marlene Bennett 981 53.2 +7.6
Conservative Kat Moss 360 19.5 -8.1
UKIP Pete Twiname 342 18.6 -1.6
Liberal Democrat Henry Foulds 91 4.9 +1.5
Green Leo Swarvett 53 2.9 -0.3
Rejected ballots 15
Majority 621 33.7
Turnout 1842
Labour hold Swing
Belper Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Maurice Neville 761 41.7 +10.4
Conservative John Nelson 627 34.4 -8.4
Green Dave Wells 151 8.3 -4.6
UKIP John Young 149 8.2 -4.8
Independent Dave Fisher 131 7.2 +7.2
Rejected ballots 4
Majority 134 7.3
Turnout 1823
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Belper North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ben Bellamy 662 37.8 +12.7
Conservative Alan Cox 576 32.9 -9.1
Green Sue MacFarlane 307 17.5 -0.1
UKIP Dennis Smith 160 9.1 -6.2
Liberal Democrat Richard Salmon 35 2.0 +2.0
Rejected ballots 11
Majority 86 4.9
Turnout 1751
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Codnor and Waingroves
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Christopher Emmas-Williams 702 53.4 +11.5
Conservative Linda Edwards-Milsom 337 25.6 +0.8
UKIP Gaz Smith 212 16.1 -12.1
Green Jackie Blackett 37 2.8 +2.8
Liberal Democrat Fay Whitehead 21 1.6 -0.7
Rejected ballots 5
Majority 365 27.8
Turnout 1314
Labour hold Swing
Heage and Ambergate
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Angela Ward 749 46.7 +4.5
Labour Paul Lobley 579 36.1 +1.4
UKIP Ian Gillatt 168 10.5 -4.2
Green William MacFarlane 69 4.3 -1.1
Liberal Democrat Audrey Wootton 36 2.2 -0.8
Rejected ballots 3
Majority 170 10.6
Turnout 1604
Conservative hold Swing
Heanor and Loscoe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kieran Hill 541 40.1 -0.1
UKIP Geoffrey Aldwinckle 370 27.4 -6.9
Conservative Julie Whitmore 349 25.9 +3.4
Green James Brooks 42 3.1 +3.1
Liberal Democrat James Morton 37 2.7 -0.3
Rejected ballots 9
Majority 171 12.7
Turnout 1348
Labour hold Swing
Heanor East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sheila Oakes 536 38.2 -4.8
Conservative Mark Burrell 425 30.3 +4.3
UKIP Philip Rose 342 24.4 -3.7
Green Julie Wozniczka 49 3.5 +3.5
Liberal Democrat George White 42 3.0 0.0
Rejected ballots 10
Majority 111 7.9
Turnout 1404
Labour hold Swing
Heanor West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Teresa Curran 597 42.2 +1.8
Conservative Steven Grainger 401 28.4 +5.4
UKIP Chris Flude 325 23.0 -9.5
Liberal Democrat Joel Hunt 43 3.0 -1.1
Green Mike Jones 38 2.7 +2.7
Rejected ballots 10
Majority 196 13.8
Turnout 1414
Labour hold Swing
Ironville and Riddings
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jack Brown 630 40.7 +8.8
Labour Paul Wardle 616 39.8 -8.1
UKIP Stuart Bent 227 14.7 -3.2
Green Steve Kennedy 37 2.4 +2.4
Liberal Democrat Ollie Smith 30 1.9 -0.4
Rejected ballots 8
Majority 14 0.9
Turnout 1548
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Kilburn, Denby and Holbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Charles Norman Bull 1086 47.5 -2.2
Labour Christine Venables 691 30.2 +3.0
UKIP Roy Snape 312 13.6 -1.3
Green Kate Howard 102 4.5 -0.1
Liberal Democrat Ron Welsby 90 3.9 +0.2
Rejected ballots 7
Majority 395 17.3
Turnout 2288
Conservative hold Swing
Langley Mill & Aldercar
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Brian Gration 486 43.5 -0.1
Conservative Rosie Webster 363 32.5 +8.7
UKIP Tony Warren 219 19.6 -10.6
Green Christina Smith 15 1.3 +1.3
Liberal Democrat Ruth Thornton 14 1.3 -1.2
National Front Timothy Knowles 14 1.3 +1.3
Rejected ballots 5
Majority 123 11.0
Turnout 1116
Labour hold Swing
Ripley & Marehay
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mick Wilson 640 41.9 +5.6
Conservative Matt Murray 560 36.6 -5.9
UKIP John Pass 237 15.5 +0.3
Green Tony Youens 46 3.0 -0.6
Liberal Democrat Clym Stock-Williams 25 1.6 -0.8
National Front Michael Sharpe 15 1.0 +1.0
Rejected ballots 5
Majority 80 5.3
Turnout 1528
Labour hold Swing
Ripley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Tony Holmes 869 40.1 +5.4
Conservative Sean Carter 845 39.0 -1.6
UKIP Paula Parkin 345 15.9 -2.0
Green Phil Taylor 55 2.5 -1.1
Liberal Democrat Peter Jelf 43 2.0 -1.1
Rejected ballots 8
Majority 24 1.1
Turnout 2165
Labour hold Swing
Shipley Park, Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Alex Stevenson 945 51.6 +10.8
Labour Antony Tester 404 22.1 +1.7
UKIP Ade Nathan 348 19.0 -9.2
Green Matt McGuinness 68 3.7 +3.7
Liberal Democrat Kate Smith 56 3.1 -2.0
Rejected ballots 10
Majority 541 29.5
Turnout 1831
Conservative hold Swing
Somercotes
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John McCabe 735 58.4 +1.5
UKIP Paul Price 291 23.1 -1.5
Conservative Colin Boyce 165 13.1 -2.0
Green Steve Elliott 32 2.5 +2.5
Liberal Democrat Elsie Situnayake 29 2.3 -1.0
Rejected ballots 6
Majority 444 25.3
Turnout 1258
Labour hold Swing

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