Amber Valley Borough Council elections

Amber Valley Borough Council elections are held every four years to elect councillors to Amber Valley Borough Council, the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 42 councillors have been elected to represent 18 wards. Prior to 2023 a third of the council was elected three years out of every four. ^[1]

Council election results

The party make up of the council after each election is as shown below.

Election	Labour	Conservative	Green Party	Liberal Democrats	Independent	BNP	Total	Notes
1973	33	6	0	3	18	0	60	Inaugural election
1976	18	4	0	14	24	0	60
1979	18	12	0	7	6	0	43	New Boundaries
1980	24	11	0	4	4	0	43
1982	22	10	0	7	4	0	43
1983	23	7	0	8	5	0	43
1984	21	10	0	8	4	0	43
1986	23	12	0	5	3	0	43
1987	19	20	0	3	1	0	43
1995	37	6	0	0	0	0	43
1996	37	6	0	0	0	0	43
1998	37	6	0	0	0	0	43
1999	32	11	0	0	0	0	43
2000	12	32	0	0	1	0	45	New Boundaries
2002	19	26	0	0	0	0	45
2003	25	20	0	0	0	0	45
2004	24	21	0	0	0	0	45
2006	18	27	0	0	0	0	45
2007	17	28	0	0	0	0	45
2008	14	29	0	0	0	0	45
2010	14	29	0	0	0	2	45
2011	15	28	0	0	0	2	45
2012	21	24	0	0	0	2	45
2014	23	22	0	0	0	0	45
2015	21	24	0	0	0	0	45
2016	22	23	0	0	0	0	45
2018	20	25	0	0	0	0	45
2019	25	19	1	0	0	0	45
2021	16	28	1	0	0	0	45
2022	11	30	3	0	1	0	45
2023	26	7	6	1	2	0	42	New Boundaries

Council elections

• 1973 Amber Valley District Council election
• 1976 Amber Valley District Council election
• 1979 Amber Valley District Council election (New ward boundaries) ^[2]
• 1980 Amber Valley District Council election
• 1982 Amber Valley District Council election
• 1983 Amber Valley District Council election
• 1984 Amber Valley District Council election
• 1986 Amber Valley District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^[3]
• 1987 Amber Valley District Council election
• 1988 Amber Valley District Council election
• 1990 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 1991 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 1992 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 1994 Amber Valley Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^[4]
• 1995 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 1996 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 1998 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 1999 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2000 Amber Valley Borough Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by two) ^[5]
• 2002 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2003 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2004 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2006 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2007 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2008 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2010 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2011 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2012 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2014 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2015 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2016 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2018 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2019 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2021 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2022 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2023 Amber Valley Borough Council election (New ward boundaries and change to all-out elections) ^[6]

Borough result maps

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  2000 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2021 results map
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  2022 results map
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  2023 results map

By-election results

1994-2000

Riddings by-election, 5 September 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		619	48.2
	Labour		545	42.5
	Liberal Democrats		119	9.3
Majority			74	5.7
Turnout			1,164	24.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1997-2001

Alfreton West by-election, 26 June 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		354	76.5	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats		109	23.5	+8.3
Majority			245	53.0
Turnout			463	11.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Wingfield by-election, 16 July 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		372	44.7	+4.2
	Labour		259	31.1	−23.1
	Independent		165	19.8	+19.8
	Liberal Democrats		36	4.3	−2.8
Majority			113	13.6
Turnout			832	45.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Swanwick by-election, 22 October 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		673	68.8	+23.3
	Labour		305	31.2	−23.3
Majority			368	37.6
Turnout			978	22.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2000-2006

Belper Central by-election, 20 June 2002 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		618	53.8	−3.9
	Labour		531	46.2	+10.2
Majority			87	7.6
Turnout			1,149	28.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heage and Ambergate by-election, 8 December 2005 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		557	52.3	+3.6
	Labour		381	35.8	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Cooper	127	11.9	−9.3
Majority			176	16.5
Turnout			1,065	24.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heanor & Loscoe by-election, 2 February 2006 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Longdon	570	42.0	−11.9
	BNP	Paul Snell	411	30.2	+30.2
	Conservative	Jean Parry	317	23.3	−22.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sally McIntosh	61	4.5	+4.5
Majority			159	11.8
Turnout			1,359	33.0
	Labour hold		Swing

2006-2010

Ripley & Marehay by-election, 17 September 2009 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lyndsay D Cox	585	52.4	+23.7
	Conservative	Matthew C Joyes	531	47.6	−1.7
Majority			54	4.9
Turnout			1,116	24.1
	Labour hold		Swing	12.6%

2010-2014

Codnor & Waingroves by-election, 1 August 2013 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Isobel Harry	557	52.3	−5.8
	UKIP	Garry Smith	250	23.5	+9.6
	Conservative	Ron Ashton	219	20.6	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Falconbridge	39	3.7	+3.7
Majority			307	28.8
Turnout				26.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Heanor East by-election, 30 January 2014 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Oaks	548	58.4	+8.4
	Conservative	Steven Grainger	350	37.3	+11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Smith	41	4.4	−0.2
Majority			198	21.1
Turnout				18.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Heanor West by-election, 13 March 2014 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Celia Cox	595	52.9	−3.3
	UKIP	Philip Rose	259	23.0	+23.0
	Conservative	Mark Burrell	229	20.4	−5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Smith	41	3.6	+3.6
Majority			336	29.9
Turnout				23.3
	Labour hold		Swing

2018-2023

Wingfield by-election, 15 December 2022 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dawn Harper	242	54.9	−13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Smith	114	25.9	+21.4
	Labour	Dean Watson	53	12.0	−7.2
	Green	Sally Lowick	32	7.3	−0.2
Majority			128	29.0
Turnout			441	22.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

2023-2027

Crich & South Wingfield by-election, 2 May 2024 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Harper	617	35.9	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Marcus Johnson	434	25.2	−12.1
	Labour	Amy Trewick	428	24.9	+11.0
	Green	Fiona Horton	240	14.0	+1.1
Majority			183	10.7
Turnout			1719	41.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ironville and Riddings by-election, 1 May 2025 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Philip Rose	463	31.0	New
	Conservative	Sarah Jane Tucker	442	29.6	−0.4
	Labour	James Earl Whitmore	340	22.8	−20.7
	Green	Dave Hatchett	147	9.9	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Slater	100	6.7	+3.3
Majority			21	1.4
Turnout			1492	33.6%
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook and Horsley by-election, 1 May 2025 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matt Murray	854	32.1	−2.0
	Green	Nicola Perry	676	25.4	+13.3
	Labour	John Cowings	585	22.0	−15.1
	Independent	Alex Stevenson	375	14.1	New
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Denise Gent	169	6.4	+0.3
Majority			178	6.7
Turnout			2659	39.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Somercotes by-election 5 June 2025 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	James Kerry	396	45.3	+36.7
	Labour	Sian Harper	346	39.6	−21.3
	Conservative	Jake Gilbert	53	6.1	−13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Slater	48	5.5	−0.6
	Green	Russ Hubber	20	2.2	−2.9
	Independent	Alex Stevenson	11	1.3	New
Majority			50	5.7
Turnout			874	19.4
	Reform UK gain from Labour		Swing

References

1. "The Amber Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2022/810, retrieved 21 August 2022
2. The District of Amber Valley (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
3. The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (Areas) Order 1985
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
5. "Amber Valley". BBC Online . Retrieved 7 August 2008.
6. "UK Government Web Archive". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
7. "Swing to Labour reverses Tory lead". guardian.co.uk . London. 21 June 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
8. "Tories make first gain of Cameron era". guardian.co.uk . London. 9 December 2005. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
9. "New gloss hides old race claims". Nottingham Evening Post . 3 February 2006.
10. "Ripley and Marehay by-election results announced". thisis derbyshire.co.uk. 18 September 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
11. "Local Elections Archive Project — Codnor and Waingroves Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
12. "Local Elections Archive Project — Heanor East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
13. "Local Elections Archive Project — Heanor West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
14. "Local Elections Archive Project — Wingfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
15. "Local Elections Archive Project — Crich and South Wingfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
16. "Local Elections Archive Project — Ironville and Riddings Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
17. "Local Elections Archive Project — Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook and Horsley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
18. "Local Elections Archive Project — Somercotes Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2025.

• By-election results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Amber Valley Council