Elections to Amber Valley Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 12 | -1 | 80.0 | 53.2 | 9,734 | +16.1% | |||
| Labour | 3 | +1 | 20.0 | 37.0 | 6,770 | -15.5% | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 1,386 | +2.0% | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 411 | -2.2% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gillian Dolman | 716 | 54.1 | ||
| Conservative | David Wilson | 450 | 34.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Gibbons | 158 | 11.9 | ||
| Majority | 266 | 20.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,324 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Deborah Biss | 629 | 70.4 | ||
| Labour | Tony Munro | 142 | 15.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Handscombe | 123 | 13.8 | ||
| Majority | 487 | 54.5 | |||
| Turnout | 894 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Makin | 711 | 59.0 | ||
| Labour | Brenda Remington | 494 | 41.0 | ||
| Majority | 217 | 18.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,205 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Leslie Dorey | 553 | 49.1 | +2.5 | |
| Labour | Alan Broughton | 411 | 36.5 | -7.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Timothy Clark | 162 | 14.4 | +14.4 | |
| Majority | 142 | 12.6 | +9.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,126 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Simon Hitchcock | 660 | 52.2 | ||
| Labour | Peter Shepherd | 364 | 28.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Shelley | 147 | 11.6 | ||
| Independent | Margaret Jackson | 94 | 7.4 | ||
| Majority | 296 | 23.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,265 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Arnold | 614 | 56.3 | +6.3 | |
| Labour | Ronald Buzzard | 476 | 43.7 | -6.3 | |
| Majority | 138 | 12.6 | +12.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,090 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Glyn Hartshorne | 450 | 62.8 | ||
| Labour | Kenneth Armstrong | 134 | 18.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Catherine Smith | 132 | 18.4 | ||
| Majority | 316 | 44.1 | |||
| Turnout | 716 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anthony Woodings | 851 | 57.3 | -2.8 | |
| Labour | Patrick Mountain | 318 | 21.4 | -18.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Deena Smith | 316 | 21.3 | +21.3 | |
| Majority | 433 | 35.9 | +15.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,485 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Maurice Gent | 739 | 51.3 | ||
| Conservative | Juliette Blake | 559 | 38.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Cooper | 142 | 9.9 | ||
| Majority | 180 | 12.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,440 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Albert Hall | 845 | 47.2 | +5.6 | |
| Labour | Susan Reaney | 741 | 41.4 | -2.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Benson | 206 | 11.5 | -2.6 | |
| Majority | 104 | 5.8 | +3.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,792 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kathleen Brown | 890 | 50.2 | ||
| Labour | Walter Fryer | 882 | 49.8 | ||
| Majority | 8 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,772 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Geoffrey Carlile | 627 | 53.1 | ||
| Conservative | Patricia Bowmar | 404 | 34.2 | ||
| Independent | Alex Stevenson | 150 | 12.7 | ||
| Majority | 223 | 18.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,181 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Cunningham | 750 | 85.4 | ||
| Labour | Diana Hancock | 128 | 14.6 | ||
| Majority | 622 | 70.8 | |||
| Turnout | 878 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Stephen Hayes | 733 | 55.9 | -6.2 | |
| Labour | Paul Smith | 411 | 31.4 | -6.5 | |
| Independent | John Pidcock | 167 | 12.7 | +12.7 | |
| Majority | 322 | 24.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,311 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Valerie Thorpe | 635 | 77.3 | ||
| Labour | Graham Naylor | 187 | 22.7 | ||
| Majority | 448 | 54.6 | |||
| Turnout | 822 | ||||
Amber Valley is a local government district with borough status in the east of Derbyshire, England, taking its name from the River Amber. Its council is based in Ripley. The district covers a semi-rural area lying to the north of the city of Derby. The district contains four main towns whose economy was based on coal mining and remains to some extent influenced by engineering, distribution and manufacturing, holding for instance the headquarters and production site of Thorntons confectionery.
Amber Valley is a constituency in Derbyshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Nigel Mills, a Conservative.
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