2007 Amber Valley Borough Council election

Map of the results of the 2007 Amber Valley council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007.

Elections to Amber Valley Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 37.7%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 28
• Labour 17

Election result

Amber Valley Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	13	1	0	+1	86.7	48.5	10,503	+5.3%
	Labour	2	0	1	-1	13.3	29.4	6,378	-10.0%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	13.1	2,848	+13.1%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	4.8	1,048	+0.1%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	634	+2.9%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	260	+0.1%

1 Conservative candidate was unopposed.

Ward results

Alfreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gail Dolman	1,003	48.5	−7.3
	Conservative	Paul West	527	25.5	−4.6
	BNP	Michael White	344	16.6	+16.6
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Falconbridge	196	9.5	+9.5
Majority			476	23.0	−2.7
Turnout			2,070	33.6	+3.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Alport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deborah Biss	710	78.2	+7.8
	Labour	Sue Reaney	198	21.8	+5.9
Majority			512	56.4	+1.9
Turnout			908	45.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belper Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Makin	781	52.6	−7.1
	Labour	Peter Shepard	479	32.3	−8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Thompson	225	15.2	+15.2
Majority			302	20.3	+0.9
Turnout			1,485	36.1	−9.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belper East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Les Dorey	688	52.6	+1.7
	Labour	Randall Sanders	381	29.1	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Clark	240	18.3	+18.3
Majority			307	23.5	+1.4
Turnout			1,309	29.7	−1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belper North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Lewis	641	40.8	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Hassan Dervish	569	36.2	+36.2
	Labour	Joyce Sanders	362	23.0	−2.3
Majority			72	4.6	−18.0
Turnout			1,572	39.6	−13.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belper South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Arnold	658	49.5	+6.2
	Labour	Ron Buzzard	412	31.0	−1.5
	Green	Dave Wells	260	19.5	+6.2
Majority			246	18.5	+7.7
Turnout			1,330	34.1	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gill Taylor	508	61.1	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Smith	202	24.3	+24.3
	Labour	Janis Gregory	121	14.6	−4.1
Majority			306	36.8	−7.3
Turnout			831	42.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Duffield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Bradford	1,005	63.7	−1.2
	Labour	Di Hancock	331	21.0	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Thompson	242	15.3	+15.3
Majority			674	42.7	−6.5
Turnout			1,578	42.8	−0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heage & Ambergate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Ward	878	56.3	+7.6
	Labour	Christine Worth	477	30.6	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Tomkins	205	13.1	+13.1
Majority			401	25.7	+7.1
Turnout			1,560	39.6	−9.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Kilburn, Denby & Holbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mel Hall	1,098	47.3	−16.0
	Labour	Terry Foster	571	24.6	−12.1
	BNP	Alan Warner	372	16.0	+16.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Banks	281	12.1	+12.1
Majority			527	22.7	−3.9
Turnout			2,322	38.0	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ripley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Wilson	965	42.9	−5.4
	Labour	Charles Cutting	925	41.1	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bedford	359	16.0	+16.0
Majority			40	1.8	−9.7
Turnout			2,249	34.3	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ripley & Marehay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Carlile	714	42.3	−6.9
	Conservative	Robert Phillips-Forsyth	597	35.3	−15.5
	BNP	Paul Snell	197	11.7	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Boothroyd	181	10.7	+10.7
Majority			117	7.0
Turnout			1,689	36.7	−7.3
	Labour hold		Swing

South West Parishes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Hitchcock	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Hayes	719	38.7	−23.0
	Independent	George Soudah	634	34.2	+34.2
	Labour	Isobel Harry	284	15.3	−9.1
	BNP	Clifford Roper	135	7.3	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Monaghan	84	4.5	+4.5
Majority			85	4.5	−32.8
Turnout			1,856	43.3	+6.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wingfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Valerie Thorpe	728	79.8	+2.5
	Labour	David Williams	120	13.2	−9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Elsie Situnayake	64	7.0	+7.0
Majority			608	66.6	+12.0
Turnout			912	49.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

• BBC report of 2007 Amber Valley election result