2007 Amber Valley Borough Council election

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
	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