2006 Amber Valley Borough Council election

Elections to Amber Valley Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 34%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Conservative 27
Labour 18

Election result

Amber Valley Local Election Result 2006
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	8	0	3	-3	53.3	39.4	9,361	-3.6%
Conservative	7	3	0	+3	46.7	43.2	10,259	0.0%
Liberal	0	0	0	0	0	11.6	2,758	+1.8%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	4.7	1,116	+2.0%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	252	+1.1%

Ward results

Alfreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Walker	1,044	55.8	+8.5
	Conservative	David Wilson	564	30.1	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Gibbons	264	14.1	-9.5
Majority			480	25.7	+7.5
Turnout			1,872	30	-11
	Labour hold		Swing

Belper East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Tomlinson	699	50.9	+1.8
	Labour	Randall Sanders	395	28.8	-7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Hassan Dervish	278	20.3	+5.9
Majority			304	22.1	+9.5
Turnout			1,372	31
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belper South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Anderson	529	43.3	-13.0
	Labour	Peter Shepherd	398	32.5	-11.2
	Green	Colin Grimley	163	13.3	+13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Clark	133	10.9	+10.9
Majority			131	10.8	-1.8
Turnout			1,223	32
	Conservative hold		Swing

Codnor & Waingroves
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Fisher	676	52.7	-5.9
	Conservative	Roy Wildsmith	424	33.0	-8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Murfin	183	14.3	+14.3
Majority			252	19.7	+2.5
Turnout			1,283	33	-12
	Labour hold		Swing

Duffield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Short	982	64.9	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Thompson	238	15.7	-5.6
	Labour	Diana Hancock	203	13.4	-8.0
	Green	Karen How	89	5.9	+5.9
Majority			744	49.2	+13.3
Turnout			1,512	43	-6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heanor & Loscoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Moon	731	43.4	-10.5
	BNP	Paul Snell	524	31.1	+31.1
	Conservative	Jean Parry	327	19.4	-26.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Mcintosh	103	6.1	+6.1
Majority			207	12.3	+4.5
Turnout			1,685	41	-1
	Labour hold		Swing

Heanor East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glynne Cato	567	44.4	-20.5
	Conservative	Linda Edwards-Milsom	468	36.6	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Sarkas-Bosman	242	19.0	+19.0
Majority			99	7.8	-22.0
Turnout			1,277	29	-12
	Labour hold		Swing

Heanor West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Jones	607	32.0	-2.7
	BNP	Brian Edwards	592	31.2	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Woolley	427	22.5	+6.2
	Conservative	Jade Wiltshire	273	14.4	-8.5
Majority			15	0.8	-7.7
Turnout			1,899	42	-3
	Labour hold		Swing

Ironville & Riddings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Smith	700	45.0	+0.8
	Conservative	Patricia Bomar	660	42.5	-13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Monaghan	194	12.5	+12.5
Majority			40	2.5
Turnout			1,554	34	-8
	Labour hold		Swing

Kilburn, Denby & Holbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Gemmell	1,396	63.3	+16.0
	Labour	John Grace	811	36.7	+3.2
Majority			585	26.6	+12.8
Turnout			2,207	36	-11
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Langley Mill & Aldercar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephanie Ward	472	48.7	-5.8
	Conservative	Terence Thorpe	343	35.4	+16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Falconbridge	154	15.9	+6.9
Majority			129	13.3	-22.7
Turnout			969	25	-15
	Labour hold		Swing

Ripley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Bowley	1,042	48.3	-0.8
	Labour	Charles Cutting	794	36.8	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Catharine Smith	322	14.9	-4.1
Majority			248	11.5	-5.7
Turnout			2,158	32	-9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Shipley Park, Horsley & Horsley Woodhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Parkinson	1,115	58.5	0.0
	Labour	Eric Lancashire	790	41.5	0.0
Majority			325	17.0	0.0
Turnout			1,905	42	-8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Somercotes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Lyttle	784	63.3	+8.1
	Conservative	Sally West	454	36.7	+9.5
Majority			330	26.6	-1.4
Turnout			1,238	28	-10
	Labour hold		Swing

Swanwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allen King	983	61.7	+5.8
	Labour	Michael Missett	389	24.4	-7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paulette Robinson	220	13.8	+13.8
Majority			594	37.3	+12.8
Turnout			1,592	37
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

BBC report of 2006 Amber Valley election result