2011 Amber Valley Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2011 Amber Valley council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2011. Amber Valley UK local election 2011 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2011 Amber Valley council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2011.

The 2011 Amber Valley Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Amber Valley Borough Council in Derbyshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Campaign

15 seats were contested in the election, mainly from Conservative leaning areas of the council. [3] 1 seat was sure to remain in Conservative hands in South West Parishes after only a Conservative candidate stood for the seat. [3]

The Conservatives pointed to their record in control of the council, Labour pledged to reduce car parking charges, while the Liberal Democrats focused on plans to regenerate Heanor. [4] The parties also disagreed over how to make cuts as a result of a reduction in central government funding, such as over plans to close local offices of the council and to sell the main council headquarters. [5]

Election result

The results saw the Conservative majority remain strong after losing only 1 seat to Labour, [3] leaving the Conservatives with 28 seats compared to 15 for Labour. [6] Labour gained the seat in Heage and Ambergate from the Conservatives, [7] while the closest result came in Ripley where the Conservative held on by 14 votes. [3] Both the Conservative and Labour parties said they were pleased with the results, [8] while neither the Liberal Democrats or the British National Party won any seats. [3] Overall turnout in the election was 45.83%, [9] almost 12% up on when these seats were last contested in 2007. [6]

Amber Valley Local Election Result 2011 [9]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1401-182.447.614,728+7.4%
  Labour 310+117.638.611,922+2.8%
  Liberal Democrats 000005.51,708-12.0%
  Independent 000003.1961+2.8%
  BNP 000002.6813-3.1%
  Green 000002.6793+2.6%

Ward results

Alfreton [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gail Dolman1,37258.1+10.4
Conservative David Cantrill74731.6+2.7
BNP Emma Roper1556.6-1.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Jelf873.7-11.3
Majority62526.5+7.7
Turnout 2,36137.6
Labour hold Swing
Alport [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Taylor85070.3-7.9
Labour Robert Johnston35929.7+7.9
Majority49140.6-15.8
Turnout 1,20957.2+11.9
Conservative hold Swing
Belper Central [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Makin95047.8-12.9
Labour Michael Wilson60930.6+11.2
Green Dave Wells42821.5+1.7
Majority34117.2-23.7
Turnout 1,98746.1+10.9
Conservative hold Swing
Belper East [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jacqueline Cox84545.7-2.2
Labour Alan Broughton63534.4+8.8
Independent Les Dorey36819.9+19.9
Majority21011.4-10.0
Turnout 1,84840.7
Conservative hold Swing
Belper North [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Robertson83845.1-5.9
Labour Stephen Holden56830.6+12.3
Liberal Democrats Pamela Bain31016.7-1.1
Green Mike Whittall1417.6-5.3
Majority27014.5-18.2
Turnout 1,85746.2+7.3
Conservative hold Swing
Belper South [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Arnold72239.8-3.2
Labour Erik Johnsen69838.5+10.4
Green Colin Grimley22412.4+12.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Salmon1699.3-19.6
Majority241.3-12.7
Turnout 1,81341.1
Conservative hold Swing
Crich [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gareth Gee53150.6-10.5
Labour Steve Marshall-Clarke29027.6+13.0
Liberal Democrats Christopher Bown22921.8-2.5
Majority24123.0-13.8
Turnout 1,05053.0+10.1
Conservative hold Swing
Duffield [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Bradford1,27960.2+0.0
Labour Patrick Mountain56826.8+26.8
Liberal Democrats Colin Thompson27613.0-26.8
Majority71133.5+13.1
Turnout 2,12354.3
Conservative hold Swing
Heage and Ambergate (2) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maurice Gent1,017
Conservative Angela Ward933
Labour Christine Worth763
Conservative Matthew Joyes716
Liberal Democrats Keith Falconbridge114
Turnout 3,54350.6+13.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Kilburn, Denby and Holbrook [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mel Hall1,50453.0+4.4
Labour John Banks1,12039.5+8.2
BNP Amy Purdy2157.6+7.6
Majority38413.5-3.8
Turnout 2,83945.9
Conservative hold Swing
Ripley [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Joynes1,24843.8+4.4
Labour Tony Holmes1,23443.3+6.5
BNP Alan Edwards2107.4-2.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Gibbons1585.5-8.6
Majority140.5-2.1
Turnout 2,85040.5
Conservative hold Swing
Ripley and Marehay [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lyndsay Cox94647.3+18.6
Conservative Liam Rhodes75737.8-11.5
BNP Kenneth Cooper1708.5-13.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Bedford1286.4+6.4
Majority1899.5
Turnout 2,00143.2+7.1
Labour hold Swing
Shipley Park, Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alex Stevenson1,14450.2+5.5
Labour Eric Lancashire95942.1+8.7
Liberal Democrats Kate Smith1767.7-14.2
Majority1858.1-3.3
Turnout 2,27949.4
Conservative hold Swing
South West Parishes [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Ortonunopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Swanwick [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Hayes90343.4-7.0
Independent George Soudah59328.5+28.5
Labour Emma Sowter52325.1-5.7
BNP Maria Riley-Ward633.0+3.0
Majority31014.9-4.7
Turnout 2,08248.8
Conservative hold Swing
Wingfield [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Valerie Thorpe76170.3-9.5
Labour Geoffrey Johnston26124.1+10.9
Liberal Democrats Ollie Smith615.6-1.4
Majority50046.2-20.4
Turnout 1,08358.4+8.9
Conservative hold Swing

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