2007 Amber Valley Borough Council election

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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	+/−
		13	1	0	+1	86.7	48.5	10,503	+5.3%
		2	0	1	-1	13.3	29.4	6,378	-10.0%
		0	0	0	0	0	13.1	2,848	+13.1%
		0	0	0	0	0	4.8	1,048	+0.1%
		0	0	0	0	0	2.9	634	+2.9%
		0	0	0	0	0	1.2	260	+0.1%

1 Conservative candidate was unopposed.

Ward results

Alfreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gail Dolman	1,003	48.5
		Paul West	527	25.5
		Michael White	344	16.6
		Keith Falconbridge	196	9.5
Majority			476	23.0
Turnout			2,070	33.6
	hold		Swing

Alport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Deborah Biss	710	78.2
		Sue Reaney	198	21.8
Majority			512	56.4
Turnout			908	45.3
	hold		Swing

Belper Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Peter Makin	781	52.6
		Peter Shepard	479	32.3
		Janet Thompson	225	15.2
Majority			302	20.3
Turnout			1,485	36.1
	hold		Swing

Belper East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Les Dorey	688	52.6
		Randall Sanders	381	29.1
		Timothy Clark	240	18.3
Majority			307	23.5
Turnout			1,309	29.7
	hold		Swing

Belper North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Barry Lewis	641	40.8
		Hassan Dervish	569	36.2
		Joyce Sanders	362	23.0
Majority			72	4.6
Turnout			1,572	39.6
	hold		Swing

Belper South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Peter Arnold	658	49.5
		Ron Buzzard	412	31.0
		Dave Wells	260	19.5
Majority			246	18.5
Turnout			1,330	34.1
	hold		Swing

Crich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gill Taylor	508	61.1
		Kate Smith	202	24.3
		Janis Gregory	121	14.6
Majority			306	36.8
Turnout			831	42.9
	hold		Swing

Duffield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Stuart Bradford	1,005	63.7
		Di Hancock	331	21.0
		Colin Thompson	242	15.3
Majority			674	42.7
Turnout			1,578	42.8
	hold		Swing

Heage & Ambergate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Angela Ward	878	56.3
		Christine Worth	477	30.6
		Margaret Tomkins	205	13.1
Majority			401	25.7
Turnout			1,560	39.6
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Kilburn, Denby & Holbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mel Hall	1,098	47.3
		Terry Foster	571	24.6
		Alan Warner	372	16.0
		John Banks	281	12.1
Majority			527	22.7
Turnout			2,322	38.0
	hold		Swing

Ripley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		David Wilson	965	42.9
		Charles Cutting	925	41.1
		Michael Bedford	359	16.0
Majority			40	1.8
Turnout			2,249	34.3
	hold		Swing

Ripley & Marehay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Geoff Carlile	714	42.3
		Robert Phillips-Forsyth	597	35.3
		Paul Snell	197	11.7
		Phil Boothroyd	181	10.7
Majority			117	7.0
Turnout			1,689	36.7
	hold		Swing

South West Parishes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Simon Hitchcock	unopposed
	hold		Swing

Swanwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Stephen Hayes	719	38.7
		George Soudah	634	34.2
		Isobel Harry	284	15.3
		Clifford Roper	135	7.3
		Gordon Monaghan	84	4.5
Majority			85	4.5
Turnout			1,856	43.3
	hold		Swing

Wingfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Valerie Thorpe	728	79.8
		David Williams	120	13.2
		Elsie Situnayake	64	7.0
Majority			608	66.6
Turnout			912	49.5
	hold		Swing

External links

• BBC report of 2007 Amber Valley election result