2008 Amber Valley Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2008 Amber Valley council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and British National Party in dark blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2008.

Elections to Amber Valley Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council.

The election saw the British National Party gain two seats from the Labour Party in Heanor West and Heanor East and come within one vote in Heanor and Loscoe ward.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 29
• Labour 14
• British National Party 2

Election result

Amber Valley Local Election Result 2008

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
		9	1	0	+1	60.0	47.8	11,489	-0.7%
		4	0	3	-3	26.7	32.9	7,916	+3.5%
		2	2	0	+2	13.3	12.2	2,936	+7.4%
		0	0	0	0	0	5.1	1,222	-8.0%
		0	0	0	0	0	2.1	494	+0.9%

Ward results

Alfreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Marlene Bennett	872	48.2
		David Cantrill	731	40.4
		Paul Gibbons	206	11.4
Majority			141	7.8
Turnout			1,809	29.1
	hold		Swing

Belper Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Nelson	894	60.7
		Dave Wells	292	19.8
		Ben Hobbs	286	19.4
Majority			602	40.9
Turnout			1,472	35.2
	hold		Swing

Belper North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Alan Cox	797	51.0
		Ben Bellamy	286	18.3
		Richard Salmon	279	17.8
		Colin Grimley	202	12.9
Majority			511	32.7
Turnout			1,564	38.9
	hold		Swing

Codnor & Waingroves

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Chris Emmas-Williams	573	41.7
		Robert Philips-Forsyth	572	41.7
		Alan Warner	228	16.6
Majority			1	0.01
Turnout			1,373	34.4
	hold		Swing

Heage & Ambergate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Juliette Blake	1,000	68.4
		Peter Arnold	463	31.6
Majority			537	36.8
Turnout			1,463	36.8
	hold		Swing

Heanor & Loscoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Alan Longdon	513	35.6
		Paul Snell	512	35.5
		Jade Wiltshire	417	28.9
Majority			1	0.1
Turnout			1,442	35.4
	hold		Swing

Heanor East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Cliff Roper	537	36.5
		Linda Edwards-Milsom	482	32.7
		Kenneth Armstrong	454	30.8
Majority			55	3.8
Turnout			1,473	32.8
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Heanor West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lewis Allesbrook	727	39.6
		Celia Cox	560	30.5
		Steven Grainger	412	22.4
		Sally McIntosh	137	7.5
Majority			167	9.1
Turnout			1,836	38.9
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Ironville & Riddings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jack Brown	900	58.6
		Robert Johnston	636	41.4
Majority			264	17.2
Turnout			1,536	33.6
	hold		Swing

Kilburn, Denby & Holbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Norman Bull	1,199	55.2
		Timothy Benson	441	20.3
		John Banks	277	12.8
		Cyril Smith	254	11.7
Majority			758	34.9
Turnout			2,171	35.3
	hold		Swing

Langley Mill & Aldercar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Terry Thorpe	423	44.3
		Eileen Hamilton	408	42.8
		Keith Falconbridge	123	12.9
Majority			15	1.5
Turnout			954	22.9
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Ripley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		David Bowley	1,259	59.8
		Charles Cutting	646	30.7
		Christopher Brown	200	9.5
Majority			613	29.1
Turnout			2,105	31.0
	hold		Swing

Ripley & Marehay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ron Ashton	827	49.3
		Lyndsey Cox	482	28.7
		Ken Cooper	369	22.0
Majority			345	20.6
Turnout			1,678	36.1
	hold		Swing

Shipley Park, Horsley & Horsley Woodhouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Nigel Mills	1,188	65.1
		Eric Lancashire	636	34.9
Majority			552	30.2
Turnout			1,824	40.0
	hold		Swing

Somercotes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John McCabe	660	48.6
		Sally West	388	28.6
		John Dudley	309	22.8
Majority			272	20.0
Turnout			1,357	29.9
	hold		Swing

References

• 2008 Amber Valley election result
• Election Results
• Election results