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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.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
- Conservative 29
- Labour 14
- British National Party 2
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 9 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 60.0 | 47.8 | 11,489 | -0.7% | |
Labour | 4 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 26.7 | 32.9 | 7,916 | +3.5% | |
BNP | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 2,936 | +7.4% | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 1,222 | -8.0% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 494 | +0.9% |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Marlene Bennett | 872 | 48.2 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | David Cantrill | 731 | 40.4 | +14.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Gibbons | 206 | 11.4 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 141 | 7.8 | −15.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,809 | 29.1 | −4.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Nelson | 894 | 60.7 | +8.1 | |
Green | Dave Wells | 292 | 19.8 | +19.8 | |
Labour | Ben Hobbs | 286 | 19.4 | −12.9 | |
Majority | 602 | 40.9 | +20.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,472 | 35.2 | −0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Cox | 797 | 51.0 | +10.2 | |
Labour | Ben Bellamy | 286 | 18.3 | −4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Salmon | 279 | 17.8 | −15.4 | |
Green | Colin Grimley | 202 | 12.9 | +12.9 | |
Majority | 511 | 32.7 | +28.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,564 | 38.9 | −0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Emmas-Williams | 573 | 41.7 | −11.0 | |
Conservative | Robert Philips-Forsyth | 572 | 41.7 | +8.7 | |
BNP | Alan Warner | 228 | 16.6 | +16.6 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.01 | −19.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,373 | 34.4 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Juliette Blake | 1,000 | 68.4 | +12.1 | |
Labour | Peter Arnold | 463 | 31.6 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 537 | 36.8 | +11.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,463 | 36.8 | −2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Longdon | 513 | 35.6 | −7.8 | |
BNP | Paul Snell | 512 | 35.5 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Jade Wiltshire | 417 | 28.9 | +9.5 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.1 | −12.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,442 | 35.4 | −6.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Cliff Roper | 537 | 36.5 | +36.5 | |
Conservative | Linda Edwards-Milsom | 482 | 32.7 | −3.9 | |
Labour | Kenneth Armstrong | 454 | 30.8 | −13.6 | |
Majority | 55 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,473 | 32.8 | +3.8 | ||
BNP gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Lewis Allesbrook | 727 | 39.6 | +8.4 | |
Labour | Celia Cox | 560 | 30.5 | −1.5 | |
Conservative | Steven Grainger | 412 | 22.4 | +8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sally McIntosh | 137 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 167 | 9.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,836 | 38.9 | −3.1 | ||
BNP gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jack Brown | 900 | 58.6 | +16.1 | |
Labour | Robert Johnston | 636 | 41.4 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 264 | 17.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,536 | 33.6 | −0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Bull | 1,199 | 55.2 | +7.9 | |
Labour | Timothy Benson | 441 | 20.3 | −4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Banks | 277 | 12.8 | +0.7 | |
BNP | Cyril Smith | 254 | 11.7 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 758 | 34.9 | +12.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,171 | 35.3 | −2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terry Thorpe | 423 | 44.3 | +8.9 | |
Labour | Eileen Hamilton | 408 | 42.8 | −5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Falconbridge | 123 | 12.9 | +12.9 | |
Majority | 15 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 954 | 22.9 | −2.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Bowley | 1,259 | 59.8 | +16.9 | |
Labour | Charles Cutting | 646 | 30.7 | −10.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Brown | 200 | 9.5 | −6.5 | |
Majority | 613 | 29.1 | +27.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,105 | 31.0 | −3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ron Ashton | 827 | 49.3 | +14.0 | |
Labour | Lyndsey Cox | 482 | 28.7 | −13.6 | |
BNP | Ken Cooper | 369 | 22.0 | +10.3 | |
Majority | 345 | 20.6 | +13.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,678 | 36.1 | −0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Mills | 1,188 | 65.1 | +6.6 | |
Labour | Eric Lancashire | 636 | 34.9 | −6.6 | |
Majority | 552 | 30.2 | +13.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,824 | 40.0 | −2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John McCabe | 660 | 48.6 | −14.7 | |
Conservative | Sally West | 388 | 28.6 | −8.1 | |
BNP | John Dudley | 309 | 22.8 | +22.8 | |
Majority | 272 | 20.0 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,357 | 29.9 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "BNP gains in Amber Valley local election". Ripley & Heanor News.co.uk. 6 May 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2008.