Amber Valley Council election, 2008

Elections to Amber Valley 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.cite web| url = http://www.ripleyandheanornews.co.uk/news/BNP-gains-in-Amber-Valley.4044402.jp | title = BNP gains in Amber Valley local election | accessdate = 2008-08-07 | date = 2008-05-06 | publisher = "Ripley & Heanor News.co.uk"]

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 29
*Labour 14
*British National Party 2

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 9
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 60.0
votes % = 47.8
votes = 11,489
plus/minus = -0.7%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 4
gain = 0
loss = 3
net = -3
seats % = 26.7
votes % = 32.9
votes = 7,916
plus/minus = +3.5%Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 2
gain = 2
loss = 0
net = +2
seats % = 13.3
votes % = 12.2
votes = 2,936
plus/minus = +7.4%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 5.1
votes = 1,222
plus/minus = -8.0%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 2.1
votes = 494
plus/minus = +0.9%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marlene Bennett
votes = 872
percentage = 48.2
change = -0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Cantrill
votes = 731
percentage = 40.4
change = +14.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Gibbons
votes = 206
percentage = 11.4
change = +1.9Election box majority
votes = 141
percentage = 7.8
change = -15.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,809
percentage = 29.1
change = -4.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Nelson
votes = 894
percentage = 60.7
change = +8.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Dave Wells
votes = 292
percentage = 19.8
change = +19.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ben Hobbs
votes = 286
percentage = 19.4
change = -12.9Election box majority
votes = 602
percentage = 40.9
change = +20.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,472
percentage = 35.2
change = -0.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Cox
votes = 797
percentage = 51.0
change = +10.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ben Bellamy
votes = 286
percentage = 18.3
change = -4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Salmon
votes = 279
percentage = 17.8
change = -15.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Colin Grimley
votes = 202
percentage = 12.9
change = +12.9Election box majority
votes = 511
percentage = 32.7
change = +28.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,564
percentage = 38.9
change = -0.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Chris Emmas-Williams
votes = 573
percentage = 41.7
change = -11.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Philips-Forsyth
votes = 572
percentage = 41.7
change = +8.7Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Alan Warner
votes = 228
percentage = 16.6
change = +16.6Election box majority
votes = 1
percentage = 0.01
change = -19.7Election box turnout
votes = 1,373
percentage = 34.4
change = +1.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Juliette Blake
votes = 1,000
percentage = 68.4
change = +12.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Arnold
votes = 463
percentage = 31.6
change = +1.0Election box majority
votes = 537
percentage = 36.8
change = +11.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,463
percentage = 36.8
change = -2.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Longdon
votes = 513
percentage = 35.6
change = -7.8Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Paul Snell
votes = 512
percentage = 35.5
change = +4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jade Wiltshire
votes = 417
percentage = 28.9
change = +9.5Election box majority
votes = 1
percentage = 0.1
change = -12.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,442
percentage = 35.4
change = -6.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Cliff Roper
votes = 537
percentage = 36.5
change = +36.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Linda Edwards-Milsom
votes = 482
percentage = 32.7
change = -3.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Armstrong
votes = 454
percentage = 30.8
change = -13.6Election box majority
votes = 55
percentage = 3.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,473
percentage = 32.8
change = +3.8Election box gain with party link
winner = British National Party
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Lewis Allesbrook
votes = 727
percentage = 39.6
change = +8.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Celia Cox
votes = 560
percentage = 30.5
change = -1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Steven Grainger
votes = 412
percentage = 22.4
change = +8.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sally McIntosh
votes = 137
percentage = 7.5
change = +7.5Election box majority
votes = 167
percentage = 9.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,836
percentage = 38.9
change = -3.1Election box gain with party link
winner = British National Party
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jack Brown
votes = 900
percentage = 58.6
change = +16.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Johnston
votes = 636
percentage = 41.4
change = -3.6Election box majority
votes = 264
percentage = 17.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,536
percentage = 33.6
change = -0.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Norman Bull
votes = 1,199
percentage = 55.2
change = +7.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Timothy Benson
votes = 441
percentage = 20.3
change = -4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Banks
votes = 277
percentage = 12.8
change = +0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Cyril Smith
votes = 254
percentage = 11.7
change = -4.3Election box majority
votes = 758
percentage = 34.9
change = +12.2Election box turnout
votes = 2,171
percentage = 35.3
change = -2.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Terry Thorpe
votes = 423
percentage = 44.3
change = +8.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Eileen Hamilton
votes = 408
percentage = 42.8
change = -5.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Keith Falconbridge
votes = 123
percentage = 12.9
change = +12.9Election box majority
votes = 15
percentage = 1.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 954
percentage = 22.9
change = -2.1Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Bowley
votes = 1,259
percentage = 59.8
change = +16.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Cutting
votes = 646
percentage = 30.7
change = -10.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Brown
votes = 200
percentage = 9.5
change = -6.5Election box majority
votes = 613
percentage = 29.1
change = +27.3Election box turnout
votes = 2,105
percentage = 31.0
change = -3.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ron Ashton
votes = 827
percentage = 49.3
change = +14.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lyndsey Cox
votes = 482
percentage = 28.7
change = -13.6Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Ken Cooper
votes = 369
percentage = 22.0
change = +10.3Election box majority
votes = 345
percentage = 20.6
change = +13.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,678
percentage = 36.1
change = -0.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nigel Mills
votes = 1,188
percentage = 65.1
change = +6.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Lancashire
votes = 636
percentage = 34.9
change = -6.6Election box majority
votes = 552
percentage = 30.2
change = +13.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,824
percentage = 40.0
change = -2.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John McCabe
votes = 660
percentage = 48.6
change = -14.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sally West
votes = 388
percentage = 28.6
change = -8.1Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = John Dudley
votes = 309
percentage = 22.8
change = +22.8Election box majority
votes = 272
percentage = 20.0
change = -6.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,357
percentage = 29.9
change = +1.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/17ub.stm 2008 Amber Valley election result]
* [http://www.ambervalley.gov.uk/services/governmentpoliticsandpublicadministration/democracyandelections/localelections/ElectionResults.htm Election Results]
* [http://www.belpernews.co.uk/news/Election-results-.4044282.jp Election results]

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