2010 Amber Valley Borough Council election
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The 2010 Amber Valley Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 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]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Campaign
[edit]15 seats were contested in the election by a total of 50 candidates.[3]
The Conservatives campaigned on their record of controlling the council for the previous 10 years, pointing to keeping council tax increases low and plans to regenerate local towns.[4] However Labour pledged to appoint people as area managers who would be a contact point for people to bring any problems and planned to use compulsory purchase orders to bring empty properties into use.[4] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats targeted seats in Belper and Duffield campaigning on regeneration, recycling and litter, while the British National Party hoped to increase on the 2 seats they held in Heanor.[4]
Election result
[edit]The results saw no change in the party balance as Labour held the 8 seats they had been defending and the Conservatives the other 7 seats, meaning the Conservatives remained in control of the council.[5] Neither the Liberal Democrats or British National Party won any seats, with the British National Party vote dropping in Heanor where it held 2 seats.[5]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.3 | 35.8 | 17,024 | +2.9% | |
Conservative | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.7 | 40.2 | 19,154 | -7.6% | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.5 | 8,352 | +12.4% | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 2,725 | -6.5% | |
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 185 | +0.4% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 164 | +0.3% |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Walker | 1,805 | 47.7 | −0.5 | |
Conservative | David Cantrill | 1,094 | 28.9 | −11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kieran Harley | 566 | 15.0 | +3.6 | |
BNP | Michael White | 319 | 8.4 | +8.4 | |
Majority | 711 | 18.8 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,784 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Tomlinson | 1,533 | 47.9 | −4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Clark | 848 | 26.5 | +8.2 | |
Labour | Ben Bellamy | 818 | 25.6 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 685 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,199 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Anderson | 1,247 | 43.0 | −6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Emily Bamford | 840 | 28.9 | +28.9 | |
Labour | Richard Salmon | 816 | 28.1 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 407 | 14.0 | −4.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,903 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Parkes | 1,159 | 43.3 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Robert Phillips-Forsyth | 1,127 | 42.1 | +0.4 | |
BNP | Ken Cooper | 391 | 14.6 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 32 | 1.2 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,677 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Short | 1,768 | 60.2 | −3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin Thompson | 1,169 | 39.8 | +24.5 | |
Majority | 599 | 20.4 | −22.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,937 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob Moon | 1,264 | 46.4 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | Janet Russell | 874 | 32.1 | +3.2 | |
BNP | Paul Snell | 584 | 21.5 | −14.0 | |
Majority | 390 | 14.3 | +14.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,722 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barry Aistrop | 1,038 | 35.9 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Alex Stevenson | 965 | 33.3 | +0.6 | |
BNP | Emma Roper | 451 | 15.6 | −20.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Jelf | 440 | 15.2 | +15.2 | |
Majority | 73 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,894 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Jones | 1,160 | 37.6 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | Linda Edwards-Milsom | 970 | 31.4 | +9.0 | |
BNP | Maria Riley-Ward | 542 | 17.6 | −22.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gavin Sarkas-Bosman | 416 | 13.5 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 190 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,088 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Smith | 1,457 | 48.7 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | David Harrison | 1,087 | 36.3 | −22.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Judith Woolley | 448 | 15.0 | +15.0 | |
Majority | 370 | 12.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,992 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jean Gemmell | 2,097 | 48.6 | −6.6 | |
Labour | John Banks | 1,352 | 31.3 | +11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Tomkins | 869 | 20.1 | +7.3 | |
Majority | 745 | 17.3 | −17.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,318 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eileen Hamilton | 931 | 38.4 | −4.4 | |
Conservative | Liam Rhodes | 753 | 31.1 | −13.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Bown | 390 | 16.1 | +3.2 | |
National Front | Timothy Knowles | 185 | 7.6 | +7.6 | |
Independent | Jo Ward | 164 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 178 | 7.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,423 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Liz Bowley | 1,779 | 39.4 | −20.4 | |
Labour | David Williams | 1,662 | 36.8 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Gibbons | 635 | 14.1 | +4.6 | |
BNP | Nathan Wilde | 438 | 9.7 | +9.7 | |
Majority | 117 | 2.6 | −26.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,514 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kevin Parkinson | 1,491 | 44.7 | −20.4 | |
Labour | Eric Lancashire | 1,112 | 33.4 | −1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Paget | 729 | 21.9 | +21.9 | |
Majority | 379 | 11.4 | −18.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,332 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Lyttle | 1,443 | 54.9 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Kat Moss | 759 | 28.9 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Falconbridge | 427 | 16.2 | +16.2 | |
Majority | 684 | 26.0 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,629 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Allen King | 1,610 | 50.4 | +11.7 | |
Labour | Timothy Benson | 983 | 30.8 | +15.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Bedford | 599 | 18.8 | +14.3 | |
Majority | 627 | 19.6 | +15.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,192 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Amber Valley". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ a b "Local elections 2010". London: guardian.co.uk. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ "Amber Valley Borough Council". Derby Telegraph. 28 April 2010. p. 15.
- ^ a b c Green, Kirsty; Jones, Chris (28 April 2010). "Be prepared to vote in the other election that will have big impact on local services". Derby Telegraph. p. 14.
- ^ a b Jones, Caroline (8 May 2010). "Amber Valley Tories follow MP's success by retaining council seats". Derby Telegraph. p. 4.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Local Elections 2010: Amber Valley". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 17 May 2011.