2012 Amber Valley Borough Council election

Elections to Amber Valley Borough Council in Derbyshire, England took place on Thursday 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council. Overall turnout in this election was 33.28 per cent.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Conservative 24
Labour 21

Election result

Amber Valley election result 2012
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	10	6	0	+6	62.5	50.4	12,068
Conservative	6	0	4	-4	37.5	36.4	8,704
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	4.8	1,153
BNP	0	0	2	-2	0	4.1	990
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	386
Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	328
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	210
National Front	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	99

Ward results

Alfreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marlene Bennett	1202	69.2	20.8
	Conservative	Kat Moss	447	25.73	−14.41
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jelf	75	4.32	−10.39
Rejected ballots
Majority			755	43.47
Turnout			1737 of 6307	27.54%
	Labour hold		Swing

Belper Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Nelson	627	42.19	−18.73
	Labour	Ben Bellamy	450	30.28	10.57
	Green	Dave Wells	328	22.07	2.16
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Benson	71	4.78	0.05
Rejected ballots
Majority			177	11.91
Turnout			1486 of 4357	34.11%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belper North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Cox	647	44.1	−6.96
	Labour	Erik Johnsen	584	39.81	21.71
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Benson	226	15.41	−2.26
Rejected ballots
Majority			63	4.29
Turnout			1467 of 4068	36.06%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Codnor and Waingroves
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Emmas-Williams	825	57.94	17.73
	Conservative	Robert Phillips-Forsyth	339	23.81	−17.66
	UKIP	Ann Fox	198	13.9	13.9
	BNP	Emma Roper	59	4.14	−16.57
Rejected ballots
Majority			486	34.13
Turnout			1424 of 3945	36.1%
	Labour hold		Swing

Heage and Ambergate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Ward	668	42.44	−28.35
	Labour	David Farrelly	634	40.28	8.35
	Independent	Jack Evans	210	13.34	13.34
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Tomkins	57	3.62	3.62
Rejected ballots
Majority			34	2.16
Turnout			1574 of 4100	38.39%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heanor and Loscoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Longdon	783	56.82	21.45
	Conservative	Ella McManus	350	25.4	−3.92
	BNP	Ken Cooper	245	17.78	−17.51
Rejected ballots
Majority			433	31.42
Turnout			1385 of 4137	33.48%
	Labour hold		Swing

Heanor East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Hill	744	52.37	21.18
	Conservative	Gary Wells	391	26.15	−6.72
	BNP	Cliff Roper	384	19	−17.46
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Falconbridge	69	4.62	0.05
Rejected ballots
Majority			351	26.22
Turnout			1495 of 4606	32.46%
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing

Heanor West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Janes	838	56.2	25.5
	Conservative	Richard Iliffe	381	25.55	3.56
	BNP	Adrian Hickman	272	18.24	−21.16
Rejected ballots
Majority			457	30.65
Turnout			1500 of 4774	31.42%
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing

Ironville and Riddings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Walker	705	47	5.59
	Conservative	Jack Brown	688	45.87	−22.59
	Liberal Democrats	Ollie Smith	97	6.47	6.47
Rejected ballots
Majority			17	1.13
Turnout			1500 of 4675	32.09%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Kilburn, Denby and Holbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Bull	1071
	Conservative	Kevin Buttery	1066
	Labour	John Banks	871
	Labour	Matthew Cruckshank	811
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Tomkins	215
Rejected ballots
Majority			195
Turnout			2192 of 6226	35.21%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Langley Mill & Aldercar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Gration	688	60.51	18.23
	Conservative	Terry Thorpe	354	31.13	−13.34
	National Front	Timothy Knowles	99	8.7	−12.8
Rejected ballots
Majority			334	29.38
Turnout			1137 of 4104	27.70
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Ripley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Holmes	1409	57.79	27.1
	Conservative	David Bowley	905	37.12	−22.81
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Gibbons	106	4.35	−5.5
Rejected ballots
Majority			504	20.67
Turnout			2438 of 7060	34.73
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Ripley & Marehay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mick Wilson	891	51	22.28
	Conservative	Ron Ashton	638	36.52	−22.81
	BNP	Alan Edwards	130	7.44	−21.02
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bedford	76	4.35	4.35
Rejected ballots
Majority			253	14.48
Turnout			1747 of 4670	37.41
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Shipley Park, Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Stevenson	971	57.87	7.13
	Labour	Stephen Holden	587	34.98	0.11
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Smith	104	6.2	6.2
Rejected ballots
Majority			404	22.88
Turnout			1678 of 4621	36.71%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Somercotes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McCabe	857	64.19	17.36
	Conservative	Ian Smith	226	16.93	−11.59
	UKIP	Paul Bailey	188	14.08	14.08
	Liberal Democrats	Joel Hunt	57	4.2	−12
Rejected ballots
Majority			631	47.26
Turnout			1335 of 4754	28.08%
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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