2015 Amber Valley Borough Council election

The 2015 Amber Valley Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Amber Valley Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives gained two seats and thereby retook control of the council.

2015 local election results in Amber Valley

After the election the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 24
• Labour 21

Election result

Amber Valley Local Election Result 2015

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	14	2	0	+2	93	47.7	20605
	Labour	1	0	2	-2	7	29.2	12627
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	4979
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	3456
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	1118
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	439

Ward results

Percentage change in party votes are from the last time the ward was contested. This may have been 2011, 2013 or 2014.

Alfreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gail Dolman	1626	45.6	−9.0
	Conservative	Kat Moss	985	27.6	+12.8
	UKIP	Anthony Spencer	718	20.2	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Thornton	121	3.4	+1.0
	Green	Chris Parker	113	3.2	+3.2
Majority			641	18.0
Turnout			3563	57.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Alport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Taylor	1126	67.8	−2.5
	Labour	Phil Whitney	323	19.5	−10.2
	Green	Steve Kennedy	211	12.7	+12.7
Majority			803	48.3
Turnout			1660	76.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belper Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Booth	1320	42.8	+0.6
	Labour	Dick Watson	965	31.3	+1.0
	UKIP	David Fisher	400	13.0	+13.0
	Green	Dave Wells	396	12.9	−9.2
Majority			355	11.5
Turnout			3081	68.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belper East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Cox	1515	47.1	+8.9
	Labour	Ben Bellamy	980	30.5	−4.4
	UKIP	Roy Snape	491	15.3	−7.2
	Green	John Devine	230	7.2	+7.2
Majority			535	16.6
Turnout			3216	67.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belper North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Booth	1229	42.0	−2.1
	Labour	Steve Holden	733	25.1	−14.3
	Green	Sue MacFarlane	515	17.6	+17.6
	UKIP	Ashley Harrison	447	15.3	+15.3
Majority			496	16.9
Turnout			2924	72.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belper South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Hillier	1214	40.8	+10.2
	Labour	Alan Broughton	898	30.2	−7.2
	UKIP	Ashleigh Lloyd-Selby	445	15.0	−11.5
	Green	Sue Devine	419	14.1	+14.1
Majority			316	10.6
Turnout			2976	65.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Gee	784	52.3	+1.7
	Labour	Ro MacKenzie	425	28.4	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Smith	180	12.0	−9.8
	Green	Julie Wozniczka	109	7.3	+7.3
Majority			359	23.9
Turnout			1498	74.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Duffield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Evanson	1901	63.6	+12.4
	Labour	Carol Angharad	581	19.4	−4.0
	Green	Kate Howard	273	9.1	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Salmon	234	7.8	−1.2
Majority			1320	44.2
Turnout			2989	74.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heage and Ambergate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Valerie Taylor	1264	42.2	+9.9
	Labour	David Farrelly	1038	34.7	−7.6
	UKIP	Mitch Blakeman	440	14.7	−6.7
	Green	Sandy Devine	163	5.4	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Wootton	90	3.0	−1.1
Majority			226	7.5
Turnout			2995	74.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Kilburn, Denby and Holbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Buttery	2212	49.7	+8.9
	Labour	John Banks	1210	27.2	−2.8
	UKIP	Adrian Nathan	664	14.9	−10.4
	Green	Lian Pizzey	203	4.6	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Welsby	163	3.7	−0.3
Majority			1002	22.5
Turnout			4452	70.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ripley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Moss	1836	40.6	+9.5
	Labour	Antony Tester	1572	34.7	−3.1
	UKIP	Paula Parkin	811	17.9	−6.4
	Green	Tony Youens	165	3.6	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jelf	140	3.1	+0.3
Majority			264	5.9
Turnout			4524	64.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ripley and Marehay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Aston	1273	42.5	+6.0
	Labour	Lyndsay Cox	1089	36.3	−14.7
	UKIP	Garry Smith	454	15.2	+15.2
	Green	Phil Taylor	109	3.6	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Fay Whitehead	71	2.4	−2.0
Majority			184	6.2	N/A
Turnout			2996	66.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

South West Parishes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathryn Jane Orton	1347	78.1
	Green	Matt McGuinness	377	21.9
Majority			970	55.2
Turnout			1724	76.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Hayes	1679	52.4	+16.0
	Labour	Timothy Benson	885	27.6	+4.7
	Independent	George Soudah	439	13.7	−5.7
	Green	Jackie Blackett	124	3.9	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Tomkins	79	2.5	0.0
Majority			796	24.8
Turnout			3206	73.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wingfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Valerie Thorpe	920	64.8	−5.5
	Labour	Geoffrey Johnston	302	21.3	−2.8
	UKIP	Ann Fox	109	7.7	+7.7
	Green	Mike Jones	49	3.5	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ollie Smith	40	2.8	−2.8
Majority			618	43.5
Turnout			1420	76.0
	Conservative hold		Swing