2016 Amber Valley Borough Council election

Elections to Amber Valley Borough Council in Derbyshire, England took place on Thursday 5 May 2016. One third of the council seats were up for election and after the election the Conservative party continued to hold overall control of the council.

2016 local election results in Amber Valley

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 23
• Labour 22

Election result

Amber Valley election result 2016

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	2	1	+1	73.3	40.6	9,800
	Conservative	4	1	2	-1	27.7	34.9	8,418
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	16.8	4,047
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.6	1,101
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	592
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	131
	National Front	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	29

Ward results

Percentage change in party votes are from the last time the ward was contested. This is either 2014 or 2015.

Alfreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marlene Bennett	981	53.2	+7.6
	Conservative	Kat Moss	360	19.5	-8.1
	UKIP	Pete Twiname	342	18.6	-1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Foulds	91	4.9	+1.5
	Green	Leo Swarvett	53	2.9	-0.3
Rejected ballots			15
Majority			621	33.7
Turnout			1842
	Labour hold		Swing

Belper Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maurice Neville	761	41.7	+10.4
	Conservative	John Nelson	627	34.4	-8.4
	Green	Dave Wells	151	8.3	-4.6
	UKIP	John Young	149	8.2	-4.8
	Independent	Dave Fisher	131	7.2	+7.2
Rejected ballots			4
Majority			134	7.3
Turnout			1823
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Belper North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Bellamy	662	37.8	+12.7
	Conservative	Alan Cox	576	32.9	-9.1
	Green	Sue MacFarlane	307	17.5	-0.1
	UKIP	Dennis Smith	160	9.1	-6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Salmon	35	2.0	+2.0
Rejected ballots			11
Majority			86	4.9
Turnout			1751
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Codnor and Waingroves

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Emmas-Williams	702	53.4	+11.5
	Conservative	Linda Edwards-Milsom	337	25.6	+0.8
	UKIP	Gaz Smith	212	16.1	-12.1
	Green	Jackie Blackett	37	2.8	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Fay Whitehead	21	1.6	-0.7
Rejected ballots			5
Majority			365	27.8
Turnout			1314
	Labour hold		Swing

Heage and Ambergate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Ward	749	46.7	+4.5
	Labour	Paul Lobley	579	36.1	+1.4
	UKIP	Ian Gillatt	168	10.5	-4.2
	Green	William MacFarlane	69	4.3	-1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Wootton	36	2.2	-0.8
Rejected ballots			3
Majority			170	10.6
Turnout			1604
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heanor and Loscoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kieran Hill	541	40.1	-0.1
	UKIP	Geoffrey Aldwinckle	370	27.4	-6.9
	Conservative	Julie Whitmore	349	25.9	+3.4
	Green	James Brooks	42	3.1	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Morton	37	2.7	-0.3
Rejected ballots			9
Majority			171	12.7
Turnout			1348
	Labour hold		Swing

Heanor East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Oakes	536	38.2	-4.8
	Conservative	Mark Burrell	425	30.3	+4.3
	UKIP	Philip Rose	342	24.4	-3.7
	Green	Julie Wozniczka	49	3.5	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	George White	42	3.0	0.0
Rejected ballots			10
Majority			111	7.9
Turnout			1404
	Labour hold		Swing

Heanor West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Teresa Curran	597	42.2	+1.8
	Conservative	Steven Grainger	401	28.4	+5.4
	UKIP	Chris Flude	325	23.0	-9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Joel Hunt	43	3.0	-1.1
	Green	Mike Jones	38	2.7	+2.7
Rejected ballots			10
Majority			196	13.8
Turnout			1414
	Labour hold		Swing

Ironville and Riddings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Brown	630	40.7	+8.8
	Labour	Paul Wardle	616	39.8	-8.1
	UKIP	Stuart Bent	227	14.7	-3.2
	Green	Steve Kennedy	37	2.4	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ollie Smith	30	1.9	-0.4
Rejected ballots			8
Majority			14	0.9
Turnout			1548
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Kilburn, Denby and Holbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Norman Bull	1086	47.5	-2.2
	Labour	Christine Venables	691	30.2	+3.0
	UKIP	Roy Snape	312	13.6	-1.3
	Green	Kate Howard	102	4.5	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Welsby	90	3.9	+0.2
Rejected ballots			7
Majority			395	17.3
Turnout			2288
	Conservative hold		Swing

Langley Mill & Aldercar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Gration	486	43.5	-0.1
	Conservative	Rosie Webster	363	32.5	+8.7
	UKIP	Tony Warren	219	19.6	-10.6
	Green	Christina Smith	15	1.3	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Thornton	14	1.3	-1.2
	National Front	Timothy Knowles	14	1.3	+1.3
Rejected ballots			5
Majority			123	11.0
Turnout			1116
	Labour hold		Swing

Ripley & Marehay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mick Wilson	640	41.9	+5.6
	Conservative	Matt Murray	560	36.6	-5.9
	UKIP	John Pass	237	15.5	+0.3
	Green	Tony Youens	46	3.0	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Clym Stock-Williams	25	1.6	-0.8
	National Front	Michael Sharpe	15	1.0	+1.0
Rejected ballots			5
Majority			80	5.3
Turnout			1528
	Labour hold		Swing

Ripley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Holmes	869	40.1	+5.4
	Conservative	Sean Carter	845	39.0	-1.6
	UKIP	Paula Parkin	345	15.9	-2.0
	Green	Phil Taylor	55	2.5	-1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jelf	43	2.0	-1.1
Rejected ballots			8
Majority			24	1.1
Turnout			2165
	Labour hold		Swing

Shipley Park, Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Stevenson	945	51.6	+10.8
	Labour	Antony Tester	404	22.1	+1.7
	UKIP	Ade Nathan	348	19.0	-9.2
	Green	Matt McGuinness	68	3.7	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Smith	56	3.1	-2.0
Rejected ballots			10
Majority			541	29.5
Turnout			1831
	Conservative hold		Swing

Somercotes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McCabe	735	58.4	+1.5
	UKIP	Paul Price	291	23.1	-1.5
	Conservative	Colin Boyce	165	13.1	-2.0
	Green	Steve Elliott	32	2.5	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Elsie Situnayake	29	2.3	-1.0
Rejected ballots			6
Majority			444	25.3
Turnout			1258
	Labour hold		Swing

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