Amber Valley council election, 2018

03/05/2018 · 15 wards · 15 seats contested

Most seats
8
Labour Party
Seats contested
15
across 15 wards
Turnout
39.0%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 8 -3 10,417 41.9% +1.3
Conservative and Unionist Party 7 +3 11,723 47.2% +12.2
Green Party 0 +0 1,440 5.8% +1.2
Liberal Democrats 0 +0 1,182 4.8% +2.3
Independent 0 +0 71 0.3% -0.3
National Front 0 +0 30 0.1% +0.0

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2016. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 15
Conservative and Unionist Party 15
Labour Party 15
Liberal Democrats 15
Green Party 10
Independent 1
National Front 1

A party standing a full slate could field 15 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Alfreton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Walker Elected 993 59.4% +5.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Colin Boyce 555 33.2% +13.5
Green Party Leo Swarvett 75 4.5% +1.6
Liberal Democrats Kate Smith 49 2.9% -2.1
Majority438
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,672

Labour Party hold

Belper East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Fay Atkinson Elected 812 44.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin Tomlinson 753 41.6% —
Liberal Democrats Adam Alexander Raphael 164 9.1% —
Green Party Julie Wozniczka 79 4.4% —
Majority59
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,808

Belper South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Carol Angharad Elected 811 47.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Timothy Robert Sutton 629 37.0% —
Green Party Sue MacFarlane 130 7.6% —
Independent Steven Benjamin Ralph White 71 4.2% —
Liberal Democrats Richard Alan Salmon 60 3.5% —
Majority182
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,701

Codnor and Waingroves

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Isobel Harry Elected 689 51.2% -2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Matt Murray 615 45.7% +19.9
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Quentin Miles 43 3.2% +1.6
Majority74
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,347

Labour Party hold

Duffield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Short Elected 898 48.0% —
Green Party Dave Wells 637 34.1% —
Labour Party Patrick Mountain 225 12.0% —
Liberal Democrats Andrea Nove 110 5.9% —
Majority261
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,870

Heanor East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Henry Thompson Elected 669 49.8% +19.3
Labour Party Frank Carmichael 583 43.4% +4.9
Liberal Democrats Jerry Marler 92 6.8% +3.8
Majority86
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,344

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Heanor West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Steven Grainger Elected 698 46.7% +18.1
Labour Party Paul Jones 670 44.8% +2.3
Green Party Lian Pizzey 78 5.2% +2.5
Liberal Democrats Chris Oakley 49 3.3% +0.2
Majority28
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,495

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Heanor and Loscoe

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Hannah Mary Stirland Elected 654 48.0% +7.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Sue Iliffe 620 45.5% +19.4
Green Party James Brooks 60 4.4% +1.3
Liberal Democrats James John Morrissey 29 2.1% -0.6
Majority34
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,363

Labour Party hold

Ironville and Riddings

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Paul James Smith Elected 917 54.4% +14.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Pete Clark 703 41.7% +0.8
Liberal Democrats George William Turner 66 3.9% +2.0
Majority214
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,686

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Kilburn, Denby and Holbrook

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Trevor Ainsworth Elected 1,345 57.4% +9.8
Labour Party Sam Hart 785 33.5% +3.2
Liberal Democrats Sue Allen 113 4.8% +0.9
Green Party Steve Kennedy 99 4.2% -0.2
Majority560
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,342

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Langley Mill and Aldercar

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Eileen Hamilton Elected 535 48.7% +5.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Victoria Jane Stevenson 488 44.4% +11.8
Liberal Democrats Joanna Jones 45 4.1% +2.8
National Front Timothy Knowles 30 2.7% +1.5
Majority47
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,098

Labour Party hold

Ripley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Sean Carter Elected 1,207 49.6% +10.5
Labour Party Roland Emmas-Williams 1,061 43.6% +3.3
Liberal Democrats Richard Smeeton 89 3.7% +1.7
Green Party Will MacFarlane 75 3.1% +0.5
Majority146
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,432

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Shipley Park, Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Iliffe Elected 1,172 64.3% +12.4
Labour Party Christine Elizabeth Venables 436 23.9% +1.7
Liberal Democrats Jacob Matthew Holt 117 6.4% +3.3
Green Party Tina Pritchard 97 5.3% +1.6
Majority736
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,822

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Somercotes

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Brian Lyttle Elected 789 66.6% +7.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Kat Moss 358 30.2% +17.1
Liberal Democrats Colin Thompson 37 3.1% +0.8
Majority431
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,184

Labour Party hold

Swanwick

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Wilson Elected 1,013 59.6% —
Labour Party Charlie Robinson 457 26.9% —
Liberal Democrats Joel Ross Hunt 119 7.0% —
Green Party Steve Elliott 110 6.5% —
Majority556
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,699

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