2004 Amber Valley Borough Council election

2004 UK local government election

Elections to Amber Valley Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 44%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Conservative 24
Labour 21

Election result

Amber Valley Local Election Result 2004
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	8	0	1	-1	53.3	43.2	13,224	-10.0%
Labour	7	1	0	+1	46.7	43.0	13,167	+6.0%
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	9.8	3,000	+2.2%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	811	+2.7%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	399	-0.9%

Ward results

Alfreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bennett Marlene	1,198	47.3	−6.8
	Conservative	David Wilson	738	29.1	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Gibbons	598	23.6	+11.7
Majority			460	18.2	−1.9
Turnout			2,565	41
	Labour hold		Swing

Belper Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Nelson	1,107	59.7	+0.7
	Labour	Ronald Buzzard	746	40.3	−0.7
Majority			361	19.4	+1.4
Turnout			1,853	46
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belper North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Cox	1,012	47.9	−4.3
	Labour	Peter Shepherd	535	25.3	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Shelley	438	20.7	+9.1
	Independent	Steven Broughton	128	6.1	−1.3
Majority			477	22.6	−0.8
Turnout			2,113	53
	Conservative hold		Swing

Codnor & Waingroves
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Emmas-Williams	1,029	58.6	−8.3
	Conservative	Patricia Bowmar	728	41.4	+8.3
Majority			301	17.2	−16.6
Turnout			1,757	45
	Labour hold		Swing

Heage & Ambergate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Wilde	934	48.7	+9.9
	Labour	Stella Ragsdale	578	30.1	−21.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Cooper	406	21.2	+11.3
Majority			356	18.6
Turnout			1,918	49
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heanor & Loscoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Munro	905	53.9	−11.9
	Conservative	Christopher Jubb	774	46.1	+11.9
Majority			131	7.8	−23.8
Turnout			1,679	42
	Labour hold		Swing

Heanor East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Armstrong	1,147	64.9	+11.1
	Conservative	Linda Edwards-Milsom	619	35.1	+8.4
Majority			528	29.8	+2.7
Turnout			1,766	41
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Heanor West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Celia Cox	683	34.7	−12.4
	BNP	David Orme	515	26.2	+26.2
	Conservative	Jade Wiltshire	451	22.9	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Sarkas-Bosman	320	16.3	−16.0
Majority			168	8.5	−6.3
Turnout			1,969	45
	Labour hold		Swing

Ironville & Riddings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Brown	1,066	55.8	−2.3
	Labour	Paul Smith	845	44.2	+2.3
Majority			221	11.6	−4.6
Turnout			1,911	42
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kilburn, Denby & Holbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Bull	1,363	47.3	+0.1
	Labour	Sasann Reaney	965	33.5	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Benson	553	19.2	+7.7
Majority			398	13.8	+8.0
Turnout			2,881	47
	Conservative hold		Swing

Langley Mill & Aldercar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Mickleburgh	818	54.5	−4.7
	Conservative	Terence Thorpe	278	18.5	−5.0
	Independent	Timothy Knowles	271	18.0	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Falconbridge	135	9.0	+9.0
Majority			540	36.0	+0.3
Turnout			1,502	40
	Labour hold		Swing

Ripley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bowley	1,418	49.1	−1.1
	Labour	Walter Fryer	921	31.9	−17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Catharine Smith	550	19.0	+19.0
Majority			497	17.2	+16.8
Turnout			2,889	43
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ripley & Marehay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Cope	972	50.8	+16.6
	Labour	Michael Missett	941	49.2	−3.9
Majority			31	1.6
Turnout			1,913	44
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shipley Park, Horsley & Horsley Woodhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Mills	1,308	58.5	+21.8
	Labour	Leslie Foster	929	41.5	−5.4
Majority			379	17.0
Turnout			2,237	50
	Conservative hold		Swing

Somercotes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McCabe	927	55.2	−20.7
	Conservative	Sally West	456	27.2	+3.1
	BNP	Steven Belshaw	296	17.6	+17.6
Majority			471	28.0
Turnout			1,679	38
	Labour hold		Swing

External links

BBC report of 2004 Amber Valley election result

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