2023 Amber Valley Borough Council election

2023 Amber Valley Borough Council Election
All 42 seats for Amber Valley Borough Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing ward results for the 2023 election
Leader before election; Kevin Buttery; Conservative	Leader after election ; TBD;

The 2023 Amber Valley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023^[1] to elect all 42 councillors for Amber Valley Borough Council. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Following the boundary review by the Local Government Boundary Commission, this was the first election under the new boundaries. In addition to the new ward boundaries the council was no longer elected by thirds, with the whole council elected once every 4 years. ^[2] Along with Derby City Council, who also changed to whole council elections in 2023, Amber Valley was the last authority in Derbyshire to switch to whole council elections. The last election where all members were elected was at the 2000 election.^[3]

Under the boundary review, the number of councillors elected was reduced from 45 to 42. Prior to the election the council was led by Conservative councillor Kevin Buttery, who had been leader since May 2021. He chose not to stand for re-election.^[4]

Results

2023 Amber Valley Borough Council Election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	42	26	18	3	+15	62%
	Conservative	42	7	0	21	-21	17%
	Green	28	6	3	0	+3	14%
	Belper Independents	7	2	2	0	+2	5%
	Liberal Democrats	25	1	1	0	+1	2%
	Reform UK	28	0	0	0	0	0%
	SDP	1	0	0	0	0	0%
	National Front	1	0	0	0	0	0%

Council Composition

After the 2022 election, the composition of the council was:^[5]

↓
30	11	3	1
Conservative	Labour	Green	Ind

Prior to the 2023 election, through a number of suspensions^[6] and defections,^[7] the composition of the council was:

↓
25	9	5	3	3
Conservative	Labour	Independent	Green	Belper Independent

After the 2023 election, the composition of the council was:

↓
26	7	6	2	1
Labour	Conservative	Green	Belper Independent	Lib Dem

Ward Results

Alfreton

Alfreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Steve Marshall-Clarke	828	49
	Labour	Gail Dolman	809
	Labour	Keith Michael Wood	763
	Conservative	Colin Boyce	443	26
	Conservative	Brian David Cantrill	403
	Conservative	Frances Mary Cantrill	402
	Green	Russ Hubber	157	9
	Reform UK	Billy Bowles	143	9
	Reform UK	Helen Rachael Gent	131
	Reform UK	Paul Price	123
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Quentin Miles	104	6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Robin Gibbons	100
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Marguerite Nilsen	92
Turnout			1645	25
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Alport & South West Parishes

Previously two single member wards of Alport and South West Parishes

Alport & South West Parishes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Harry Taylor	868	42
	Conservative	Jane Orton	846
	Green	Godfrey Meynell	496	24
	Labour	Diana Hancock	455	22
	Labour	Mary Patricia Dwyer	450
	Liberal Democrats	Michael John Heap	165	8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Roy Stanton	143
	Reform UK	Freddie Theobald	100	5
Turnout			1914	42
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belper East

Belper East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tracey Hill	978
	Labour	John Christopher Porter	928
	Belper Independents	Fay Atkinson	890
	Conservative	John Nelson	867
	Belper Independents	Ruth Frances Bellamy	852
	Labour	Sally Mary Orman-Chan	816
	Conservative	Michael Greatbatch	787
	Belper Independents	Jonni Bishop	729
	Conservative	John Crawley	673
	Green	Sue Devine	469
	Green	Julie Christine Wozniczka	372
	Green	Mark Andrew Simmons	329
	Liberal Democrats	John Morrissey	234
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Alan Salmon	124
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Martin Scrase	73
Turnout			3225	40
	Labour hold		Swing
	Belper Independents hold		Swing
	Labour win (new seat)

Belper North

Belper North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Emma Louise Monkman	783
	Belper Independents	Ben Rupert Edward Bellamy	663
	Labour Co-op	James Butler	600
	Conservative	Gary John Spendlove	570
	Conservative	James Daniel Kerry	481
	Belper Independents	Jyoti Michael Wilkinson	378
	Green	Jane Ellen Margaret Harlow	340
	Green	Rachael Sarah Willshaw	318
Turnout			2155	45
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Belper Independents hold		Swing

Belper South

Belper South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Gez Kinsella	826
	Green	Jamie Alexander Walls	790
	Conservative	Ben Miller	268
	Conservative	David Smith	218
	Labour Co-op	Lyndy Urquhart	207
	Labour Co-op	Patrick William Mountain	191
	Belper Independents	Luke Dale Clayton Ploughman	121
	Belper Independents	Neil Ploughman	79
	Reform UK	Laure Jane Brunelleschi	46
Turnout			1737	40
	Green hold		Swing
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar

Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Emmas-Williams	871
	Labour	Eileen Hamilton	702
	Labour	David Edward Moon	684
	Conservative	David John Cattermole	552
	Reform UK	Sam Goodrum	470
	Conservative	Sally Margaret Cresswell	430
	Reform UK	Sheena Edith Trower	427
	Reform UK	Alan George Abernethy	404
	Conservative	Amy Donohue	401
	Green	Vicky Anne Marie Powers	250
	National Front	Timothy Knowles	40
Turnout			2052	28
	Labour gain from Reform UK		Swing
	Labour gain from Reform UK		Swing
	Labour win (new seat)

Crich & South Wingfield

Previously two single member wards of Crich and Wingfield

Crich & South Wingfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dawn Margaret Harper	710
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Smith	690
	Conservative	Tony Harper	668
	Liberal Democrats	Marcus Walter Johnson	570
	Labour	Tim Benson	257
	Green	Fiona Horton	238
	Labour	John Cowings	216
	Green	Sally Elizabeth Lowick	174
	Reform UK	Edward Hudson Oakenfull	89
Turnout			1856	44
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Duffield & Quarndon

Duffield & Quarndon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Alison Jane McDermott	1,685
	Green	Eva Rose Long	1,580
	Conservative	Martin Bettridge	663
	Conservative	Steven Richard Knee	684
	Labour	Mark Spilsbury	168
	Labour	Richard Maurice Neville	91
Turnout			2484	52
	Green hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing

Heage & Ambergate

Heage & Ambergate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Edwin Lobley	746
	Labour	Amina Sabeah Deens Burslem	547
	Conservative	Angela Susan Ward	524
	Conservative	Valerie Joan Taylor	391
	Green	David Martin Hatchett	228
	Green	Clare Elizabeth Hartwell	222
	Reform UK	Karl Martin Chatburn	139
Turnout			1536	38
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Heanor East

Heanor East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Trevor Holmes	524
	Labour	Janet Irene Ward	524
	Reform UK	Joanne Gent	505
	Reform UK	Mark Anthony Burrell	496
	Conservative	Linda Edwards-Milson	393
	Conservative	Jake William Gilbert	381
	Green	Cathie Hallsworth	219
Turnout			1653	31
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Reform UK		Swing

Heanor West & Loscoe

Heanor West & Loscoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Steven Bower	873
	Labour	Nicholas Arron Beswick	858
	Labour	Matthew Gareth Jones	786
	Conservative	Steven Grainger	642
	Reform UK	Jackie Stones	640
	Reform UK	Rob Booth	605
	Conservative	Nikki Savage	580
	Reform UK	Billy Weston	555
	Conservative	Dale Christopher Wright	513
	Green	James Major John Brooks	251
	Liberal Democrats	Sybille Elisabeth Stephenson	126
	Liberal Democrats	Jerry Marler	117
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Ian Holliday	111
Turnout			2426	30
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour win (new seat)

Ironville and Riddings

Ironville and Riddings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kieron Cox	645
	Labour	Rebecca Louise Grundy	645
	Conservative	Peter Maurice Clark	444
	Conservative	Sarah Jane Turner	372
	Reform UK	Phil Rose	235
	Reform UK	Matt Gent	214
	Green	Rachael Mary Hatchett	108
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna Elizabeth Karpasea	50
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Mary Kift	28
Turnout			1455	31
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley

Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Linsey Jayne Farnsworth	1,158
	Conservative	Trevor Mark Ainsworth	1,065
	Conservative	Julie Whitmore	981
	Conservative	Matt Murray	930
	Labour Co-op	Michael John Missett	885
	Labour Co-op	Dean Watson	856
	Green	Matt McGuinness	376
	Green	Kathy Gorman	373
	Reform UK	Matt Waterfall	331
	Reform UK	Adrian William Nathan	250
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Joseph Alwyne Cresswell	189
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Denise Gent	171
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Gent	150
Turnout			2775	40
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ripley

Ripley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Tony Holmes	1,192
	Labour Co-op	David Alan Williams	1,062
	Labour Co-op	Matthew Robert Allwood	1,022
	Conservative	Sean David Carter	902
	Conservative	Paul Colin Moss	830
	Conservative	Lorna Dorothy Tassi	798
	Green	Hillie Fender	188
	Green	Kendal Tanya Greaves	175
	Reform UK	Becki Booth	169
	Reform UK	Sean Hind	145
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Arthur Gillians	105
	Liberal Democrats	Jacob Gent	69
	SDP	Edwin George Dale Taylor	69
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Andrew Smith	60
Turnout			2473	33
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Ripley & Marehay

Ripley & Marehay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Lyndsay Delyth Cox	694
	Labour Co-op	Mick Wilson	684
	Conservative	Ron Ashton	665
	Conservative	Trevor Spencer	460
	Green	Michael Peter Bedford	176
	Reform UK	Marie Cresswell	162
	Reform UK	Tracy Rochelle Smith	141
Turnout			1666	34
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Smalley, Shipley & Horsley Woodhouse

Smalley, Shipley & Horsley Woodhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Amanda Louise Paget	748
	Green	Lian Pizzey	672
	Conservative	Richard Henry Iliffe	592
	Conservative	Christopher Darko Perko	455
	Labour Co-op	Christine Elizabeth Jordan	270
	Reform UK	Alex Stevenson	268
	Reform UK	Vikki Harvey	240
	Labour Co-op	Keith Lisle Venables	228
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian James Miller	67
Turnout			1856	41
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing
	Green gain from Reform UK		Swing

Somercotes

Somercotes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John McCabe	653
	Labour	Elaine Stephanie Sherman	519
	Conservative	Jennifer Lynne Ainsworth	207
	Conservative	Jill Hayes	193
	Reform UK	Simon Gent	92
	Reform UK	Caroline Susan Gent	88
	Liberal Democrats	Tracey Anne Pearson	65
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Slater	61
	Green	Richard Sewell	55
Turnout			1040	23
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Swanwick

Swanwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steve Hayes	733
	Conservative	Jonty Powis	659
	Labour	Gareth Trewick	597
	Labour	Axl Nicholls	488
	Green	Steve Elliott	265
	Liberal Democrats	Malvin Leslie Trigg	170
	Reform UK	Malc Hibbard	150
Turnout			1661	39
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ Council, Amber Valley Borough (2023-02-16). "Elections 4 May 2023". www.ambervalley.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
^ "UK Government Web Archive". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
^ http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Amber-Valley-1973-2012.pdf
^ Bisknell, Eddie (12 April 2023). "All you need to know ahead of 2023 Amber Valley elections". Derbyshire Live. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
^ "Amber Valley result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
^ "Derbyshire councillor suspended after defending covid vaccination 'Holocaust' comments". Derbyshire times. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ "Councillors blame each other as tax is increased". DerbyshireLive. 2023-03-06. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-03-21.

[1] Council, Amber Valley Borough (2023-02-16). "Elections 4 May 2023". www.ambervalley.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-04-05.

[2] "UK Government Web Archive". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-23.

[3] ttp://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Amber-Valley-1973-2012.pdf

[4] Bisknell, Eddie (12 April 2023). "All you need to know ahead of 2023 Amber Valley elections". Derbyshire Live. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

[5] "Amber Valley result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-03-21.

[6] "Derbyshire councillor suspended after defending covid vaccination 'Holocaust' comments". Derbyshire times. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[DerbyshireLive-7] "Councillors blame each other as tax is increased". DerbyshireLive. 2023-03-06. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-03-21.

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See also: Wards Boundary changes