2016 Amber Valley Borough Council election

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

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	+/−
	Conservative	4	1	2	-1	27%
	Labour	11	2	1	+1	73%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0
	National Front	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0

Ward results

Percentage change in party votes are from the last time the ward was contested. This may have been 2012, 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
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
	Labour	Paul Lobley
	UKIP	Ian Gillatt
	Green	William MacFarlane
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Wootton
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Heanor and Loscoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kieran Hill
	Conservative	Julie Whitmore
	UKIP	Geoffrey Aldwinckle
	Green	James Brooks
	Liberal Democrats	James Morton
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Heanor East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Oakes
	Conservative	Mark Burrell
	UKIP	Philip Rose
	Green	Julie Wozniczka
	Liberal Democrats	George White
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Heanor West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Teresa Curran
	Conservative	Steven Grainger
	UKIP	Chris Flude
	Green	Mike Jones
	Liberal Democrats	Joel Hunt
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Ironville and Riddings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Wardle
	Conservative	Jack Brown
	UKIP	Stuart Bent
	Green	Steve Kennedy
	Liberal Democrats	Ollie Smith
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Kilburn, Denby and Holbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Norman Bull
	Labour	Christine Venables
	UKIP	Roy Snape
	Green	Kate Howard
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Welsby
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Langley Mill & Aldercar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Gration
	Conservative	Rosie Webster
	UKIP	Tony Warren
	Green	Christina Smith
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Thornton
	National Front	Timothy Knowles
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Ripley & Marehay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mick Wilson
	Conservative	Matt Murray
	UKIP	John Pass
	Green	Tony Youens
	Liberal Democrats	Clym Stock-Williams
	National Front	Michael Sharpe
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Ripley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Holmes
	Conservative	Sean Carter
	UKIP	Paula Parkin
	Green	Phil Taylor
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jelf
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Shipley Park, Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Stevenson
	Labour	Antony Tester
	UKIP	Ade Nathan
	Green	Matt McGuinness
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Smith
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Somercotes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McCabe
	Conservative	Colin Boyce
	UKIP	Paul Price
	Green	Steve Elliott
	Liberal Democrats	Elsie Situnayake
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing