2010 Amber Valley Borough Council election

2010 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2010 Amber Valley council election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010. The 2010 Amber Valley Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Amber Valley Borough Council in Derbyshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/council/html/3650.stm Amber Valley BBC News 17 May 2011 19 April 2009 After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 29 Labour 14 British National Party 2 https://www.theguardian.com/society/table/2010/may/07/local-elections Local elections 2010 2011-05-17 2010-05-07 The Guardian London Campaign 15 seats were contested in the election by a total of 50 candidates.Amber Valley Borough Council 28 April 2010 Derby Telegraph 15 The Conservatives campaigned on their record of controlling the council for the previous 10 years, pointing to keeping council tax increases low and plans to regenerate local towns.Be prepared to vote in the other election that will have big impact on local services Green Kirsty Jones, Chris 28 April 2010 Derby Telegraph 14 However Labour pledged to appoint people as area managers who would be a contact point for people to bring any problems and planned to use compulsory purchase orders to bring empty properties into use. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats targeted seats in Belper and Duffield campaigning on regeneration, recycling and litter, while the British National Party hoped to increase on the 2 seats they held in Heanor. Election result The results saw no change in the party balance as Labour held the 8 seats they had been defending and the Conservatives the other 7 seats, meaning the Conservatives remained in control of the council.Amber Valley Tories follow MP's success by retaining council seats Jones Caroline 8 May 2010 Derby Telegraph 4 Neither the Liberal Democrats or British National Party won any seats, with the British National Party vote dropping in Heanor where it held 2 seats. Amber Valley local election result 2010http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2010/163/ Local Elections 2010: Amber Valley Local Elections Archive Project 17 May 2011 Labour Party (UK) 8 0 0 0 53.3 35.8 17,024 +2.9% Conservative Party (UK) 7 0 0 0 46.7 40.2 19,154 -7.6% Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 17.5 8,352 +12.4% British National Party 0 0 0 0 0 5.7 2,725 -6.5% National Front (United Kingdom) 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 185 +0.4% Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 164 +0.3% Ward results Alfreton Labour Party (UK) John Walker 1,805 47.7 -0.5 Conservative Party (UK) David Cantrill 1,094 28.9 -11.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kieran Harley 566 15.0 +3.6 British National Party Michael White 319 8.4 +8.4 711 18.8 +11.0 3,784 Labour Party (UK) Belper East Conservative Party (UK) Martin Tomlinson 1,533 47.9 -4.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Timothy Clark 848 26.5 +8.2 Labour Party (UK) Ben Bellamy 818 25.6 -3.5 685 21.4 3,199 Conservative Party (UK) Belper South Conservative Party (UK) Jim Anderson 1,247 43.0 -6.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Emily Bamford 840 28.9 +28.9 Labour Party (UK) Richard Salmon 816 28.1 -2.9 407 14.0 -4.5 2,903 Conservative Party (UK) Codnor and Waingroves Labour Party (UK) George Parkes 1,159 43.3 +1.6 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Phillips-Forsyth 1,127 42.1 +0.4 British National Party Ken Cooper 391 14.6 -2.0 32 1.2 +1.2 2,677 Labour Party (UK) Duffield Conservative Party (UK) Chris Short 1,768 60.2 -3.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Colin Thompson 1,169 39.8 +24.5 599 20.4 -22.3 2,937 Conservative Party (UK) Heanor and Loscoe Labour Party (UK) Bob Moon 1,264 46.4 +10.8 Conservative Party (UK) Janet Russell 874 32.1 +3.2 British National Party Paul Snell 584 21.5 -14.0 390 14.3 +14.2 2,722 Labour Party (UK) Heanor East Labour Party (UK) Barry Aistrop 1,038 35.9 +5.1 Conservative Party (UK) Alex Stevenson 965 33.3 +0.6 British National Party Emma Roper 451 15.6 -20.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Jelf 440 15.2 +15.2 73 2.6 2,894 Labour Party (UK) Heanor West Labour Party (UK) Paul Jones 1,160 37.6 +7.1 Conservative Party (UK) Linda Edwards-Milsom 970 31.4 +9.0 British National Party Maria Riley-Ward 542 17.6 -22.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gavin Sarkas-Bosman 416 13.5 +6.0 190 6.2 3,088 Labour Party (UK) Ironville and Riddings Labour Party (UK) Paul Smith 1,457 48.7 +7.3 Conservative Party (UK) David Harrison 1,087 36.3 -22.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Judith Woolley 448 15.0 +15.0 370 12.4 2,992 Labour Party (UK) Kilburn, Denby and Holbrook Conservative Party (UK) Jean Gemmell 2,097 48.6 -6.6 Labour Party (UK) John Banks 1,352 31.3 +11.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Tomkins 869 20.1 +7.3 745 17.3 -17.6 4,318 Conservative Party (UK) Langley Mill and Aldercar Labour Party (UK) Eileen Hamilton 931 38.4 -4.4 Conservative Party (UK) Liam Rhodes 753 31.1 -13.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Bown 390 16.1 +3.2 National Front (United Kingdom) Timothy Knowles 185 7.6 +7.6 Independent (politician) Jo Ward 164 6.8 +6.8 178 7.3 2,423 Labour Party (UK) Ripley Conservative Party (UK) Liz Bowley 1,779 39.4 -20.4 Labour Party (UK) David Williams 1,662 36.8 +6.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Gibbons 635 14.1 +4.6 British National Party Nathan Wilde 438 9.7 +9.7 117 2.6 -26.5 4,514 Conservative Party (UK) Shipley Park, Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse Conservative Party (UK) Kevin Parkinson 1,491 44.7 -20.4 Labour Party (UK) Eric Lancashire 1,112 33.4 -1.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Neil Paget 729 21.9 +21.9 379 11.4 -18.8 3,332 Conservative Party (UK) Somercotes Labour Party (UK) Brian Lyttle 1,443 54.9 +6.3 Conservative Party (UK) Kat Moss 759 28.9 +0.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Keith Falconbridge 427 16.2 +16.2 684 26.0 +6.0 2,629 Labour Party (UK) Swanwick Conservative Party (UK) Allen King 1,610 50.4 +11.7 Labour Party (UK) Timothy Benson 983 30.8 +15.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Bedford 599 18.8 +14.3 627 19.6 +15.1 3,192 Conservative Party (UK) References Amber Valley 2010 Amber Valley Borough Council election, 2010