2008 Amber Valley Borough Council election

Council election in Derbyshire, England March 2025 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2008 Amber Valley council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and British National Party in dark blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2008. Elections to Amber Valley Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council. The election saw the British National Party gain two seats from the Labour Party in Heanor West and Heanor East and come within one vote in Heanor and Loscoe ward. http://www.ripleyandheanornews.co.uk/news/BNP-gains-in-Amber-Valley.4044402.jp BNP gains in Amber Valley local election 2008-08-07 2008-05-06 Ripley & Heanor News.co.uk After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 29 Labour 14 British National Party 2 Election result Amber Valley local election result 2008 Conservative Party (UK) 9 1 0 +1 60.0 47.8 11,489 -0.7% Labour Party (UK) 4 0 3 -3 26.7 32.9 7,916 +3.5% British National Party 2 2 0 +2 13.3 12.2 2,936 +7.4% Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 1,222 -8.0% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 494 +0.9% Ward results Alfreton Labour Party (UK) Marlene Bennett 872 48.2 -0.3 Conservative Party (UK) David Cantrill 731 40.4 +14.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Gibbons 206 11.4 +1.9 141 7.8 -15.2 1,809 29.1 -4.5 Labour Party (UK) Belper Central Conservative Party (UK) John Nelson 894 60.7 +8.1 Green Party of England and Wales Dave Wells 292 19.8 +19.8 Labour Party (UK) Ben Hobbs 286 19.4 -12.9 602 40.9 +20.6 1,472 35.2 -0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Belper North Conservative Party (UK) Alan Cox 797 51.0 +10.2 Labour Party (UK) Ben Bellamy 286 18.3 -4.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Salmon 279 17.8 -15.4 Green Party of England and Wales Colin Grimley 202 12.9 +12.9 511 32.7 +28.1 1,564 38.9 -0.7 Conservative Party (UK) Codnor & Waingroves Labour Party (UK) Chris Emmas-Williams 573 41.7 -11.0 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Philips-Forsyth 572 41.7 +8.7 British National Party Alan Warner 228 16.6 +16.6 1 0.01 -19.7 1,373 34.4 +1.4 Labour Party (UK) Heage & Ambergate Conservative Party (UK) Juliette Blake 1,000 68.4 +12.1 Labour Party (UK) Peter Arnold 463 31.6 +1.0 537 36.8 +11.1 1,463 36.8 -2.8 Conservative Party (UK) Heanor & Loscoe Labour Party (UK) Alan Longdon 513 35.6 -7.8 British National Party Paul Snell 512 35.5 +4.4 Conservative Party (UK) Jade Wiltshire 417 28.9 +9.5 1 0.1 -12.2 1,442 35.4 -6.6 Labour Party (UK) Heanor East British National Party Cliff Roper 537 36.5 +36.5 Conservative Party (UK) Linda Edwards-Milsom 482 32.7 -3.9 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Armstrong 454 30.8 -13.6 55 3.8 N/A 1,473 32.8 +3.8 British National Party Labour Party (UK) Heanor West British National Party Lewis Allesbrook 727 39.6 +8.4 Labour Party (UK) Celia Cox 560 30.5 -1.5 Conservative Party (UK) Steven Grainger 412 22.4 +8.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sally McIntosh 137 7.5 +7.5 167 9.1 N/A 1,836 38.9 -3.1 British National Party Labour Party (UK) Ironville & Riddings Conservative Party (UK) Jack Brown 900 58.6 +16.1 Labour Party (UK) Robert Johnston 636 41.4 -3.6 264 17.2 1,536 33.6 -0.4 Conservative Party (UK) Kilburn, Denby & Holbrook Conservative Party (UK) Norman Bull 1,199 55.2 +7.9 Labour Party (UK) Timothy Benson 441 20.3 -4.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Banks 277 12.8 +0.7 British National Party Cyril Smith 254 11.7 -4.3 758 34.9 +12.2 2,171 35.3 -2.7 Conservative Party (UK) Langley Mill & Aldercar Conservative Party (UK) Terry Thorpe 423 44.3 +8.9 Labour Party (UK) Eileen Hamilton 408 42.8 -5.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Keith Falconbridge 123 12.9 +12.9 15 1.5 N/A 954 22.9 -2.1 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Ripley Conservative Party (UK) David Bowley 1,259 59.8 +16.9 Labour Party (UK) Charles Cutting 646 30.7 -10.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Brown 200 9.5 -6.5 613 29.1 +27.3 2,105 31.0 -3.3 Conservative Party (UK) Ripley & Marehay Conservative Party (UK) Ron Ashton 827 49.3 +14.0 Labour Party (UK) Lyndsey Cox 482 28.7 -13.6 British National Party Ken Cooper 369 22.0 +10.3 345 20.6 +13.6 1,678 36.1 -0.6 Conservative Party (UK) Shipley Park, Horsley & Horsley Woodhouse Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Mills 1,188 65.1 +6.6 Labour Party (UK) Eric Lancashire 636 34.9 -6.6 552 30.2 +13.2 1,824 40.0 -2.0 Conservative Party (UK) Somercotes Labour Party (UK) John McCabe 660 48.6 -14.7 Conservative Party (UK) Sally West 388 28.6 -8.1 British National Party John Dudley 309 22.8 +22.8 272 20.0 -6.6 1,357 29.9 +1.9 Labour Party (UK) References 2008 Amber Valley election result Election Results Election results Amber Valley Borough Council election 2008 Amber Valley Borough Council election, 2008