2000 Amber Valley Borough Council election
The 2000 Amber Valley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of
last election in 1999 increasing the number of seats by 2.[1] The Conservative Party gained control of the council from the Labour Party.[2]
Election result
Overall
wards seeing a 115% increase in postal voting after anyone was allowed to apply.[4]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 32 | +21 | 71.1 | 50.7 | 27,044 | ||||
Labour | 12 | -20 | 26.7 | 42.4 | 22,604 | ||||
Independent
|
1 | +1 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1,041 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 2,604 |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kathryn Salt | 692 | |||
Labour | Gillian Dolman | 676 | |||
Independent
|
Colin Thornton | 657 | |||
Labour | Steven Daley | 546 | |||
Conservative | Jill Ratcliffe | 359 | |||
Conservative | Simon Hitchcock | 346 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Gibbons | 297 | |||
Turnout | 3,573 | 22.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mary Fletcher | 553 | 67.4 | ||
Labour | Keith Wharam | 137 | 16.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Handscombe | 131 | 16.0 | ||
Majority | 416 | 50.7 | |||
Turnout | 821 | 39.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Nelson | 805 | |||
Conservative | Robert Hailsworth | 722 | |||
Labour | Joyce Sanders | 502 | |||
Labour | Alan Broughton | 495 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Fiona Read | 88 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Colin Thompson | 73 | |||
Turnout | 2,685 | 35.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Handley | 546 | |||
Conservative | Martin Thomlinson | 530 | |||
Labour | Nalda Boyes-Jackson | 441 | |||
Labour | Ashley Welch | 421 | |||
Turnout | 1,938 | 22.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Cox | 882 | |||
Conservative | Benjamin Miller | 847 | |||
Labour | Robert Janes | 398 | |||
Labour | Kenneth Armstrong | 299 | |||
Turnout | 2,426 | 33.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Arnold | 673 | |||
Conservative | Chris Short | 638 | |||
Labour | Ronald Buzzard | 514 | |||
Labour | Peter Sheperd | 502 | |||
Turnout | 2,327 | 31.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Emmas-Williams | 558 | |||
Conservative | David Cattermole | 529 | |||
Conservative | Michael Mumby | 483 | |||
Labour | Ian Fisher | 480 | |||
Turnout | 2,050 | 27.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Glyn Hartshorne | 459 | 51.3 | ||
Labour | Philip Whitney | 306 | 34.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Shelley | 130 | 14.5 | ||
Majority | 153 | 17.1 | |||
Turnout | 895 | 47.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Woodings | 897 | |||
Conservative | Murray Charmichael-Smith | 858 | |||
Labour | Diana Hancock | 341 | |||
Labour | Jean Minion | 293 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Deena Gillat | 275 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Benson | 191 | |||
Turnout | 2,855 | 39.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert Wilde | 711 | |||
Conservative | June Emmott | 709 | |||
Labour | Maurice Gent | 699 | |||
Labour | Michael Missett | 475 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Cooper | 183 | |||
Turnout | 2,777 | 38.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Bailey | 514 | |||
Labour | John Moon | 484 | |||
Conservative | Christine Storr | 423 | |||
Conservative | Sally West | 387 | |||
Turnout | 1,808 | 23.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Bulkeley-Kirkham | 459 | |||
Labour | Glynne Cato | 451 | |||
Labour | Harry Soar | 438 | |||
Conservative | Enid Trusswell | 431 | |||
Turnout | 1,779 | 23.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Celia Cox | 477 | |||
Labour | Paul Jones | 451 | |||
Conservative | Janet MacDonald | 384 | |||
Conservative | Linda Edwards-Milsom | 379 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Healy | 323 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Judith Woolley | 323 | |||
Turnout | 2,337 | 28.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jack Brown | 788 | |||
Conservative | George Cope | 614 | |||
Labour | David Griffiths | 552 | |||
Labour | Pamela Cope | 535 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Keith Falconbridge | 101 | |||
Turnout | 2,590 | 32.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Bull | 870 | |||
Conservative | Albert Hall | 846 | |||
Conservative | Alan Warner | 788 | |||
Labour | Richard Massey | 749 | |||
Labour | Timothy Benson | 710 | |||
Labour | Brenda Remington | 704 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jane Benson | 249 | |||
Turnout | 4,916 | 29.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wendy Grace | 524 | |||
Labour | Stephanie Ward | 485 | |||
Independent
|
Denis Woolley | 210 | |||
Conservative | Terrence Thorpe | 206 | |||
Turnout | 1,425 | 21.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Parkin | 875 | |||
Conservative | Patricia Turner | 858 | |||
Conservative | Kathleen Brown | 774 | |||
Labour | Charles Cutting | 704 | |||
Labour | David Neilson | 665 | |||
Labour | Stephen Freeborn | 634 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Janet Thompson | 240 | |||
Turnout | 4,750 | 26.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Linda Cope | 562 | |||
Conservative | Patricia Bowmar | 559 | |||
Labour | Geoffrey Carlile | 549 | |||
Labour | Janis Gregory | 491 | |||
Turnout | 2,161 | 33.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Jeffery | 682 | |||
Conservative | Gregory MacDonald | 676 | |||
Labour | Eric Lancashire | 611 | |||
Labour | Owen Gray | 481 | |||
Independent
|
Leslie Foster | 174 | |||
Turnout | 2,624 | 33.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John McCabe | 690 | |||
Labour | Alan Stringer | 648 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey Brailsford | 468 | |||
Conservative | David Beeston | 412 | |||
Turnout | 2,218 | 26.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cunningham | 709 | 82.0 | ||
Labour | Patrick Mountain | 156 | 18.0 | ||
Majority | 553 | 64.0 | |||
Turnout | 865 | 40.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Hayes | 885 | |||
Conservative | Allen King | 792 | |||
Labour | David Harry | 476 | |||
Labour | Pauline Griffiths | 461 | |||
Turnout | 2,614 | 32.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Valerie Thorpe | 670 | 78.0 | ||
Labour | Peter Hare | 189 | 22.0 | ||
Majority | 481 | 56.0 | |||
Turnout | 859 | 46.0 |
References
- ^ "Amber Valley". BBC News Online. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ^ "Local council results". Financial Times. 6 May 2000. p. 6.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Election - May 2000". Ambernet. Archived from the original on 31 May 2002. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ^ Wainwright, Martin (15 May 2000). "Making it easy: Experiments to improve the turnout in local elections have had an impact, although some voters still want to use a polling station". The Guardian. p. 17.
- ^ "Election results: local councils". The Times. 6 May 2000. p. 10.