2015 Amber Valley Borough Council election

The 2015 Amber Valley Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of

Amber Valley Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections

. The Conservatives gained two seats and thereby retook control of the council.

After the election the composition of the council was:

Conservative 24
Labour 21

Election result

Amber Valley Local Election Result 2015
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	14	2	0	+2	93	47.7	20605
Labour	1	0	2	-2	7	29.2	12627
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	4979
Green	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	3456
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	1118
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	439

Ward results

Percentage change in party votes are from the last time the ward was contested. This may have been 2011, 2013 or 2014.

Alfreton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gail Dolman	1626	45.6	-9.0
	Conservative	Kat Moss	985	27.6	+12.8
	UKIP	Anthony Spencer	718	20.2	-7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Thornton	121	3.4	+1.0
	Green	Chris Parker	113	3.2	+3.2
Majority			641	18.0
Turnout			3563	57.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Alport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Taylor	1126	67.8	-2.5
	Labour	Phil Whitney	323	19.5	-10.2
	Green	Steve Kennedy	211	12.7	+12.7
Majority			803	48.3
Turnout			1660	76.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belper Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Booth	1320	42.8	+0.6
	Labour	Dick Watson	965	31.3	+1.0
	UKIP	David Fisher	400	13.0	+13.0
	Green	Dave Wells	396	12.9	-9.2
Majority			355	11.5
Turnout			3081	68.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belper East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Cox	1515	47.1	+8.9
	Labour	Ben Bellamy	980	30.5	-4.4
	UKIP	Roy Snape	491	15.3	-7.2
	Green	John Devine	230	7.2	+7.2
Majority			535	16.6
Turnout			3216	67.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belper North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Booth	1229	42.0	-2.1
	Labour	Steve Holden	733	25.1	-14.3
	Green	Sue MacFarlane	515	17.6	+17.6
	UKIP	Ashley Harrison	447	15.3	+15.3
Majority			496	16.9
Turnout			2924	72.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belper South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Hillier	1214	40.8	+10.2
	Labour	Alan Broughton	898	30.2	-7.2
	UKIP	Ashleigh Lloyd-Selby	445	15.0	-11.5
	Green	Sue Devine	419	14.1	+14.1
Majority			316	10.6
Turnout			2976	65.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Gee	784	52.3	+1.7
	Labour	Ro MacKenzie	425	28.4	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Smith	180	12.0	-9.8
	Green	Julie Wozniczka	109	7.3	+7.3
Majority			359	23.9
Turnout			1498	74.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Duffield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Evanson	1901	63.6	+12.4
	Labour	Carol Angharad	581	19.4	-4.0
	Green	Kate Howard	273	9.1	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Salmon	234	7.8	-1.2
Majority			1320	44.2
Turnout			2989	74.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heage and Ambergate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Valerie Taylor	1264	42.2	+9.9
	Labour	David Farrelly	1038	34.7	-7.6
	UKIP	Mitch Blakeman	440	14.7	-6.7
	Green	Sandy Devine	163	5.4	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Wootton	90	3.0	-1.1
Majority			226	7.5
Turnout			2995	74.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Kilburn, Denby and Holbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Buttery	2212	49.7	+8.9
	Labour	John Banks	1210	27.2	-2.8
	UKIP	Adrian Nathan	664	14.9	-10.4
	Green	Lian Pizzey	203	4.6	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Welsby	163	3.7	-0.3
Majority			1002	22.5
Turnout			4452	70.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ripley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Moss	1836	40.6	+9.5
	Labour	Antony Tester	1572	34.7	-3.1
	UKIP	Paula Parkin	811	17.9	-6.4
	Green	Tony Youens	165	3.6	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jelf	140	3.1	+0.3
Majority			264	5.9
Turnout			4524	64.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ripley and Marehay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Aston	1273	42.5	+6.0
	Labour	Lyndsay Cox	1089	36.3	-14.7
	UKIP	Garry Smith	454	15.2	+15.2
	Green	Phil Taylor	109	3.6	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Fay Whitehead	71	2.4	-2.0
Majority			184	6.2	N/A
Turnout			2996	66.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

South West Parishes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kathryn Jane Orton	1347	78.1
	Green	Matt McGuinness	377	21.9
Majority			970	55.2
Turnout			1724	76.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Hayes	1679	52.4	+16.0
	Labour	Timothy Benson	885	27.6	+4.7
	Independent	George Soudah	439	13.7	-5.7
	Green	Jackie Blackett	124	3.9	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Tomkins	79	2.5	0.0
Majority			796	24.8
Turnout			3206	73.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wingfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Valerie Thorpe	920	64.8	-5.5
	Labour	Geoffrey Johnston	302	21.3	-2.8
	UKIP	Ann Fox	109	7.7	+7.7
	Green	Mike Jones	49	3.5	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ollie Smith	40	2.8	-2.8
Majority			618	43.5
Turnout			1420	76.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

[TEC-1] "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

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