# 2008 Amber Valley Borough Council election

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.
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 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 9 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 60.0 | 47.8 | 11,489 | -0.7% |
| Labour | 4 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 26.7 | 32.9 | 7,916 | +3.5% |
| BNP | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 2,936 | +7.4% |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 1,222 | -8.0% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 494 | +0.9% |

## Ward results

Alfreton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Marlene Bennett | 872 | 48.2 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative | David Cantrill | 731 | 40.4 | +14.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Gibbons | 206 | 11.4 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 141 | 7.8 | −15.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,809 | 29.1 | −4.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Belper Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Nelson | 894 | 60.7 | +8.1 |
| | Green | Dave Wells | 292 | 19.8 | +19.8 |
| | Labour | Ben Hobbs | 286 | 19.4 | −12.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 602 | 40.9 | +20.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,472 | 35.2 | −0.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Belper North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alan Cox | 797 | 51.0 | +10.2 |
| | Labour | Ben Bellamy | 286 | 18.3 | −4.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Salmon | 279 | 17.8 | −15.4 |
| | Green | Colin Grimley | 202 | 12.9 | +12.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 511 | 32.7 | +28.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,564 | 38.9 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Codnor & Waingroves :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Chris Emmas-Williams | 573 | 41.7 | −11.0 |
| | Conservative | Robert Philips-Forsyth | 572 | 41.7 | +8.7 |
| | BNP | Alan Warner | 228 | 16.6 | +16.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1 | 0.01 | −19.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,373 | 34.4 | +1.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Heage & Ambergate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Juliette Blake | 1,000 | 68.4 | +12.1 |
| | Labour | Peter Arnold | 463 | 31.6 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 537 | 36.8 | +11.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,463 | 36.8 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Heanor & Loscoe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Longdon | 513 | 35.6 | −7.8 |
| | BNP | Paul Snell | 512 | 35.5 | +4.4 |
| | Conservative | Jade Wiltshire | 417 | 28.9 | +9.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1 | 0.1 | −12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,442 | 35.4 | −6.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Heanor East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BNP | Cliff Roper | 537 | 36.5 | +36.5 |
| | Conservative | Linda Edwards-Milsom | 482 | 32.7 | −3.9 |
| | Labour | Kenneth Armstrong | 454 | 30.8 | −13.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 55 | 3.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,473 | 32.8 | +3.8 |
| | BNP gain from Labour | BNP gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Heanor West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BNP | Lewis Allesbrook | 727 | 39.6 | +8.4 |
| | Labour | Celia Cox | 560 | 30.5 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative | Steven Grainger | 412 | 22.4 | +8.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sally McIntosh | 137 | 7.5 | +7.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 167 | 9.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,836 | 38.9 | −3.1 |
| | BNP gain from Labour | BNP gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Ironville & Riddings :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jack Brown | 900 | 58.6 | +16.1 |
| | Labour | Robert Johnston | 636 | 41.4 | −3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 264 | 17.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,536 | 33.6 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Kilburn, Denby & Holbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Norman Bull | 1,199 | 55.2 | +7.9 |
| | Labour | Timothy Benson | 441 | 20.3 | −4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Banks | 277 | 12.8 | +0.7 |
| | BNP | Cyril Smith | 254 | 11.7 | −4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 758 | 34.9 | +12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,171 | 35.3 | −2.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Langley Mill & Aldercar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Terry Thorpe | 423 | 44.3 | +8.9 |
| | Labour | Eileen Hamilton | 408 | 42.8 | −5.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Falconbridge | 123 | 12.9 | +12.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15 | 1.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 954 | 22.9 | −2.1 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Ripley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Bowley | 1,259 | 59.8 | +16.9 |
| | Labour | Charles Cutting | 646 | 30.7 | −10.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Brown | 200 | 9.5 | −6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 613 | 29.1 | +27.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,105 | 31.0 | −3.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ripley & Marehay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ron Ashton | 827 | 49.3 | +14.0 |
| | Labour | Lyndsey Cox | 482 | 28.7 | −13.6 |
| | BNP | Ken Cooper | 369 | 22.0 | +10.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 345 | 20.6 | +13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,678 | 36.1 | −0.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Shipley Park, Horsley & Horsley Woodhouse :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nigel Mills | 1,188 | 65.1 | +6.6 |
| | Labour | Eric Lancashire | 636 | 34.9 | −6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 552 | 30.2 | +13.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,824 | 40.0 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Somercotes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John McCabe | 660 | 48.6 | −14.7 |
| | Conservative | Sally West | 388 | 28.6 | −8.1 |
| | BNP | John Dudley | 309 | 22.8 | +22.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 272 | 20.0 | −6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,357 | 29.9 | +1.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |