# 2000 Amber Valley Borough Council election

The 2000 Amber Valley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Amber Valley Borough Council in Derbyshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of seats by 2. The Conservative Party gained control of the council from the Labour Party.

## Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 31.6%, with a trial in 2 wards seeing a 115% increase in postal voting after anyone was allowed to apply.
Amber Valley Local Election Result 2000 :
| Party | Seats | 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

Alfreton (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 3,573 | 22.0 |
Alport :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mary Fletcher | 553 | 67.4 |
| | Labour | Keith Wharam | 137 | 16.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Handscombe | 131 | 16.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 416 | 50.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 821 | 39.4 |
Belper Central (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,685 | 35.5 |
Belper East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Handley | 546 | |
| | Conservative | Martin Thomlinson | 530 | |
| | Labour | Nalda Boyes-Jackson | 441 | |
| | Labour | Ashley Welch | 421 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,938 | 22.6 |
Belper North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alan Cox | 882 | |
| | Conservative | Benjamin Miller | 847 | |
| | Labour | Robert Janes | 398 | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Armstrong | 299 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,426 | 33.5 |
Belper South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Arnold | 673 | |
| | Conservative | Chris Short | 638 | |
| | Labour | Ronald Buzzard | 514 | |
| | Labour | Peter Sheperd | 502 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,327 | 31.0 |
Codnor & Waingroves (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Christopher Emmas-Williams | 558 | |
| | Conservative | David Cattermole | 529 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Mumby | 483 | |
| | Labour | Ian Fisher | 480 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,050 | 27.7 |
Crich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Glyn Hartshorne | 459 | 51.3 |
| | Labour | Philip Whitney | 306 | 34.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Shelley | 130 | 14.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 153 | 17.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 895 | 47.0 |
Duffield (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,855 | 39.0 |
Heage & Ambergate (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,777 | 38.3 |
Heanor & Loscoe (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter Bailey | 514 | |
| | Labour | John Moon | 484 | |
| | Conservative | Christine Storr | 423 | |
| | Conservative | Sally West | 387 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,808 | 23.7 |
Heanor East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Francis Bulkeley-Kirkham | 459 | |
| | Labour | Glynne Cato | 451 | |
| | Labour | Harry Soar | 438 | |
| | Conservative | Enid Trusswell | 431 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,779 | 23.7 |
Heanor West (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,337 | 28.1 |
Ironville & Riddings (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,590 | 32.7 |
Kilburn, Denby & Holbrook (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 4,916 | 29.9 |
Langley Mill & Aldercar (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Wendy Grace | 524 | |
| | Labour | Stephanie Ward | 485 | |
| | Independent | Denis Woolley | 210 | |
| | Conservative | Terrence Thorpe | 206 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,425 | 21.3 |
Ripley (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 4,750 | 26.9 |
Ripley & Marehay (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Linda Cope | 562 | |
| | Conservative | Patricia Bowmar | 559 | |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Carlile | 549 | |
| | Labour | Janis Gregory | 491 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,161 | 33.0 |
Shipley Park, Horsley & Horsley Woodhouse (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Jeffery | 682 | |
| | Conservative | Gregory MacDonald | 676 | |
| | Labour | Eric Lancashire | 611 | |
| | Labour | Owen Gray | 481 | |
| | Independent | Leslie Foster | 174 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,624 | 33.0 |
Somercotes (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John McCabe | 690 | |
| | Labour | Alan Stringer | 648 | |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Brailsford | 468 | |
| | Conservative | David Beeston | 412 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,218 | 26.4 |
South West Parishes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Cunningham | 709 | 82.0 |
| | Labour | Patrick Mountain | 156 | 18.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 553 | 64.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 865 | 40.0 |
Swanwick (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Stephen Hayes | 885 | |
| | Conservative | Allen King | 792 | |
| | Labour | David Harry | 476 | |
| | Labour | Pauline Griffiths | 461 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,614 | 32.2 |
Wingfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Valerie Thorpe | 670 | 78.0 |
| | Labour | Peter Hare | 189 | 22.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 481 | 56.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 859 | 46.0 |