# 2007 Amber Valley Borough Council election

Elections to Amber Valley Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 37.7%.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 28
* Labour 17

## Election result

Amber Valley Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 13 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 86.7 | 48.5 | 10,503 | +5.3% |
| Labour | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 13.3 | 29.4 | 6,378 | -10.0% |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 2,848 | +13.1% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 1,048 | +0.1% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 634 | +2.9% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 260 | +0.1% |
1 Conservative candidate was unopposed.

## Ward results

Alfreton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gail Dolman | 1,003 | 48.5 | −7.3 |
| | Conservative | Paul West | 527 | 25.5 | −4.6 |
| | BNP | Michael White | 344 | 16.6 | +16.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Falconbridge | 196 | 9.5 | +9.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 476 | 23.0 | −2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,070 | 33.6 | +3.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Alport :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Deborah Biss | 710 | 78.2 | +7.8 |
| | Labour | Sue Reaney | 198 | 21.8 | +5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 512 | 56.4 | +1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 908 | 45.3 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Belper Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Makin | 781 | 52.6 | −7.1 |
| | Labour | Peter Shepard | 479 | 32.3 | −8.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Thompson | 225 | 15.2 | +15.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 302 | 20.3 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,485 | 36.1 | −9.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Belper East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Les Dorey | 688 | 52.6 | +1.7 |
| | Labour | Randall Sanders | 381 | 29.1 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Clark | 240 | 18.3 | +18.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 307 | 23.5 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,309 | 29.7 | −1.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Belper North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Barry Lewis | 641 | 40.8 | −7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hassan Dervish | 569 | 36.2 | +36.2 |
| | Labour | Joyce Sanders | 362 | 23.0 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 72 | 4.6 | −18.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,572 | 39.6 | −13.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Belper South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Arnold | 658 | 49.5 | +6.2 |
| | Labour | Ron Buzzard | 412 | 31.0 | −1.5 |
| | Green | Dave Wells | 260 | 19.5 | +6.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 246 | 18.5 | +7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,330 | 34.1 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Crich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gill Taylor | 508 | 61.1 | −1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kate Smith | 202 | 24.3 | +24.3 |
| | Labour | Janis Gregory | 121 | 14.6 | −4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 306 | 36.8 | −7.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 831 | 42.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Duffield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stuart Bradford | 1,005 | 63.7 | −1.2 |
| | Labour | Di Hancock | 331 | 21.0 | +7.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Thompson | 242 | 15.3 | +15.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 674 | 42.7 | −6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,578 | 42.8 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Heage & Ambergate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Angela Ward | 878 | 56.3 | +7.6 |
| | Labour | Christine Worth | 477 | 30.6 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Tomkins | 205 | 13.1 | +13.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 401 | 25.7 | +7.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,560 | 39.6 | −9.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Kilburn, Denby & Holbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mel Hall | 1,098 | 47.3 | −16.0 |
| | Labour | Terry Foster | 571 | 24.6 | −12.1 |
| | BNP | Alan Warner | 372 | 16.0 | +16.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Banks | 281 | 12.1 | +12.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 527 | 22.7 | −3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,322 | 38.0 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ripley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Wilson | 965 | 42.9 | −5.4 |
| | Labour | Charles Cutting | 925 | 41.1 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Bedford | 359 | 16.0 | +16.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 40 | 1.8 | −9.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,249 | 34.3 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ripley & Marehay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Geoff Carlile | 714 | 42.3 | −6.9 |
| | Conservative | Robert Phillips-Forsyth | 597 | 35.3 | −15.5 |
| | BNP | Paul Snell | 197 | 11.7 | +11.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phil Boothroyd | 181 | 10.7 | +10.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 117 | 7.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,689 | 36.7 | −7.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
South West Parishes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Simon Hitchcock | unopposed | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Swanwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephen Hayes | 719 | 38.7 | −23.0 |
| | Independent | George Soudah | 634 | 34.2 | +34.2 |
| | Labour | Isobel Harry | 284 | 15.3 | −9.1 |
| | BNP | Clifford Roper | 135 | 7.3 | +7.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gordon Monaghan | 84 | 4.5 | +4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 85 | 4.5 | −32.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,856 | 43.3 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wingfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Valerie Thorpe | 728 | 79.8 | +2.5 |
| | Labour | David Williams | 120 | 13.2 | −9.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elsie Situnayake | 64 | 7.0 | +7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 608 | 66.6 | +12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 912 | 49.5 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |