2000 UK local government election
Map of the results of the 2000 Amber Valley council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Independent in grey. 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.[ 1] The Conservative Party gained control of the council from the Labour Party.[ 2]
Election result Overall turnout in the election was 31.6%,[ 3] with a trial in 2 wards seeing a 115% increase in postal voting after anyone was allowed to apply.[ 4]
Amber Valley Local Election Result 2000[ 3] [ 5] 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 Alfreton (3)[ 3] 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
Alport[ 3] 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
Belper Central (2)[ 3] 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
Belper East (2)[ 3] 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
Belper North (2)[ 3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Alan Cox 882 Conservative Benjamin Miller 847 Labour Robert Janes 398 Labour Kenneth Armstrong 299 Turnout 2,426 33.5
Belper South (2)[ 3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Peter Arnold 673 Conservative Chris Short 638 Labour Ronald Buzzard 514 Labour Peter Sheperd 502 Turnout 2,327 31.0
Codnor & Waingroves (2)[ 3] 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
Crich[ 3] 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
Duffield (2)[ 3] 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
Heage & Ambergate (2)[ 3] 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
Heanor & Loscoe (2)[ 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
Heanor East (2)[ 3] 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
Heanor West (2)[ 3] 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
Ironville & Riddings (2)[ 3] 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
Kilburn, Denby & Holbrook (3)[ 3] 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
Langley Mill & Aldercar (2)[ 3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Wendy Grace 524 Labour Stephanie Ward 485 Independent Denis Woolley 210 Conservative Terrence Thorpe 206 Turnout 1,425 21.3
Ripley (3)[ 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
Ripley & Marehay (2)[ 3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Linda Cope 562 Conservative Patricia Bowmar 559 Labour Geoffrey Carlile 549 Labour Janis Gregory 491 Turnout 2,161 33.0
Shipley Park, Horsley & Horsley Woodhouse (2)[ 3] 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
Somercotes (2)[ 3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour John McCabe 690 Labour Alan Stringer 648 Conservative Geoffrey Brailsford 468 Conservative David Beeston 412 Turnout 2,218 26.4
South West Parishes[ 3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Cunningham 709 82.0 Labour Patrick Mountain 156 18.0 Majority 553 64.0 Turnout 865 40.0
Swanwick (2)[ 3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Stephen Hayes 885 Conservative Allen King 792 Labour David Harry 476 Labour Pauline Griffiths 461 Turnout 2,614 32.2
Wingfield[ 3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Valerie Thorpe 670 78.0 Labour Peter Hare 189 22.0 Majority 481 56.0 Turnout 859 46.0
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