2002 Amber Valley Borough Council election

Elections to Amber Valley Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council.

Map of the results of the 2002 Amber Valley council election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2002.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 26
• Labour 19

Election result

Amber Valley Local Election Result 2002

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	12			+7	75.0	52.5	11,496
	Conservative	4			-6	25.0	37.1	8,115
	Liberal Democrats	0			0	0	5.6	1,217
	Independent	0			-1	0	4.4	955
	Green	0			0	0	0.5	107

Ward results

Alfreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Walker	1,023	63.1
	Independent	Colin Thornton	409	25.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Gibbons	188	11.6
Majority			614	37.9
Turnout			1,620
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Belper East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Tomlinson	506	46.6
	Labour	Nalda Boyes-Jackson	473	43.6
	Green	Hugh Stewart	107	9.9
Majority			33	3.0
Turnout			1,086
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belper South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Anderson	580	50.04
	Labour	Peter Shepherd	579	49.96
Majority			1	0.08
Turnout			1,159
	Conservative hold		Swing

Codnor and Waingroves

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Fisher	871	66.9
	Conservative	David Cattermole	430	33.1
Majority			441	33.8
Turnout			1,301
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Duffield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Short	865	60.1
	Labour	Patrick Mountain	574	39.9
Majority			391	20.2
Turnout			1,439
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heanor and Loscoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Moon	725	65.8
	Conservative	Christopher Jubb	376	34.2
Majority			349	31.6
Turnout			1,101
	Labour hold		Swing

Heanor East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glynne Cato	548	53.8
	Conservative	Enid Trusswell	272	26.7
	Independent	Alex Stevenson	129	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Falconbridge	70	6.9
Majority			276	27.1
Turnout			1,019
	Labour hold		Swing

Heanor West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Jones	601	47.1
	Liberal	Judith Wooley	413	32.3
	Conservative	Ruth Bulkeley-Kirkham	263	20.6
Majority			188	14.8
Turnout			1,277
	Labour hold		Swing

Ironville and Riddings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Griffiths	778	58.1
	Conservative	George Cope	560	41.9
Majority			218	16.2
Turnout			1,338
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Kilburn, Denby and Holbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Grace	862	44.3
	Conservative	Alan Warner	808	41.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Benson	274	14.1
Majority			54	2.7
Turnout			1,944
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Langley Mill and Aldercar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jo Ward	504	59.2
	Conservative	Ann Castledine	200	23.5
	Independent	Denis Woolley	148	17.4
Majority			304	35.7
Turnout			852
	Labour hold		Swing

Ripley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Cutting	902
	Labour	Geoffrey Carlile	833
	Conservative	Kathleen Brown	812
	Conservative	Peter Clay	736
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Smith	272
Turnout			3,555
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Shipley Park, Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Lancashire	771	46.9
	Conservative	Linda Edward-Milson	603	36.7
	Independent	Margaret Jackson	269	16.4
Majority			168	10.2
Turnout			1,643
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Somercotes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Stringer	965	75.9
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brailsford	307	24.1
Majority			658	51.8
Turnout			1,272
	Labour hold		Swing

Swanwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allen King	797	62.1
	Labour	Jonathan Harris	487	37.9
Majority			310	24.2
Turnout			1,284
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

• BBC report of 2002 Amber Valley election result