Amber Valley Borough Council elections explained

Amber Valley Borough Council elections are held every four years to elect councillors to Amber Valley Borough Council, the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 42 councillors have been elected to represent 18 wards. Prior to 2023 a third of the council was elected three years out of every four.^[1]

Council election results

The party make up of the council after each election is as shown below.

Election	Labour	Conservative	Green Party	Liberal Democrats	Independent	BNP	Total	Notes
1973	33	6	0	3	18	0	60	Inaugural election
1976	18	4	0	14	24	0	60
1979	18	12	0	7	6	0	43	New Boundaries
1980	24	11	0	4	4	0	43
1982	22	10	0	7	4	0	43
1983	23	7	0	8	5	0	43
1995	37	6	0	0	0	0	43
1996	37	6	0	0	0	0	43
1998	37	6	0	0	0	0	43
1999	32	11	0	0	0	0	43
2000	12	32	0	0	1	0	45	New Boundaries
2002	19	26	0	0	0	0	45
2003	25	20	0	0	0	0	45
2004	24	21	0	0	0	0	45
2006	18	27	0	0	0	0	45
2007	17	28	0	0	0	0	45
2008	14	29	0	0	0	0	45
2010	14	29	0	0	0	2	45
2011	15	28	0	0	0	2	45
2012	21	24	0	0	0	2	45
2014	23	22	0	0	0	0	45
2015	21	24	0	0	0	0	45
2016	22	23	0	0	0	0	45
2018	20	25	0	0	0	0	45
2019	25	19	1	0	0	0	45
2021	16	28	1	0	0	0	45
2022	11	30	3	0	1	0	45
2023	26	7	6	1	2	0	42	New Boundaries

Council elections

• 1973 Amber Valley District Council election
• 1976 Amber Valley District Council election
• 1979 Amber Valley District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• 1980 Amber Valley District Council election
• 1982 Amber Valley District Council election
• 1983 Amber Valley District Council election
• 1984 Amber Valley District Council election
• 1986 Amber Valley District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
• 1987 Amber Valley District Council election
• 1988 Amber Valley District Council election
• 1990 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 1991 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 1992 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 1994 Amber Valley Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
• 1995 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 1996 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 1998 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 1999 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2000 Amber Valley Borough Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by two)^[5]
• 2002 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2003 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2004 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2006 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2007 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2008 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2010 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2011 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2012 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2014 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2015 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2016 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2018 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2019 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2021 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2022 Amber Valley Borough Council election
• 2023 Amber Valley Borough Council election (New ward boundaries, number of councillors reduced by 3)^[6]

By-election results

2023-2027

References

• By-election results

External links

• Amber Valley Council

Notes and References

1. si. The Amber Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 2022. 2022. 810. 21 August 2022.
2. The District of Amber Valley (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
3. The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (Areas) Order 1985
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
5. News: Amber Valley . 2008-08-07 . BBC Online.
6. Web site: UK Government Web Archive . 2023-05-10 . webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk.