Amber Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Amber Valley
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Amber Valley in Derbyshire
Outline map
Location of Derbyshire within England
CountyDerbyshire
Population87,883 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate69,538 (December 2010)[2]
Major settlementsRipley, Alfreton, Heanor
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentNigel Mills (Conservative)
Number of membersOne
Created fromBelper, Derbyshire South East and Ilkeston[3]

Amber Valley is a constituency[n 1] in Derbyshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Nigel Mills, a Conservative.[n 2]

History[]

The constituency was created in 1983, and was held by Phillip Oppenheim of the Conservative Party from its creation until Judy Mallaber of the Labour Party won the seat in 1997. She was narrowly defeated in 2010 by Nigel Mills, a Conservative, who increased his majority in 2015 and 2017.[4]

Boundaries[]

Boundary map
Boundaries of Amber Valley from 1997 to 2010

1983–1997: The District of Amber Valley wards of Aldercar, Alfreton East, Alfreton West, Codnor, Denby and Horsley Woodhouse, Heage and Ambergate, Heanor and Loscoe, Heanor East, Heanor West, Holbrook and Horsley, Kilburn, Riddings, Ripley, Ripley and Marehay, Shipley Park, Somercotes, Swanwick, and Wingfield, and the Borough of Erewash wards of Breadsall and Morley, Little Eaton, and Stanley.

1997–2010: The Borough of Amber Valley wards of Aldercar, Alfreton East, Alfreton West, Codnor, Crich, Denby and Horsley Woodhouse, Heage and Ambergate, Heanor and Loscoe, Heanor East, Heanor West, Holbrook and Horsley, Kilburn, Riddings, Ripley, Ripley and Marehay, Shipley Park, Somercotes, Swanwick, and Wingfield, and the Borough of Erewash wards of Breadsall and Morley, Little Eaton, and Stanley.

2010–present: The Borough of Amber Valley wards of Alfreton, Codnor and Waingroves, Heage and Ambergate, Heanor and Loscoe, Heanor East, Heanor West, Ironville and Riddings, Kilburn, Denby and Holbrook, Langley Mill and Aldercar, Ripley, Ripley and Marehay, Shipley Park, Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse, Somercotes, Swanwick, and Wingfield.

Constituency profile[]

The Amber Valley constituency is located in the east of Derbyshire, and covers the market and manufacturing towns of Alfreton, Heanor and Ripley; in a majority of council elections from 1960 to 2012, these were favourably disposed to the Labour Party. The constituency also contains many rural and suburban wards, which during the same period generally had a majority in support of the Conservatives. The constituency stretches from the edge of the Peak District to the northern edge of Derby, which forms another set of neighbourhoods more favourably disposed to the Conservatives.

Since 2000 the Conservatives have controlled Amber Valley Borough Council with the exception of a year from 2014-2015 and from 2019-2021 when Labour were in power. Prior to this, the council was held by Labour or under no overall control for all but three years from its formation in 1973.

The constituency's generally small majorities and bellwether status since 1983 (being won by the party that nationally holds the most parliamentary seats) means Amber Valley was, by most common measures, a marginal seat. However, the large Conservative majorities in 2017 and 2019 would seem to indicate this is no longer the case.

Members of Parliament[]

Election Member[5] Party
1983

1987

1992

Phillip Oppenheim Conservative
1997

2001

2005

Judy Mallaber Labour
2010

2015

2017

2019

Nigel Mills Conservative

Elections[]

Amber Valley election results

Elections in the 2010s[]

General election 2019: Amber Valley[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Mills 29,096 63.8 +7.3
Labour Adam Thompson 12,210 26.8 −11.6
Liberal Democrats Kate Smith 2,873 6.3 +3.9
Green Lian Pizzey 1,388 3.0 +1.6
Majority 16,886 37.1 +18.9
Turnout 45,567 65.1 −2.3
Conservative hold Swing +9.5
General election 2017: Amber Valley[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Mills 25,905 56.5 +12.5
Labour James Dawson 17,605 38.4 +3.6
Liberal Democrats Kate Smith 1,100 2.4 −0.6
Green Matt McGuinness 650 1.4 −1.0
Independent Daniel Bamford 551 1.2 New
Majority 8,300 18.1 +8.9
Turnout 45,811 67.4 +2.3
Conservative hold Swing +4.5
See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Amber Valley
General election 2015: Amber Valley[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Mills[9] 20,106 44.0 +5.4
Labour Kevin Gillott[10] 15,901 34.8 −2.6
UKIP Stuart Bent 7,263 15.9 +13.9
Liberal Democrats Kate Smith 1,360 3.0 −11.4
Green John Devine[11] 1,087 2.4 New
Majority 4,205 9.2 +8.0
Turnout 45,717 65.1 -0.4
Conservative hold Swing +4.0

Going into the 2015 general election, this was the 24th most marginal constituency in Great Britain, Labour requiring a swing from the Conservatives of 0.6% to take the seat (based on the result of the 2010 general election).[12]

General election 2010: Amber Valley[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Mills 17,746 38.6 +4.7
Labour Judy Mallaber 17,210 37.4 −9.0
Liberal Democrats Tom Snowdon 6,636 14.4 +2.1
BNP Michael Clarke 3,195 7.0 +4.4
UKIP Sue Ransome 906 2.0 +0.3
Monster Raving Loony Sam Thing 265 0.6 New
Majority 536 1.2 N/A
Turnout 45,958 65.5 +1.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +6.9

Elections in the 2000s[]

General election 2005: Amber Valley[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judy Mallaber 21,593 45.6 −6.3
Conservative Gillian Shaw 16,318 34.4 −1.3
Liberal Democrats Kate Smith 6,225 13.1 +0.7
BNP Paul Snell 1,243 2.6 New
Veritas Alex Stevenson 1,224 2.6 New
UKIP Hugh Price 788 1.7 New
Majority 5,275 11.2 −5.0
Turnout 47,391 62.9 +2.6
Labour hold Swing −3.8
General election 2001: Amber Valley[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judy Mallaber 23,101 51.9 −2.8
Conservative Gillian Shaw 15,874 35.7 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Kate Smith 5,538 12.4 +4.7
Majority 7,227 16.2 −5.1
Turnout 44,513 60.3 −15.7
Labour hold Swing −2.5

Elections in the 1990s[]

General election 1997: Amber Valley[16][17][18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judy Mallaber 29,943 54.7 +10.3
Conservative Phillip Oppenheim 18,330 33.4 −13.0
Liberal Democrats Roger Shelley 4,219 7.7 −1.4
Referendum Irene McGibbon 2,283 4.2 New
Majority 11,613 21.3 N/A
Turnout 54,775 76.0 −8.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +11.7
General election 1992: Amber Valley[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Phillip Oppenheim 27,418 46.1 −5.3
Labour John Cooper 26,706 44.9 +10.5
Liberal Democrats Graham Brocklebank 5,294 8.9 −5.3
Majority 712 1.2 −15.8
Turnout 59,418 84.7 +3.5
Conservative hold Swing −7.9

Elections in the 1980s[]

General election 1987: Amber Valley[22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Phillip Oppenheim 28,603 51.4 +9.7
Labour David Bookbinder 19,103 34.4 −0.9
Liberal Stewart Reynolds 7,904 14.2 −7.1
Majority 9,500 17.0 +10.6
Turnout 68,478 81.2 +4.0
Conservative hold Swing +5.3
General election 1983: Amber Valley[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Phillip Oppenheim 21,502 41.7
Labour David Bookbinder 18,184 35.3
Liberal Brian Johnson 10,989 21.3
Independent Peter Griffiths 856 1.7
Majority 3,318 6.4
Turnout 66,720 77.2
Conservative win (new seat)

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References[]

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  3. ^ "'Amber Valley', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
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  5. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
  6. ^ "Amber Valley Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  7. ^ Bloom, Dan (7 June 2017). "Here is every single 2017 general election candidate in a plain text list". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Political parties pick candidates in Amber Valley". Derby Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  10. ^ "The Labour Party". labour.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  11. ^ "General Election". Derbyshire Green Party. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  12. ^ Ransome Mpini; Charlotte Thornton; John Walton; Marcelo Zanni (24 February 2014). "Election 2015: The political battleground". BBC News. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  13. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  14. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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  16. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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  18. ^ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.142 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
  19. ^ The 1997 election result is calculated relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.
  20. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  21. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  22. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  23. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1987. Politics Resources. 11 June 1987. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  24. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  25. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2011.

Coordinates: 53°02′N 1°24′W / 53.03°N 1.40°W / 53.03; -1.40

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