Amber Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Amber Valley County constituency | |
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| Amber Valley shown within Derbyshire, and Derbyshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Judy Mallaber |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Derbyshire |
| EP constituency: | East Midlands |
Amber Valley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a marginal constituency between the Conservative and Labour Party.
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[edit] Boundaries
Amber Valley constituency covers the Derbyshire market towns of Alfreton, Ripley and Heanor, all of which are favourably disposed to the Labour party. However the constituency also has a considerable rural / suburban element, stretching from the edge of the Peak District to the northern edge of Derby, which is more favourably disposed to the Conservatives. It can therefore be considered a marginal seat.
[edit] Boundary review
Following its review of parliamentary representation in Derbyshire, the Boundary Commission for England has created a seat of Mid Derbyshire. This creation has consequences for neighbouring seats, including Amber Valley from which some wards have been taken in the creation of the new seat.
The modified Amber Valley constituency to be fought at the next UK general election in 2009 or 2010 is created from the following electoral wards:
- 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.
The town of Belper has been moved into the new Mid Derbyshire constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1983 – 1997: Phillip Oppenheim, Conservative
- 1997 – present: Judy Mallaber, Labour
[edit] Election results
| UK general election, 2005: Amber Valley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| British National | Paul Snell | 1,243 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| Veritas | Alex Stevenson | 1,224 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Hugh Price | 788 | 1.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,275 | 11.1 | |||
| Turnout | 47,391 | 62.9 | +2.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| UK general election, 2001: Amber Valley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Judy Mallaber | 23,101 | 51.9 | -2.8 | |
| Conservative | Gillian Shaw | 15,874 | 35.7 | +2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Smith | 5,538 | 12.4 | +4.7 | |
| Majority | 7,227 | 16.2 | |||
| Turnout | 44,513 | 60.3 | -15.6% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| UK general election, 1997: Amber Valley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Judy Mallaber | 29,943 | 54.7 | +10.3 | |
| Conservative | Phillip Oppenheim | 18,330 | 33.4 | -13.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | R Shelley | 4,219 | 7.7 | -1.4 | |
| Referendum Party | I McGibbon | 2,283 | 4.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,613 | 21.3 | |||
| Turnout | 76.0 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| UK general election, 1992: Amber Valley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Phillip Oppenheim | 27,418 | 46.1 | ||
| Labour | J Cooper | 26,706 | 45.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | G Brocklebank | 5,294 | 8.9 | ||
| Majority | 712 | 1.1 | |||
| Turnout | 84.7 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
| Constituencies in the East Midlands | |
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| Labour |
Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Bolsover | Broxtowe | Corby | Derby North | Derby South | Erewash | Gedling | High Peak | Leicester East | Leicester South | Leicester West | Lincoln | Loughborough | Mansfield | Northampton North | North East Derbyshire | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham East | Nottingham North | Nottingham South | Sherwood | South Derbyshire |
| Conservative |
Blaby | Boston and Skegness | Bosworth | Charnwood | Daventry | Gainsborough | Grantham and Stamford | Harborough | Kettering | Louth and Horncastle | Newark | Northampton South | Rushcliffe | Rutland and Melton | Sleaford and North Hykeham | South Holland and The Deepings | Wellingborough | West Derbyshire |
| Liberal Democrat | |
| East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1) | |
