Local Election Results Announced
After an eventful few days of voting and a long campaign the results are in for the local elections.
They are as follows:
| Area: Belper Central pre elec party: | |
| Candidate | Votes |
| FISHER D (IND) | 131 |
| NELSON J (CON) | 627 |
| NEVILLE M (LAB) | 761 (E) |
| WELLS D (GRE) | 151 |
| YOUNG J (UKI) | 149 |
Turnout: 43.59%
| Area: Belper North pre elec party: | |
| Candidate | Votes |
| BELLAMY B (LAB) | 662 (E) |
| COX A (CON) | 576 |
| MACFARLANE S (GRE) | 307 |
| SALMON R (LIB) | 35 |
| SMITH D (UKI) | 160 |
Turnout: 47.02%
| Area: Heage and Ambergate pre elec party: | |
| Candidate | Votes |
| GILLATT I (UKI) | 168 |
| LOBLEY P (LAB) | 579 |
| MACFARLANE W (GRE) | 69 |
| WARD A (CON) | 749 (E) |
| WOOTTON A (LIB) | 36 |
Turnout: 35.84%
More information can be found at http://www.ambervalley.gov.uk/
Does this change who is in power at Amber Valley with two seats going from Conservative to Labour?
Not overall, the Conservatives still retain control of the council (although have lost the Leader of the Council, Alan Cox). But there is only one seat in it, so power is fairly equal for deciding matters. See the next article for fuller details: https://nailed.community/2016/05/07/labour-win-council-elections/