Amber Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Amber Valley County constituency
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 county 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Amber Valley constituency covers the Derbyshire market towns of Alfreton,Heanor and Ripley, 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.

The seat was created for the 1983 election, primarily from the former constituency of Ilkeston. The Conservative Phillip Oppenheim won the seat on that occasion and held it until 1997, when the present Labour incumbent Judy Mallaber gained it.

[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

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Phillip Oppenheim	Conservative
	1997	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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	11.7

UK general election, 1992: Amber Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phillip Oppenheim	27,418	46.1
	Labour	J Cooper	26,706	45.0
	Liberal Democrat	G Brocklebank	5,294	8.9
Majority			712	1.1
Turnout				84.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire

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