Amber Valley (UK Parliament constituency) Facts for Kids

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Amber Valley is a constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Derbyshire, England. Conservative politician Nigel Mills has represented the constituency in the House of Commons since 2010. It was first created in 1983 from three older constituencies.

Members of Parliament
Elections

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
Constituency created from Belper, South East Derbyshire and Ilkeston
49th	1983–1987	Phillip Oppenheim	Conservative
50th	1987–1992
51st	1992–1997
52nd	1997–2001	Judy Mallaber	Labour
53rd	2001–2005
54th	2005–2010
55th	2010–2015	Nigel Mills	Conservative
56th	2015–2017
57th	2017–2019
58th	2019–present

Elections

Amber Valley election results

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Amber Valley
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	37.0	+18.9
Turnout			45,556	65.1	−2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.5

General election 2017: Amber Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Mills	25,905	56.5	+12.6
	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	N/A
Majority			8,300	18.1	+8.9
Turnout			45,811	67.4	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.5

General election 2015: Amber Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Mills	20,106	44.0	+5.4
	Labour	Kevin Gillott	15,901	34.8	−2.7
	UKIP	Stuart Bent	7,263	15.9	+13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Smith	1,360	3.0	−11.5
	Green	John Devine	1,087	2.4	+2.4
Majority			4,205	9.2	+8.0
Turnout			45,717	65.1	-0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.0

General election 2010: Amber Valley
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	N/A
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
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	N/A
	Veritas	Alex Stevenson	1,224	2.6	N/A
	UKIP	Hugh Price	788	1.7	N/A
Majority			5,275	11.1	−5.1
Turnout			47,391	62.9	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.8

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	−5.1
Turnout			44,513	60.3	−15.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.5

Elections in the 1990s

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	Roger Shelley	4,219	7.7	−1.4
	Referendum	Irene McGibbon	2,283	4.2	N/A
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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phillip Oppenheim	27,418	46.1	−5.3
	Labour	John Cooper	26,706	44.9	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Brocklebank	5,294	8.9	−5.3
Majority			712	1.2	−15.9
Turnout			59,418	84.7	+3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−7.9

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Amber Valley
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	17.1	+10.7
Turnout			68,478	81.2	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.3

General election 1983: Amber Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phillip Oppenheim	21,502	41.7	N/A
	Labour	David Bookbinder	18,184	35.3	N/A
	Liberal	Brian Johnson	10,989	21.3	N/A
	Independent	Peter Griffiths	856	1.7	N/A
Majority			3,318	6.4	N/A
Turnout			66,720	77.2	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

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