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  Amber Valley - History
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Established June 09, 1983
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRBH September 11, 2021 01:54am
DescriptionThe river Amber runs through the constituency, but the landscape is one of abandoned coal seams, industrial estates and rows of Victorian terraced housing. The main towns are Ripley, Heanor and Alfreton, off the A38, just north of Derby and the constituency is a gateway to the Peak District National Park. It is very much marginal Middle England. Following the demise of coal, light engineering took its place, but this was hit by the recession of the nineties. Now there are companies such as Thorntons chocolates, Denby pottery, Bowmer & Kirkland construction and the Derbyshire Building Society, along with textile firms and tourism. It has the eighth highest proportion of those still working in manufacturing (29.2%). Unemployment is about average. Created in 1983, Amber Valley was formed out of parts of the old Ilkeston and Belper constituency (George Brown country). It was held originally - from 1983 to 1997 - by Conservative minister Philip Oppenheim, but his majority was gradually whittled away after 1987 and stood at just 712 in 1995. Despite boundary changes that could have been to his advantage, Labour's Judy Mallaber (formerly of NUPE and the LGIU) won by 11,500 in 1997 and still has a majority of 7,227 (16.2%). The Tories have control of Amber Valley Borough Council but lost one seat to Labour in the 2004 local elections.

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Date Type Results
Dec 31, 2024 General Election
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Date Type Results
Dec 12, 2019 General Election
 Nigel Mills(I)
29,096
63.85% 		 Adam Thompson
12,210
26.80% 		 Kate Smith
2,873
6.31% 		 Lian Pizzey
1,388
3.05%
Jun 08, 2017 General Election
 Nigel Mills(I)
25,905
56.55% 		 James Dawson
17,605
38.43% 		 Kate Smith
1,100
2.40% 		 Matt McGuinness
650
1.42% 		 Daniel Bamford
551
1.20%
May 07, 2015 General Election
 Nigel Mills(I)
20,106
43.98% 		 Kevin Gillott
15,901
34.78% 		 Stuart Bent
7,263
15.89% 		 Kate Smith
1,360
2.97% 		 John Devine
1,087
2.38%
May 06, 2010 General Election
 Nigel Mills
17,746
38.61% 		 Judy Mallaber(I)
17,210
37.45% 		 Tom Snowdon
6,636
14.44% 		 Michael Clarke
3,195
6.95% 		 Sue Ransome
906
1.97% 		 Sam 'Thing
265
0.58%
May 05, 2005 General Election
 Judy Mallaber(I)
21,593
45.56% 		 Gillian Shaw
16,318
34.43% 		 Kate Smith
6,225
13.14% 		 Paul Snell
1,243
2.62% 		 Alex Stevenson
1,224
2.58% 		 Hugh Price
788
1.66%
Jun 07, 2001 General Election
 Judy Mallaber(I)
23,101
51.90% 		 Gillian Shaw
15,874
35.66% 		 Kate Smith
5,538
12.44%
May 01, 1997 General Election
 Judy Mallaber
29,943
54.67% 		 Phillip Oppenheim(I)
18,330
33.46% 		 Roger Shelley
4,219
7.70% 		 Irene McGibbon
2,283
4.17%
Apr 09, 1992 General Election
 Phillip Oppenheim(I)
27,418
46.14% 		 John G. Cooper
26,706
44.95% 		 Graham Brocklebank
5,294
8.91%
Jun 11, 1987 General Election
 Phillip Oppenheim(I)
28,603
51.43% 		 David Bookbinder
19,103
34.35% 		 Stewart Reynolds
7,904
14.21%
Jun 09, 1983 General Election
 Phillip Oppenheim
21,502
41.73% 		 David Bookbinder
18,184
35.29% 		 Brian Johnson
10,989
21.33% 		 Peter Griffiths
856
1.66%

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