Elections took place in wards across the Amber Valley borough last week, including Alfreton, Riddings, Somercotes and Swanwick.

Here is a round-up of borough council election results in our area:

Alfreton

Gail Dolman – Labour Party – 809 votes – Elected

Steve Marshall-Clarke – Labour Party – 828 votes – Elected

Keith Michael Wood – Labour Party – 763 votes – Elected

Billy Bowles – Reform UK – 143 votes

Colin Boyce – Conservative Party Candidate – 443 votes

Brian David Cantrill – Conservative Party Candidate – 403 votes

Frances Mary Cantrill – Conservative Part Candidate – 402 votes

Helen Rachael Gent – Reform UK – 131 votes

Paul Robin Gibbons – Liberal Democrats – 100 votes

Russ Hubber – Green Party – 157 votes

Jeremy Quentin Miles – Liberal Democrats – 104 votes

Judith Marguerite Nilsen – Liberal Democrats – 92 votes

Paul Price – Reform UK – 123 votes

Turnout – 25%

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Ironville and Riddings

Kieron Cox – Labour Party – 645 votes – Elected

Rebecca Louise Grundy – Labour Party – 645 votes – Elected

Peter Maurice Clarke – Conservative Party Candidate – 444 votes

Matt Gent – Reform UK – 214 votes

Rachael Mary Hatchett – Green Party – 108 votes

Joanna Elizabeth Karpasea – Liberal Democrats – 50 votes

Kate Mary Kift – Liberal Democrats – 28 votes

Phil Rose – Reform UK – 235 votes

Sarah Jane Turner – Conservative Party Candidate – 372 votes

Turnout – 31%

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Somercotes

John McCabe – Labour Party – 653 votes – Elected

Elaine Stephanie Sherman – Labour Party – 519 votes – Elected

Jennifer Lynne Ainsworth – Conservative Party Candidate – 207 votes

Caroline Susan Gent – Reform UK – 88 votes

Simon Gent – Reform UK – 92 votes

Jill Hayes – Conservative Party Candidate – 193 votes

Tracey Ann Pearson – Liberal Democrats – 65 votes

Richard Sewell – Green Party – 55 votes

Paul Slater – Liberal Democrats – 61 votes

Turnout – 23%

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Swanwick

Steve Hayes – Conservative Party Candidate – 733 votes – Elected

Jonty Powis – Conservative Party Candidate – 659 – Elected

Steve Elliott – Green Party – 265 votes

Malc Hibbard – Reform UK – 150 votes

Axl Nicholls – Labour Party – 488 votes

Gareth Trewick – Labour Party – 597 votes

Malvin Leslie Trigg – Liberal Democrats – 179 votes

Turnout – 39%