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Revision as of 22:51, 19 July 2012

See also: Amber Valley (UK Parliament constituency) and Almond Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Borough of Amber Valley
Borough
Shown within Derbyshire
Shown within Derbyshire
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionEast Midlands
Ceremonial countyDerbyshire
Admin. HQRipley
Government
 • TypeAmber Valley Borough Council
 • Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
 • Executive: 
 • MPs:Nigel Mills,
Pauline Latham,
Patrick McLoughlin
Area
 • Total102 sq mi (265 km2)
 • Rank132nd
Population
 (2022)
 • Total126,944
 • RankRanked 187th
 • Density1,200/sq mi (480/km2)
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code17UB
Ethnicity97.8% White
0.9% S.Asian[1]
Websiteambervalley.gov.uk

Amber Valley is a local government district and borough in Derbyshire, England. It takes its name from the River Amber and covers a semi-rural area with a number of small towns formerly based around coal mining and engineering. The parliamentary constituency of Amber Valley covers a similar area.

The village of Crich and the Amber Valley area were the setting for the ITV drama series Peak Practice.

Politics

See also: Amber Valley local elections

Elections to the borough council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 45 seats on the council being elected at each election. The council has been controlled by the Conservative party since they gained control from the Labour party at the 2000 election. As of the 2011 election the council is composed of the following councillors:-[2]

Year Conservative Labour British National Party Independent
2011 28 15 1 1
2012 24 21 0 0

Towns of Amber Valley

The offices of Amber Valley at Alfreton House in Alfreton.[3]

Main villages of Amber Valley

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the urban districts of Alfreton, Belper, Heanor and Ripley Rural District and Belper Rural District. The district was granted borough status in 1988.

Crich Stand

Parishes

See also

References

  1. ^ Lead View Table
  2. ^ "England council elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  3. ^ Alfreton House, Geograph picture, accessed September 2009

External links

53°00′N 1°24′W / 53.00°N 1.40°W / 53.00; -1.40

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