Amber Valley

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Borough of Amber Valley
Non-metropolitan district and borough
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Ripley, the administrative centre of Amber Valley and the second largest settlement in the borough
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Coat of arms
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Shown within Derbyshire
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionEast Midlands
Ceremonial countyDerbyshire
Admin. HQRipley
Government
 • TypeAmber Valley Borough Council
 • Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
 • MPs:Linsey Farnsworth (Lab, Amber Valley)
Jonathan Davies (Lab, Mid Derbyshire)
John Whitby (Lab, Derbyshire Dales)
Area
 • Total
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 • Rank132nd
Population
 (2024)
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Population
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 • Total
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 • Rank[[List of English districts by population|Ranked Template:English district rank]]
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Ethnicity (2021)
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 • Ethnic groups
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Religion (2021)
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Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode
DE, NG
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ONS code17UB (ONS) E07000032 (GSS)

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Amber Valley is a local government district with borough status in the east of Derbyshire, England, taking its name from the River Amber. Its council is based in Ripley. The district covers a semi-rural area lying to the north of the city of Derby. The district contains four main towns whose economy was based on coal mining and remains to some extent influenced by engineering, distribution and manufacturing, holding for instance the headquarters and production site of Thorntons confectionery.

The House of Commons constituency of Amber Valley is of smaller scope.

The village of Crich and other parts of the district were the setting for ITV drama series Peak Practice (1993–2002).

History

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 as one of nine districts within Derbyshire. The new district covered the area of five former districts, which were all abolished at the same time:[2]

The new district was named Amber Valley, after the River Amber.[3] Amber Valley was granted borough status in 1989, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.[4]

Governance

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Amber Valley Borough Council
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Type
Type
Leadership
Steve Marshall-Clarke,
Labour
since 21 May 2025[5]
Chris Emmas-Williams,
Labour
since 24 May 2023
Simon Gladwin
since December 2023[6]
Structure
Seats42 councillors
Political groups
Administration (19)
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Other parties (23)

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Elections
Last election
4 May 2023
Next election
6 May 2027
Meeting place
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Town Hall, Market Place, Ripley, DE5 3BT
Website
ambervalley.gov.uk

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Amber Valley Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Derbyshire County Council. Most of the district is also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.[7]

Political control

Labour won a majority on the council at the 2023 election, taking control from the Conservatives.[8]

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:[9][10]

Party in control Years
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Leadership

The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Amber Valley. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 2002 have been:

Councillor Party From To
Alan Cox[11][12] Script error: No such module "Party name with color". May 2002 17 Dec 2007
Stuart Bradford[12][13] Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 17 Dec 2007 11 Jun 2014
Paul Jones[13] Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 11 Jun 2014 May 2015
Alan Cox[14][15] Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 20 May 2015 May 2016
Kevin Buttery[16][17] Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 25 May 2016 May 2019
Chris Emmas-Williams[18][19] Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 22 May 2019 May 2021
Kevin Buttery[20][21] Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 19 May 2021 May 2023
Chris Emmas-Williams[22] Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 24 May 2023

Composition

Following the 2023 election,[23] and subsequent changes of allegiance and by-elections up to January 2026, the composition of the council was:[24][25]

Party Councillors
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Total 42

The next election is due in 2027.[25]

Premises

The council is based at Ripley Town Hall, which had been built in 1881 as a market hall and converted to a town hall for the former Ripley Urban District Council in 1907. A modern extension to the west of the building was added in the 1990s.[26]

Elections

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Alfreton, the largest settlement in the Amber Valley district
Heanor, the third-largest settlement in Amber Valley
Crich Stand

Towns of Amber Valley

Main villages of Amber Valley

Parishes

Map of Amber Valley district

There are 35 civil parishes in the borough, covering almost the whole area. The exception is Riddings, which is an unparished area, being the only part of the former Alfreton Urban District not to have been subsequently added to a parish.[28]

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Arms

Coat of arms of Amber Valley
Notes
Granted 18 October 1989 [29]
Crest
On a wreath of the colours the battlements of a tower Proper issuant therefrom between two abbatical crosiers Or an oak tree Proper fructed and ensigned by a crown of fleurs-de-lys Gold.
Escutcheon
Vert a pale wavy Or a bordure Argent charged with five horseshoes Sable on a chief of the second between two lozenges a cresset Sable fired Proper.
Supporters
On the dexter side a unicorn Argent armed and crined Or gorged with a collar pendent therefrom a cross flory Gules and on the sinister side a leopard Proper gorged with a collar Gules pendent therefrom a fleur-de-lys Or.
Motto
Per Laborem Progedimur (We Make Progress Through Hard Work)

Media

In terms of television, the Amber Valley is served by BBC East Midlands and ITV Central broadcasting from the Waltham transmitter.

Radio stations that broadcast to the area are:

The local newspapers are the Ripley & Heanor News,[30] Belper News[31] and Derbyshire Times.

See also

References

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  1. ^ a b Template:NOMIS2021
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