Council by-election · Amber Valley Borough: Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley ward · Thursday, 8 October 2026

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Before anyone asks for your vote: what the official record says about the area around this area, from planning to local statistics, and who represents you now.

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Who represents you now

Councillors for Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley, as recorded after the May 2026 elections:

Trevor Ainsworth, Conservative and Unionist
Matt Murray, Conservative and Unionist
Julie Whitmore, Conservative and Unionist

This by-election fills a seat that has fallen vacant since then, so one of those listed may no longer hold it.

Across the whole of Amber Valley council (42 seats in 2026): Conservative 8, Labour 19, Liberal Democrat 1, Green 5, Reform UK 3, Other 6. Run by: Labour, as a minority administration.

Councillors and council make-up from Open Council Data (public domain). The council's own website lists current councillors and how to contact them.

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What’s happening at Amber Valley Borough council → Housing, transport, council tax, environment and schools, from the council’s own papers.

Life in Amber Valley Borough: Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley ward: the official facts

Official open data about the area. It describes the place, not you, and it favours no candidate.

People claiming unemployment-related benefits

115 people in Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley ward, 2.2% of residents aged 16–64, against 4.1% across England (September 2026).

Claimant count, Office for National Statistics via Nomis (Open Government Licence). It counts people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while required to seek work; it is not the same as the unemployment rate.

House prices in Amber Valley

Average price £232,141, up 2.7% on a year earlier (August 2026).

Flats and maisonettes: £135,362
Detached houses: £335,368

Source: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for the local authority (Open Government Licence). A local-authority average; prices within it vary widely.

Recorded crime nearby, September 2026

32 street-level crimes recorded within about a mile of the area's centre.

violent crime: 16
criminal damage arson: 4
anti social behaviour: 3
other theft: 3
public order: 3
drugs: 2

Source: data.police.uk (Open Government Licence). Centroid of the ONS 2024 boundary. Statistics near this point describe the area, not any household. Recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as offending; see the ONS guidance in further reading.

Past elections in this ward

Every recorded council election here since 2006, most recent first. Elected candidates in bold. Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.

2023 — Labour Party, Conservative and Unionist Party, Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 40%

Linsey Farnsworth	Labour Party	1,158
Trevor Ainsworth	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,065
Julie Whitmore	Conservative and Unionist Party	981
Matt Murray	Conservative and Unionist Party	930
Michael Missett	Labour Party	885
Dean Watson	Labour Party	856
Matt McGuinness	Green Party	376
Kathy Gorman	Green Party	373
Matt Waterfall	Reform UK	331
Ade Nathan	Reform UK	250
Gareth Joseph Alwyne Cresswell	Liberal Democrats	189
Sarah Denise Gent	Liberal Democrats	171
Chris Gent	Liberal Democrats	150

Source: DCLEAPIL v1.0 British local election results 2006–2024, by Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0). Where a ward's boundaries changed, earlier results were for a somewhat different area.

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