Amber Valley Borough Council will not be changing its election cycle from holding Borough Council elections by thirds, to whole Council elections for all Councillors of the Borough. A majority of at least two-thirds of Members present and voting at the Full Council meeting on 2 March was necessary to achieve a change but this was not achieved on the night, as 23 members voted in favour of the change and 20 voted against.

The vote followed a 12-week consultation exercise that generated 22 letters/emails from individuals and organisations, nine of which were in favour of the change, seven wished to see things stay as they are and six did not express a preference.