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Amber Valley
Amber Valley is a local government district and borough in the east of Derbyshire, England, taking its name from the River Amber. It covers a semi-rural zone with 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 seat in the House of Commons of Amber Valley is of smaller scope. The population at the 2011 Census was 122,309. The village of Crich and other parts of the district were the setting for ITV drama series '' Peak Practice''. Towns of Amber Valley * Alfreton *Belper *Heanor *Ripley Main villages of Amber Valley * Ambergate * Codnor * Crich * Denby * Duffield * Heage * Holbrook * Horsley * Horsley Woodhouse * Kedleston * Kilburn * Langley Mill * Lea & Holloway * Mackworth * Milford * Quarndon * Riddings * Smalley * Somercotes * Swanwick * Whatstandwell The district was formed on 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Mills
Nigel John Mills is a British Conservative Party politician and former chartered accountant. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Amber Valley in Derbyshire since the 2010 general election. He has campaigned for Leave Means Leave, a Eurosceptic group. Early life and career Mills was born in Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire, in 1974 and was privately educated at Loughborough Grammar School in Leicestershire. He went on to study Classics at Newcastle University. Mills qualified as a Chartered accountant in 1999, working for PricewaterhouseCoopers until early 2010, moving on to Deloitte working as a Tax adviser to businesses, specialising in transfer pricing. Political career Mills was first elected as a Conservative Councillor for Amber Valley Borough Council in 2004 when he won in Horsley, Horsley Woodhouse and Shipley ward. He was re-elected in 2008, but did not stand again in 2012 after he became an MP. He was also a Heanor and Loscoe Town Councillor. He was first el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
