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The 2023 High Peak Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.
The council was under no overall control prior to the election. Labour had won a majority at the previous full council election in 2019, but lost its majority in 2022 following a by-election. Labour regained a majority at the 2023 election, winning 29 of the 43 seats on the council.
Summary
Election result
The overall results were:
2023 High Peak Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Labour | 41 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 67.4 | 51.3 | 22,381 | ||
Conservative | 43 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 23.6 | 35.9 | 15,655 | ||
Green | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 10.7 | 4,674 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.3 | 8.0 | 3,499 | ||
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 677 | |||
Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 78 |
Results
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by High Peak Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.
Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk. The results for each ward were:
Barms
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rachael Quinn* | 246 | 53.7 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | Colin Woodhouse | 166 | 36.2 | +2.2 | |
Green | Ben Evens | 42 | 9.2 | −7.9 | |
Majority | 80 | 17.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 458 | 34.05 | |||
Registered electors | 1,345 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Blackbrook
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dan Capper | 677 | 38.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Angela Benham | 634 | 35.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Penny Took | 627 | 35.3 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | John Kappes | 465 | 26.2 | −5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edith Longden* | 456 | 25.6 | −11.9 | |
Conservative | Mark Stafford | 402 | 22.6 | −12.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 1778 | 49.1 | |||
Registered electors | 3,624 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Burbage
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Payne | 264 | 44.9 | +12.3 | |
Conservative | Steve Clark | 242 | 41.2 | −2.0 | |
Green | Samantha Flower* | 80 | 13.6 | −29.6 | |
Majority | 22 | 3.7 | |||
Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 588 | 37.3 | |||
Registered electors | 1,578 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Buxton Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jean Todd* | 576 | 54.9 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Payge Hacking | 573 | 54.6 | −4.5 | |
Conservative | Michael Hunter | 324 | 30.9 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Julie Butterworth | 297 | 28.3 | +7.0 | |
Green | Lisa Adamson | 219 | 20.9 | −6.5 | |
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 1050 | 36.0 | |||
Registered electors | 2,916 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chapel East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Gourlay | 272 | 44.9 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Jim Lambert | 265 | 43.7 | +10.4 | |
Green | Chris Williams | 46 | 7.6 | −4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jane Simm | 21 | 3.5 | −7.6 | |
Majority | 7 | 1.2 | |||
Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 606 | 35.9 | |||
Registered electors | 1,689 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chapel West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sally De Pee | 743 | 49.2 | +23.2 | |
Conservative | Kath Sizeland* | 720 | 47.7 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Timmy Norton | 650 | 43.0 | +20.2 | |
Conservative | Stewart Young* | 596 | 39.4 | +4.6 | |
Green | Jeremy Wight | 184 | 12.2 | −1.2 | |
Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 1511 | 38.9 | |||
Registered electors | 3,884 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Corbar
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Madeline Hall* | 569 | 41.0 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | Chris Morten | 427 | 30.7 | −4.7 | |
Labour Co-op | Graham Winter | 422 | 30.4 | N/A | |
Green | Chris Hallam | 384 | 27.6 | −5.8 | |
Conservative | Mark Wilson | 362 | 26.1 | −4.7 | |
Green | Eileen Reynolds | 318 | 22.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Stanley Heptinstall | 114 | 8.2 | −12.9 | |
Reform UK | Melandra Smith | 78 | 5.6 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 1389 | 45.3 | |||
Registered electors | 3,065 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Cote Heath
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Linda Grooby* | 595 | 46.1 | −1.7 | |
Conservative | Kev Kirkham* | 569 | 44.0 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Alan Smith | 569 | 44.0 | −3.6 | |
Labour | Mary Dunk | 537 | 41.6 | −3.7 | |
Green | David Busby | 178 | 13.8 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 1292 | 36.2 | |||
Registered electors | 3,567 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Dinting
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dominic Elliott-Starkey | 423 | 43.4 | +0.1 | |
Labour | Rachel Sloman | 406 | 41.7 | +10.2 | |
Green | Holly McBride | 78 | 8.0 | −6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Worrall | 61 | 6.3 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 17 | 1.7 | |||
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 974 | 50.8 | |||
Registered electors | 1,917 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Gamesley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Anthony McKeown* | 205 | 75.4 | −9.4 | |
Conservative | Mick Reddy | 39 | 14.3 | −0.9 | |
Green | Matthew Firth | 27 | 9.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 166 | 61.0 | |||
Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 272 | 16.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,694 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hadfield North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gillian Cross | 296 | 65.8 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | David Cadwell | 111 | 24.7 | +5.8 | |
Green | Neil Best | 42 | 9.4 | −15.9 | |
Majority | 185 | 41.1 | |||
Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 450 | 26.4 | |||
Registered electors | 1,707 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hadfield South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Edward Siddall* | 656 | 59.4 | +9.9 | |
Labour Co-op | Bob McKeown* | 601 | 54.4 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | Julie Conlan | 333 | 30.1 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | Tom Wynne | 318 | 28.8 | +7.2 | |
Green | Robert Hodgetts-Haley | 166 | 15.0 | −4.3 | |
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 1105 | 33.3 | |||
Registered electors | 3,317 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hayfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Gill Scott | 530 | 59.6 | +23.6 | |
Conservative | Eva Lawson* | 270 | 30.4 | −7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah High | 77 | 8.7 | −6.8 | |
Majority | 260 | 29.3 | |||
Rejected ballots | 10 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 887 | 53.24 | |||
Registered electors | 1,666 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Hope Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Charlotte Farrell* | 812 | 52.7 | +6.8 | |
Green | Joanna Collins* | 753 | 48.9 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Fredrick Walton | 557 | 36.1 | −6.9 | |
Conservative | Hayley Dalton | 530 | 34.1 | −7.7 | |
Labour | David Owen | 244 | 15.8 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 1541 | 50.7 | |||
Registered electors | 3,038 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | ||||
Green hold | Swing |
Howard Town
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Damien Greenhalgh* | 892 | 68.8 | +9.0 | |
Labour | Godfrey Claff | 819 | 63.1 | +9.1 | |
Green | Linda Walker | 279 | 21.5 | −6.4 | |
Conservative | Lesley Morgan | 255 | 19.7 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Anne Thornley | 252 | 19.4 | +8.1 | |
Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 1297 | 35.7 | |||
Registered electors | 3,635 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Limestone Peak
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Roberts* | 352 | 60.6 | +3.5 | |
Labour | Caitlin Bisknell | 161 | 27.7 | +1.4 | |
Green | Daniel Wimberley | 68 | 11.7 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 191 | 32.8 | |||
Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 583 | 32.5 | |||
Registered electors | 1,792 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
New Mills East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Barrow* | 508 | 56.1 | +13.2 | |
Labour | Ian Huddlestone* | 506 | 55.9 | +12.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Adrio | 258 | 28.5 | −8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Jevon | 206 | 22.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sally Gibson | 133 | 14.7 | −4.7 | |
Conservative | Ginny Priestley | 122 | 13.5 | +5.4 | |
Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 905 | 29.2 | |||
Registered electors | 3,101 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
New Mills West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Simon Evans | 737 | 53.2 | +10.4 | |
Labour | Jenni Benzer | 673 | 48.6 | +12.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ray Atkins* | 345 | 25.0 | −12.9 | |
Green | John Payne | 250 | 18.1 | −3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Adrio | 244 | 17.6 | −4.4 | |
Conservative | Jill Woodacre | 207 | 19.9 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Brian Sidebottom | 193 | 13.9 | +3.0 | |
Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 1385 | 40.8 | |||
Registered electors | 3,399 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Old Glossop
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Hardy* | 800 | 43.9 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | Adrian Hopkinson | 789 | 43.3 | +7.7 | |
Labour | Linda Rundle | 773 | 42.4 | +9.3 | |
Labour | Sebastian Andrews | 658 | 36.1 | +6.0 | |
Green | Paul Bohan | 360 | 19.8 | −7.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 1822 | 49.4 | |||
Registered electors | 3,685 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Padfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ollie Cross* | 550 | 76.3 | +30.0 | |
Conservative | Leo Parker | 126 | 17.5 | −16.7 | |
Green | Lucas Jones | 43 | 6.0 | −13.5 | |
Majority | 424 | 58.8 | |||
Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 721 | 38.8 | |||
Registered electors | 1,857 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sett
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Inman | 446 | 54.8 | +17.6 | |
Conservative | Jacky Sidebottom-Every | 299 | 36.7 | −6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rachel Barber | 66 | 8.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 147 | 18.0 | |||
Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 814 | 51.5 | |||
Registered electors | 1,580 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Simmondley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stewart Gardner* | 848 | 55.5 | +13.7 | |
Labour | Pam Mackie | 772 | 50.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Stephen Marsden | 683 | 44.7 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Hector Marchetti Urena | 676 | 44.2 | +9.7 | |
Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 1529 | 45.8 | |||
Registered electors | 3,339 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
St John's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pauline Bell | 378 | 55.2 | +21.6 | |
Conservative | Ryan Elliott-Starkey | 304 | 44.4 | −8.4 | |
Majority | 74 | 10.8 | |||
Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 685 | 44.4 | |||
Registered electors | 1,543 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Stone Bench
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fiona Sloman* | 484 | 61.0 | +11.1 | |
Labour | Matt Taylor | 441 | 55.5 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Michael Hampson | 250 | 31.5 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | David McDowell | 193 | 24.3 | +1.4 | |
Green | Peter Crook | 125 | 15.7 | −3.0 | |
Rejected ballots | 7 | ||||
Turnout | 794 | 24.2 | 0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 3,277 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Temple
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pam Reddy | 407 | 43.9 | −0.1 | |
Labour | Tony Riddington | 339 | 36.6 | +5.0 | |
Green | David Newton | 117 | 12.6 | −11.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Louise Glasscoe | 59 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 68 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 4 | 7.3 | |||
Turnout | 926 | 52.0 | |||
Registered electors | 1,781 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Tintwistle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rob Baker* | 407 | 70.9 | +20.2 | |
Conservative | Ann Flavell | 114 | 19.9 | −13.7 | |
Green | Robyn Hodgetts-Haley | 50 | 8.7 | −7.0 | |
Majority | 293 | 51.0 | |||
Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 574 | 32.9 | |||
Registered electors | 1,746 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Whaley Bridge
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Neville Clarke | 1,353 | 59.9 | +24.5 | |
Labour Co-op | Joanne Taylor | 1,249 | 55.3 | +22.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Lomax* | 837 | 37.1 | −3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Thompson | 755 | 33.4 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Lisa Hartington | 486 | 21.5 | −9.2 | |
Conservative | David Hartington | 460 | 20.4 | −7.1 | |
Conservative | Lewis King | 447 | 19.8 | −0.3 | |
Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 2259 | 43.2 | |||
Registered electors | 5,225 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Whitfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Hastings-Asatourian | 392 | 73.7 | +12.9 | |
Conservative | Norma Fozard | 89 | 16.6 | +1.3 | |
Green | Philip Taylor | 53 | 9.9 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 303 | 56.2 | |||
Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 536 | 30.2 | |||
Registered electors | 1,776 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
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