1976 High Peak Borough Council election

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Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held in 1976. All of the council was up for election and the control of the council changed from no overall control to Conservative control. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

High Peak Local Election Result 1976 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2740+458.745.3
  Labour 803-317.427.3
  Liberal 20004.46.7
  Independent 901-119.620.7
  Green 00000
  Communist 00000

Ward results

All Saints
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent George Chatterton980
Conservative Edwin Harold Mountain689
Conservative Irene Beatrice Greenhalgh593
Conservative George Wharmby578
Independent Peter Matthews572
Labour Stephen Charles Cocks430
Labour Kenneth Esplin Bracewell410
Labour Ms L Whitson380
Independent P Durkin355
Green Geoffrey Thomas Machan186
Liberal Ms G Mitchell166
Turnout 50.3
Independent hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Barmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Oswald Milner32553.8
Conservative W Hutchinson27946.2
Turnout 58.7
Majority 46
Independent hold Swing
Barms
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Henry Hitchings828
Conservative R Milburn615
Labour C Ward543
Conservative Ms E Bradbury514
Turnout 55.2
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Blackbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Betty Patricia Colleyunopposed
Liberal George Harry Whiteunopposed
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Liberal hold Swing
Buxton Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dennis Raymond Walter52168.1
Labour G Ellis24431.9
Turnout 55.9
Majority 27736.2
Conservative hold Swing
Chapel East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Albert Phillips47563.5
Conservative D Eva21929.3
Labour K Jones547.2
Majority 25634.2
Turnout 56.7
Independent hold Swing
Chapel West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Muriel Bertha Bradbury829
Conservative Kenneth Victor Bradwell666
Labour Melvyn Wright430
Independent H Ellison428
Labour T Bennett323
Turnout 52.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
College
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joyce Mary Craufurd-Stuart838
Conservative Elizabeth Jane Allen689
Green Ms J Allen457
Turnout 45.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Corbar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Beatrice Millican818
Conservative Alan Keith Allman707
Labour B Rosier253
Turnout 43.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Cote Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Terence Garrie Gill903
Labour B Halliday550
Conservative Iris Tamsons502
Conservative Joyce Allwright422
Labour J Wilson422
Turnout 51.8
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hayfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Fred Barnes40242.2
Conservative G Cooper40142.1
Labour I Bennett15015.7
Majority 10.1
Turnout 53.6
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Ladybower
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sam Wanamaker 49970.6
Labour James Stanley Byford20829.4
Majority 29141.2
Turnout 61.2
Conservative hold Swing
Limestone Peak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Evelyn May Tomlinson42064.7
Independent Ernest Thomas Walley22935.3
Majority 19129.4
Turnout 50.0
Conservative hold Swing
New Mills North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative L Townsend1016
Conservative Dorothy Mary Livesley916
Conservative Betty Colley834
Labour W Ferguson711
Liberal C Weaver648
Labour J Demierre454
Labour Ms D Fryman396
Turnout 50.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
New Mills South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal D Brown749
Conservative John Keith McMurray718
Independent Frank Morris Bullough707
Labour J Axon554
Labour Ms M Williams425
Turnout 50.2
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Peveril
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles David Lewis78883.5
Labour Ms Moira Monteith15616.5
Majority 63266.9
Turnout 63.8
Conservative hold Swing
St. Andrew's / St. Charles' (Hadfield)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Holtom1946
Labour R Cooke1847
Conservative Michael Jackson1845
Labour Francis Walter Stubbs1835
Conservative D Dunn1795
Conservative D Wilson1780
Conservative Denys Toole1774
Conservative A Stevenson1731
Conservative M Ross1717
Labour K Powell1691
Labour S Lomas1671
Communist Robert Ainsworth Heald306
Turnout 47.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
St. James'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Edwin Jenner Leney1547
Conservative Ronald Partridge1502
Conservative Kenneth Guy Dickenson1441
Conservative Ms A Mellor1296
Labour Reginald Mann659
Liberal Deryck Johnson654
Labour Ms C Ashton629
Labour D Carr616
Labour A Pomfret535
Turnout 48.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
Conservative hold Swing
St John's (Charlesworth)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brenda Tetlow80089.0
Labour P Keelan9911.0
Majority 70178.0
Turnout 70.1
Conservative hold Swing
Stone Bench
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Barton Morley850
Labour James Henry Poulton717
Conservative G McIlvenny621
Turnout 42.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Tintwistle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clifford Pennington44561.1
Labour David Wilcox28338.9
Majority 16222.3
Turnout 67.1
Conservative hold Swing
Whaley Bridge (Fernilee)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Fredrick Bonsall Woodward50680.1
Labour J Conway12619.9
Majority 38060.1
Turnout 60.6
Independent hold Swing
Whaley Bridge (Furness Vale)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Harold Hastings Littlewood41470.4
Labour Ms V Mason17429.6
Majority 24040.8
Turnout 66.5
Independent hold Swing
Whaley Bridge (Taxal)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Gilbert Hartley28752.7
Independent F Hartley13725.1
Labour B Ludden12122.2
Majority 15027.5
Turnout 63.0
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Whaley Bridge (Yeardsley)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Arthur Thomas Pritchard39141.6
Conservative G Ralston32534.5
Labour Ms C Jones22523.9
Majority 667.0
Turnout 70.1
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Election 2007; Local Council Elections; High Peak council". news.bbc.co.uk.
  2. ↑ Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher (1 May 2003). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. University of Plymouth Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. ISBN   0948858354.
  3. ↑ Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher. "High Peak Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). www.electionscentre.co.uk. The Election Centre, Plymouth University.
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