1987 High Peak Borough Council election

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Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 7 May 1987. All of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

High Peak Local Election Result 1987 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1723-138.64
  Labour 1103-325
  Alliance 750+515.91
  Independent 934-120.45

Ward results

All Saints
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent George Chatterton1234
Conservative Thomas Farnsworth992
Labour Christopher Sydney Turner989
Labour Roger Wilkinson851
Labour Rachel Margaret Smith825
Alliance Frank Hiley708
Alliance Belinda Thompson673
Turnout
Independent hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Barmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Brian Millward28649.14
Conservative Philip Gregory Howard Greaves22638.83
Labour Margaret Leah7012.03
Majority6010.31
Turnout 582
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Barms
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Alfred Henry Hitchings885
Labour Barbara Mary Langham612
Conservative Michael Kenneth Diamond467
Alliance Joy Mary Fairhurst352
Turnout
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Blackbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Peter John Ashenden844
Independent Peter Coackley663
Alliance Susan Mary Burns631
Labour Andrew Ayres284
Labour David Knights220
Turnout
Alliance gain from Independent Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Buxton Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan Mary Chape29441.23
Alliance Michael Francis Bryant25836.19
Labour Michael Pearson-Smith16122.58
Majority365.05
Turnout 713
Conservative hold Swing
Chapel East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance James Edward George Boote39051.52
Independent Desmond Francis Bryan23531.04
Labour Christine Theresa O’Brian13217.44
Majority15520.48
Turnout 757
Alliance gain from Independent Swing
Chapel West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Stewart Young890
Independent Muriel Bertha Bradbury874
Alliance Susan Peggy Barber723
Labour Harry Berry294
Labour Peter Keith Jones284
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
College
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Jane Inglefield849
Conservative Alan Keith Allman797
Alliance Joyce Allwright672
Labour John Morris245
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Corbar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter De Leighton Brooke747
Conservative Margaret Beatrice Millican731
Labour Valerie Mason355
Independent Kenneth George Howarth352
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Cote Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Michael Robert Leslie Loader890
Alliance Peter Campbell Newsam627
Labour Ann Mone581
Conservative Elaine Magdalene Arouette Bradbury557
Labour Peter Redfern450
Turnout
Alliance hold Swing
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Gamesley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Francis969
Labour Richard John Cooke895
Alliance Harold Edward Dunkerley164
Conservative Eric Keith Mottram164
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hayfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Herbert David Mellor65762.63
Labour John Anthony Bull39237.37
Majority26525.26
Turnout 1049
Conservative hold Swing
Ladybower
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Albert Bingham55367.85
Alliance Ian Roland Wingfield16219.88
Labour Gillian Taylor10012.27
Majority39147.98
Turnout 815
Conservative hold Swing
Limestone Peak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Evelyn May Tomlinson58884.36
Labour Sylvia Robinson10915.64
Majority47968.72
Turnout 697
Independent hold Swing
New Mills North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothy May Brennand1041
Alliance Roy Bickerton1011
Conservative Dorothy Mary Livesley994
Labour Martin Huddleston943
Labour Geoffrey Gordon Griffiths831
Labour Valerie Hill770
Alliance David Arthur Bonsall Woodward745
Alliance David Thomas Gladding644
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Conservative hold Swing
New Mills South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Harry Norman Burfoot761
Labour Marion Williams739
Labour Donald Peace Rae702
Alliance Stephen John Herbert Dearden504
Conservative Maureen Agnes Bowen436
Conservative Robert Francis Craddock373
Turnout
Alliance hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Peveril
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles David Lewis60359.58
Alliance Angela Helen Kellie28027.67
Labour Christine Davies12912.75
Majority32331.92
Turnout 1012
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
St. Andrew's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Kathleen Holtom826
Labour John Hallsworth739
Conservative Neville Moss723
Alliance James William Angus517
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St. Charles'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Holtom944
Labour Francis Walter Stubbs829
Conservative Jack Arnold Jones630
Alliance Trevor Jones Randall431
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St. James'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Ernest Proctor947
Conservative Graham Turner Buckley912
Conservative Barbara Sharpe888
Alliance Malcolm Hay Thompson744
Alliance William John Thatcher723
Alliance Joan Robertson701
Labour Arthur Harrison Gilbert687
Labour Norman Patrick Garlick679
Labour Richard George Stone626
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
St John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brenda Tetlow76069.79
Alliance Christopher Frank Harbut18316.80
Labour Peter Roy Urquhart14613.41
Majority57752.99
Turnout 1089
Conservative hold Swing
Simmondley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Harry Abbott48640.27
Alliance Gerald Seymour Wood44036.45
Labour Harry Bunting28123.28
Majority463.81
Turnout 1207
Conservative hold Swing
Stone Bench
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raymond Vernon Browne808
Labour James Henry Poulton806
Alliance Peter Francis Clayton323
Conservative Linda Diamond303
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Tintwistle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Wright Brownhill Cooper31139.72
Labour Patrick Jenner23930.52
Alliance John David Leah23329.76
Majority729.20
Turnout 783
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Whaley Bridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jean Elizabeth Hallam1808
Independent John Arthur Thomas Pritchard1467
Alliance Constance Ann Smith1145
Conservative Graham Fox1127
Labour Damian Francis Allen610
Labour Susan Janet Bottomley551
Labour Michael Brunt532
Turnout
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Alliance gain from Independent Swing

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References

  1. "List of High Peak Local Election Results". BBC News. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  2. Source: Rallings and Thrasher, Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest, 2003. ISBN   0-948858-34-6, ISBN   978-0-948858-34-5