2003 High Peak Borough Council election

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Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 1 May 2003. All of the council was up for election and the control of the council changed from Labour control to no overall control. Boundary changes since the 1999 local elections reduced the number of seats by 1, and meant that all wards had changed boundaries, with the exception of Whaley Bridge ward. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

High Peak Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1841.9
  Conservative 1227.9
  Liberal Democrats 716.3
  Independent 49.3
 Glossop Independent Party24.6
  Socialist Alliance 00000341

Ward results

Barms
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
IndependentDarran Hawkins35469.0
Labour John Gordon Wilson15730.6
Majority19738.4
Turnout 51333.51
Independent win (new seat)
Blackbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Pearson739
Liberal Democrats Brian Colin Hallsworth557
Labour Jennifer Mary Flanagan521
Conservative Anthony Ashton434
Labour Suzanne Elizabeth Richards143
Turnout 134443.65
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Burbage
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ronald Silverwood Faulkner32456.8
Liberal Democrats Brian Richard Shepherd171
Labour Peter Ian Maria Crespin7513.1
Majority15326.84
Turnout 57037.85
Conservative win (new seat)
Buxton Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Anne McGrother398
Labour Nicola Martin362
Conservative Brent Anthony Edward Salt334
Conservative Harry Bibby314
Liberal Democrats Marc Godwin289
Liberal Democrats Mark Robert Webb246
Turnout 107235.51
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Chapel East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Harrison27043.48
Labour Norman Prime21234.13
Conservative Norma Mary Varnouse13621.9
Majority589.34
Turnout 62136.57
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Chapel West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Russell Bingham 567
Labour Timothy Ian Norton456
Conservative Stewart Paul Young452
Liberal Democrats Peter John Ashenden416
Turnout 117635.69
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Corbar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clive John Beattie454
Conservative William Alan Wells443
Liberal Democrats Mathew Alexander Bain312
Labour Colin Richard Brett252
Turnout 94533.32
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Cote Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann Mone418
Labour Ian King Hamilton386
Conservative Alexandra Louise Alice Hopkins342
Conservative Alan Birch326
Turnout 147849.85
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Dinting
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Katherine Jane Hopkins35250.35
Labour Barbara Anne Hastings-Asatourian17525.0
Liberal Democrats Goinden (George) Kuppan11516.5
Majority17725.32
Turnout 69947.45
Conservative win (new seat)
Gamesley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Edward McKeownunopposedN/A
Labour win (new seat)
Hadfield North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Victoria Elizabeth MannunopposedN/A
Labour win (new seat)
Hadfield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Joseph McKeown489
Labour Ian David Rose482
Conservative Marie Melita Foote352
Conservative Stephen Dennis William Foote345
Turnout 91327.14
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Hayfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
IndependentHerbert David Mellor46864.73
Labour Jane Ayres24734.16
Majority22130.57
Turnout 72344.96
Independent win (new seat)
Hope Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Ernest Priestley749
Conservative Frederick John Walton579
Liberal Democrats John David Johnson432
Labour Felicity Barbara Skelton369
Turnout 135142.71
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Howard Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jacqueline Margaret Wilkinson400
Labour Robert Adderley399
Glossop Independent PartyAmanda Jane Whitehead383
Conservative Jean Wharmby258
Socialist Alliance Mary Ann Littlefield132
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Limestone Peak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Walter Udale31055.4
Liberal Democrats Gillian Harris24543.8
Majority6511.61
Turnout 56032.61
Conservative win (new seat)
New Mills East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marion Williams359
Labour Ian Samuel Edward Huddlestone337
Liberal Democrats Stephen Herbert John Dearden230
Liberal Democrats Trevor Edward Stephen Jefcoate191
Conservative Christopher John Saunders179
Conservative Gemma Kate McDowell156
Socialist Alliance Dominic Richard McGlynn48
Turnout 80626.95
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
New Mills West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Raymond George Atkins592
Liberal Democrats Ian Fletcher576
Labour Alan Barrow312
Labour Lancelot Edgar Dowson305
Conservative Andrew Bowers290
Conservative David Charles McDowell176
Socialist Alliance Paul Anthony Brook118
Turnout 126339.39
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Old Glossop
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
IndependentIvan Bell530
Glossop Independent PartyChristopher John Webster460
Glossop Independent PartyNeil Johnstone362
Labour Graham Nigel Oakley345
Conservative George David Wharmby303
Labour Roger Wilkinson285
Conservative Nicola Mary Goodall172
Turnout 137242.82
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Padfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David John Wilcox22143.4
Glossop Independent PartyLinda Evelyn Beale15831.0
Conservative Thomas Brian Evans12123.8
Majority6312.38
Turnout 50926.39
Labour win (new seat)
Sett
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Barnes36054.2
Labour John Anthony Bull19329.1
IndependentEva Hodgson10315.5
Majority16725.15
Turnout 66440.74
Conservative win (new seat)
Simmondley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Roy Urquhart564
Labour John Michael Hyde446
Conservative Andrew Richardson373
Conservative Teresa Margaret Moore205
Turnout 106130.70
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
St John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Ross Worrall43276.5
Labour Alan Smart13323.5
Majority29952.92
Turnout 56537.84
Conservative win (new seat)
Stone Bench
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Caitlin Janette Bisknell451
Labour Barbara June Wilson414
Conservative Rosemary Byatte288
Conservative George Hopkins259
Turnout 76324.28
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Temple
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Glynis Moira Kirk47268.80
Labour Jonathan Martin Michaelis20229.4
Majority27039.36
Turnout 68643.83
Conservative win (new seat)
Tintwistle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joyce Brocklehurst26546.1
IndependentCharles Eric Steele15927.6
Conservative Neville Moss14825.7
Majority10618.43
Turnout 57534.43
Labour win (new seat)
Whaley Bridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David William Lomax1272
IndependentJohn Arthur Thomas Pritchard1185
Liberal Democrats Linda Leather1109
Labour Henry Leigh Playford636
Conservative Donald Gregory345
Conservative David Harvey Lincoln Parry-Richards299
Turnout 198340.31
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Whitfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Glossop Independent PartyLeslie Colin Wilcox27851.1
Labour Peter William Gerald Collard22040.4
Socialist Alliance Jacqueline Burford437.9
Majority5810.66
Turnout 54433.83
Independent win (new seat)

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  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)