2007 High Peak Borough Council election

Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 3 May 2007. All of the council was up for election and the control of the council changed from no overall control to Conservative control. Overall turnout was 38.2%. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 24
• Labour 9
• Liberal Democrat 6
• Independent 4

Election result

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High Peak Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	24	12	0	+12	55.8
	Labour	9	1	10	-9	20.9
	Liberal Democrats	6	1	2	-1	13.9
	Independent	4	0	2	-2	9.3
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0		215
	Green	0	0	0	0	0		85

Ward results

Barms

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Barratt	228	42.7
	Labour	Rachael Quinn	224	41.9
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Louise Robinson Moss	80	15.0
Majority			4	0.8	N/A
Turnout			534	34.59	+1.08
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Blackbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Pearson	959
	Conservative	Tony Bingham	782
	Liberal Democrats	Peter John Ashenden	649
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Anthony Waters	470
Turnout			1500	47.62	+3.97
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Burbage

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ronald Silverwood Faulkner	460	77.4
	Labour	John Farmer	127	21.4
Majority			333	56.0
Turnout			594	38.82	+1.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

Buxton Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Phillip Davey	470
	Conservative	Bill Fiddy	462
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Godwin	384
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Ellen Hardy	363
	Labour	Jane Anne McGrother	356
	Labour	Philip John Mone	304
Turnout			1218	39.76	+4.25
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Chapel East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Harrison	280	42.7
	Conservative	Dennis Buffrey	266	40.5
	Labour	Frederick William Ollier	110	16.7
Majority			14	2.13
Turnout			656	37.13	+0.56
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chapel West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Russell Bingham	764
	Conservative	Stewart Paul Young	473
	Labour	Timothy Ian Norton	438
	Independent	Peter Harrison	344
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Bayirli	291
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Colin Hallsworth	175
Turnout			1388	42.32	+6.63
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Corbar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda June Baldry	623
	Conservative	Tony Arthur Kemp	569
	Labour	Colin Richard Brett	243
	Independent	William Alan Wells	216
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Richard Warhurst Weaver	208
Turnout			1215	42.59	+9.27
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cote Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Basil Baldry	540
	Conservative	Bob Morris	538
	Labour	Ann Mone	395
	Labour	Martin Walter Thomas	305
	Liberal Democrats	Karl Raymond Dunscombe	186
Turnout			1059	35.18	−14.67
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Dinting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Wharmby	454	58.5
	Labour	Sam McMeekin	124	16.0
	Green	Pat Ellison-Reed	85	10.9
	Independent	Michael Graham Perry	63	8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Fletcher	49	6.3
Majority			330	42.5
Turnout			776	52.19	+8.13
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gamesley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Edward McKeown	249	57.1
	Independent	Richard Cunningham	145	33.2
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Boardman	38	8.7
Majority			104	23.8
Turnout			436	25.47	+25.47
	Labour hold		Swing

Hadfield North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victoria Elizabeth Mann	226	50.7
	Conservative	Dave Kelly	149	33.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Batey	89	13.2
Majority			77	17.26
Turnout			446	31.94	+31.94
	Labour hold		Swing

Hadfield South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob McKeown	455
	Conservative	Marie Melita Foote	433
	Conservative	Stephen Dennis William Foote	430
	Labour	Peter Edward Siddall	381
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Anne Hargreaves	252
	Independent	Albert Edward Spilsbury	141
Turnout			1141	33.83	+6.69
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hayfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Herbert David Mellor	unopposed	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing

Hope Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Favell	925
	Conservative	John Walton	784
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Simm	579
Turnout			1454	45.51	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Howard Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline Wilkinson	523
	Labour	Roger Wilkinson	467
	Conservative	George David Wharmby	341
	Liberal Democrats	Peter John Michael William Beard	301
	Conservative	David Charles McDowell	217
Turnout			1067	33.95	+3.32
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Limestone Peak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Walter Udale	365	57.3
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Scott	264	41.4
Majority			101	15.9
Turnout			637	37.71	+5.09
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Mills East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Gadd	508
	Labour	Ian Samuel Edward Huddlestone	488
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair John Stevens	476
	Labour	Alan Barrow	448
	Conservative	Annette Laurraine Longden	260
Turnout			1185	37.50	+10.55
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

New Mills West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Atkins	845
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Sharp	709
	Independent	Lance Dowson	643
	Conservative	Marie Clair	313
Turnout			1453	43.44	+4.05
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Old Glossop

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chris Webster	779
	Independent	Ivan Bell	758
	Conservative	David Novakovic	400
	Labour	David John Mellor	333
	Liberal Democrats	Chantal Hanell	160
Turnout			1440	39.13	−3.69
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Padfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter James Kay	251	34.86
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Douglas Smith	250	34.72
	Labour	Ellie Wilcox	217	30.14
Majority			1	0.14
Turnout			720	35.75	+9.36
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sett

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Ashton	299	39.08
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Carter	269	35.16
	Labour	Sue Barrow	191	24.97
Majority			30	3.92
Turnout			765	47.05	+6.31
	Conservative hold		Swing

Simmondley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Haken	728
	Conservative	Matthew James Andrew Crompton	727
	Labour	Anne Robinson	468
	Liberal Democrats	George Kupan	337
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Seaton	326
Turnout			1468	39.17	+8.47
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Worrall	493	70.53
	Labour	Rob McKeown	113	16.16
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Baxter	92	13.16
Majority			380	54.36
Turnout			699	45.63	+7.18
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stone Bench

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caitlin Janette Bisknell	410
	Labour	Barbara June Wilson	400
	Conservative	Rob Hobdey	368
	Socialist Labour	Lynton Stephen Bennett	215
Turnout			873	27.63	+3.35
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Temple

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emily Lilian Thrane	546	75.52
	Labour	Frank Dent	165	22.82
Majority			381	52.70
Turnout			723	47.72	+3.70
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tintwistle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cynthia Mitchell	320	54.23
	Labour	Joyce Brocklehurst	263	44.58
Majority			57	9.66
Turnout			590	35.46	+1.03
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Whaley Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Arthur Thomas Pritchard	1275
	Liberal Democrats	David William Lomax	1237
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Leather	1117
	Conservative	Tony Boore	767
	Labour	Michael Brunt	515
Turnout			2161	42.45	+2.14
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whitfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Nigel Oakley	297	52.57
	Conservative	David George Wharmby	135	23.89
	Liberal Democrats	Huggy Hawley	132	23.36
Majority			162	28.67
Turnout			565	34.62	+0.79
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

References

1. "High Peak Borough Council - Election 2007 - Ward Turnout Statistics". Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
2. "High Peak Borough Council - Election 2007 - Party Results". Archived from the original on 10 October 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.

• Official High Peak Results page. Accessed 6 July 2010