2015 High Peak Borough Council election

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Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 7 May 2015, at the same time as the 2015 UK General Election. All of the council falls up for election every four years and the control of the council changed from no overall control to Conservative councillor control.

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Election result

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Ward by ward

High Peak Local Election Result 2015 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2380+853.4937.8629,576
  Labour 1704-439.5335.8327,990
  Liberal Democrats 201-14.658.016,257
  Independent 103-32.335.874,583
  Green 000008.096,317
  UKIP 000004.363,405

Ward results

Barms
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachael Quinn41844.95-11.48
Conservative Sebastian Brooke34937.53-4.84
Independent Simon Fussell15516.67+16.67
Majority697.42-6.65
Turnout 93063.50+26.25
Labour hold Swing
Blackbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Caroline Howe1044
Conservative John Kappes864
Liberal Democrats Edith Claire Longden715
Liberal Democrats Graham Hewitt517
Labour Ruth George492
Labour Phil George Forrest466
Turnout 245476.3+21.19
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Burbage
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samantha Flower58249.45-15.53
Labour Jane McGrother32027.19-6.22
Independent Bob Morris26722.68+22.68
Majority26222.26
Turnout 117771.8+27.16
Conservative hold Swing
Buxton Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matt Stone734
Labour Jean Todd723
Conservative James Johnson639
Conservative Justine Linden540
Green Susan Ledger340
Independent Bill Fiddy281
Independent Jonathan Davey261
Turnout 198458.9+14.87
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Chapel East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jim Perkins65852.76+17.76
Labour Mavis Morrison35028.07-2.76
Liberal Democrats Brian Hallsworth12510.02-22.96
Green Tess Lomas1028.18+8.18
Majority30824.7+22.68
Turnout 124769.5+22.65
Conservative hold Swing
Chapel West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stewart Paul Young1152
Conservative Kathleen Sizeland1149
Labour Jessica Cowley836
Labour Timothy Ian Norton801
Green Lucas Jones303
Liberal Democrats David Rayworth294
Turnout 246371.36+23.87
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Corbar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clive Johnson975
Conservative Tony Arthur Kemp848
Labour Claire Moore654
Labour Martin Walter Thomas487
Independent Linda June Baldry362
Green Nicky Kierton205
Independent Nick Watterson251
Turnout 223467.7+20.49
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Cote Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Boynton965
Conservative Linda Grooby880
Labour Lynn Stone648
Labour Keith Edward Savage642
Independent David Finney263
Green Tony Pickering205
Turnout 209565.2+26.65
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Dinting
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Wharmby72054.13-11.3
Labour Benjamin Hopkins36427.37-6.04
UKIP Sylvia Hall1289.62+9.62
Green Stephen Bossett-Roberts1138.50+8.50
Majority35626.77-5.25
Turnout 133078.6+21.66
Conservative hold Swing
Gamesley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Edward McKeown71680.87+23.77
Conservative Thomas Brian Evans15317.46+17.46
Green Peter Allen938.50+8.50
Majority56358.04-5.37
Turnout 97056+28.1
Labour hold Swing
Hadfield North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ed Kelly54952.09-6.52
Conservative Marie Foote30428.84-0.92
UKIP Richard Moore18917.93+17.93
Majority24523.24-5.6
Turnout 105458.7+23.2
Labour hold Swing
Hadfield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Joseph McKeown992
Labour Peter Edward Siddall883
Conservative Ann Flavell841
Conservative Stephen Dennis William Foote833
UKIP Trish Boyle337
UKIP Pat Ellison-Reed312
Green Melanie O'Brien254
Turnout 234466.51+24.93
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hayfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Easter58445.84+45.84
Labour Dave Gates33826.53+26.53
Liberal Democrats Martin Jones18714.68-31.07
Green Karen Hunt14511.38+11.38
Majority24619.31+10.81
Turnout 127476+22.08
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Hope Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Helliwell1185
Conservative John Walton1005
Green Charlotte Nancy Farrell755
Labour Sandy Lamont482
Green Philip Taylor473
UKIP Andrew Law329
Turnout 246374.7+18.84
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Howard Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Godfrey Claff1217
Labour Damien Greenhalgh1199
Conservative Paul Lomas715
Green Robert O'Connor673
Turnout 234463.9+23.63
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Limestone Peak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daren Robins57549.83-1.61
Labour Jim Lambert30626.52-4.29
UKIP Graham Scott26322.88+22.88
Majority25121.75+1.12
Turnout 115466.94+25.16
Conservative hold Swing
New Mills East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Barrow802
Labour Ian Samuel Edward Huddlestone723
Conservative Matt Crompton495
Liberal Democrats David Burfoot346
Green Dee Sayce264
Turnout 197162.27+25.73
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
New Mills West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lancelot Edgar Dowson959
Liberal Democrats Raymond George Atkins777
Conservative Jeff Lawton639
Conservative Josh Gaskell602
Green Michael Daw583
UKIP Paddy Ban358
Liberal Democrats Alan Debes291
Turnout 250969.01+19.84
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Old Glossop
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jamie Douglas984
Conservative Paul Francis Hardy880
Labour Moira Cunningham767
Labour Garry Parvin767
Independent Chris Webster438
UKIP Michael Perry332
Green Margo McKenna270
Independent Neil Johnstone195
Turnout 276073.3+34.72
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Padfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nick Longos64949.54+6.68
Conservative Peter James Kay63548.47+7.55
Majority141.94
Turnout 131069.9+30.42
Labour hold Swing
Sett
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Ashton57747.37-0.11
Labour Sue Barrow42334.73+34.73
Green Michael John Shipley16513.55-20.14
Liberal Democrats Christopher Weaver1098.95-8.8
Majority15412.64
Turnout 121874.9+24.81
Conservative hold Swing
Simmondley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Haken1152
Conservative Julie Ann McCabe866
Labour Graham Fox740
Labour Stella Hutchinson685
UKIP David Phillips420
Liberal Democrats Ayshea Christina Garbutt247
Liberal Democrats Murray Booth238
Green Masha Bennett229
Turnout 262572.67+28.39
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
St John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George David Wharmby55749.47-9.7
Labour Rob McKeown22820.25+20.25
Liberal Democrats Stephen David Worrall19417.23-17.94
UKIP Chris Boyle13812.26+12.26
Majority17415.54-8.55
Turnout 112675.42+26.79
Conservative hold Swing
Stone Bench
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Kerr1048
Labour Fiona Sloman996
Conservative Doreen Martin611
Independent Aileen Warneford385
Turnout 193458.4+25.63
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Temple
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Emily Lilian Thrane76054.13-10.24
Labour Roger Lane Cooper39127.85-5.57
Independent Jean Luton1319.33+9.33
Green Catherine Crosby1127.98+7.98
Majority36926.28-4.68
Turnout 140477.5+23.7
Conservative hold Swing
Tintwistle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Jenner60755.69+5.18
Conservative David Novakovic30828.26-20.45
UKIP John Reed16014.68+14.68
Majority141.80
Turnout 109064.6+18.21
Labour hold Swing
Whaley Bridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Arthur Thomas Pritchard1594
Liberal Democrats David William Lomax1446
Conservative Andrew Fox1355
Conservative Rodney Bruce Gilmour1271
Labour Zara Clarke1156
Labour Martin Thomas977
Labour Andy Murray906
Liberal Democrats Ray Wild772
Green Iain Reynolds691
Turnout 399274.43+23.3
Independent hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Whitfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Nigel Oakley54948.58-20.7
Conservative Ian Baker32428.67-7.51
UKIP Murgan Kerr15213.45+13.45
Green Chris Cuff1008.85+8.85
Majority22519.91-28.21
Turnout 113062.6+25.4
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Borough Results 2015" (PDF). High Peak Borough Council. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
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