2019 High Peak Borough Council election

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2019 High Peak Borough Council election
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All 43 seats to High Peak Borough Council
22 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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Party Labour Conservative
Last election17 seats, 35.8%23 seats, 37.9%
Seats won2216
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 7
Popular vote15,94015,115
Percentage34.9%33.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.9%Decrease2.svg 4.7%
 Third partyFourth party
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Party Liberal Democrats Green
Last election2 seats, 8.0%0 seats, 8.1%
Seats won32
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote6,8056,874
Percentage14.9%15.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg 6.9%Increase2.svg 7.0%
High Peak UK local election 2019 map.svg
Map of the results of the election
Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Labour

The 2019 High Peak Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 43 members of High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England.

Contents

The election resulted in the Labour Party taking control of the council from the Conservative Party after winning 22 of the 43 seats up for election. The Conservatives lost 7 of the seats they were defending and lost their majority on the council. The Liberal Democrats and Greens won 3 and 2 seats respectively. [1] [2]

Summary

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

2019 High Peak Borough Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 372250Increase2.svg 551.234.915,940–0.9
  Conservative 431607Decrease2.svg 737.233.215,115–4.7
  Liberal Democrats 22310Increase2.svg 17.014.96,805+6.9
  Green 26220Increase2.svg 24.715.16,874+7.0
  UKIP 4000Steady2.svg0.01.1505–3.3
  Independent 1000Decrease2.svg 10.00.8368–5.1

Ward results

Barms
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachael Quinn 223 48.9 3.9
Conservative Sebastian Brooke15534.0−3.5
Green Daniel Mayers7817.117.1
Majority 6814.97.7
Turnout 45632.98−30.52
Labour hold Swing
Blackbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Edith Claire Longden 607 37.5
Conservative Eve Burton 571 35.2
Conservative John Kappes51932.0
Labour Penny Took48429.9
Liberal Democrats Graham Hewitt44327.3
Green Joshua Bennett34221.1
Turnout 162046.19−30.11
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Burbage
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samantha Flower 232 43.2 −6.3
Labour Anthony Glew17532.65.4
Green Ivor Lewis13024.224.2
Majority 5710.6−12.1
Turnout 53734.4−37.4
Conservative hold Swing
Buxton Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matt Stone 651 59.1
Labour Jean Todd 586 53.2
Green Eileen Reynolds30227.4
Conservative Alicia Hill27525.0
Conservative Josh Kirkman23521.3
Turnout 110137.42
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Chapel East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jim Perkins 253 43.2
Labour Jim Lambert19533.3
Green Jeremy Wight7212.3
Liberal Democrats James Patterson6511.1
Majority
Turnout 58535.19
Conservative hold Swing
Chapel West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kathleen Sizeland 656 43.7
Conservative Stewart Paul Young 522 34.8
Labour Jessica Cowley39126.0
Independent Paddy Bann36824.5
Labour Adrian Cowley34222.8
Liberal Democrats David Rayworth20813.9
Green Philip Taylor20113.4
Turnout 150138.62
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Corbar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Arthur Kemp 445 35.4
Labour Madeline Hall 435 34.6
Green Peter Crook42033.4
Conservative Pam Reddy38830.8
Liberal Democrats Adam Scott30624.3
Liberal Democrats Stan Heptinstall26621.1
Turnout 125839.26
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Cote Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Grooby 477 47.8
Labour Keith Edward Savage 475 47.6
Labour Catherine Grundy-Glew45245.3
Conservative Laszlo Gyongyosi40740.8
Turnout 99831.72
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Dinting
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Wharmby 361 43.3
Labour Ray Collins26231.5
Green Holly McBride12014.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Worrall9010.8
Majority
Turnout 83346.97
Conservative hold Swing
Gamesley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Edward McKeown 306 84.8
Conservative Matthew Crompton5515.2
Majority
Turnout 36121.98
Labour hold Swing
Hadfield North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ed Kelly 242 55.7
Green Robyn Summers11025.3
Conservative Lisa Hartington8218.9
Majority
Turnout 43425.77
Labour hold Swing
Hadfield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Siddall 543 49.5
Labour Bob McKeown 506 46.1
Conservative Peter Lynas25022.8
Conservative Bev Haigh23721.6
Green Peter Tomlin21219.3
UKIP Jo Shaw13712.5
Liberal Democrats Keith Parry13312.1
Turnout 109732.78
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hayfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eva Lawson 300 37.6
Labour Catherine Hughes28736.0
Liberal Democrats David Burfoot12415.5
Green Susan Shipley8710.9
Majority
Turnout 79848.5
Conservative hold Swing
Hope Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Charlotte Nancy Farrell 777 45.9
Green Joanna Collins 744 44.0
Conservative Frederick John Walton72843.0
Conservative Charles Lawley70841.8
Liberal Democrats Jane Simm22613.4
Turnout 169253.92
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Howard Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Damien Greenhalgh 761 59.8
Labour Rachel Abbotts 688 54.0
Green Robert Hodgetts-Haley35527.9
Conservative Peter Kay19115.0
Liberal Democrats Mark Smitham17013.4
Conservative Dominic Starkey14411.3
Turnout 127336.08
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Limestone Peak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Roberts 320 57.1
Labour Caitlin Bisknell14726.3
Green Daniel Wimberley9316.6
Majority
Turnout 560
Conservative hold Swing
New Mills East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Samuel Edward Huddlestone 421 43.9
Labour Alan Barrow 411 42.9
Liberal Democrats Beth Atkins35036.5
Conservative Pam Ashton18619.4
Green Dee Sayce18519.3
UKIP Jim Muldoon13113.7
Conservative Virginia Priestly788.1
Turnout 95830.99
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
New Mills West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lancelot Edgar Dowson 623 42.8
Liberal Democrats Raymond George Atkins 552 37.9
Labour Anne Marie Clarke52736.2
Liberal Democrats Chris Weaver32022.0
Green Hazel Body31821.8
Conservative Edward Sheils28019.2
Conservative William Lockwood15810.9
Turnout 145642.5
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Old Glossop
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jamie Douglas 591 35.6
Conservative Paul Francis Hardy 584 35.2
Labour Sheila Yamin54933.1
Labour Pat Irwin50030.1
Green Paul Bohan45527.4
Liberal Democrats Kallen McColl36021.7
Turnout 165944.55
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Padfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ollie Cross 337 46.3
Conservative David Hartington24934.2
Green Rachel Robinson14219.5
Majority
Turnout 72839.9
Labour hold Swing
Sett
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Ashton 316 42.9
Labour Aaron Jones27437.2
Green Michael John Shipley14619.8
Majority
Turnout 73645.86
Conservative hold Swing
Simmondley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stewart Gardner 625 41.8
Conservative John Haken 580 38.8
Conservative Julie Ann McCabe51634.5
Green Melanie O’Brien31921.4
Liberal Democrats Ayshea Christina Garbutt21114.1
UKIP David Phillips16411.0
Liberal Democrats Alistair Murray Booth1177.8
Turnout 149443.75
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
St John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George David Wharmby 283 52.8
Labour Kasey Carver18033.6
UKIP Chris Boyle7313.6
Majority
Turnout 53635.88
Conservative hold Swing
Stone Bench
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Kerr 438 53.5
Labour Fiona Sloman 408 49.9
Conservative Elizabeth Hill21025.7
Conservative David McDowell18722.9
Green Guy Rees15318.7
Liberal Democrats Lynton Bennett11113.6
Turnout 81825.58
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Temple
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Emily Lilian Thrane 364 44.0
Labour Tony Riddington26131.6
Green Ben Evens20224.4
Majority
Turnout 82746.8
Conservative hold Swing
Tintwistle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rob Baker 336 50.7
Conservative Jill Crossland22333.6
Green Luke Robinson10415.7
Majority
Turnout 66341.7
Labour hold Swing
Whaley Bridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David William Lomax 901 40.4
Labour Kath Thomson 790 35.4
Labour Shannon-Kate Thomson 744 33.3
Green Lucas Jones72632.5
Conservative Alison Fox68630.7
Conservative Andrew Fox61327.5
Liberal Democrats Andy Thomson61327.5
Liberal Democrats Margaret Weaver57025.5
Conservative Lesley Morgan44820.1
Turnout 223143.12
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Whitfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Nigel Oakley 365 60.8
Conservative Anne Ross Worrall9215.3
Green Patricia Thompson8113.5
Liberal Democrats Keith Braithwaite6210.3
Majority
Turnout 60035.47
Labour hold Swing

By-elections

Cote Heath

Cote Heath: 7 April 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Kirkham 585 55.5 +5.4
Labour Alan Smith41339.2−10.7
Green Peter Crook565.3N/A
Majority 17216.3
Turnout 1,05632.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg8.1

References

  1. ↑ "High Peak Borough Council". BBC News . Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "High Peak Local Election - Results". High Peak Borough Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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