1995 High Peak Borough Council election

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Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 4 May 1995. All of the council was up for election and the Labour Party took control of the council from no overall control.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

High Peak Local Election Result 1995 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 30140+1469.7
  Conservative 509-911.6
  Liberal Democrats 505-511.6
  Independent 40009.1

Ward results

All Saints
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Bond1364
Labour Roger Wilkinson1357
Labour Richard Rowbotham1316
Liberal Democrats Anne Shaw712
Liberal Democrats Rhona Griffiths586
Liberal Democrats Goinden Kuppan536
Turnout 43.08
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Barmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Brian Millward23051.57
Labour Robert Adderley14231.84
Liberal Democrats Robert William Wilkinson7416.59
Majority8819.73
Turnout 44642.61
Independent hold Swing
Barms
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann Mone838
Labour Andrew Uprichard644
Conservative Robin Basil Baldry285
Turnout 40.40
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Blackbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter John Ashenden781
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Challand717
Conservative Donald Gifford Crow386
Labour Martin Thomas James Bisknell317
Turnout 48.19
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Buxton Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Anne McGrother31546.87
Conservative Jacqueline Elizabeth Corrigan20630.65
Liberal Democrats Michael Francis Bryant15122.47
Turnout 67246.42
Majority10916.22
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Chapel East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Edward George Boote40763.69
Labour Kevin Hewitt23240.9
Majority17527.39
Turnout 63942.54
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Chapel West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carole Elizabeth Cobb543
Independent Frank Peter Harrison498
Liberal Democrats Anthony Joseph Mulhern496
Conservative Ann Stewart Young480
Independent Muriel Bertha Bradbury401
Turnout 41.23
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Independent gain from Independent Swing
College
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Mary Williams719
Conservative Terence Michael Corrigan673
Labour Helen Jane White627
Turnout 49.92
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Corbar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian David Watts512
Conservative Margaret Beatrice Millican483
Conservative Clive John Beattie482
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Cote Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Mone772
Labour Keith Edward Savage690
Liberal Democrats Michael Robert Leslie Loader400
Liberal Democrats Peter Campbell Newsam303
Conservative Gillian Gwen Faulkner240
Turnout 41.95
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Gamesley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Francisunopposed
Labour Richard John Cookeunopposed
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hayfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Herbert David Mellor48453.60
Labour Alison Mary Teresa Noone41946.40
Majority657.20
Turnout 90344.37
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Ladybower
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Wingfield36954.18
Conservative Virginia Patricia Montagu Priestley31245.82
Majority578.37
Turnout 68155.25
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Limestone Peak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Redfern23338.52
Liberal Democrats Joyce Allwright19031.40
Conservative Derek Walter Udale18230.08
Majority437.11
Turnout 60548.4
Labour gain from Independent Swing
New Mills North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Alison Shaw1121
Labour Liam Bernard Mycroft1110
Liberal Democrats Roy Bickerton825
Liberal Democrats David Lawrence Burfoot616
Conservative Christopher Barnes513
Conservative Angela Barbara Hampton392
Liberal Democrats Alan Michael Fieldsend386
Conservative Christopher John Saunders381
Independent Mark John Ireland377
Turnout 54.20
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
New Mills South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marion Williams888
Labour William Russell Dunn823
Liberal Democrats Harry Norman Burfoot587
Liberal Democrats Stephen John Herbert Dearden433
Conservative Helen Marion Wallis123
Turnout 49.58
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Peveril
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Ernest Priestley46951.77
Labour Terence Ernest Skelton30733.88
Liberal Democrats Jane Margaret Simm13014.35
Majority16217.88
Turnout 90655.19
Conservative hold Swing
St. Andrew's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hallsworth791
Labour Norman Patrick Garlick780
Liberal Democrats Ian Gregory189
Turnout 35.41
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St. Charles'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Kathleen Holtom870
Labour Gwyneth Mary Francis771
Conservative Olive MacKay236
Liberal Democrats Peter John Michael William Beard189
Turnout 37.60
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St. James'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sylvia Jane Green1077
Labour Arthur Harrison Gilbert1074
Labour Jacqueline Margaret Wilkinson1050
Conservative Anne Ross Worrall386
Liberal Democrats James William Angus350
Turnout 39.39
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
St John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brenda Tetlow33239.10
Labour Frank Nelson Poynter28433.45
Liberal Democrats Christopher Frank Harbut23327.44
Majority485.65
Turnout 84944.98
Conservative hold Swing
Simmondley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Oakley45647.85
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Michael Cotter27929.27
Conservative Peter Jeffrey Sidebottom21822.88
Majority17718.57
Turnout 95343.86
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Stone Bench
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raymond Vernon Browne880
Labour James Henry Poulton865
Conservative Richard Jeffrey Mayson103
Turnout 39.60
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Tintwistle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joyce Brocklehurst34160.89
Conservative William Clarke21939.11
Majority12221.78
Turnout 56053.22
Labour hold Swing
Whaley Bridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Leigh Playford1134
Independent John Arthur Thomas Pritchard1088
Liberal Democrats David William Lomax1070
Independent Anthony Eccles888
Liberal Democrats James Gordon Pollitt804
Conservative Mark David Healey348
Independent William Henry Barratt337
Turnout 49.70
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Independent hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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References

  1. "High Peak Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 February 2024.