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2023 High Peak Borough Council election

The 2023 High Peak Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

2023 High Peak Borough Council election
← 2019 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04) 2027 →
All 43 seats to High Peak Borough Council
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout43,590
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Anthony McKeown[1] Tony Ashton Joanna Collins
Party Labour Conservative Green
Leader's seat Gamesley Sett Hope Valley
Last election 22 seats, 34.9% 16 seats, 33.2% 2 seats, 15.1%
Seats before 19 16 2
Seats after 29 10 2
Seat change +10 -6 -
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader David Lomax
Party Liberal Democrats Independent Vacant
Leader's seat Whaley Bridge
Last election 3 seats, 14.9% 0 seats, 0.8%
Seats before 3 1 2
Seats after 1 1
Seat change -2 -
Results by ward
Leader before election

Anthony McKeown
Labour
No overall control

Leader after election

Anthony McKeown
Labour

The council was under no overall control prior to the election. Labour had won a majority at the previous full council election in 2019, but lost its majority in 2022 following a by-election.[3] Labour regained a majority at the 2023 election, winning 29 of the 43 seats on the council.[4]

Summary edit

Election result edit

The overall results were:[5]

2023 High Peak Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 41 29 8 2  6 67.4 51.3 22,381
  Conservative 43 10 2 6  4 23.6 35.9 15,655
  Green 24 2 0 0   4.7 10.7 4,674
  Liberal Democrats 13 1 0 2  2 2.3 8.0 3,499
  Independent 1 1 0 0   2.3 1.6 677
  Reform UK 1 0 0 0   0 0.2 78

Results edit

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by High Peak Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[6]

Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk. The results for each ward were:[7]

Barms edit

Barms[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachael Quinn* 246 53.7 +4.8
Conservative Colin Woodhouse 166 36.2 +2.2
Green Ben Evens 42 9.2 -7.9
Majority 80 17.5
Rejected ballots 4 0.9
Turnout 458 34.05
Registered electors 1,345
Labour hold Swing

Blackbrook edit

Blackbrook[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Dan Capper 677 38.1 N/A
Labour Angela Benham 634 35.7 N/A
Labour Penny Took 627 35.3 +5.4
Conservative John Kappes 465 26.2 -5.8
Liberal Democrats Edith Longden* 456 25.6 -11.9
Conservative Mark Stafford 402 22.6 -12.6
Rejected ballots 4 0.2
Turnout 1778 49.1
Registered electors 3,624
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Burbage edit

Burbage[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Payne 264 44.9 +12.3
Conservative Steve Clark 242 41.2 -2.0
Green Samantha Flower* 80 13.6 -29.6
Majority 22 3.7
Rejected ballots 2 0.3
Turnout 588 37.3
Registered electors 1,578
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Buxton Central edit

Buxton Central (2 seats)[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jean Todd* 576 54.9 +1.7
Labour Payge Hacking 573 54.6 -4.5
Conservative Michael Hunter 324 30.9 +5.9
Conservative Julie Butterworth 297 28.3 +7.0
Green Lisa Adamson 219 20.9 -6.5
Rejected ballots 5 0.5
Turnout 1050 36.0
Registered electors 2,916
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Chapel East edit

Chapel East[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Gourlay 272 44.9 +1.7
Labour Jim Lambert 265 43.7 +10.4
Green Chris Williams 46 7.6 -4.7
Liberal Democrats Jane Simm 21 3.5 -7.6
Majority 7 1.2
Rejected ballots 1 0.2
Turnout 606 35.9
Registered electors 1,689
Conservative hold Swing

Chapel West edit

Chapel West (2 seats)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sally De Pee 743 49.2 +23.2
Conservative Kath Sizeland* 720 47.7 +4.0
Labour Timmy Norton 650 43.0 +20.2
Conservative Stewart Young* 596 39.4 +4.6
Green Jeremy Wight 184 12.2 -1.2
Rejected ballots 8 0.5
Turnout 1511 38.9
Registered electors 3,884
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Corbar edit

Corbar (2 seats)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Madeline Hall* 569 41.0 +6.4
Conservative Chris Morten 427 30.7 -4.7
Labour Co-op Graham Winter 422 30.4 N/A
Green Chris Hallam 384 27.6 -5.8
Conservative Mark Wilson 362 26.1 -4.7
Green Eileen Reynolds 318 22.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stanley Heptinstall 114 8.2 -12.9
Reform UK Melandra Smith 78 5.6 N/A
Rejected ballots 1 0.1
Turnout 1389 45.3
Registered electors 3,065
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Cote Heath edit

Cote Heath (2 seats)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Grooby* 595 46.1 -1.7
Conservative Kev Kirkham* 569 44.0 +3.2
Labour Alan Smith 569 44.0 -3.6
Labour Mary Dunk 537 41.6 -3.7
Green David Busby 178 13.8 N/A
Rejected ballots 5 0.4
Turnout 1292 36.2
Registered electors 3,567
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Dinting edit

Dinting[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dominic Elliott-Starkey 423 43.4 +0.1
Labour Rachel Sloman 406 41.7 +10.2
Green Holly McBride 78 8.0 -6.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Worrall 61 6.3 -4.5
Majority 17 1.7
Rejected ballots 5 0.5
Turnout 974 50.8
Registered electors 1,917
Conservative hold Swing

Gamesley edit

Gamesley[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Anthony McKeown* 205 75.4 -9.4
Conservative Mick Reddy 39 14.3 -0.9
Green Matthew Firth 27 9.9 N/A
Majority 166 61.0
Rejected ballots 1 0.4
Turnout 272 16.1
Registered electors 1,694
Labour hold Swing

Hadfield North edit

Hadfield North[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gillian Cross 296 65.8 +10.1
Conservative David Cadwell 111 24.7 +5.8
Green Neil Best 42 9.4 -15.9
Majority 185 41.1
Rejected ballots 1 0.2
Turnout 450 26.4
Registered electors 1,707
Labour hold Swing

Hadfield South edit

Hadfield South (2 seats)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Edward Siddall* 656 59.4 +9.9
Labour Co-op Bob McKeown* 601 54.4 +8.3
Conservative Julie Conlan 333 30.1 +7.3
Conservative Tom Wynne 318 28.8 +7.2
Green Robert Hodgetts-Haley 166 15.0 -4.3
Rejected ballots 5 0.5
Turnout 1105 33.3
Registered electors 3,317
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hayfield edit

Hayfield[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Gill Scott 530 59.6 +23.6
Conservative Eva Lawson* 270 30.4 -7.2
Liberal Democrats Sarah High 77 8.7 -6.8
Majority 260 29.3
Rejected ballots 10 1.1
Turnout 887 53.24
Registered electors 1,666
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Hope Valley edit

Hope Valley (2 seats)[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Charlotte Farrell* 812 52.7 +6.8
Green Joanna Collins* 753 48.9 +4.9
Conservative Fredrick Walton 557 36.1 -6.9
Conservative Hayley Dalton 530 34.1 -7.7
Labour David Owen 244 15.8 N/A
Rejected ballots 5 0.3
Turnout 1541 50.7
Registered electors 3,038
Green hold Swing
Green hold Swing

Howard Town edit

Howard Town (2 seats)[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Damien Greenhalgh* 892 68.8 +9.0
Labour Godfrey Claff 819 63.1 +9.1
Green Linda Walker 279 21.5 -6.4
Conservative Lesley Morgan 255 19.7 +4.7
Conservative Anne Thornley 252 19.4 +8.1
Rejected ballots 4 0.3
Turnout 1297 35.7
Registered electors 3,635
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Limestone Peak edit

Limestone Peak[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Roberts* 352 60.6 +3.5
Labour Caitlin Bisknell 161 27.7 +1.4
Green Daniel Wimberley 68 11.7 -4.9
Majority 191 32.8
Rejected ballots 2 0.3
Turnout 583 32.5
Registered electors 1,792
Conservative hold Swing

New Mills East edit

New Mills East (2 seats)[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Barrow* 508 56.1 +13.2
Labour Ian Huddlestone* 506 55.9 +12.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Adrio 258 28.5 -8.0
Liberal Democrats Charles Jevon 206 22.8 N/A
Conservative Sally Gibson 133 14.7 -4.7
Conservative Ginny Priestley 122 13.5 +5.4
Rejected ballots 6 0.7
Turnout 905 29.2
Registered electors 3,101
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

New Mills West edit

New Mills West (2 seats)[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Evans 737 53.2 +10.4
Labour Jenni Benzer 673 48.6 +12.4
Liberal Democrats Ray Atkins* 345 25.0 -12.9
Green John Payne 250 18.1 -3.7
Liberal Democrats Anthony Adrio 244 17.6 -4.4
Conservative Jill Woodacre 207 19.9 +0.7
Conservative Brian Sidebottom 193 13.9 +3.0
Rejected ballots 10 0.7
Turnout 1385 40.8
Registered electors 3,399
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour hold Swing

Old Glossop edit

Old Glossop (2 seats)[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Hardy* 800 43.9 +8.7
Conservative Adrian Hopkinson 789 43.3 +7.7
Labour Linda Rundle 773 42.4 +9.3
Labour Sebastian Andrews 658 36.1 +6.0
Green Paul Bohan 360 19.8 -7.6
Rejected ballots 8 0.4
Turnout 1822 49.4
Registered electors 3,685
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Padfield edit

Padfield[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ollie Cross* 550 76.3 +30.0
Conservative Leo Parker 126 17.5 -16.7
Green Lucas Jones 43 6.0 -13.5
Majority 424 58.8
Rejected ballots 2 0.3
Turnout 721 38.8
Registered electors 1,857
Labour hold Swing

Sett edit

Sett[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Inman 446 54.8 +17.6
Conservative Jacky Sidebottom-Every 299 36.7 -6.2
Liberal Democrats Rachel Barber 66 8.1 N/A
Majority 147 18.0
Rejected ballots 3 0.4
Turnout 814 51.5
Registered electors 1,580
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Simmondley edit

Simmondley (2 seats)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stewart Gardner* 848 55.5 +13.7
Labour Pam Mackie 772 50.5 N/A
Conservative Stephen Marsden 683 44.7 +5.9
Conservative Hector Marchetti Urena 676 44.2 +9.7
Rejected ballots 8 0.5
Turnout 1529 45.8
Registered electors 3,339
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

St John's edit

St John's[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pauline Bell 378 55.2 +21.6
Conservative Ryan Elliott-Starkey 304 44.4 -8.4
Majority 74 10.8
Rejected ballots 3 0.4
Turnout 685 44.4
Registered electors 1,543
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Stone Bench edit

Stone Bench (2 seats)[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fiona Sloman* 484 61.0 +11.1
Labour Matt Taylor 441 55.5 +2.0
Conservative Michael Hampson 250 31.5 +5.8
Conservative David McDowell 193 24.3 +1.4
Green Peter Crook 125 15.7 -3.0
Rejected ballots 7
Turnout 794 24.2 0.9
Registered electors 3,277
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Temple edit

Temple[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pam Reddy 407 43.9 -0.1
Labour Tony Riddington 339 36.6 +5.0
Green David Newton 117 12.6 -11.8
Liberal Democrats Louise Glasscoe 59 6.4 N/A
Majority 68
Rejected ballots 4 7.3
Turnout 926 52.0
Registered electors 1,781
Conservative hold Swing

Tintwistle edit

Tintwistle[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rob Baker* 407 70.9 +20.2
Conservative Ann Flavell 114 19.9 -13.7
Green Robyn Hodgetts-Haley 50 8.7 -7.0
Majority 293 51.0
Rejected ballots 3 0.5
Turnout 574 32.9
Registered electors 1,746
Labour hold Swing

Whaley Bridge edit

Whaley Bridge (3 seats)[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Neville Clarke 1,353 59.9 +24.5
Labour Co-op Joanne Taylor 1,249 55.3 +22.0
Liberal Democrats David Lomax* 837 37.1 -3.3
Liberal Democrats Andy Thompson 755 33.4 +5.9
Conservative Lisa Hartington 486 21.5 -9.2
Conservative David Hartington 460 20.4 -7.1
Conservative Lewis King 447 19.8 -0.3
Rejected ballots 6 0.3
Turnout 2259 43.2
Registered electors 5,225
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Whitfield edit

Whitfield[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Hastings-Asatourian 392 73.7 +12.9
Conservative Norma Fozard 89 16.6 +1.3
Green Philip Taylor 53 9.9 -3.6
Majority 303 56.2
Rejected ballots 2 0.4
Turnout 536 30.2
Registered electors 1,776
Labour hold Swing

References edit

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  2. ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). High Peak Borough Council. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
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  9. ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Blackbrook Ward" (PDF). High Peak Borough Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Burbarge Ward" (PDF). High Peak Borough Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Buxton Central Ward" (PDF). High Peak Borough Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Chapel East Ward" (PDF). High Peak Borough Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  13. ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Chapel West Ward" (PDF). High Peak Borough Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  14. ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Corbar Ward" (PDF). High Peak Borough Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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  16. ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Dinting Ward" (PDF). High Peak Borough Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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  25. ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll - New Mills West Ward" (PDF). High Peak Borough Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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