2023 High Peak Borough Council election

2023 High Peak Borough Council election
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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 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.

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

Election result

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 Increase6 67.4 51.3 22,381
  Conservative 43 10 2 6 Decrease4 23.6 35.9 15,655
  Green 24 2 0 0 Steady 4.7 10.7 4,674
  Liberal Democrats 13 1 0 2 Decrease2 2.3 8.0 3,499
  Independent 1 1 0 0 Steady 2.3 1.6 677
  Reform UK 1 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.2 78

Results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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