2019 High Peak Borough Council election

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.

2019 High Peak Borough Council election
2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 43 seats to High Peak Borough Council
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Lab
Con
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 17 23
Seats won 22 16
Seat change 5 7
Map of the results of the election. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Labour

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]

Election result

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Ward by ward
High Peak Borough Council election, 2019
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 22 7 0 5 51.2
  Conservative 16 0 7 7 37.2
  Liberal Democrats 3 1 0 1 7.0
  Green 2 2 0 2 4.7
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0
  Independent 0 0 1 1 0

Ward results
Barms
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachael Quinn 223 48.9 3.9
Conservative Sebastian Brooke 155 34.0 -3.5
Green Daniel Mayers 78 17.1 17.1
Majority 68 14.9 7.7
Turnout 456 32.98 -30.52
Labour hold Swing
Blackbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Edith Claire Longden 607
Conservative Eve Burton 571
Conservative John Kappes 519
Labour Penny Took 484
Liberal Democrats Graham Hewitt 443
Green Joshua Bennett 342
Turnout 1620 46.19 -30.11
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Burbage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samantha Flower 232 43.2 -6.3
Labour Anthony Glew 175 32.6 5.4
Green Ivor Lewis 130 24.2 24.2
Majority 57 10.6 -12.1
Turnout 537 34.4 -37.4
Conservative hold Swing
Buxton Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matt Stone 651
Labour Jean Todd 586
Green Eileen Reynolds 302
Conservative Alicia Hill 275
Conservative Josh Kirkman 235
Turnout 1101 37.42
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Chapel East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jim Perkins 253
Labour Jim Lambert 195
Green Jeremy Wight 72
Liberal Democrats James Patterson 65
Majority
Turnout 585 35.19
Conservative hold Swing
Chapel West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kathleen Sizeland 656
Conservative Stewart Paul Young 522
Labour Jessica Cowley 391
Independent Paddy Bann 368
Labour Adrian Cowley 342
Liberal Democrats David Rayworth 208
Green Philip Taylor 201
Turnout 1501 38.62
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Corbar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Arthur Kemp 445
Labour Madeline Hall 435
Green Peter Crook 420
Conservative Pam Reddy 388
Liberal Democrats Adam Scott 306
Liberal Democrats Stan Heptinstall 266
Turnout 1258 39.26
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Cote Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Grooby 477
Labour Keith Edward Savage 475
Labour Catherine Grundy-Glew 452
Conservative Laszlo Gyongyosi 407
Turnout 998 31.72
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Dinting
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jean Wharmby 361
Labour Ray Collins 262
Green Holly McBride 120
Liberal Democrats Stephen Worrall 90
Majority
Turnout 833 46.97
Conservative hold Swing
Gamesley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Edward McKeown 306
Conservative Matthew Crompton 55
Majority
Turnout 361 21.98
Labour hold Swing
Hadfield North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ed Kelly 242 55.7
Green Robyn Summers 110 25.3
Conservative Lisa Hartington 82 18.9
Majority
Turnout 434 25.77
Labour hold Swing
Hadfield South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Siddall 543
Labour Bob McKeown 506
Conservative Peter Lynas 250
Conservative Bev Haigh 237
Green Peter Tomlin 212
UKIP Jo Shaw 137
Liberal Democrats Keith Parry 133
Turnout 1097 32.78
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hayfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eva Lawson 300
Labour Catherine Hughes 287
Liberal Democrats David Burfoot 124
Green Susan Shipley 87
Majority
Turnout 798 48.5
Conservative hold Swing
Hope Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Charlotte Nancy Farrell 777
Green Joanna Collins 744
Conservative Frederick John Walton 728
Conservative Charles Lawley 708
Liberal Democrats Jane Simm 226
Turnout 1692 53.92
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Howard Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Damien Greenhalgh 761
Labour Rachel Abbotts 688
Green Robert Hodgetts-Haley 355
Conservative Peter Kay 191
Liberal Democrats Mark Smitham 170
Conservative Dominic Starkey 144
Turnout 1273 36.08
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Limestone Peak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Roberts 320
Labour Caitlin Bisknell 147
Green Daniel Wimberley 93
Majority
Turnout 560
Conservative hold Swing
New Mills East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Samuel Edward Huddlestone 421
Labour Alan Barrow 411
Liberal Democrats Beth Atkins 350
Conservative Pam Ashton 186
Green Dee Sayce 185
UKIP Jim Muldoon 131
Conservative Virginia Priestly 78
Turnout 958 30.99
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
New Mills West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lancelot Edgar Dowson 623
Liberal Democrats Raymond George Atkins 552
Labour Anne Marie Clarke 527
Liberal Democrats Chris Weaver 320
Green Hazel Body 318
Conservative Edward Sheils 280
Conservative William Lockwood 158
Turnout 1456 42.5
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Old Glossop
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jamie Douglas 591
Conservative Paul Francis Hardy 584
Labour Sheila Yamin 549
Labour Pat Irwin 500
Green Paul Bohan 455
Liberal Democrats Kallen McColl 360
Turnout 1659 44.55
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Padfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ollie Cross 337
Conservative David Hartington 249
Green Rachel Robinson 142
Majority
Turnout 728 39.9
Labour hold Swing
Sett
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Ashton 316
Labour Aaron Jones 274
Green Michael John Shipley 146
Majority
Turnout 736 45.86
Conservative hold Swing
Simmondley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stewart Gardner 625
Conservative John Haken 580
Conservative Julie Ann McCabe 516
Green Melanie O’Brien 319
Liberal Democrats Ayshea Christina Garbutt 211
UKIP David Phillips 164
Liberal Democrats Alistair Murray Booth 117
Turnout 1494 43.75
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
St John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George David Wharmby 283
Labour Kasey Carver 180
UKIP Chris Boyle 73
Majority
Turnout 536 35.88
Conservative hold Swing
Stone Bench
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Kerr 438
Labour Fiona Sloman 408
Conservative Elizabeth Hill 210
Conservative David McDowell 187
Green Guy Rees 153
Liberal Democrats Lynton Bennett 111
Turnout 818 25.58
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Temple
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Emily Lilian Thrane 364
Labour Tony Riddington 261
Green Ben Evens 202
Majority
Turnout 827 46.8
Conservative hold Swing
Tintwistle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rob Baker 336
Conservative Jill Crossland 223
Green Luke Robinson 104
Majority
Turnout 663 41.7
Labour hold Swing
Whaley Bridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David William Lomax 901
Labour Kath Thomson 790
Labour Shannon-Kate Thomson 744
Green Lucas Jones 726
Conservative Alison Fox 686
Conservative Andrew Fox 613
Liberal Democrats Andy Thomson 613
Liberal Democrats Margaret Weaver 570
Conservative Lesley Morgan 448
Turnout 2231 43.12
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Whitfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Nigel Oakley 365
Conservative Anne Ross Worrall 92
Green Patricia Thompson 81
Liberal Democrats Keith Braithwaite 62
Majority
Turnout 600 35.47
Labour hold Swing

References
  1. "High Peak Borough Council". BBC News. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  2. "High Peak Local Election - Results". High Peak Borough Council. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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