2019 UK local government 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.
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:
- Labour 22
- Conservative 16
- Liberal Democrat 3
- Green 2
Election result
2019 High Peak Borough Council election |
Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 37 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 51.2 | 34.9 | 15,940 | –0.9 |
| Conservative | 43 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 37.2 | 33.2 | 15,115 | –4.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 14.9 | 6,805 | +6.9 |
| Green | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4.7 | 15.1 | 6,874 | +7.0 |
| UKIP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.1 | 505 | –3.3 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 368 | –5.1 |
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 | 37.5 | |
| Conservative | Eve Burton | 571 | 35.2 | |
| Conservative | John Kappes | 519 | 32.0 | |
| Labour | Penny Took | 484 | 29.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Hewitt | 443 | 27.3 | |
| Green | Joshua Bennett | 342 | 21.1 | |
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 | 59.1 | |
| Labour | Jean Todd | 586 | 53.2 | |
| Green | Eileen Reynolds | 302 | 27.4 | |
| Conservative | Alicia Hill | 275 | 25.0 | |
| Conservative | Josh Kirkman | 235 | 21.3 | |
Turnout | 1101 | 37.42 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Chapel East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Jim Perkins | 253 | 43.2 | |
| Labour | Jim Lambert | 195 | 33.3 | |
| Green | Jeremy Wight | 72 | 12.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Patterson | 65 | 11.1 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 585 | 35.19 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Chapel West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Kathleen Sizeland | 656 | 43.7 | |
| Conservative | Stewart Paul Young | 522 | 34.8 | |
| Labour | Jessica Cowley | 391 | 26.0 | |
| Independent | Paddy Bann | 368 | 24.5 | |
| Labour | Adrian Cowley | 342 | 22.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Rayworth | 208 | 13.9 | |
| Green | Philip Taylor | 201 | 13.4 | |
Turnout | 1501 | 38.62 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Corbar Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Tony Arthur Kemp | 445 | 35.4 | |
| Labour | Madeline Hall | 435 | 34.6 | |
| Green | Peter Crook | 420 | 33.4 | |
| Conservative | Pam Reddy | 388 | 30.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Adam Scott | 306 | 24.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stan Heptinstall | 266 | 21.1 | |
Turnout | 1258 | 39.26 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Cote Heath Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Linda Grooby | 477 | 47.8 | |
| Labour | Keith Edward Savage | 475 | 47.6 | |
| Labour | Catherine Grundy-Glew | 452 | 45.3 | |
| Conservative | Laszlo Gyongyosi | 407 | 40.8 | |
Turnout | 998 | 31.72 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Dinting Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Jean Wharmby | 361 | 43.3 | |
| Labour | Ray Collins | 262 | 31.5 | |
| Green | Holly McBride | 120 | 14.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Worrall | 90 | 10.8 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 833 | 46.97 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Gamesley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Anthony Edward McKeown | 306 | 84.8 | |
| Conservative | Matthew Crompton | 55 | 15.2 | |
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 | 49.5 | |
| Labour | Bob McKeown | 506 | 46.1 | |
| Conservative | Peter Lynas | 250 | 22.8 | |
| Conservative | Bev Haigh | 237 | 21.6 | |
| Green | Peter Tomlin | 212 | 19.3 | |
| UKIP | Jo Shaw | 137 | 12.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Parry | 133 | 12.1 | |
Turnout | 1097 | 32.78 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Hayfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Eva Lawson | 300 | 37.6 | |
| Labour | Catherine Hughes | 287 | 36.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Burfoot | 124 | 15.5 | |
| Green | Susan Shipley | 87 | 10.9 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 798 | 48.5 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hope Valley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Green | Charlotte Nancy Farrell | 777 | 45.9 | |
| Green | Joanna Collins | 744 | 44.0 | |
| Conservative | Frederick John Walton | 728 | 43.0 | |
| Conservative | Charles Lawley | 708 | 41.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Simm | 226 | 13.4 | |
Turnout | 1692 | 53.92 | |
| Green gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Green gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Howard Town Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Damien Greenhalgh | 761 | 59.8 | |
| Labour | Rachel Abbotts | 688 | 54.0 | |
| Green | Robert Hodgetts-Haley | 355 | 27.9 | |
| Conservative | Peter Kay | 191 | 15.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Smitham | 170 | 13.4 | |
| Conservative | Dominic Starkey | 144 | 11.3 | |
Turnout | 1273 | 36.08 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Limestone Peak Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Peter Roberts | 320 | 57.1 | |
| Labour | Caitlin Bisknell | 147 | 26.3 | |
| Green | Daniel Wimberley | 93 | 16.6 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 560 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
New Mills East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Ian Samuel Edward Huddlestone | 421 | 43.9 | |
| Labour | Alan Barrow | 411 | 42.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Beth Atkins | 350 | 36.5 | |
| Conservative | Pam Ashton | 186 | 19.4 | |
| Green | Dee Sayce | 185 | 19.3 | |
| UKIP | Jim Muldoon | 131 | 13.7 | |
| Conservative | Virginia Priestly | 78 | 8.1 | |
Turnout | 958 | 30.99 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
New Mills West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Lancelot Edgar Dowson | 623 | 42.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Raymond George Atkins | 552 | 37.9 | |
| Labour | Anne Marie Clarke | 527 | 36.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Weaver | 320 | 22.0 | |
| Green | Hazel Body | 318 | 21.8 | |
| Conservative | Edward Sheils | 280 | 19.2 | |
| Conservative | William Lockwood | 158 | 10.9 | |
Turnout | 1456 | 42.5 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Old Glossop Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Jamie Douglas | 591 | 35.6 | |
| Conservative | Paul Francis Hardy | 584 | 35.2 | |
| Labour | Sheila Yamin | 549 | 33.1 | |
| Labour | Pat Irwin | 500 | 30.1 | |
| Green | Paul Bohan | 455 | 27.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kallen McColl | 360 | 21.7 | |
Turnout | 1659 | 44.55 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Padfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Ollie Cross | 337 | 46.3 | |
| Conservative | David Hartington | 249 | 34.2 | |
| Green | Rachel Robinson | 142 | 19.5 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 728 | 39.9 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Sett Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Tony Ashton | 316 | 42.9 | |
| Labour | Aaron Jones | 274 | 37.2 | |
| Green | Michael John Shipley | 146 | 19.8 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 736 | 45.86 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Simmondley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Stewart Gardner | 625 | 41.8 | |
| Conservative | John Haken | 580 | 38.8 | |
| Conservative | Julie Ann McCabe | 516 | 34.5 | |
| Green | Melanie O’Brien | 319 | 21.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ayshea Christina Garbutt | 211 | 14.1 | |
| UKIP | David Phillips | 164 | 11.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alistair Murray Booth | 117 | 7.8 | |
Turnout | 1494 | 43.75 | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St John's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | George David Wharmby | 283 | 52.8 | |
| Labour | Kasey Carver | 180 | 33.6 | |
| UKIP | Chris Boyle | 73 | 13.6 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 536 | 35.88 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Stone Bench Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Kerr | 438 | 53.5 | |
| Labour | Fiona Sloman | 408 | 49.9 | |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Hill | 210 | 25.7 | |
| Conservative | David McDowell | 187 | 22.9 | |
| Green | Guy Rees | 153 | 18.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lynton Bennett | 111 | 13.6 | |
Turnout | 818 | 25.58 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Temple Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Emily Lilian Thrane | 364 | 44.0 | |
| Labour | Tony Riddington | 261 | 31.6 | |
| Green | Ben Evens | 202 | 24.4 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 827 | 46.8 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Tintwistle Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Rob Baker | 336 | 50.7 | |
| Conservative | Jill Crossland | 223 | 33.6 | |
| Green | Luke Robinson | 104 | 15.7 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 663 | 41.7 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Whaley Bridge Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | David William Lomax | 901 | 40.4 | |
| Labour | Kath Thomson | 790 | 35.4 | |
| Labour | Shannon-Kate Thomson | 744 | 33.3 | |
| Green | Lucas Jones | 726 | 32.5 | |
| Conservative | Alison Fox | 686 | 30.7 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Fox | 613 | 27.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Thomson | 613 | 27.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Weaver | 570 | 25.5 | |
| Conservative | Lesley Morgan | 448 | 20.1 | |
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 | 60.8 | |
| Conservative | Anne Ross Worrall | 92 | 15.3 | |
| Green | Patricia Thompson | 81 | 13.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Braithwaite | 62 | 10.3 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 600 | 35.47 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
By-elections
Cote Heath
Cote Heath: 7 April 2022 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Frank Kirkham | 585 | 55.5 | +5.4 |
| Labour | Alan Smith | 413 | 39.2 | -10.7 |
| Green | Peter Crook | 56 | 5.3 | N/A |
Majority | 172 | 16.3 | |
Turnout | 1,056 | 32.6 | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 8.1 | |
References
- ^ "High Peak Borough Council". BBC News. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "High Peak Local Election - Results". High Peak Borough Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.