High Peak Borough Council election, 1987
Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 7 May 1987. All of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Election result
High Peak Local Election Result 1983[2] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
17 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
38.64 |
|
|
|
|
Labour |
11 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
25 |
|
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
7 |
5 |
0 |
+5 |
15.91 |
|
|
|
|
Independent |
9 |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
20.45 |
|
|
|
Ward results
Barmoor |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Brian Millward |
286 |
49.14 |
|
|
Conservative |
Philip Gregory Howard Greaves |
226 |
38.83 |
|
|
Labour |
Margaret Leah |
70 |
12.03 |
|
Majority |
60 |
10.31 |
|
Turnout |
582 |
|
|
|
Independent gain from Conservative |
Swing |
|
|
Barms |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Alfred Henry Hitchings |
885 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Barbara Mary Langham |
612 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Michael Kenneth Diamond |
467 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
Joy Mary Fairhurst |
352 |
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Blackbrook |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
Peter John Ashenden |
844 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Peter Coackley |
663 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
Susan Mary Burns |
631 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Andrew Ayres |
284 |
|
|
|
Labour |
David Knights |
220 |
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
|
Independent gain from Conservative |
Swing |
|
|
Buxton Central |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Joan Mary Chape |
294 |
41.23 |
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
Michael Francis Bryant |
258 |
36.19 |
|
|
Labour |
Michael Pearson-Smith |
161 |
22.58 |
|
Majority |
36 |
5.05 |
|
Turnout |
713 |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Chapel East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
James Edward George Boote |
390 |
51.52 |
|
|
Independent |
Desmond Francis Bryan |
235 |
31.04 |
|
|
Labour |
Christine Theresa O’Brian |
132 |
17.44 |
|
Majority |
155 |
20.48 |
|
Turnout |
757 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
Cote Heath |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
Michael Robert Leslie Loader |
890 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
Peter Campbell Newsam |
627 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Ann Mone |
581 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Elaine Magdalene Arouette Bradbury |
557 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Peter Redfern |
450 |
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Ladybower |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
George Albert Bingham |
553 |
67.85 |
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
Ian Roland Wingfield |
162 |
19.88 |
|
|
Labour |
Gillian Taylor |
100 |
12.27 |
|
Majority |
391 |
47.98 |
|
Turnout |
815 |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Limestone Peak |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Evelyn May Tomlinson |
588 |
84.36 |
|
|
Labour |
Sylvia Robinson |
109 |
15.64 |
|
Majority |
479 |
68.72 |
|
Turnout |
697 |
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
New Mills South |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
Harry Norman Burfoot |
761 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Marion Williams |
739 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Donald Peace Rae |
702 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
Stephen John Herbert Dearden |
504 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Maureen Agnes Bowen |
436 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Robert Francis Craddock |
373 |
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Peveril |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Charles David Lewis |
603 |
59.58 |
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
Angela Helen Kellie |
280 |
27.67 |
|
|
Labour |
Christine Davies |
129 |
12.75 |
|
Majority |
323 |
31.92 |
|
Turnout |
1012 |
|
|
|
Conservative gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
St John's |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Brenda Tetlow |
760 |
69.79 |
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
Christopher Frank Harbut |
183 |
16.80 |
|
|
Labour |
Peter Roy Urquhart |
146 |
13.41 |
|
Majority |
577 |
52.99 |
|
Turnout |
1089 |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Simmondley |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Brian Harry Abbott |
486 |
40.27 |
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
Gerald Seymour Wood |
440 |
36.45 |
|
|
Labour |
Harry Bunting |
281 |
23.28 |
|
Majority |
46 |
3.81 |
|
Turnout |
1207 |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Tintwistle |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Wright Brownhill Cooper |
311 |
39.72 |
|
|
Labour |
Patrick Jenner |
239 |
30.52 |
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
John David Leah |
233 |
29.76 |
|
Majority |
72 |
9.20 |
|
Turnout |
783 |
|
|
|
Independent gain from Conservative |
Swing |
|
|
Whaley Bridge |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Jean Elizabeth Hallam |
1808 |
|
|
|
Independent |
John Arthur Thomas Pritchard |
1467 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
Constance Ann Smith |
1145 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Graham Fox |
1127 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Damian Francis Allen |
610 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Susan Janet Bottomley |
551 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Michael Brunt |
532 |
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
References
- ↑ "List of High Peak Local Election Results". BBC News. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ↑ Source: Rallings and Thrasher, Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest, 2003. ISBN 0-948858-34-6, ISBN 978-0-948858-34-5