High Peak Borough Council elections
High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England is elected every four years.
Political control
Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]
Council elections
- High Peak Borough Council election, 1973
- High Peak Borough Council election, 1976
- High Peak Borough Council election, 1979 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 2)[2]
- High Peak Borough Council election, 1983
- High Peak Borough Council election, 1987
- High Peak Borough Council election, 1991
- High Peak Borough Council election, 1995
- High Peak Borough Council election, 1999
- High Peak Borough Council election, 2003 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 1)[3]
- High Peak Borough Council election, 2007
- High Peak Borough Council election, 2011
- High Peak Borough Council election, 2015
By-election results
1995-1999
Barmoor By-Election 6 March 1997 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
|
220 |
53.5 |
|
|
Labour |
|
191 |
46.5 |
|
Majority |
29 |
7.0 |
|
Turnout |
411 |
38.8 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
New Mills South By-Election 1 May 1997 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
|
1,038 |
44.1 |
-11.5 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
|
787 |
33.4 |
-3.3 |
|
Conservative |
|
528 |
22.4 |
+14.7 |
Majority |
251 |
10.7 |
|
Turnout |
2,353 |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Blackbrook By-Election 23 April 1998 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
|
578 |
50.8 |
-1.8 |
|
Conservative |
|
405 |
35.6 |
+9.6 |
|
Labour |
|
155 |
13.6 |
-7.8 |
Majority |
178 |
15.2 |
|
Turnout |
1,138 |
38.9 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
St Johns By-Election 2 July 1998 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Anne Worrall |
414 |
48.7 |
+9.6 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
|
329 |
38.7 |
+11.3 |
|
Labour |
|
107 |
12.6 |
-20.6 |
Majority |
85 |
10.0 |
|
Turnout |
850 |
42.4 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
1999-2003
St. James By-Election 30 September 1999 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
|
414 |
41.0 |
-3.7 |
|
Conservative |
George Wharmby |
383 |
38.5 |
+5.7 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
|
197 |
19.8 |
-2.0 |
Majority |
31 |
2.5 |
|
Turnout |
994 |
22.7 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
2003-2007
Sett By-Election 23 October 2003 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Anthony Ashton |
201 |
34.8 |
-20.1 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Trevor Jefcoate |
193 |
33.4 |
+33.4 |
|
Labour |
Alan Barrow |
183 |
31.7 |
+2.3 |
Majority |
8 |
1.4 |
|
Turnout |
577 |
35.0 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Howard Town By-Election 16 September 2004[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Roger Wilkinson |
270 |
36.7 |
+2.6 |
|
Conservative |
George David Wharmby |
167 |
22.7 |
+0.7 |
|
Respect |
Shaw |
107 |
14.6 |
+14.6 |
|
Glossop Independent Party |
Amanda Jane Whitehead |
103 |
14.0 |
-18.7 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Peter John Michael William Beard |
88 |
12.0 |
+12.0 |
Majority |
103 |
14.0 |
|
Turnout |
735 |
22.8 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Simmondley By-Election 16 September 2004[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Goinden (George) Kuppan |
382 |
40.2 |
-0.6 |
|
Conservative |
Andrew Richardson |
244 |
25.7 |
-1.3 |
|
Labour |
Barbara Anne Hastings-Asatourian |
196 |
20.6 |
-11.6 |
|
Glossop Independent Party |
Neil Johnstone |
96 |
10.1 |
+10.1 |
|
Respect |
Aldridge |
32 |
3.4 |
+3.4 |
Majority |
138 |
14.5 |
|
Turnout |
950 |
26.1 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
New Mills West By-Election 5 May 2005 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Steven Sharpe |
925 |
41.7 |
|
|
Labour |
Lancelot Edgar Dowson |
784 |
35.4 |
|
|
Conservative |
Christopher John Saunders |
508 |
22.9 |
|
Majority |
141 |
6.3 |
|
Turnout |
2,217 |
68.5 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Dinting By-Election 15 September 2005[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Jean Wharmby |
322 |
58.5 |
+3.7 |
|
Labour |
Stephen Eichhorn |
128 |
23.3 |
-4.0 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Marc Godwin |
100 |
18.2 |
+0.3 |
Majority |
194 |
35.2 |
|
Turnout |
550 |
37.2 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Whitfield By-Election 15 September 2005[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Eleanor Wilcox |
212 |
52.7 |
+12.0 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Linda Walker |
135 |
33.6 |
+33.6 |
|
Conservative |
Matthew James Andrew Crompton |
55 |
13.7 |
+13.7 |
Majority |
77 |
19.1 |
|
Turnout |
402 |
24.9 |
|
|
Labour gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
2007-2011
Tintwistle By-Election 22 October 2009[6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
William Clarke |
339 |
69.2 |
+14.3 |
|
Labour |
Joyce Brocklehurst |
111 |
22.7 |
-22.5 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Maureen Hargreaves |
40 |
8.2 |
+8.2 |
Majority |
228 |
46.5 |
|
Turnout |
490 |
28.8 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Blackbrook By-Election 26 November 2009[7] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Edith Longden |
689 |
56.9 |
+16.5 |
|
Conservative |
Geoffrey Colston |
470 |
38.8 |
-20.8 |
|
Labour |
Fiona Sloman |
52 |
4.3 |
+4.3 |
Majority |
219 |
18.1 |
|
Turnout |
1,211 |
35.6 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative |
Swing |
|
|
New Mills West By-Election 06 May 2010[8] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Janet Maria Carter |
819 |
33.8 |
|
|
Conservative |
Jacqui Gadd |
647 |
26.7 |
|
|
Labour |
Alan Barrow |
504 |
20.8 |
|
|
Independent |
Lance Dowson |
235 |
9.7 |
|
|
Green |
Hazel May Body |
218 |
9.0 |
|
Majority |
172 |
7.1 |
|
Turnout |
2,423 |
71.31 |
+27.87 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
2011-2015
Buxton Central By-Election 29 March 2012[9] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Jean Marion Todd |
416 |
44.88 |
-0.22 |
|
Conservative |
Robert George Morris |
396 |
42.71 |
+6.70 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Derek John Webb |
70 |
7.55 |
-4.40 |
|
Independent |
Louise Maria Glasscoe |
42 |
4.53 |
+4.53 |
Majority |
20 |
2.16 |
|
Turnout |
927 |
26.74 |
-9.44 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
-3.46 |
|
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