High Peak council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 28 wards · 43 seats contested

Most seats
29
Labour and Co-operative Party
Seats contested
43
across 28 wards
Turnout
39.1%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party 29 +7 22,986 48.2% +13.3
Conservative and Unionist Party 10 -6 15,675 32.9% -0.3
Green Party 2 +0 4,743 10.0% -5.1
Liberal Democrats 1 -2 3,499 7.3% -7.6
Independent 1 +1 677 1.4% +0.6
Reform UK 0 +0 78 0.2% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 43
Conservative and Unionist Party 43
Labour Party 41
Green Party 23
Liberal Democrats 13
Independent 1
Reform UK 1

A party standing a full slate could field 43 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Barms

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rachael Quinn Elected 246 54.2% +5.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Colin Frank Woodhouse 166 36.6% +2.6
Green Party Ben Evens 42 9.3% -7.9
Majority80
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors1,345
Ballots cast454

Labour Party hold

Blackbrook 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Dan Capper Elected 677 38.2% —
Labour Party Angela Benham Elected 634 35.7% +3.1
Labour Party Penny Took 607 34.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Kappes 465 26.2% -12.3
Liberal Democrats Edith Claire Longden 456 25.7% -15.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Stafford 402 22.7% —
Majority27
Turnout49.0%
Registered electors3,624
Ballots cast1,774

Independent gain from Liberal Democrats · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Burbage

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Chris Payne Elected 269 45.9% +13.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Clark 242 41.3% -1.9
Green Party Samantha Flower 80 13.7% -10.6
Majority27
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors1,578
Ballots cast586

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Buxton Central 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jean Marion Todd Elected 576 55.1% -8.5
Labour Party Payge Hacking Elected 573 54.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael John Hunter 324 31.0% +4.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie Margaret Butterworth 297 28.4% —
Green Party Lisa Jill Adamson 219 21.0% -8.5
Majority249
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors2,916
Ballots cast1,045

Labour Party hold

Chapel East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nigel Wetters Gourlay Elected 272 45.0% +1.7
Labour Party Jim Lambert 265 43.8% +10.5
Green Party Chris Williams 46 7.6% -4.7
Liberal Democrats Jane Margaret Simm 21 3.5% -7.6
Majority7
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors1,689
Ballots cast605

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Chapel West 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sally De Pee Elected 743 49.4% +20.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Kath Sizeland Elected 720 47.9% -0.9
Labour Party Timmy Norton 650 43.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stewart Young 596 39.7% —
Green Party Jeremy Peter Wight 184 12.2% -2.7
Majority70
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors3,889
Ballots cast1,503

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Corbar 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Madeline Alice Hall Elected 569 41.0% +2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Morten Elected 427 30.8% -8.6
Labour and Co-operative Party Graham Robert Winter 422 30.4% —
Green Party Eileen Jane Reynolds 387 27.9% -9.3
Green Party Chris Hallam 384 27.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Ivan Wilson 362 26.1% —
Liberal Democrats Stan Heptinstall 114 8.2% -18.9
Reform UK Melandra Ardotalia Smith 78 5.6% —
Majority5
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors3,065
Ballots cast1,388

Labour and Co-operative Party hold · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Cote Heath 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Linda Grooby Elected 595 46.2% -9.3
Labour Party Alan Geoffrey Smith 569 44.2% +5.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Kev Kirkham Elected 569 44.2% —
Labour Party Celia Kelly 537 41.7% —
Green Party David Anthony Busby 178 13.8% +8.5
Majority0
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors3,567
Ballots cast1,287

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Dinting

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Dom Elliott-Starkey Elected 423 43.7% +0.3
Labour Party Rachel Sloman 406 41.9% +10.4
Green Party Holly McBride 78 8.0% -6.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen David Worrall 61 6.3% -4.5
Majority17
Turnout51.0%
Registered electors1,917
Ballots cast969

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Gamesley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Anthony Edward Mckeown Elected 205 75.6% -9.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Mick Reddy 39 14.4% -0.8
Green Party Matthew Paul Firth 27 10.0% —
Majority166
Turnout16.0%
Registered electors1,694
Ballots cast271

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Hadfield North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Gillian Cross Elected 296 65.9% +10.2
Conservative and Unionist Party David Jack Cadwell 111 24.7% +5.8
Green Party Neil Best 42 9.4% -16.0
Majority185
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors1,707
Ballots cast449

Labour Party hold

Hadfield South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Edward Siddall Elected 656 59.6% +5.8
Labour and Co-operative Party Bob Mckeown Elected 601 54.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie Mary Conlan 333 30.3% +5.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Wynne 318 28.9% —
Green Party Robert Hodgetts-Haley 166 15.1% -5.9
Majority268
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors3,317
Ballots cast1,100

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Hayfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Gill Scott Elected 530 60.4% +24.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Eva Lawson 270 30.8% -6.8
Liberal Democrats Sarah Jane High 77 8.8% -6.8
Majority260
Turnout53.0%
Registered electors1,666
Ballots cast877

Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Hope Valley 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Charlotte Farrell Elected 812 52.9% +4.1
Green Party Joanna Collins Elected 753 49.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Fredrick John Walton 557 36.3% -9.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Hayley Marie Dalton 530 34.5% —
Labour Party David Richard Owen 244 15.9% —
Majority196
Turnout51.0%
Registered electors3,038
Ballots cast1,536

Green Party hold

Howard Town 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Damien Greenhalgh Elected 892 69.0% +3.0
Labour Party Godfrey Claff Elected 819 63.3% —
Green Party Linda Christine Walker 279 21.6% -9.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Anne Thornley 272 21.0% +4.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Lesley Yvonne Morgan 255 19.7% —
Majority540
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors3,635
Ballots cast1,293

Labour Party hold

Limestone Peak

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Roberts Elected 352 60.6% +3.4
Labour Party Caitlin Bisknell 161 27.7% +1.5
Green Party Daniel Wimberley 68 11.7% -4.9
Majority191
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors1,793
Ballots cast581

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

New Mills East 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alan Barrow Elected 508 56.5% +8.7
Labour Party Ian Samuel Edward Huddlestone Elected 506 56.3% —
Liberal Democrats Paul Henry Adrio 258 28.7% -11.0
Liberal Democrats Charles Jevon 206 22.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sally Amanda Gibson 133 14.8% -6.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Ginny Priestley 122 13.6% —
Majority248
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors3,101
Ballots cast899

Labour Party hold

New Mills West 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Simon Evans Elected 737 53.6% +8.7
Labour Party Jenni Benzer Elected 673 48.9% —
Liberal Democrats Ray Atkins 345 25.1% -14.6
Green Party John Payne 250 18.2% -4.7
Liberal Democrats Anthony Adrio 244 17.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jill Woodacre 207 15.1% -5.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Brian Sidebottom 193 14.0% —
Majority328
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors3,399
Ballots cast1,375

Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats · Labour Party hold

Old Glossop 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Francis Hardy Elected 800 44.1% +5.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Adie Hopkinson Elected 789 43.4% —
Labour Party Linda Rundle 773 42.6% +6.4
Labour Party Sebastian Andrews 658 36.2% —
Green Party Paul Bohan 360 19.8% -10.1
Majority16
Turnout50.0%
Registered electors3,685
Ballots cast1,816

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Padfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ollie Cross Elected 552 76.8% +30.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Leo Parker 126 17.5% -16.7
Green Party Lucas Jones 43 6.0% -13.5
Majority426
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors1,857
Ballots cast719

Labour Party hold

Sett

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Peter Inman Elected 446 55.0% +17.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Jacky Sidebottom 299 36.9% -6.1
Liberal Democrats Rachel Cheryl Barber 66 8.1% —
Majority147
Turnout52.0%
Registered electors1,580
Ballots cast811

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Simmondley 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Stewart Gardner Elected 848 55.8% +6.4
Labour Party Pam MacKie Elected 772 50.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Hector Marchetti Urena 683 44.9% -0.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Marsden 676 44.4% —
Majority89
Turnout46.0%
Registered electors3,339
Ballots cast1,521

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party hold

St John's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Pauline Anderson Bell Elected 378 55.4% +21.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Ryan Joseph Thomas Elliott-Starkey 304 44.6% -8.2
Majority74
Turnout44.0%
Registered electors1,543
Ballots cast682

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Stone Bench 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Fiona Sloman Elected 484 61.5% +3.4
Labour Party Matt Taylor Elected 441 56.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael David Hampson 250 31.8% +3.9
Conservative and Unionist Party David Charles Mcdowell 193 24.5% —
Green Party Peter Colin Crook 125 15.9% -4.4
Majority191
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors3,277
Ballots cast787

Labour Party hold

Temple

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Pam Reddy Elected 407 44.1% +0.1
Labour Party Tony Riddington 339 36.8% +5.2
Green Party David Newton 117 12.7% -11.7
Liberal Democrats Louise Maria Glasscoe 59 6.4% —
Majority68
Turnout52.0%
Registered electors1,781
Ballots cast922

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Tintwistle

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rob Baker Elected 407 71.3% +20.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Ann Flavell 114 20.0% -13.7
Green Party Robyn Louise Hodgetts-Haley 50 8.8% -6.9
Majority293
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors1,746
Ballots cast571

Labour Party hold

Whaley Bridge 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Nev Clarke Elected 1,353 60.1% +21.1
Labour and Co-operative Party Jo Taylor Elected 1,249 55.4% —
Liberal Democrats David William Lomax Elected 837 37.2% -7.2
Liberal Democrats Andy Thomson 755 33.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lisa Hartington 486 21.6% -12.2
Conservative and Unionist Party David Mark Hartington 460 20.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lewis King 447 19.8% —
Majority82
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors5,225
Ballots cast2,253

Labour and Co-operative Party hold · Liberal Democrats hold

Whitfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Barbara Anne Hastings-Asatourian Elected 392 73.4% +12.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Norma Cameron Fozard 89 16.7% +1.3
Green Party Philip Taylor 53 9.9% -3.6
Majority303
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors1,776
Ballots cast534

Labour Party hold

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