2023 High Peak Borough Council election

2023 High Peak Borough Council election
All 43 seats to High Peak Borough Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	43,590
	Results by ward
Leader before election; Anthony McKeown; Labour; No overall control	Leader after election ; Anthony McKeown; Labour

The 2023 High Peak Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England.^[2] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

The council was under no overall control prior to the election. Labour had won a majority at the previous full council election in 2019, but lost its majority in 2022 following a by-election.^[3] Labour regained a majority at the 2023 election, winning 29 of the 43 seats on the council.^[4]

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2023 High Peak Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	41	29	8	2	6	67.4	51.3	22,381
	Conservative	43	10	2	6	4	23.6	35.9	15,655
	Green	24	2	0	0		4.7	10.7	4,674
	Liberal Democrats	13	1	0	2	2	2.3	8.0	3,499
	Independent	1	1	0	0		2.3	1.6	677
	Reform UK	1	0	0	0		0	0.2	78

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachael Quinn*	246	53.7	+4.8
	Conservative	Colin Woodhouse	166	36.2	+2.2
	Green	Ben Evens	42	9.2	−7.9
Majority			80	17.5
Rejected ballots			4	0.9
Turnout			458	34.05
Registered electors			1,345
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dan Capper	677	38.1	*N/A*
	Labour	Angela Benham	634	35.7	*N/A*
	Labour	Penny Took	627	35.3	+5.4
	Conservative	John Kappes	465	26.2	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Edith Longden*	456	25.6	−11.9
	Conservative	Mark Stafford	402	22.6	−12.6
Rejected ballots			4	0.2
Turnout			1778	49.1
Registered electors			3,624
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Payne	264	44.9	+12.3
	Conservative	Steve Clark	242	41.2	−2.0
	Green	Samantha Flower*	80	13.6	−29.6
Majority			22	3.7
Rejected ballots			2	0.3
Turnout			588	37.3
Registered electors			1,578
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Todd*	576	54.9	+1.7
	Labour	Payge Hacking	573	54.6	−4.5
	Conservative	Michael Hunter	324	30.9	+5.9
	Conservative	Julie Butterworth	297	28.3	+7.0
	Green	Lisa Adamson	219	20.9	−6.5
Rejected ballots			5	0.5
Turnout			1050	36.0
Registered electors			2,916
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2023 High Peak Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

Barms

Blackbrook

Burbage

Buxton Central

Chapel East

Chapel West

Corbar

Cote Heath

Dinting

Gamesley

Hadfield North

Hadfield South

Hayfield

Hope Valley

Howard Town

Limestone Peak

New Mills East

New Mills West

Old Glossop

Padfield

Sett

Simmondley

St John's

Stone Bench

Temple

Tintwistle

Whaley Bridge

Whitfield

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Gourlay	272	44.9	+1.7
	Labour	Jim Lambert	265	43.7	+10.4
	Green	Chris Williams	46	7.6	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Simm	21	3.5	−7.6
Majority			7	1.2
Rejected ballots			1	0.2
Turnout			606	35.9
Registered electors			1,689
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sally De Pee	743	49.2	+23.2
	Conservative	Kath Sizeland*	720	47.7	+4.0
	Labour	Timmy Norton	650	43.0	+20.2
	Conservative	Stewart Young*	596	39.4	+4.6
	Green	Jeremy Wight	184	12.2	−1.2
Rejected ballots			8	0.5
Turnout			1511	38.9
Registered electors			3,884
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Madeline Hall*	569	41.0	+6.4
	Conservative	Chris Morten	427	30.7	−4.7
	Labour Co-op	Graham Winter	422	30.4	N/A
	Green	Chris Hallam	384	27.6	−5.8
	Conservative	Mark Wilson	362	26.1	−4.7
	Green	Eileen Reynolds	318	22.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley Heptinstall	114	8.2	−12.9
	Reform UK	Melandra Smith	78	5.6	N/A
Rejected ballots			1	0.1
Turnout			1389	45.3
Registered electors			3,065
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Grooby*	595	46.1	−1.7
	Conservative	Kev Kirkham*	569	44.0	+3.2
	Labour	Alan Smith	569	44.0	−3.6
	Labour	Mary Dunk	537	41.6	−3.7
	Green	David Busby	178	13.8	N/A
Rejected ballots			5	0.4
Turnout			1292	36.2
Registered electors			3,567
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dominic Elliott-Starkey	423	43.4	+0.1
	Labour	Rachel Sloman	406	41.7	+10.2
	Green	Holly McBride	78	8.0	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Worrall	61	6.3	−4.5
Majority			17	1.7
Rejected ballots			5	0.5
Turnout			974	50.8
Registered electors			1,917
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Anthony McKeown*	205	75.4	−9.4
	Conservative	Mick Reddy	39	14.3	−0.9
	Green	Matthew Firth	27	9.9	N/A
Majority			166	61.0
Rejected ballots			1	0.4
Turnout			272	16.1
Registered electors			1,694
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gillian Cross	296	65.8	+10.1
	Conservative	David Cadwell	111	24.7	+5.8
	Green	Neil Best	42	9.4	−15.9
Majority			185	41.1
Rejected ballots			1	0.2
Turnout			450	26.4
Registered electors			1,707
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Edward Siddall*	656	59.4	+9.9
	Labour Co-op	Bob McKeown*	601	54.4	+8.3
	Conservative	Julie Conlan	333	30.1	+7.3
	Conservative	Tom Wynne	318	28.8	+7.2
	Green	Robert Hodgetts-Haley	166	15.0	−4.3
Rejected ballots			5	0.5
Turnout			1105	33.3
Registered electors			3,317
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Gill Scott	530	59.6	+23.6
	Conservative	Eva Lawson*	270	30.4	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah High	77	8.7	−6.8
Majority			260	29.3
Rejected ballots			10	1.1
Turnout			887	53.24
Registered electors			1,666
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Charlotte Farrell*	812	52.7	+6.8
	Green	Joanna Collins*	753	48.9	+4.9
	Conservative	Fredrick Walton	557	36.1	−6.9
	Conservative	Hayley Dalton	530	34.1	−7.7
	Labour	David Owen	244	15.8	N/A
Rejected ballots			5	0.3
Turnout			1541	50.7
Registered electors			3,038
	Green hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing

Howard Town (2 seats)^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Damien Greenhalgh*	892	68.8	+9.0
	Labour	Godfrey Claff	819	63.1	+9.1
	Green	Linda Walker	279	21.5	−6.4
	Conservative	Lesley Morgan	255	19.7	+4.7
	Conservative	Anne Thornley	252	19.4	+8.1
Rejected ballots			4	0.3
Turnout			1297	35.7
Registered electors			3,635
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Limestone Peak^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Roberts*	352	60.6	+3.5
	Labour	Caitlin Bisknell	161	27.7	+1.4
	Green	Daniel Wimberley	68	11.7	−4.9
Majority			191	32.8
Rejected ballots			2	0.3
Turnout			583	32.5
Registered electors			1,792
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Mills East (2 seats)^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Barrow*	508	56.1	+13.2
	Labour	Ian Huddlestone*	506	55.9	+12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Adrio	258	28.5	−8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Jevon	206	22.8	N/A
	Conservative	Sally Gibson	133	14.7	−4.7
	Conservative	Ginny Priestley	122	13.5	+5.4
Rejected ballots			6	0.7
Turnout			905	29.2
Registered electors			3,101
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

New Mills West (2 seats)^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Evans	737	53.2	+10.4
	Labour	Jenni Benzer	673	48.6	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Atkins*	345	25.0	−12.9
	Green	John Payne	250	18.1	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Adrio	244	17.6	−4.4
	Conservative	Jill Woodacre	207	19.9	+0.7
	Conservative	Brian Sidebottom	193	13.9	+3.0
Rejected ballots			10	0.7
Turnout			1385	40.8
Registered electors			3,399
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Hardy*	800	43.9	+8.7
	Conservative	Adrian Hopkinson	789	43.3	+7.7
	Labour	Linda Rundle	773	42.4	+9.3
	Labour	Sebastian Andrews	658	36.1	+6.0
	Green	Paul Bohan	360	19.8	−7.6
Rejected ballots			8	0.4
Turnout			1822	49.4
Registered electors			3,685
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ollie Cross*	550	76.3	+30.0
	Conservative	Leo Parker	126	17.5	−16.7
	Green	Lucas Jones	43	6.0	−13.5
Majority			424	58.8
Rejected ballots			2	0.3
Turnout			721	38.8
Registered electors			1,857
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Inman	446	54.8	+17.6
	Conservative	Jacky Sidebottom-Every	299	36.7	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Barber	66	8.1	N/A
Majority			147	18.0
Rejected ballots			3	0.4
Turnout			814	51.5
Registered electors			1,580
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stewart Gardner*	848	55.5	+13.7
	Labour	Pam Mackie	772	50.5	*N/A*
	Conservative	Stephen Marsden	683	44.7	+5.9
	Conservative	Hector Marchetti Urena	676	44.2	+9.7
Rejected ballots			8	0.5
Turnout			1529	45.8
Registered electors			3,339
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Bell	378	55.2	+21.6
	Conservative	Ryan Elliott-Starkey	304	44.4	−8.4
Majority			74	10.8
Rejected ballots			3	0.4
Turnout			685	44.4
Registered electors			1,543
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fiona Sloman*	484	61.0	+11.1
	Labour	Matt Taylor	441	55.5	+2.0
	Conservative	Michael Hampson	250	31.5	+5.8
	Conservative	David McDowell	193	24.3	+1.4
	Green	Peter Crook	125	15.7	−3.0
Rejected ballots			7
Turnout			794	24.2	0.9
Registered electors			3,277
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pam Reddy	407	43.9	−0.1
	Labour	Tony Riddington	339	36.6	+5.0
	Green	David Newton	117	12.6	−11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Glasscoe	59	6.4	N/A
Majority			68
Rejected ballots			4	7.3
Turnout			926	52.0
Registered electors			1,781
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob Baker*	407	70.9	+20.2
	Conservative	Ann Flavell	114	19.9	−13.7
	Green	Robyn Hodgetts-Haley	50	8.7	−7.0
Majority			293	51.0
Rejected ballots			3	0.5
Turnout			574	32.9
Registered electors			1,746
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Neville Clarke	1,353	59.9	+24.5
	Labour Co-op	Joanne Taylor	1,249	55.3	+22.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Lomax*	837	37.1	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Thompson	755	33.4	+5.9
	Conservative	Lisa Hartington	486	21.5	−9.2
	Conservative	David Hartington	460	20.4	−7.1
	Conservative	Lewis King	447	19.8	−0.3
Rejected ballots			6	0.3
Turnout			2259	43.2
Registered electors			5,225
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Hastings-Asatourian	392	73.7	+12.9
	Conservative	Norma Fozard	89	16.6	+1.3
	Green	Philip Taylor	53	9.9	−3.6
Majority			303	56.2
Rejected ballots			2	0.4
Turnout			536	30.2
Registered electors			1,776
	Labour hold		Swing

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