# 1991 High Peak Borough Council election

Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 2 May 1991. All of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Labour 16
* Conservative 14
* Liberal Democrat 10
* Independent 4

## Election result

High Peak Local Election Result 1991 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % |
| Labour | 16 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 36.36 |
| Conservative | 14 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 31.82 |
| Liberal Democrats | 10 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 22.73 |
| Independent | 4 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 9.09 |

## Ward results

All Saints :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Roger Wilkinson | 1159 | 40.1 |
| | Labour | David Bond | 1111 | |
| | Labour | Lilian Whitson | 1086 | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Farnsworth | 1031 | 35.7 |
| | Conservative | Frank Postlethwaite | 990 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Wendon | 881 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Goinden Kuppan | 371 | 12.8 |
| | Green | Roy Winterbottom | 328 | 11.4 |
| | Green | Ian Lee Webb | 240 | |
| | Green | Susan Anne Ledger | 240 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.5 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Barmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Brian Millward | 307 | 55.02 |
| | Conservative | Derek Walter Udale | 166 | 29.75 |
| | Labour | Ian Stuart Waddell | 85 | 15.23 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 141 | 25.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 558 | 52.1 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Barms :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ann Mone | 655 | 42.2 |
| | Labour | Andrew Uprichard | 589 | |
| | Conservative | Terence Corrigan | 559 | 36.0 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Mary Williams | 543 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Allwright | 180 | 11.6 |
| | Green | Karen Thompson Beswick | 160 | 10.3 |
| | Green | Susan Mortin | 120 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.5 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Blackbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter John Ashenden | 893 | 46.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Mary Burns | 641 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Coackley | 617 | 32.2 |
| | Conservative | Donald Gifford Crow | 569 | |
| | Labour | Andrew Ayres | 241 | 12.6 |
| | Green | Catherine Tattersfield | 168 | 8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 60.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | |
Buxton Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joan Mary Chape | 333 | 47.57 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Francis Bryant | 254 | 36.29 |
| | Green | Roger Martin Floyd | 113 | 16.14 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 700 | 50.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 79 | 11.28 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Chapel East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Edward George Boote | 439 | 53.28 |
| | Labour | Trevor William Trimmer | 214 | 25.97 |
| | Conservative | Janice Elaine Bancroft | 171 | 20.75 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 225 | 27.31 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 824 | 54.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Chapel West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ann Stewart Young | 681 | 23.6 |
| | Independent | Muriel Bertha Bradbury | 590 | 20.4 |
| | Independent | Frank Peter Harrison | 494 | 17.1 |
| | Green | Jayne Pamela Mellor | 414 | 14.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Frank Weigold | 392 | 13.6 |
| | Labour | Jane Ayres | 321 | 11.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
College :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Jane Inglefield | 749 | 51.1 |
| | Conservative | Alan Keith Allman | 734 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hillary Allwright | 461 | 31.5 |
| | Green | Christopher Martin Pearson | 256 | 17.5 |
| | Green | Justin Robert Clements | 254 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Corbar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter De Leighton Brooke | 682 | 48.5 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Beatrice Millican | 664 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Rooker | 262 | 18.6 |
| | Labour | Valerie Mason | 256 | 18.2 |
| | Green | Rodney Dugdale | 207 | 14.7 |
| | Green | Derek Alfred Jones | 173 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Cote Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Robert Leslie Loader | 861 | 44.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Campbell Newsam | 677 | |
| | Labour | Philip Mone | 609 | 31.7 |
| | Labour | Jane Ann McGrother | 506 | |
| | Conservative | Kenneth David Graham Kirk | 452 | 23.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Gamesley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Francis | 1045 | 83.2 |
| | Labour | Richard John Cooke | 957 | |
| | Independent | Elsie Sayers | 110 | 9.1 |
| | Green | Marie-Helene Thomas-Jones | 92 | 7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Hayfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Herbert David Mellor | 633 | 53.96 |
| | Labour | Colin Michael Divall | 312 | 26.60 |
| | Green | Judith Milling | 128 | 10.91 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Douglas Malcolm Bruce | 100 | 8.53 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 321 | 27.37 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1173 | 57.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Ladybower :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Albert Bingham | 473 | 61.35 |
| | Labour | Gillian Taylor | 177 | 22.96 |
| | Green | Angela Mary Ayres | 121 | 15.69 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 296 | 38.39 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 771 | 62.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Limestone Peak :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Evelyn May Thomlinson | 361 | 51.28 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joyce Allwright | 248 | 35.23 |
| | Labour | Michael John Westley | 95 | 13.49 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 113 | 16.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 704 | 55.0 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
New Mills North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Bickerton | 1038 | 32.2 |
| | Conservative | Dorothy May Brennand | 807 | 28.8 |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Mary Livesley | 724 | |
| | Labour | Kevin John Worthington | 717 | 28.8 |
| | Labour | Sheila Elizabeth Rae | 705 | |
| | Labour | Charmain Bernadette Levin | 685 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Helen Redfern | 668 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Michael Fieldsend | 653 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Barnes | 575 | |
| | Green | Freda Kathleen Chapman | 248 | 10.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 61.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
New Mills South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harry Norman Burfoot | 812 | 49.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen John Herbert Dearden | 696 | |
| | Labour | Marion Williams | 671 | 42.4 |
| | Labour | Donald Peace Rae | 629 | |
| | Green | Michael John Shipley | 139 | 8.4 |
| | Green | Michael Jonathan Rowles | 117 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |
Peveril :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ronald Ernest Priestley | 563 | 62.76 |
| | Labour | Brian Gerald Hudson | 212 | 23.63 |
| | Independent (politician) | Angela Helen Kellie | 122 | 13.60 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 351 | 39.13 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 897 | 53.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
St. Andrew's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mary Kathleen Holtom | 962 | 52.5 |
| | Labour | John Hallsworth | 890 | |
| | Conservative | Olive MacKay | 493 | 28.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lyn Edwards | 345 | 19.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
St. Charles' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Holtom | 870 | 49.7 |
| | Labour | Francis Walter Stubbs | 845 | |
| | Conservative | Celia May Bloomer | 391 | 21.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Colin Curzon | 322 | 17.4 |
| | Green | Iain Coram | 219 | 11.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
St. James' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Norman Patrick Garlick | 895 | 36.2 |
| | Labour | Arthur Harrison Gilbert | 884 | |
| | Conservative | Leslie Ernest Proctor | 831 | 33.6 |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Margaret Wilkinson | 827 | |
| | Conservative | Graham Turner Buckley | 815 | |
| | Conservative | Barbara Sharpe | 806 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Jane Chapman | 400 | 16.2 |
| | Green | Geoffrey Keith Oliver | 347 | 14.0 |
| | Green | Evelyn Lesley Wilson | 283 | |
| | Green | Michael Jonathan Lindley | 278 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 54.5 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
St John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brenda Tetlow | 651 | 64.26 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Frank Harbut | 224 | 22.11 |
| | Labour | Peter Roy Urquhart | 138 | 13.62 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 427 | 42.15 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1013 | 56.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Simmondley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Jeffrey Sidebottom | 454 | 37.34 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gerald Seymour Wood | 417 | 34.29 |
| | Labour | Reginald Grills | 291 | 23.93 |
| | Green | Diana Lilian Virgo | 54 | 4.44 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37 | 3.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1216 | 55.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Stone Bench :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Raymond Vernon Browne | 833 | 60.5 |
| | Labour | James Henry Poulton | 820 | |
| | Conservative | David Redford Allsop | 323 | 23.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Francis Clayton | 221 | 16.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Tintwistle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joyce Brocklehurst | 372 | 54.47 |
| | Conservative | Wright Brownhill Cooper | 311 | 45.53 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 61 | 8.93 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 683 | 63.0 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
Whaley Bridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Constance Ann Smith | 1183 | 27.9 |
| | Independent | John Arthur Thomas Pritchard | 1178 | 27.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David William Lomax | 1174 | |
| | Labour | John Bottomley | 967 | 22.8 |
| | Conservative | Susan Jane Wallwork | 348 | 21.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 56.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |