# 1995 High Peak Borough Council election

Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 4 May 1995. All of the council was up for election and the Labour Party took control of the council from no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Labour 30
* Conservative 5
* Liberal Democrat 5
* Independent 4

## Election result

High Peak Local Election Result 1995 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % |
| Labour | 30 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 69.7 |
| Conservative | 5 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 11.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 11.6 |
| Independent | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 |

## Ward results

All Saints :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Bond | 1364 | |
| | Labour | Roger Wilkinson | 1357 | |
| | Labour | Richard Rowbotham | 1316 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Shaw | 712 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rhona Griffiths | 586 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Goinden Kuppan | 536 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.08 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Barmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Brian Millward | 230 | 51.57 |
| | Labour | Robert Adderley | 142 | 31.84 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert William Wilkinson | 74 | 16.59 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 88 | 19.73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 446 | 42.61 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Barms :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ann Mone | 838 | |
| | Labour | Andrew Uprichard | 644 | |
| | Conservative | Robin Basil Baldry | 285 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.40 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Blackbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter John Ashenden | 781 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Challand | 717 | |
| | Conservative | Donald Gifford Crow | 386 | |
| | Labour | Martin Thomas James Bisknell | 317 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.19 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Buxton Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jane Anne McGrother | 315 | 46.87 |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Elizabeth Corrigan | 206 | 30.65 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Francis Bryant | 151 | 22.47 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 672 | 46.42 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 109 | 16.22 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Chapel East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Edward George Boote | 407 | 63.69 |
| | Labour | Kevin Hewitt | 232 | 40.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 175 | 27.39 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 639 | 42.54 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Chapel West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Carole Elizabeth Cobb | 543 | |
| | Independent | Frank Peter Harrison | 498 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Joseph Mulhern | 496 | |
| | Conservative | Ann Stewart Young | 480 | |
| | Independent | Muriel Bertha Bradbury | 401 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.23 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Swing | |
College :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Margaret Mary Williams | 719 | |
| | Conservative | Terence Michael Corrigan | 673 | |
| | Labour | Helen Jane White | 627 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.92 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Corbar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Ian David Watts | 512 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Beatrice Millican | 483 |
| | Conservative | Clive John Beattie | 482 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Cote Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Philip Mone | 772 | |
| | Labour | Keith Edward Savage | 690 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Robert Leslie Loader | 400 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Campbell Newsam | 303 | |
| | Conservative | Gillian Gwen Faulkner | 240 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.95 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Gamesley :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | John Francis | unopposed |
| Labour | Richard John Cooke | unopposed |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Hayfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Herbert David Mellor | 484 | 53.60 |
| | Labour | Alison Mary Teresa Noone | 419 | 46.40 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 65 | 7.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 903 | 44.37 |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Ladybower :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ian Wingfield | 369 | 54.18 |
| | Conservative | Virginia Patricia Montagu Priestley | 312 | 45.82 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 57 | 8.37 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 681 | 55.25 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Limestone Peak :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter Redfern | 233 | 38.52 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joyce Allwright | 190 | 31.40 |
| | Conservative | Derek Walter Udale | 182 | 30.08 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 43 | 7.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 605 | 48.4 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
New Mills North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Angela Alison Shaw | 1121 | |
| | Labour | Liam Bernard Mycroft | 1110 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Bickerton | 825 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Lawrence Burfoot | 616 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Barnes | 513 | |
| | Conservative | Angela Barbara Hampton | 392 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Michael Fieldsend | 386 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher John Saunders | 381 | |
| | Independent | Mark John Ireland | 377 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 54.20 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
New Mills South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Marion Williams | 888 | |
| | Labour | William Russell Dunn | 823 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harry Norman Burfoot | 587 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen John Herbert Dearden | 433 | |
| | Conservative | Helen Marion Wallis | 123 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.58 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Peveril :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ronald Ernest Priestley | 469 | 51.77 |
| | Labour | Terence Ernest Skelton | 307 | 33.88 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Margaret Simm | 130 | 14.35 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 162 | 17.88 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 906 | 55.19 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
St. Andrew's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Hallsworth | 791 | |
| | Labour | Norman Patrick Garlick | 780 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Gregory | 189 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.41 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
St. Charles' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mary Kathleen Holtom | 870 | |
| | Labour | Gwyneth Mary Francis | 771 | |
| | Conservative | Olive MacKay | 236 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter John Michael William Beard | 189 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.60 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
St. James' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sylvia Jane Green | 1077 | |
| | Labour | Arthur Harrison Gilbert | 1074 | |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Margaret Wilkinson | 1050 | |
| | Conservative | Anne Ross Worrall | 386 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James William Angus | 350 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.39 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
St John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brenda Tetlow | 332 | 39.10 |
| | Labour | Frank Nelson Poynter | 284 | 33.45 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Frank Harbut | 233 | 27.44 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 48 | 5.65 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 849 | 44.98 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Simmondley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Graham Oakley | 456 | 47.85 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Michael Cotter | 279 | 29.27 |
| | Conservative | Peter Jeffrey Sidebottom | 218 | 22.88 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 177 | 18.57 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 953 | 43.86 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Stone Bench :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Raymond Vernon Browne | 880 | |
| | Labour | James Henry Poulton | 865 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Jeffrey Mayson | 103 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.60 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Tintwistle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joyce Brocklehurst | 341 | 60.89 |
| | Conservative | William Clarke | 219 | 39.11 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 122 | 21.78 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 560 | 53.22 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Whaley Bridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Henry Leigh Playford | 1134 | |
| | Independent | John Arthur Thomas Pritchard | 1088 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David William Lomax | 1070 | |
| | Independent | Anthony Eccles | 888 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Gordon Pollitt | 804 | |
| | Conservative | Mark David Healey | 348 | |
| | Independent | William Henry Barratt | 337 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.70 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |