# 2023 High Peak Borough Council election

The 2023 High Peak Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England. 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. Labour regained a majority at the 2023 election, winning 29 of the 43 seats on the council.

## Summary
### Election result

The overall results were:
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 |

## Results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by High Peak Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.
Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk. The results for each ward were:

### Barms

Barms :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 80 | 17.5 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 458 | 34.05 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,345 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Blackbrook

Blackbrook :
| Party | 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 | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1778 | 49.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,624 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Burbage

Burbage :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 22 | 3.7 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 588 | 37.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,578 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Buxton Central

Buxton Central (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1050 | 36.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,916 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Chapel East

Chapel East :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 7 | 1.2 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 606 | 35.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,689 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Chapel West

Chapel West (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1511 | 38.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,884 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Corbar

Corbar (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1389 | 45.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,065 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Cote Heath

Cote Heath (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1292 | 36.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,567 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Dinting

Dinting :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 17 | 1.7 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 974 | 50.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,917 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Gamesley

Gamesley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 166 | 61.0 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 272 | 16.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,694 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Hadfield North

Hadfield North :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 185 | 41.1 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 450 | 26.4 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,707 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Hadfield South

Hadfield South (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1105 | 33.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,317 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Hayfield

Hayfield :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 260 | 29.3 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | 1.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 887 | 53.24 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,666 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Hope Valley

Hope Valley (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1541 | 50.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,038 | | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |

### Howard Town

Howard Town (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1297 | 35.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,635 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Limestone Peak

Limestone Peak :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 191 | 32.8 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 583 | 32.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,792 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### New Mills East

New Mills East (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 905 | 29.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,101 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### New Mills West

New Mills West (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1385 | 40.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,399 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Old Glossop

Old Glossop (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1822 | 49.4 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,685 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Padfield

Padfield :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 424 | 58.8 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 721 | 38.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,857 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Sett

Sett :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 147 | 18.0 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 814 | 51.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,580 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Simmondley

Simmondley (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1529 | 45.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,339 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St John's

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

### Stone Bench

Stone Bench (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 7 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 794 | 24.2 | 0.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,277 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Temple

Temple :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 68 | | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4 | 7.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 926 | 52.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,781 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Tintwistle

Tintwistle :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 293 | 51.0 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 574 | 32.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,746 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Whaley Bridge

Whaley Bridge (3 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2259 | 43.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,225 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Whitfield

Whitfield :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 303 | 56.2 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 536 | 30.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,776 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |