# 2019 High Peak Borough Council election

The 2019 High Peak Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 43 members of High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England.
The election resulted in the Labour Party taking control of the council from the Conservative Party after winning 22 of the 43 seats up for election. The Conservatives lost 7 of the seats they were defending and lost their majority on the council. The Liberal Democrats and Greens won 3 and 2 seats respectively.

## Summary

After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Labour 22
* Conservative 16
* Liberal Democrat 3
* Green 2

### Election result

2019 High Peak Borough Council election :
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 37 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 51.2 | 34.9 | 15,940 | –0.9 |
| Conservative | 43 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 37.2 | 33.2 | 15,115 | –4.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 14.9 | 6,805 | +6.9 |
| Green | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4.7 | 15.1 | 6,874 | +7.0 |
| UKIP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.1 | 505 | –3.3 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 368 | –5.1 |

## Ward results

Barms :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rachael Quinn | 223 | 48.9 | 3.9 |
| | Conservative | Sebastian Brooke | 155 | 34.0 | −3.5 |
| | Green | Daniel Mayers | 78 | 17.1 | 17.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 68 | 14.9 | 7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 456 | 32.98 | −30.52 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Blackbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edith Claire Longden | 607 | 37.5 | |
| | Conservative | Eve Burton | 571 | 35.2 | |
| | Conservative | John Kappes | 519 | 32.0 | |
| | Labour | Penny Took | 484 | 29.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Hewitt | 443 | 27.3 | |
| | Green | Joshua Bennett | 342 | 21.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1620 | 46.19 | −30.11 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Burbage :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Samantha Flower | 232 | 43.2 | −6.3 |
| | Labour | Anthony Glew | 175 | 32.6 | 5.4 |
| | Green | Ivor Lewis | 130 | 24.2 | 24.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 57 | 10.6 | −12.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 537 | 34.4 | −37.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Buxton Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Matt Stone | 651 | 59.1 |
| | Labour | Jean Todd | 586 | 53.2 |
| | Green | Eileen Reynolds | 302 | 27.4 |
| | Conservative | Alicia Hill | 275 | 25.0 |
| | Conservative | Josh Kirkman | 235 | 21.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1101 | 37.42 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Chapel East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jim Perkins | 253 | 43.2 |
| | Labour | Jim Lambert | 195 | 33.3 |
| | Green | Jeremy Wight | 72 | 12.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Patterson | 65 | 11.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 585 | 35.19 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Chapel West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Sizeland | 656 | 43.7 |
| | Conservative | Stewart Paul Young | 522 | 34.8 |
| | Labour | Jessica Cowley | 391 | 26.0 |
| | Independent | Paddy Bann | 368 | 24.5 |
| | Labour | Adrian Cowley | 342 | 22.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Rayworth | 208 | 13.9 |
| | Green | Philip Taylor | 201 | 13.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1501 | 38.62 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Corbar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Tony Arthur Kemp | 445 | 35.4 |
| | Labour | Madeline Hall | 435 | 34.6 |
| | Green | Peter Crook | 420 | 33.4 |
| | Conservative | Pam Reddy | 388 | 30.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adam Scott | 306 | 24.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stan Heptinstall | 266 | 21.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1258 | 39.26 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Cote Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Linda Grooby | 477 | 47.8 |
| | Labour | Keith Edward Savage | 475 | 47.6 |
| | Labour | Catherine Grundy-Glew | 452 | 45.3 |
| | Conservative | Laszlo Gyongyosi | 407 | 40.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 998 | 31.72 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Dinting :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jean Wharmby | 361 | 43.3 |
| | Labour | Ray Collins | 262 | 31.5 |
| | Green | Holly McBride | 120 | 14.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Worrall | 90 | 10.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 833 | 46.97 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Gamesley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Anthony Edward McKeown | 306 | 84.8 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Crompton | 55 | 15.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 361 | 21.98 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Hadfield North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ed Kelly | 242 | 55.7 |
| | Green | Robyn Summers | 110 | 25.3 |
| | Conservative | Lisa Hartington | 82 | 18.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 434 | 25.77 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Hadfield South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Edward Siddall | 543 | 49.5 |
| | Labour | Bob McKeown | 506 | 46.1 |
| | Conservative | Peter Lynas | 250 | 22.8 |
| | Conservative | Bev Haigh | 237 | 21.6 |
| | Green | Peter Tomlin | 212 | 19.3 |
| | UKIP | Jo Shaw | 137 | 12.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Parry | 133 | 12.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1097 | 32.78 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Hayfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Eva Lawson | 300 | 37.6 |
| | Labour | Catherine Hughes | 287 | 36.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Burfoot | 124 | 15.5 |
| | Green | Susan Shipley | 87 | 10.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 798 | 48.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Hope Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Charlotte Nancy Farrell | 777 | 45.9 |
| | Green | Joanna Collins | 744 | 44.0 |
| | Conservative | Frederick John Walton | 728 | 43.0 |
| | Conservative | Charles Lawley | 708 | 41.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Simm | 226 | 13.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1692 | 53.92 |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Howard Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Damien Greenhalgh | 761 | 59.8 |
| | Labour | Rachel Abbotts | 688 | 54.0 |
| | Green | Robert Hodgetts-Haley | 355 | 27.9 |
| | Conservative | Peter Kay | 191 | 15.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Smitham | 170 | 13.4 |
| | Conservative | Dominic Starkey | 144 | 11.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1273 | 36.08 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Limestone Peak :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Roberts | 320 | 57.1 |
| | Labour | Caitlin Bisknell | 147 | 26.3 |
| | Green | Daniel Wimberley | 93 | 16.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 560 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
New Mills East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ian Samuel Edward Huddlestone | 421 | 43.9 |
| | Labour | Alan Barrow | 411 | 42.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Beth Atkins | 350 | 36.5 |
| | Conservative | Pam Ashton | 186 | 19.4 |
| | Green | Dee Sayce | 185 | 19.3 |
| | UKIP | Jim Muldoon | 131 | 13.7 |
| | Conservative | Virginia Priestly | 78 | 8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 958 | 30.99 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
New Mills West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lancelot Edgar Dowson | 623 | 42.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raymond George Atkins | 552 | 37.9 |
| | Labour | Anne Marie Clarke | 527 | 36.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Weaver | 320 | 22.0 |
| | Green | Hazel Body | 318 | 21.8 |
| | Conservative | Edward Sheils | 280 | 19.2 |
| | Conservative | William Lockwood | 158 | 10.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1456 | 42.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Old Glossop :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jamie Douglas | 591 | 35.6 |
| | Conservative | Paul Francis Hardy | 584 | 35.2 |
| | Labour | Sheila Yamin | 549 | 33.1 |
| | Labour | Pat Irwin | 500 | 30.1 |
| | Green | Paul Bohan | 455 | 27.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kallen McColl | 360 | 21.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1659 | 44.55 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Padfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ollie Cross | 337 | 46.3 |
| | Conservative | David Hartington | 249 | 34.2 |
| | Green | Rachel Robinson | 142 | 19.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 728 | 39.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Sett :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Tony Ashton | 316 | 42.9 |
| | Labour | Aaron Jones | 274 | 37.2 |
| | Green | Michael John Shipley | 146 | 19.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 736 | 45.86 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Simmondley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Stewart Gardner | 625 | 41.8 |
| | Conservative | John Haken | 580 | 38.8 |
| | Conservative | Julie Ann McCabe | 516 | 34.5 |
| | Green | Melanie O’Brien | 319 | 21.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ayshea Christina Garbutt | 211 | 14.1 |
| | UKIP | David Phillips | 164 | 11.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alistair Murray Booth | 117 | 7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1494 | 43.75 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
St John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George David Wharmby | 283 | 52.8 |
| | Labour | Kasey Carver | 180 | 33.6 |
| | UKIP | Chris Boyle | 73 | 13.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 536 | 35.88 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Stone Bench :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Kerr | 438 | 53.5 |
| | Labour | Fiona Sloman | 408 | 49.9 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Hill | 210 | 25.7 |
| | Conservative | David McDowell | 187 | 22.9 |
| | Green | Guy Rees | 153 | 18.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynton Bennett | 111 | 13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 818 | 25.58 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Temple :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Emily Lilian Thrane | 364 | 44.0 |
| | Labour | Tony Riddington | 261 | 31.6 |
| | Green | Ben Evens | 202 | 24.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 827 | 46.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Tintwistle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Rob Baker | 336 | 50.7 |
| | Conservative | Jill Crossland | 223 | 33.6 |
| | Green | Luke Robinson | 104 | 15.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 663 | 41.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Whaley Bridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David William Lomax | 901 | 40.4 |
| | Labour | Kath Thomson | 790 | 35.4 |
| | Labour | Shannon-Kate Thomson | 744 | 33.3 |
| | Green | Lucas Jones | 726 | 32.5 |
| | Conservative | Alison Fox | 686 | 30.7 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Fox | 613 | 27.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andy Thomson | 613 | 27.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Weaver | 570 | 25.5 |
| | Conservative | Lesley Morgan | 448 | 20.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2231 | 43.12 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Whitfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Graham Nigel Oakley | 365 | 60.8 |
| | Conservative | Anne Ross Worrall | 92 | 15.3 |
| | Green | Patricia Thompson | 81 | 13.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Braithwaite | 62 | 10.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 600 | 35.47 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

## By-elections
### Cote Heath

Cote Heath: 7 April 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Frank Kirkham | 585 | 55.5 | +5.4 |
| | Labour | Alan Smith | 413 | 39.2 | −10.7 |
| | Green | Peter Crook | 56 | 5.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 172 | 16.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,056 | 32.6 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 8.1 | |