# 1983 High Peak Borough Council election

Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 5 May 1983. 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:
* Conservative 18
* Labour 14
* SDP-Liberal Alliance 2
* Independent 10

## Election result

High Peak Local Election Result 1983 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % |
| Conservative | 18 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 40.91 |
| Labour | 14 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 31.82 |
| Alliance | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 4.55 |
| Independent | 10 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 22.73 |

## Ward results

All Saints :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Stephen Charles Cocks | 1272 |
| | Independent | George Chatterton | 1220 |
| | Labour | Frank Dyson Vaughan | 1019 |
| | Conservative | Edwin Harold Mountain | 638 |
| | Conservative | Michael Jackson | 593 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Barmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Harold Henry Cartledge | 402 | 71.02 |
| | Labour | James Britt | 164 | 28.98 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 238 | 42.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 566 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Barms :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Alfred Henry Hitchings | 1142 |
| | Labour | Barbara Mary Langham | 754 |
| | Conservative | Michael Kenneth Diamond | 499 |
| | Alliance | Ian Doxford Hedley | 341 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Blackbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | George Harry White | 827 |
| | Conservative | Brian Colley | 615 |
| | Conservative | Albert Peter Inglefield | 547 |
| | Alliance | David John Oliver | 424 |
| | Labour | Christopher Alan Birt | 247 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Independent gain from Liberal | Independent gain from Liberal | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Buxton Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert George Morris | 475 | 56.21 |
| | Alliance | Brenda Ann Bryant | 221 | 26.15 |
| | Labour | Stanley Burden | 149 | 17.63 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 254 | 30.06 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 845 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Chapel East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Albert Phillips | 311 | 43.02 |
| | Independent | Stanley William Clives | 218 | 30.15 |
| | Labour | Brian Joseph Fisher | 194 | 26.83 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 93 | 12.86 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 723 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Chapel West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Muriel Bertha Bradbury | 629 |
| | Conservative | Ann Stewart Young | 619 |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Victor Bradwell | 505 |
| | Labour | Peter Keith Jones | 381 |
| | Alliance | Peter John Ashenden | 372 |
| | Independent | Desmond Francis Bryan | 318 |
| | Labour | Thomas Manion | 305 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
College :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Jane Inglefield | 805 |
| | Conservative | Alan Keith Allman | 702 |
| | Alliance | Winifred Nancie Adams | 562 |
| | Alliance | Barbara Roseann Hedley | 519 |
| | Labour | Gillian Taylor | 159 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Corbar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Margaret Beatrice Millican | 781 |
| | Conservative | Peter De Leighton Brooke | 762 |
| | Alliance | Josephine Cresswell | 460 |
| | Labour | Michael Pearson-Smith | 380 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Cote Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Alliance | Michael Robert Leslie Loader | 752 |
| | Labour | Noel Ratcliffe | 728 |
| | Labour | Jane Ann McGrother | 617 |
| | Conservative | Joan Mary Chape | 616 |
| | Alliance | Alan Hall | 501 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Gamesley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | John Francis | 967 |
| | Labour | Richard John Cooke | 863 |
| | Conservative | James Wildgoose | 211 |
| | Alliance | Judith Mary Marquand | 162 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Hayfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Herbert David Mellor | 635 | 64.14 |
| | Labour | John Anthony Bull | 355 | 35.86 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 280 | 28.28 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 990 | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |
Ladybower :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Albert Bingham | 543 | 81.65 |
| | Independent | James Cusick | 122 | 18.35 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 421 | 63.31 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 665 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Limestone Peak :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Evelyn May Tomlinson | 568 | 81.03 |
| | Labour | Gregory Francis Monks | 133 | 18.97 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 435 | 62.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 701 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
New Mills North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Mary Livesley | 983 |
| | Conservative | Dorothy May Brennand | 978 |
| | Labour | Martin Huddleston | 946 |
| | Alliance | Roy Bickerton | 940 |
| | Labour | Lawrence Gordon Allen | 914 |
| | Labour | John Graham Eary | 868 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
New Mills South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Alliance | Harry Norman Burfoot | 801 |
| | Labour | John James Fernley | 766 |
| | Labour | Marion Williams | 762 |
| | Conservative | William Robinson | 475 |
| | Conservative | Ronald Ferguson | 330 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Peveril :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Charles David Lewis | 705 | 70.93 |
| | Alliance | Angela Helen Kellie | 186 | 18.71 |
| | Labour | James Powell | 103 | 10.36 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 519 | 52.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 994 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
St. Andrew's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Mary Kathleen Holtom | 824 |
| | Labour | John Hallsworth | 715 |
| | Conservative | David Wilson | 621 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Farnsworth | 566 |
| | Alliance | Christopher Thomas O’Brien | 318 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
St. Charles' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | David Holtom | 907 |
| | Labour | Francis Walter Stubbs | 799 |
| | Conservative | William John Wood | 522 |
| | Conservative | Cynthia Violet Mitchell | 470 |
| | Alliance | Trevor Jones Randall | 276 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
St. James' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Alfred Edwin Jenner Leney | 924 |
| | Conservative | Leslie Ernest Proctor | 847 |
| | Conservative | Susan Jane Von Achten | 833 |
| | Labour | Christopher Sydney Turner | 766 |
| | Labour | Amy Wood | 682 |
| | Labour | Arthur Harrison Gilbert | 631 |
| | Alliance | Christopher Mellor | 579 |
| | Alliance | Robert Michael Love | 502 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
St John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brenda Tetlow | 780 | 80.25 |
| | Labour | Peter John William Holland | 192 | 19.75 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 588 | 60.49 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 972 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Simmondley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Percy Phipps | 522 | 51.94 |
| | Labour | John Alfred Pagett | 250 | 24.88 |
| | Independent | Joyce Ashley | 233 | 23.18 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 272 | 27.06 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1005 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Stone Bench :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | James Henry Poulton | 898 |
| | Labour | Raymond Vernon Browne | 837 |
| | Alliance | Robert Keith Taylor | 369 |
| | Conservative | Arnold Bennett | 340 |
| | Conservative | David Pearson | 289 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Tintwistle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Wright Brownhill Cooper | 477 | 61.63 |
| | Labour | Douglas Carr | 297 | 38.37 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 180 | 23.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 774 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
Whaley Bridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Jean Elizabeth Hallam | 2108 |
| | Independent | John Arthur Thomas Pritchard | 1208 |
| | Independent | Fredrick Bonsall Woodward | 1111 |
| | Conservative | Harold Hastings Littlewood | 711 |
| | Conservative | James Gordon Pollitt | 619 |
| | Alliance | Christopher Richard Warhurst Weaver | 550 |
| | Labour | Valerie Mason | 423 |
| | Alliance | Paula Marguerite Butler | 398 |
| | Labour | Philip John Taylor | 231 |
| | Labour | Roger Wilkinson | 214 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |