# 1987 High Peak Borough Council election

Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 7 May 1987. 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 17
* Labour 11
* SDP-Liberal Alliance 7
* Independent 9

## Election result

High Peak Local Election Result 1987 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % |
| Conservative | 17 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 38.64 |
| Labour | 11 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 25 |
| Alliance | 7 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 15.91 |
| Independent | 9 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 20.45 |

## Ward results

All Saints :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | George Chatterton | 1234 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Farnsworth | 992 |
| | Labour | Christopher Sydney Turner | 989 |
| | Labour | Roger Wilkinson | 851 |
| | Labour | Rachel Margaret Smith | 825 |
| | Alliance | Frank Hiley | 708 |
| | Alliance | Belinda Thompson | 673 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Barmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Brian Millward | 286 | 49.14 |
| | Conservative | Philip Gregory Howard Greaves | 226 | 38.83 |
| | Labour | Margaret Leah | 70 | 12.03 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 60 | 10.31 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 582 | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Barms :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Alfred Henry Hitchings | 885 |
| | Labour | Barbara Mary Langham | 612 |
| | Conservative | Michael Kenneth Diamond | 467 |
| | Alliance | Joy Mary Fairhurst | 352 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Blackbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Alliance | Peter John Ashenden | 844 |
| | Independent | Peter Coackley | 663 |
| | Alliance | Susan Mary Burns | 631 |
| | Labour | Andrew Ayres | 284 |
| | Labour | David Knights | 220 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Alliance gain from Independent | Alliance gain from Independent | Swing |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Buxton Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joan Mary Chape | 294 | 41.23 |
| | Alliance | Michael Francis Bryant | 258 | 36.19 |
| | Labour | Michael Pearson-Smith | 161 | 22.58 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36 | 5.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 713 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Chapel East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Alliance | James Edward George Boote | 390 | 51.52 |
| | Independent | Desmond Francis Bryan | 235 | 31.04 |
| | Labour | Christine Theresa O’Brian | 132 | 17.44 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 155 | 20.48 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 757 | |
| | Alliance gain from Independent | Alliance gain from Independent | Swing | |
Chapel West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Ann Stewart Young | 890 |
| | Independent | Muriel Bertha Bradbury | 874 |
| | Alliance | Susan Peggy Barber | 723 |
| | Labour | Harry Berry | 294 |
| | Labour | Peter Keith Jones | 284 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
College :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Jane Inglefield | 849 |
| | Conservative | Alan Keith Allman | 797 |
| | Alliance | Joyce Allwright | 672 |
| | Labour | John Morris | 245 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Corbar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Peter De Leighton Brooke | 747 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Beatrice Millican | 731 |
| | Labour | Valerie Mason | 355 |
| | Independent | Kenneth George Howarth | 352 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Cote Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Alliance | Michael Robert Leslie Loader | 890 |
| | Alliance | Peter Campbell Newsam | 627 |
| | Labour | Ann Mone | 581 |
| | Conservative | Elaine Magdalene Arouette Bradbury | 557 |
| | Labour | Peter Redfern | 450 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Swing |
Gamesley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | John Francis | 969 |
| | Labour | Richard John Cooke | 895 |
| | Alliance | Harold Edward Dunkerley | 164 |
| | Conservative | Eric Keith Mottram | 164 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Hayfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Herbert David Mellor | 657 | 62.63 |
| | Labour | John Anthony Bull | 392 | 37.37 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 265 | 25.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1049 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Ladybower :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Albert Bingham | 553 | 67.85 |
| | Alliance | Ian Roland Wingfield | 162 | 19.88 |
| | Labour | Gillian Taylor | 100 | 12.27 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 391 | 47.98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 815 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Limestone Peak :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Evelyn May Tomlinson | 588 | 84.36 |
| | Labour | Sylvia Robinson | 109 | 15.64 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 479 | 68.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 697 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
New Mills North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Dorothy May Brennand | 1041 |
| | Alliance | Roy Bickerton | 1011 |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Mary Livesley | 994 |
| | Labour | Martin Huddleston | 943 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Gordon Griffiths | 831 |
| | Labour | Valerie Hill | 770 |
| | Alliance | David Arthur Bonsall Woodward | 745 |
| | Alliance | David Thomas Gladding | 644 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
New Mills South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Alliance | Harry Norman Burfoot | 761 |
| | Labour | Marion Williams | 739 |
| | Labour | Donald Peace Rae | 702 |
| | Alliance | Stephen John Herbert Dearden | 504 |
| | Conservative | Maureen Agnes Bowen | 436 |
| | Conservative | Robert Francis Craddock | 373 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Peveril :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Charles David Lewis | 603 | 59.58 |
| | Alliance | Angela Helen Kellie | 280 | 27.67 |
| | Labour | Christine Davies | 129 | 12.75 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 323 | 31.92 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1012 | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |
St. Andrew's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Mary Kathleen Holtom | 826 |
| | Labour | John Hallsworth | 739 |
| | Conservative | Neville Moss | 723 |
| | Alliance | James William Angus | 517 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
St. Charles' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | David Holtom | 944 |
| | Labour | Francis Walter Stubbs | 829 |
| | Conservative | Jack Arnold Jones | 630 |
| | Alliance | Trevor Jones Randall | 431 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
St. James' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Leslie Ernest Proctor | 947 |
| | Conservative | Graham Turner Buckley | 912 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Sharpe | 888 |
| | Alliance | Malcolm Hay Thompson | 744 |
| | Alliance | William John Thatcher | 723 |
| | Alliance | Joan Robertson | 701 |
| | Labour | Arthur Harrison Gilbert | 687 |
| | Labour | Norman Patrick Garlick | 679 |
| | Labour | Richard George Stone | 626 |
| 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 | 760 | 69.79 |
| | Alliance | Christopher Frank Harbut | 183 | 16.80 |
| | Labour | Peter Roy Urquhart | 146 | 13.41 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 577 | 52.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1089 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Simmondley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brian Harry Abbott | 486 | 40.27 |
| | Alliance | Gerald Seymour Wood | 440 | 36.45 |
| | Labour | Harry Bunting | 281 | 23.28 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 46 | 3.81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1207 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Stone Bench :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Raymond Vernon Browne | 808 |
| | Labour | James Henry Poulton | 806 |
| | Alliance | Peter Francis Clayton | 323 |
| | Conservative | Linda Diamond | 303 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Tintwistle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Wright Brownhill Cooper | 311 | 39.72 |
| | Labour | Patrick Jenner | 239 | 30.52 |
| | Alliance | John David Leah | 233 | 29.76 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 72 | 9.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 783 | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Whaley Bridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Jean Elizabeth Hallam | 1808 |
| | Independent | John Arthur Thomas Pritchard | 1467 |
| | Alliance | Constance Ann Smith | 1145 |
| | Conservative | Graham Fox | 1127 |
| | Labour | Damian Francis Allen | 610 |
| | Labour | Susan Janet Bottomley | 551 |
| | Labour | Michael Brunt | 532 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Alliance gain from Independent | Alliance gain from Independent | Swing |