# 1979 High Peak Borough Council election

Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England, the United Kingdom were held on 7 May 1979. All of the council was up for election and control of the council changed from Conservative control to no overall control.
Boundary changes since the 1976 local elections reduced the number of seats by 2.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 22
* Labour 12
* Liberal 2
* Independent 8

## Election result

High Peak Local Election Result 1979 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % |
| Conservative | 22 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 50 |
| Labour | 12 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 27.3 |
| Liberal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Independent | 8 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 18.2 |

## Ward results

All Saints :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Charles Cocks | 1561 | | |
| | Independent | George Chatterton | 1480 | | |
| | Labour | Christopher Sydney Turner | 1313 | | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Trevor Powell | 1147 | | |
| | Conservative | Irene Beatrice Greenhalgh | 1145 | | |
| | Liberal | Robert Michael Love | 1012 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Barmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Harold Henry Cartledge | 622 | 73.35 | |
| | Labour | Peter Keith Jones | 226 | 26.65 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 396 | 46.70 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 848 | 81.1 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
Barms :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alfred Henry Hitchings | 1467 | | |
| | Labour | Barbara Mary Langham | 1108 | | |
| | Conservative | Albert Peter Inglefield | 801 | | |
| | Conservative | Cecil George Wallace | 720 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 83.7 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Blackbrook :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Betty Patricia Colley | unopposed | | |
| Liberal | George Harry White | unopposed | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
Buxton Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dennis Raymond Walter | unopposed | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Chapel East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Albert Phillips | 622 | 55.59 | |
| | Conservative | Cheryl Mary Dawson | 337 | 30.11 | |
| | Independent | Desmond Francis Bryan | 160 | 14.30 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 285 | 25.47 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1119 | 82.0 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
Chapel West :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Muriel Bertha Bradbury | unopposed | | |
| Conservative | Kenneth Victor Bradwell | unopposed | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
College :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Jane Inglefield | unopposed | | |
| Conservative | Joyce Mary Craufurd-Stuart | unopposed | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Corbar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Margaret Beatrice Millican | 1219 | | |
| | Conservative | Alan Keith Allman | 1034 | | |
| | Labour | Robert Garside | 590 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 72.9 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Cote Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Terence Garrie Gill | 910 | | |
| | Labour | Noel Ratcliffe | 824 | | |
| | Conservative | Dennis Roy Surrey | 654 | | |
| | Conservative | Heather Michelle Robinson | 491 | | |
| | Independent | Iris Tamsons | 397 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 68.6 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Gamesley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Francis | 1420 | | |
| | Labour | Richard John Cooke | 1346 | | |
| | Conservative | Harry Lemon | 498 | | |
| | Conservative | Lynn Watson | 460 | | |
| | Communist | Robert Ainsworth Heald | 37 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 77.2 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Hayfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Fred Barnes | 854 | 57.16 | |
| | Conservative | Herbert David Mellor | 407 | 27.24 | |
| | Labour | David John Wilcox | 233 | 15.60 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 447 | 29.92 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1494 | 80.0 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
Ladybower :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Albert Bingham | 775 | 82.53 | |
| | Labour | James Stanley Byford | 164 | 17.47 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 611 | 65.07 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 939 | 82.1 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Limestone Peak :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Evelyn May Tomlinson | unopposed | | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
New Mills North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dorothy May Brennand | 1574 | | |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Mary Livesley | 1571 | | |
| | Conservative | John Edward Mone | 1545 | | |
| | Liberal | Graham Martin Doughty | 1525 | | |
| | Labour | Stephen John Herbert Dearden | 1152 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
New Mills South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Keith McMurray | 1226 | | |
| | Liberal | Harry Norman Burfoot | 1155 | | |
| | Labour | Lawrence Gordon Allen | 858 | | |
| | Conservative | Frank Morris Bullough | 758 | | |
| | Labour | Dorothy Edna Fryman | 424 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
Peveril :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles David Lewis | unopposed | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
St. Andrew's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Jackson | 1125 | | |
| | Conservative | Ronald Ferguson | 1077 | | |
| | Labour | Josephine Elizabeth Hopkin | 1065 | | |
| | Labour | John Alfred Pagett | 1048 | | |
| | Communist | Juleen Barbara Clarke | 83 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 78.4 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
St. Charles' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Holtom | 1218 | | |
| | Labour | Francis Walter Stubbs | 1115 | | |
| | Conservative | Cynthia Violet Mitchell | 787 | | |
| | Conservative | Denys Toole | 777 | | |
| | Communist | Terence O’Toole | 119 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 76.6 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
St. James' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Wharmby | 1513 | | |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Guy Dickenson | 1422 | | |
| | Conservative | Alfred Edwin Jenner Leney | 1407 | | |
| | Labour | Reginald Mann | 1353 | | |
| | Labour | Ceilia Ashton | 1323 | | |
| | Labour | David Carr | 1308 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 71.2 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
St John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brenda Tetlow | 934 | 82.00 | |
| | Labour | Joan Wilcox | 205 | 18.00 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 729 | 64.00 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1139 | 83.6 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Simmondley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Roderick Heath | 674 | 43.07 | |
| | Labour | Michael William Slattery | 470 | 30.03 | |
| | Liberal | Joyce Ashley | 421 | 26.90 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 204 | 13.04 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1565 | 82.5 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Stone Bench :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Barton Morley | 1577 | | |
| | Labour | James Henry Poulton | 1398 | | |
| | Conservative | Alexander Taylor-Clague | 553 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 75.6 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Tintwistle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ralph Bennett | 480 | 51.67 | |
| | Conservative | Clifford Pennington | 449 | 48.33 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 31 | 3.33 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 929 | 86.0 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Whaley Bridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Arthur Thomas Pritchard | 2193 | | |
| | Independent | Fredrick Bonsall Woodward | 1854 | | |
| | Conservative | Harold Hastings Littlewood | 1601 | | |
| | Labour | Martin Struan Burch | 1203 | | |
| | Labour | George Kenneth Brown | 1147 | | |
| | Conservative | Bernard George Everett | 887 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |