1979 High Peak Borough Council election

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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. [1]

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Boundary changes since the 1976 local elections reduced the number of seats by 2.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

High Peak Local Election Result 1979 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2205-550
  Labour 1240+427.3
  Liberal 20004.5
  Independent 801-118.2

Ward results

All Saints
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Charles Cocks1561
Independent George Chatterton1480
Labour Christopher Sydney Turner1313
Labour Kenneth Trevor Powell1147
Conservative Irene Beatrice Greenhalgh1145
Liberal Robert Michael Love1012
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Barmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Harold Henry Cartledge62273.35
Labour Peter Keith Jones22626.65
Majority39646.70
Turnout 84881.1
Independent win (new seat)
Barms
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Henry Hitchings1467
Labour Barbara Mary Langham1108
Conservative Albert Peter Inglefield801
Conservative Cecil George Wallace720
Turnout 83.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Blackbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Betty Patricia Colleyunopposed
Liberal George Harry Whiteunopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Buxton Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dennis Raymond Walterunopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
Chapel East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Albert Phillips62255.59
Conservative Cheryl Mary Dawson33730.11
Independent Desmond Francis Bryan16014.30
Majority28525.47
Turnout 111982.0
Independent win (new seat)
Chapel West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Muriel Bertha Bradburyunopposed
Conservative Kenneth Victor Bradwellunopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
College
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Jane Inglefieldunopposed
Conservative Joyce Mary Craufurd-Stuartunopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Corbar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Beatrice Millican1219
Conservative Alan Keith Allman1034
Labour Robert Garside590
Turnout 72.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Cote Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Terence Garrie Gill910
Labour Noel Ratcliffe824
Conservative Dennis Roy Surrey654
Conservative Heather Michelle Robinson491
Independent Iris Tamsons397
Turnout 68.6
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Gamesley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Francis1420
Labour Richard John Cooke1346
Conservative Harry Lemon498
Conservative Lynn Watson460
Communist Robert Ainsworth Heald37
Turnout 77.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Hayfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Fred Barnes85457.16
Conservative Herbert David Mellor40727.24
Labour David John Wilcox23315.60
Majority44729.92
Turnout 149480.0
Independent win (new seat)
Ladybower
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Albert Bingham77582.53
Labour James Stanley Byford16417.47
Majority61165.07
Turnout 93982.1
Conservative win (new seat)
Limestone Peak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Evelyn May Tomlinsonunopposed
Independent win (new seat)
New Mills North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothy May Brennand1574
Conservative Dorothy Mary Livesley1571
Conservative John Edward Mone1545
Liberal Graham Martin Doughty1525
Labour Stephen John Herbert Dearden1152
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
New Mills South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Keith McMurray1226
Liberal Harry Norman Burfoot1155
Labour Lawrence Gordon Allen858
Conservative Frank Morris Bullough758
Labour Dorothy Edna Fryman424
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Peveril
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles David Lewisunopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
St. Andrew's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Jackson1125
Conservative Ronald Ferguson1077
Labour Josephine Elizabeth Hopkin1065
Labour John Alfred Pagett1048
Communist Juleen Barbara Clarke83
Turnout 78.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
St. Charles'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Holtom1218
Labour Francis Walter Stubbs1115
Conservative Cynthia Violet Mitchell787
Conservative Denys Toole777
Communist Terence O’Toole119
Turnout 76.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
St. James'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Wharmby1513
Conservative Kenneth Guy Dickenson1422
Conservative Alfred Edwin Jenner Leney1407
Labour Reginald Mann1353
Labour Ceilia Ashton1323
Labour David Carr1308
Turnout 71.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
St John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brenda Tetlow93482.00
Labour Joan Wilcox20518.00
Majority72964.00
Turnout 113983.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Simmondley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Roderick Heath67443.07
Labour Michael William Slattery47030.03
Liberal Joyce Ashley42126.90
Majority20413.04
Turnout 156582.5
Conservative win (new seat)
Stone Bench
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Barton Morley1577
Labour James Henry Poulton1398
Conservative Alexander Taylor-Clague553
Turnout 75.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Tintwistle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ralph Bennett48051.67
Conservative Clifford Pennington44948.33
Majority313.33
Turnout 92986.0
Labour win (new seat)
Whaley Bridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Arthur Thomas Pritchard2193
Independent Fredrick Bonsall Woodward1854
Conservative Harold Hastings Littlewood1601
Labour Martin Struan Burch1203
Labour George Kenneth Brown1147
Conservative Bernard George Everett887
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

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References

  1. "English local elections 2007". www.bbc.co.uk. BBC News. 4 May 2007.
  2. Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher (1 May 2003). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. University of Plymouth Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. ISBN   0948858354.
  3. Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher. "High Peak Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). www.electionscentre.co.uk. The Election Centre, Plymouth University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2020.