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1983 High Peak Borough Council election

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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.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

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High Peak Local Election Result 1983[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  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

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All Saints
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
Labour hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Barmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold Henry Cartledge 402 71.02
Labour James Britt 164 28.98
Majority 238 42.05
Turnout 566
Conservative hold Swing
Barms
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Alfred Henry Hitchings 1142
Labour Barbara Mary Langham 754
Conservative Michael Kenneth Diamond 499
Alliance Ian Doxford Hedley 341
Turnout
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Blackbrook
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
Independent gain from Liberal Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Buxton Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert George Morris 475 56.21
Alliance Brenda Ann Bryant 221 26.15
Labour Stanley Burden 149 17.63
Majority 254 30.06
Turnout 845
Conservative hold Swing
Chapel East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Albert Phillips 311 43.02
Independent Stanley William Clives 218 30.15
Labour Brian Joseph Fisher 194 26.83
Majority 93 12.86
Turnout 723
Independent hold Swing
Chapel West
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
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
College
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
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Corbar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Beatrice Millican 781
Conservative Peter De Leighton Brooke 762
Alliance Josephine Cresswell 460
Labour Michael Pearson-Smith 380
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Cote Heath
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
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Gamesley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Francis 967
Labour Richard John Cooke 863
Conservative James Wildgoose 211
Alliance Judith Mary Marquand 162
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hayfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Herbert David Mellor 635 64.14
Labour John Anthony Bull 355 35.86
Majority 280 28.28
Turnout 990
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Ladybower
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Albert Bingham 543 81.65
Independent James Cusick 122 18.35
Majority 421 63.31
Turnout 665
Conservative hold Swing
Limestone Peak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Evelyn May Tomlinson 568 81.03
Labour Gregory Francis Monks 133 18.97
Majority 435 62.05
Turnout 701
Independent hold Swing
New Mills North
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
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
New Mills South
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
Alliance hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Peveril
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Charles David Lewis 705 70.93
Alliance Angela Helen Kellie 186 18.71
Labour James Powell 103 10.36
Majority 519 52.21
Turnout 994
Independent hold Swing
St. Andrew's
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
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
St. Charles'
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
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St. James'
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
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
St John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brenda Tetlow 780 80.25
Labour Peter John William Holland 192 19.75
Majority 588 60.49
Turnout 972
Conservative hold Swing
Simmondley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Percy Phipps 522 51.94
Labour John Alfred Pagett 250 24.88
Independent Joyce Ashley 233 23.18
Majority 272 27.06
Turnout 1005
Conservative hold Swing
Stone Bench
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
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Tintwistle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wright Brownhill Cooper 477 61.63
Labour Douglas Carr 297 38.37
Majority 180 23.26
Turnout 774
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Whaley Bridge
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
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

References

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  1. ^ "BBC NEWS | Election 2007 | Local Council Elections | High Peak council".
  2. ^ Source: Rallings and Thrasher, Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest, 2003
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