2015 High Peak Borough Council election

Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 7 May 2015, at the same time as the 2015 UK General Election. All of the council falls up for election every four years and the control of the council changed from no overall control to Conservative councillor control.

Election result

After the election, the composition of the council was:

High Peak Local Election Result 2015^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	23	8	0	+8	53.49	37.86	29,576
Labour	17	0	4	-4	39.53	35.83	27,990
Liberal Democrats	2	0	1	-1	4.65	8.01	6,257
Independent	1	0	3	-3	2.33	5.87	4,583
Green	0	0	0	0	0	8.09	6,317
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	4.36	3,405

Barms
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachael Quinn	418	44.95	−11.48
	Conservative	Sebastian Brooke	349	37.53	−4.84
	Independent	Simon Fussell	155	16.67	+16.67
Majority			69	7.42	−6.65
Turnout			930	63.50	+26.25
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Howe	1044
	Conservative	John Kappes	864
	Liberal Democrats	Edith Claire Longden	715
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hewitt	517
	Labour	Ruth George	492
	Labour	Phil George Forrest	466
Turnout			2454	76.3	+21.19
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Burbage
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samantha Flower	582	49.45	−15.53
	Labour	Jane McGrother	320	27.19	−6.22
	Independent	Bob Morris	267	22.68	+22.68
Majority			262	22.26
Turnout			1177	71.8	+27.16
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chapel East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Perkins	658	52.76	+17.76
	Labour	Mavis Morrison	350	28.07	−2.76
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Hallsworth	125	10.02	−22.96
	Green	Tess Lomas	102	8.18	+8.18
Majority			308	24.7	+22.68
Turnout			1247	69.5	+22.65
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chapel West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stewart Paul Young	1152
	Conservative	Kathleen Sizeland	1149
	Labour	Jessica Cowley	836
	Labour	Timothy Ian Norton	801
	Green	Lucas Jones	303
	Liberal Democrats	David Rayworth	294
Turnout			2463	71.36	+23.87
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cote Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Boynton	965
	Conservative	Linda Grooby	880
	Labour	Lynn Stone	648
	Labour	Keith Edward Savage	642
	Independent	David Finney	263
	Green	Tony Pickering	205
Turnout			2095	65.2	+26.65
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Dinting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Wharmby	720	54.13	−11.3
	Labour	Benjamin Hopkins	364	27.37	−6.04
	UKIP	Sylvia Hall	128	9.62	+9.62
	Green	Stephen Bossett-Roberts	113	8.50	+8.50
Majority			356	26.77	−5.25
Turnout			1330	78.6	+21.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gamesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Edward McKeown	716	80.87	+23.77
	Conservative	Thomas Brian Evans	153	17.46	+17.46
	Green	Peter Allen	93	8.50	+8.50
Majority			563	58.04	−5.37
Turnout			970	56	+28.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Hadfield North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ed Kelly	549	52.09	−6.52
	Conservative	Marie Foote	304	28.84	−0.92
	UKIP	Richard Moore	189	17.93	+17.93
Majority			245	23.24	−5.6
Turnout			1054	58.7	+23.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Hadfield South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Joseph McKeown	992
	Labour	Peter Edward Siddall	883
	Conservative	Ann Flavell	841
	Conservative	Stephen Dennis William Foote	833
	UKIP	Trish Boyle	337
	UKIP	Pat Ellison-Reed	312
	Green	Melanie O'Brien	254
Turnout			2344	66.51	+24.93
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hayfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Easter	584	45.84	+45.84
	Labour	Dave Gates	338	26.53	+26.53
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Jones	187	14.68	−31.07
	Green	Karen Hunt	145	11.38	+11.38
Majority			246	19.31	+10.81
Turnout			1274	76	+22.08
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Limestone Peak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daren Robins	575	49.83	−1.61
	Labour	Jim Lambert	306	26.52	−4.29
	UKIP	Graham Scott	263	22.88	+22.88
Majority			251	21.75	+1.12
Turnout			1154	66.94	+25.16
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Mills East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Barrow	802
	Labour	Ian Samuel Edward Huddlestone	723
	Conservative	Matt Crompton	495
	Liberal Democrats	David Burfoot	346
	Green	Dee Sayce	264
Turnout			1971	62.27	+25.73
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Glossop
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jamie Douglas	984
	Conservative	Paul Francis Hardy	880
	Labour	Moira Cunningham	767
	Labour	Garry Parvin	767
	Independent	Chris Webster	438
	UKIP	Michael Perry	332
	Green	Margo McKenna	270
	Independent	Neil Johnstone	195
Turnout			2760	73.3	+34.72
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Padfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Longos	649	49.54	+6.68
	Conservative	Peter James Kay	635	48.47	+7.55
Majority			14	1.94
Turnout			1310	69.9	+30.42
	Labour hold		Swing

Sett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Ashton	577	47.37	−0.11
	Labour	Sue Barrow	423	34.73	+34.73
	Green	Michael John Shipley	165	13.55	−20.14
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Weaver	109	8.95	−8.8
Majority			154	12.64
Turnout			1218	74.9	+24.81
	Conservative hold		Swing

St John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George David Wharmby	557	49.47	−9.7
	Labour	Rob McKeown	228	20.25	+20.25
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen David Worrall	194	17.23	−17.94
	UKIP	Chris Boyle	138	12.26	+12.26
Majority			174	15.54	−8.55
Turnout			1126	75.42	+26.79
	Conservative hold		Swing

Temple
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emily Lilian Thrane	760	54.13	−10.24
	Labour	Roger Lane Cooper	391	27.85	−5.57
	Independent	Jean Luton	131	9.33	+9.33
	Green	Catherine Crosby	112	7.98	+7.98
Majority			369	26.28	−4.68
Turnout			1404	77.5	+23.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tintwistle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Jenner	607	55.69	+5.18
	Conservative	David Novakovic	308	28.26	−20.45
	UKIP	John Reed	160	14.68	+14.68
Majority			14	1.80
Turnout			1090	64.6	+18.21
	Labour hold		Swing

Whaley Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Arthur Thomas Pritchard	1594
	Liberal Democrats	David William Lomax	1446
	Conservative	Andrew Fox	1355
	Conservative	Rodney Bruce Gilmour	1271
	Labour	Zara Clarke	1156
	Labour	Martin Thomas	977
	Labour	Andy Murray	906
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Wild	772
	Green	Iain Reynolds	691
Turnout			3992	74.43	+23.3
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Whitfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Nigel Oakley	549	48.58	−20.7
	Conservative	Ian Baker	324	28.67	−7.51
	UKIP	Murgan Kerr	152	13.45	+13.45
	Green	Chris Cuff	100	8.85	+8.85
Majority			225	19.91	−28.21
Turnout			1130	62.6	+25.4
	Labour hold		Swing

^ "Borough Results 2015" (PDF). High Peak Borough Council. Retrieved 5 February 2024.