2011 UK local government election
Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 5 May 2011. All of the council was up for election and the control of the council changed from Conservative control to no overall control.[1] Overall turnout was 44.11%.[2]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
- Labour 21
- Conservative 15
- Liberal Democrat 3
- Independent 4
Election result
High Peak Local Election Result 2011[3] Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 21 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 48.84 | | | |
| Conservative | 15 | 1 | 10 | -9 | 34.88 | | | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 6.98 | | | |
| Independent | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.30 | | | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
Ward results
Barms Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Rachael Quinn | 329 | 56.43 | +14.53 |
| Conservative | Bill Barratt | 247 | 42.37 | −0.33 |
Majority | 82 | 14.07 | |
Turnout | 583 | 37.25 | +2.66 |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Blackbrook Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Audrey Bramah | 706 | | |
| Independent | Christopher Pearson | 665 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Edith Claire Longden | 644 | | |
| Conservative | Theodore Rofer | 410 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lisa Kate Beeden | 382 | | |
| Labour | Phil George Forrest | 294 | | |
Turnout | 1757 | 55.11 | +7.49 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Burbage Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Ronald Silverwood Faulkner | 566 | 64.98 | −12.42 |
| Labour | Ian King Hamilton | 291 | 33.41 | +12.01 |
Majority | 275 | 31.57 | |
Turnout | 871 | 44.64 | +5.82 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Buxton Central Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Philip Ashmore | 566 | | |
| Labour | Christopher James Payne | 466 | | |
| Conservative | William Fiddy | 455 | | |
| Conservative | Robert Morris | 452 | | |
| Green | Matthew Alexander Bain | 190 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Ashenden | 150 | | |
Turnout | 1255 | 36.18 | −3.58 |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Chapel East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Jim Perkins | 294 | 35.00 | −5.50 |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Harrison | 277 | 32.98 | −9.72 |
| Labour | Mavis Morrison | 259 | 30.83 | +14.13 |
Majority | 17 | 2.02 | |
Turnout | 840 | 46.85 | 9.72 |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Chapel West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Timothy Ian Norton | 721 | | |
| Conservative | Stewart Paul Young | 718 | | |
| Conservative | Jocelyn Street | 697 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Debes | 315 | | |
Turnout | 1586 | 47.49 | +5.17 |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Corbar Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Linda June Baldry | 748 | | |
| Conservative | Tony Arthur Kemp | 743 | | |
| Labour | Martin Walter Thomas | 535 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Richard Warhurst Weaver | 336 | | |
Turnout | 1428 | 47.21 | +4.62 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Cote Heath Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Lynn Stone | 556 | | |
| Labour | Keith Edward Savage | 525 | | |
| Conservative | Colin Boynton | 521 | | |
| Conservative | Linda Grooby | 506 | | |
Turnout | 1158 | 38.55 | +3.37 |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Dinting Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Jean Wharmby | 564 | 65.43 | +6.93 |
| Labour | Ben Hopkins | 288 | 33.41 | +17.41 |
Majority | 276 | 32.02 | |
Turnout | 862 | 56.94 | +4.75 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Gamesley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Anthony Edward McKeown | 389 | 80.87 | +23.77 |
| Conservative | Thomas Brian Evans | 84 | 17.46 | +17.46 |
Majority | 305 | 63.41 | |
Turnout | 481 | 27.90 | +2.43 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Hadfield North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Victoria Elizabeth Mann | 317 | 58.60 | +7.90 |
| Conservative | David Novakovic | 161 | 29.76 | −3.64 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Storey | 62 | 11.46 | −1.74 |
Majority | 156 | 28.84 | |
Turnout | 541 | 35.50 | +3.56 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Hadfield South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Robert Joseph McKeown | 761 | | |
| Labour | Peter Edward Siddall | 725 | | |
| Conservative | Marie Melita Foote | 599 | | |
| Conservative | Stephen Dennis William Foote | 568 | | |
Turnout | 1432 | 41.58 | +7.75 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Hayfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Herbert David Mellor | 485 | 54.25 | +54.25 |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Atkins | 409 | 45.75 | +45.75 |
Majority | 76 | 8.50 | |
Turnout | 894 | 53.92 | +53.92 |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Hope Valley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Tony Favell | 991 | | |
| Conservative | John Walton | 799 | | |
| Green | Charlotte Nancy Farrell | 634 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Maeve Patricia Serby | 519 | | |
Turnout | 1797 | 55.86 | 10.35 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Howard Town Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Godfrey Claff | 753 | | |
| Labour | Colin Peter Waude | 643 | | |
| Conservative | Jamie Douglas | 370 | | |
| Conservative | William Rowlands | 326 | | |
| Green | Peter Duncan Allen | 248 | | |
Turnout | 1318 | 40.27 | 6.32 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Limestone Peak Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Derek Walter Udale | 374 | 51.44 | −5.86 |
| Labour | Alexander Lamont | 224 | 30.81 | +30.81 |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Scott | 121 | 16.64 | −24.76 |
Majority | 150 | 20.63 | |
Turnout | 727 | 41.78 | +4.07 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
New Mills East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Ian Samuel Edward Huddlestone | 565 | | |
| Labour | Alan Barrow | 510 | | |
| Conservative | Mark Gadd | 370 | | |
| Conservative | Gwyn Bowers | 333 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alistair John Stevens | 239 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tobias Spencer Stroner | 150 | | |
Turnout | 1151 | 36.54 | −0.96 |
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
New Mills West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Lancelot Edgar Dowson | 648 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Raymond George Atkins | 573 | | |
| Conservative | Jacqueline Gadd | 494 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Carter | 476 | | |
| Green | Hazel May Body | 456 | | |
| Conservative | David Ian Lamb | 402 | | |
Turnout | 1685 | 49.17 | +5.73 |
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Old Glossop Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Garry Parvin | 687 | | |
| Independent | Chris Webster | 686 | | |
| Conservative | Paul Francis Hardy | 673 | | |
| Labour | Damien Greenhalgh | 653 | | |
| Conservative | Jeff Lawton | 421 | | |
Turnout | 1436 | 38.58 | −0.55 |
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Padfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Eleanor Wilcox | 354 | 42.86 | +12.72 |
| Conservative | Peter James Kay | 338 | 40.92 | +6.06 |
| Green | Lee David Selwood | 88 | 10.65 | +10.65 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sandra Batey | 39 | 4.72 | −30.00 |
Majority | 16 | 1.94 | |
Turnout | 826 | 39.48 | 3.73 |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Sett Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Anthony Ashton | 396 | 47.48 | +8.40 |
| Green | Michael John Shipley | 281 | 33.69 | +33.69 |
| Liberal Democrats | Raymond Wild | 148 | 17.75 | −17.41 |
Majority | 115 | 13.79 | |
Turnout | 834 | 50.09 | 3.04 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Simmondley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Haken | 793 | | |
| Conservative | Julie Ann McCabe | 663 | | |
| Labour | Robert O’Connor | 588 | | |
| Labour | Nick Longos | 574 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Walker Haggart | 268 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ayshea Christina Garbutt | 229 | | |
Turnout | 1660 | 44.28 | 5.11 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St John's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | George David Wharmby | 429 | 59.17 | −11.36 |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen David Worrall | 255 | 35.17 | +22.01 |
Majority | 174 | 24.00 | |
Turnout | 725 | 48.63 | +3.00 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Stone Bench Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Caitlin Janette Bisknell | 673 | | |
| Labour | Fiona Sloman | 616 | | |
| Conservative | Pam Reddy | 356 | | |
| Conservative | Mick Reddy | 341 | | |
Turnout | 1085 | 32.77 | +5.14 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Temple Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Emily Lilian Thrane | 524 | 64.37 | −11.15 |
| Labour | Roger Lane Cooper | 272 | 33.42 | +10.60 |
Majority | 252 | 30.96 | |
Turnout | 814 | 53.80 | +6.08 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Tintwistle Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Patrick Jenner | 393 | 50.51 | +5.93 |
| Conservative | William Clarke | 379 | 48.71 | −5.52 |
Majority | 14 | 1.80 | |
Turnout | 778 | 46.39 | +10.93 |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Whaley Bridge Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | John Arthur Thomas Pritchard | 1286 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | David William Lomax | 1117 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Leather | 1038 | | |
| Labour | Neville Clarke | 807 | | |
| Conservative | Rodney Bruce Gilmour | 799 | | |
| Conservative | Samantha Claire Flower | 502 | | |
| Conservative | David Charles McDowell | 423 | | |
| UKIP | James Henry Bush | 371 | | |
Turnout | 2638 | 51.13 | +8.68 |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Whitfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Graham Nigel Oakley | 442 | 69.28 | +16.71 |
| Conservative | Paul Lomas | 135 | 21.16 | −2.73 |
| Liberal Democrats | Goinden (George) Kuppan | 55 | 8.62 | −14.74 |
Majority | 307 | 48.12 | |
Turnout | 638 | 37.20 | +2.58 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ "Party Results 2011". Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ "Ward Turnout Statistics 2011". highpeak.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ "High Peak Borough Council - Elections - Borough Results 2011". highpeak.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011.