1999 High Peak Borough Council election

Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 6 May 1999. All of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 27
• Conservative 10
• Liberal Democrat 5
• Independent 2

Election result

High Peak Local Election Result 1999[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	27	1	4	-3	61.4
	Conservative	10	5	0	+5	22.7
	Liberal Democrats	5	1	2	-1	11.4
	Independent	2	0	1	-1	4.5

Ward results

All Saints

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Bond	970
	Labour	Roger Wilkinson	908
	Labour	Richard Rowbotham	847
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Shaw	712
	Conservative	Jean Wharmby	539
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Pleat	499
	Liberal Democrats	Goinden Kuppan	473
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Barmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Galloway	284	87.1
	Labour	Robert Adderley	42	12.9
Majority			242	74.23
Turnout			326
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Barms

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Mone	555
	Labour	Andrew Uprichard	505
	Conservative	Donald Sparkes	251
	Conservative	Iris Sparkes	242
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Wild	131
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Hallsworth	594
	Conservative	Norman Salisbury	550
	Conservative	Ann Laister	510
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Layland	474
	Labour	Suzanne Richards	260
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Buxton Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Anne McGrother	345	50.4
	Conservative	William Norman	259	37.9
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Iredale	80	11.7
Turnout			684
Majority			86	12.57
	Labour hold		Swing

Chapel East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Prime	215	40.9
	Liberal Democrats	Dale Tomlin	213	40.5
	Conservative	Gary Fletcher	98	18.6
Majority			2	0.4
Turnout			526
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Chapel West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Russell Bingham	551
	Labour	Timothy Ian Norton	530
	Independent	Peter Harrison	495
	Labour	Gillian Harris	435
	Conservative	Haider El Hasan	255
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Boore	122
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Debes	116
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

College

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Corrigan	739
	Conservative	Glynis Kirk	712
	Labour	Martin Bisknell	387
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Weaver	286
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Corbar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Beattie	581
	Conservative	Alan Wells	542
	Labour	Jeanette Hamilton	378
	Liberal Democrats	Mavis Iredale	223
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cote Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Mone	680
	Labour	John Wilson	612
	Conservative	David MacDowell	334
	Conservative	Sue De Silva	318
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Noble	289
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Gamesley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Francis	652
	Labour	Anthony Edward McKeown	549
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Grundy	76
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hayfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Herbert David Mellor	576	60.6
	Labour	Jane Ayres	314	33.1
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Burfoot	60	6.3
Majority			262	27.58
Turnout			950
	Independent hold		Swing

Ladybower

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Ollerenshaw	320	50.7
	Labour	Ian Wingfield	260	41.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Simm	51	8.1
Majority			60	9.5
Turnout			631
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Limestone Peak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Walter Udale	234	52.3
	Labour	Garry Bellas	159	35.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Winter	54	12.1
Majority			75	16.8
Turnout			447
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

New Mills North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Bickerton	875
	Labour	Liam Bernard Mycroft	707
	Labour	Lance Dowson	675
	Conservative	Chris Barnes	654
	Liberal Democrats	David Gladding	543
	Conservative	Zoe Bowden	531
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Jefcoate	502
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

New Mills South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Huddlestone	571
	Labour	Marion Williams	559
	Liberal Democrats	William Brindley	412
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Dearden	331
	Conservative	Chris Saunders	147
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Peveril

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Ernest Priestley	457	53.4
	Labour	Terence Skelton	284	33.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Challand	115	13.4
Majority			173	20.2
Turnout			856
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hallsworth	639
	Labour	Norman Garlick	626
	Conservative	Marie Foote	240
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Cotter	217
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Charles'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Carr	579
	Labour	Gwyneth Francis	532
	Liberal Democrats	David Curzon	226
	Conservative	Stephen Foote	223
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St. James'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqui Wilkinson	777
	Labour	Godfrey Claff	760
	Labour	Arthur Gilbert	750
	Conservative	George Wharmby	562
	Conservative	Robin Basil Baldry	450
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Clarke	374
	Liberal Democrats	Rhona Griffiths	253
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Worrall	411	47.1
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Harbut	359	41.1
	Labour	Peter Keelan	103	11.8
Majority			52	5.96
Turnout			873
	Conservative hold		Swing

Simmondley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hadfield-Howse	444	50.2
	Labour	Graham Oakley	233	26.3
	Conservative	Chris Webster	208	23.5
Majority			211	23.8
Turnout			885
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Stone Bench

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caitlin Janette Bisknell	583
	Labour	Barbara June Wilson	554
	Conservative	Rosemary Byatte	213
	Conservative	Alex Hopkins	189
	Liberal Democrats	Maxine Wild	48
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Tintwistle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Brocklehurst	223	54.8
	Conservative	Neville Cross	157	38.6
	Liberal Democrats	Maisie Harbut	27	6.6
Majority			66	16.2
Turnout			407
	Labour hold		Swing

Whaley Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David William Lomax	1117
	Independent	John Arthur Thomas Pritchard	943
	Labour	Henry Playford	745
	Labour	Jean Horsfall	734
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Kaufman	712
	Independent	Linda Leather	696
	Conservative	Mark Thomas	262
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "High Peak Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 February 2024.