1976 High Peak Borough Council election
Appearance
Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held in 1976. All of the council was up for election and the control of the council changed from no overall control to Conservative control.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
- Conservative 27
- Labour 8
- Liberal 2
- Independent 9
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 27 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 58.7 | 45.3 | |||
Labour | 8 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 17.4 | 27.3 | |||
Liberal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 6.7 | |||
Independent | 9 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 19.6 | 20.7 | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | George Chatterton | 980 | |||
Conservative | Edwin Harold Mountain | 689 | |||
Conservative | Irene Beatrice Greenhalgh | 593 | |||
Conservative | George Wharmby | 578 | |||
Independent | Peter Matthews | 572 | |||
Labour | Stephen Charles Cocks | 430 | |||
Labour | Kenneth Esplin Bracewell | 410 | |||
Labour | Ms L Whitson | 380 | |||
Independent | P Durkin | 355 | |||
Green | Geoffrey Thomas Machan | 186 | |||
Liberal | Ms G Mitchell | 166 | |||
Turnout | 50.3 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Oswald Milner | 325 | 53.8 | ||
Conservative | W Hutchinson | 279 | 46.2 | ||
Turnout | 58.7 | ||||
Majority | 46 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Henry Hitchings | 828 | |||
Conservative | R Milburn | 615 | |||
Labour | C Ward | 543 | |||
Conservative | Ms E Bradbury | 514 | |||
Turnout | 55.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Betty Patricia Colley | unopposed | |||
Liberal | George Harry White | unopposed | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dennis Raymond Walter | 521 | 68.1 | ||
Labour | G Ellis | 244 | 31.9 | ||
Turnout | 55.9 | ||||
Majority | 277 | 36.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Albert Phillips | 475 | 63.5 | ||
Conservative | D Eva | 219 | 29.3 | ||
Labour | K Jones | 54 | 7.2 | ||
Majority | 256 | 34.2 | |||
Turnout | 56.7 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Muriel Bertha Bradbury | 829 | |||
Conservative | Kenneth Victor Bradwell | 666 | |||
Labour | Melvyn Wright | 430 | |||
Independent | H Ellison | 428 | |||
Labour | T Bennett | 323 | |||
Turnout | 52.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joyce Mary Craufurd-Stuart | 838 | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth Jane Allen | 689 | |||
Green | Ms J Allen | 457 | |||
Turnout | 45.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Beatrice Millican | 818 | |||
Conservative | Alan Keith Allman | 707 | |||
Labour | B Rosier | 253 | |||
Turnout | 43.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Terence Garrie Gill | 903 | |||
Labour | B Halliday | 550 | |||
Conservative | Iris Tamsons | 502 | |||
Conservative | Joyce Allwright | 422 | |||
Labour | J Wilson | 422 | |||
Turnout | 51.8 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Fred Barnes | 402 | 42.2 | ||
Conservative | G Cooper | 401 | 42.1 | ||
Labour | I Bennett | 150 | 15.7 | ||
Majority | 1 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 53.6 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sam Wanamaker | 499 | 70.6 | ||
Labour | James Stanley Byford | 208 | 29.4 | ||
Majority | 291 | 41.2 | |||
Turnout | 61.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Evelyn May Tomlinson | 420 | 64.7 | ||
Independent | Ernest Thomas Walley | 229 | 35.3 | ||
Majority | 191 | 29.4 | |||
Turnout | 50.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | L Townsend | 1016 | |||
Conservative | Dorothy Mary Livesley | 916 | |||
Conservative | Betty Colley | 834 | |||
Labour | W Ferguson | 711 | |||
Liberal | C Weaver | 648 | |||
Labour | J Demierre | 454 | |||
Labour | Ms D Fryman | 396 | |||
Turnout | 50.6 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | D Brown | 749 | |||
Conservative | John Keith McMurray | 718 | |||
Independent | Frank Morris Bullough | 707 | |||
Labour | J Axon | 554 | |||
Labour | Ms M Williams | 425 | |||
Turnout | 50.2 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles David Lewis | 788 | 83.5 | ||
Labour | Ms Moira Monteith | 156 | 16.5 | ||
Majority | 632 | 66.9 | |||
Turnout | 63.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Holtom | 1946 | |||
Labour | R Cooke | 1847 | |||
Conservative | Michael Jackson | 1845 | |||
Labour | Francis Walter Stubbs | 1835 | |||
Conservative | D Dunn | 1795 | |||
Conservative | D Wilson | 1780 | |||
Conservative | Denys Toole | 1774 | |||
Conservative | A Stevenson | 1731 | |||
Conservative | M Ross | 1717 | |||
Labour | K Powell | 1691 | |||
Labour | S Lomas | 1671 | |||
Communist | Robert Ainsworth Heald | 306 | |||
Turnout | 47.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Edwin Jenner Leney | 1547 | |||
Conservative | Ronald Partridge | 1502 | |||
Conservative | Kenneth Guy Dickenson | 1441 | |||
Conservative | Ms A Mellor | 1296 | |||
Labour | Reginald Mann | 659 | |||
Liberal | Deryck Johnson | 654 | |||
Labour | Ms C Ashton | 629 | |||
Labour | D Carr | 616 | |||
Labour | A Pomfret | 535 | |||
Turnout | 48.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brenda Tetlow | 800 | 89.0 | ||
Labour | P Keelan | 99 | 11.0 | ||
Majority | 701 | 78.0 | |||
Turnout | 70.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Barton Morley | 850 | |||
Labour | James Henry Poulton | 717 | |||
Conservative | G McIlvenny | 621 | |||
Turnout | 42.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Clifford Pennington | 445 | 61.1 | ||
Labour | David Wilcox | 283 | 38.9 | ||
Majority | 162 | 22.3 | |||
Turnout | 67.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Fredrick Bonsall Woodward | 506 | 80.1 | ||
Labour | J Conway | 126 | 19.9 | ||
Majority | 380 | 60.1 | |||
Turnout | 60.6 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Harold Hastings Littlewood | 414 | 70.4 | ||
Labour | Ms V Mason | 174 | 29.6 | ||
Majority | 240 | 40.8 | |||
Turnout | 66.5 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Gilbert Hartley | 287 | 52.7 | ||
Independent | F Hartley | 137 | 25.1 | ||
Labour | B Ludden | 121 | 22.2 | ||
Majority | 150 | 27.5 | |||
Turnout | 63.0 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Arthur Thomas Pritchard | 391 | 41.6 | ||
Conservative | G Ralston | 325 | 34.5 | ||
Labour | Ms C Jones | 225 | 23.9 | ||
Majority | 66 | 7.0 | |||
Turnout | 70.1 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Election 2007; Local Council Elections; High Peak council". news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher (1 May 2003). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. University of Plymouth Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. ISBN 0948858354.
- ^ Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher. "High Peak Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). www.electionscentre.co.uk. The Election Centre, Plymouth University.