title: 1987 High Peak Borough Council election
text: # 1987 High Peak Borough Council election
  
  Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 7 May 1987. All of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
  
  After the election, the composition of the council was:
  
  * Conservative 17
  * Labour 11
  * SDP-Liberal Alliance 7
  * Independent 9
  
  ## Election result
  
  High Peak Local Election Result 1987 :
  
  | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Conservative | 17 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 38.64 |
  | Labour | 11 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 25 |
  | Alliance | 7 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 15.91 |
  | Independent | 9 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 20.45 |
  
  ## Ward results
  
  All Saints :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | George Chatterton | 1234 |
  | | Conservative | Thomas Farnsworth | 992 |
  | | Labour | Christopher Sydney Turner | 989 |
  | | Labour | Roger Wilkinson | 851 |
  | | Labour | Rachel Margaret Smith | 825 |
  | | Alliance | Frank Hiley | 708 |
  | | Alliance | Belinda Thompson | 673 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  
  Barmoor :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Brian Millward | 286 | 49.14 |
  | | Conservative | Philip Gregory Howard Greaves | 226 | 38.83 |
  | | Labour | Margaret Leah | 70 | 12.03 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 60 | 10.31 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 582 | |
  | | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
  
  Barms :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Alfred Henry Hitchings | 885 |
  | | Labour | Barbara Mary Langham | 612 |
  | | Conservative | Michael Kenneth Diamond | 467 |
  | | Alliance | Joy Mary Fairhurst | 352 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  
  Blackbrook :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Alliance | Peter John Ashenden | 844 |
  | | Independent | Peter Coackley | 663 |
  | | Alliance | Susan Mary Burns | 631 |
  | | Labour | Andrew Ayres | 284 |
  | | Labour | David Knights | 220 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
  | | Alliance gain from Independent | Alliance gain from Independent | Swing |
  | | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
  
  Buxton Central :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Joan Mary Chape | 294 | 41.23 |
  | | Alliance | Michael Francis Bryant | 258 | 36.19 |
  | | Labour | Michael Pearson-Smith | 161 | 22.58 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 36 | 5.05 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 713 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  Chapel East :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Alliance | James Edward George Boote | 390 | 51.52 |
  | | Independent | Desmond Francis Bryan | 235 | 31.04 |
  | | Labour | Christine Theresa O’Brian | 132 | 17.44 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 155 | 20.48 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 757 | |
  | | Alliance gain from Independent | Alliance gain from Independent | Swing | |
  
  Chapel West :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Ann Stewart Young | 890 |
  | | Independent | Muriel Bertha Bradbury | 874 |
  | | Alliance | Susan Peggy Barber | 723 |
  | | Labour | Harry Berry | 294 |
  | | Labour | Peter Keith Jones | 284 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
  
  College :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Elizabeth Jane Inglefield | 849 |
  | | Conservative | Alan Keith Allman | 797 |
  | | Alliance | Joyce Allwright | 672 |
  | | Labour | John Morris | 245 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
  
  Corbar :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Peter De Leighton Brooke | 747 |
  | | Conservative | Margaret Beatrice Millican | 731 |
  | | Labour | Valerie Mason | 355 |
  | | Independent | Kenneth George Howarth | 352 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
  
  Cote Heath :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Alliance | Michael Robert Leslie Loader | 890 |
  | | Alliance | Peter Campbell Newsam | 627 |
  | | Labour | Ann Mone | 581 |
  | | Conservative | Elaine Magdalene Arouette Bradbury | 557 |
  | | Labour | Peter Redfern | 450 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
  | | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing |
  | | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Swing |
  
  Gamesley :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | John Francis | 969 |
  | | Labour | Richard John Cooke | 895 |
  | | Alliance | Harold Edward Dunkerley | 164 |
  | | Conservative | Eric Keith Mottram | 164 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  
  Hayfield :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Herbert David Mellor | 657 | 62.63 |
  | | Labour | John Anthony Bull | 392 | 37.37 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 265 | 25.26 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1049 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  Ladybower :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | George Albert Bingham | 553 | 67.85 |
  | | Alliance | Ian Roland Wingfield | 162 | 19.88 |
  | | Labour | Gillian Taylor | 100 | 12.27 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 391 | 47.98 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 815 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  Limestone Peak :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Evelyn May Tomlinson | 588 | 84.36 |
  | | Labour | Sylvia Robinson | 109 | 15.64 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 479 | 68.72 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 697 | |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
  
  New Mills North :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Dorothy May Brennand | 1041 |
  | | Alliance | Roy Bickerton | 1011 |
  | | Conservative | Dorothy Mary Livesley | 994 |
  | | Labour | Martin Huddleston | 943 |
  | | Labour | Geoffrey Gordon Griffiths | 831 |
  | | Labour | Valerie Hill | 770 |
  | | Alliance | David Arthur Bonsall Woodward | 745 |
  | | Alliance | David Thomas Gladding | 644 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
  | | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Swing |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
  
  New Mills South :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Alliance | Harry Norman Burfoot | 761 |
  | | Labour | Marion Williams | 739 |
  | | Labour | Donald Peace Rae | 702 |
  | | Alliance | Stephen John Herbert Dearden | 504 |
  | | Conservative | Maureen Agnes Bowen | 436 |
  | | Conservative | Robert Francis Craddock | 373 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
  | | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  
  Peveril :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Charles David Lewis | 603 | 59.58 |
  | | Alliance | Angela Helen Kellie | 280 | 27.67 |
  | | Labour | Christine Davies | 129 | 12.75 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 323 | 31.92 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1012 | |
  | | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |
  
  St. Andrew's :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Mary Kathleen Holtom | 826 |
  | | Labour | John Hallsworth | 739 |
  | | Conservative | Neville Moss | 723 |
  | | Alliance | James William Angus | 517 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  
  St. Charles' :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | David Holtom | 944 |
  | | Labour | Francis Walter Stubbs | 829 |
  | | Conservative | Jack Arnold Jones | 630 |
  | | Alliance | Trevor Jones Randall | 431 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  
  St. James' :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Leslie Ernest Proctor | 947 |
  | | Conservative | Graham Turner Buckley | 912 |
  | | Conservative | Barbara Sharpe | 888 |
  | | Alliance | Malcolm Hay Thompson | 744 |
  | | Alliance | William John Thatcher | 723 |
  | | Alliance | Joan Robertson | 701 |
  | | Labour | Arthur Harrison Gilbert | 687 |
  | | Labour | Norman Patrick Garlick | 679 |
  | | Labour | Richard George Stone | 626 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
  
  St John's :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Brenda Tetlow | 760 | 69.79 |
  | | Alliance | Christopher Frank Harbut | 183 | 16.80 |
  | | Labour | Peter Roy Urquhart | 146 | 13.41 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 577 | 52.99 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1089 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  Simmondley :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Brian Harry Abbott | 486 | 40.27 |
  | | Alliance | Gerald Seymour Wood | 440 | 36.45 |
  | | Labour | Harry Bunting | 281 | 23.28 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 46 | 3.81 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1207 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  Stone Bench :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Raymond Vernon Browne | 808 |
  | | Labour | James Henry Poulton | 806 |
  | | Alliance | Peter Francis Clayton | 323 |
  | | Conservative | Linda Diamond | 303 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
  
  Tintwistle :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Wright Brownhill Cooper | 311 | 39.72 |
  | | Labour | Patrick Jenner | 239 | 30.52 |
  | | Alliance | John David Leah | 233 | 29.76 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 72 | 9.20 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 783 | |
  | | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
  
  Whaley Bridge :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Jean Elizabeth Hallam | 1808 |
  | | Independent | John Arthur Thomas Pritchard | 1467 |
  | | Alliance | Constance Ann Smith | 1145 |
  | | Conservative | Graham Fox | 1127 |
  | | Labour | Damian Francis Allen | 610 |
  | | Labour | Susan Janet Bottomley | 551 |
  | | Labour | Michael Brunt | 532 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
  | | Alliance gain from Independent | Alliance gain from Independent | Swing |
  