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.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

High Peak Local Election Result 1987[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  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 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
Independent hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Barmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Brian Millward 286 49.14
Conservative Philip Gregory Howard Greaves 226 38.83
Labour Margaret Leah 70 12.03
Majority 60 10.31
Turnout 582
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Barms
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Alfred Henry Hitchings 885
Labour Barbara Mary Langham 612
Conservative Michael Kenneth Diamond 467
Alliance Joy Mary Fairhurst 352
Turnout
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Blackbrook
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
Alliance gain from Independent Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Buxton Central
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 36 5.05
Turnout 713
Conservative hold Swing
Chapel East
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 155 20.48
Turnout 757
Alliance gain from Independent Swing
Chapel West
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
Conservative hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
College
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Jane Inglefield 849
Conservative Alan Keith Allman 797
Alliance Joyce Allwright 672
Labour John Morris 245
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Corbar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter De Leighton Brooke 747
Conservative Margaret Beatrice Millican 731
Labour Valerie Mason 355
Independent Kenneth George Howarth 352
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Cote Heath
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
Alliance hold Swing
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Gamesley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Francis 969
Labour Richard John Cooke 895
Alliance Harold Edward Dunkerley 164
Conservative Eric Keith Mottram 164
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hayfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Herbert David Mellor 657 62.63
Labour John Anthony Bull 392 37.37
Majority 265 25.26
Turnout 1049
Conservative hold Swing
Ladybower
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Albert Bingham 553 67.85
Alliance Ian Roland Wingfield 162 19.88
Labour Gillian Taylor 100 12.27
Majority 391 47.98
Turnout 815
Conservative hold Swing
Limestone Peak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Evelyn May Tomlinson 588 84.36
Labour Sylvia Robinson 109 15.64
Majority 479 68.72
Turnout 697
Independent hold Swing
New Mills North
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
Conservative hold Swing
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Conservative hold Swing
New Mills South
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
Alliance hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Peveril
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles David Lewis 603 59.58
Alliance Angela Helen Kellie 280 27.67
Labour Christine Davies 129 12.75
Majority 323 31.92
Turnout 1012
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
St. Andrew's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Kathleen Holtom 826
Labour John Hallsworth 739
Conservative Neville Moss 723
Alliance James William Angus 517
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St. Charles'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Holtom 944
Labour Francis Walter Stubbs 829
Conservative Jack Arnold Jones 630
Alliance Trevor Jones Randall 431
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St. James'
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
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
St John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brenda Tetlow 760 69.79
Alliance Christopher Frank Harbut 183 16.80
Labour Peter Roy Urquhart 146 13.41
Majority 577 52.99
Turnout 1089
Conservative hold Swing
Simmondley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Harry Abbott 486 40.27
Alliance Gerald Seymour Wood 440 36.45
Labour Harry Bunting 281 23.28
Majority 46 3.81
Turnout 1207
Conservative hold Swing
Stone Bench
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Raymond Vernon Browne 808
Labour James Henry Poulton 806
Alliance Peter Francis Clayton 323
Conservative Linda Diamond 303
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Tintwistle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Wright Brownhill Cooper 311 39.72
Labour Patrick Jenner 239 30.52
Alliance John David Leah 233 29.76
Majority 72 9.20
Turnout 783
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Whaley Bridge
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
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Alliance gain from Independent Swing

References

  1. ↑ "List of High Peak Local Election Results". BBC News. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Source: Rallings and Thrasher, Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest, 2003. ISBN 0-948858-34-6, ISBN 978-0-948858-34-5
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