1973 High Peak Borough Council election

The first elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held in 1973. The Borough Council was formed by absorbing the municipal boroughs of Buxton and Glossop, the urban districts of New Mills and Whaley Bridge, and the rural districts of Chapel-en-le-Frith and Tintwistle.

As it was a new borough, all of the council was up for election. No party got an overall majority of councillors, meaning that the council became no overall control.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result
High Peak Local Election Result 1973[2][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 23 23 0 +23 50 33.0
  Labour 11 11 0 +11 23.9 29.5
  Liberal 2 2 0 +2 4.4 20.4
  Independent 10 10 0 +10 21.7 17.1
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 230
  Communist 0 0 0 0 0

Ward results
All Saints
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent George Chatterton 927
Independent Peter Matthews 690
Conservative Edwin Harold Mountain 591
Labour Robert Pocklington 554
Labour Reginald Grills 479
Labour Kenneth Esplin Bracewell 458
Conservative William Cowin 432
Conservative Thomas Herbert Mettham 399
Liberal Kevin John Hill 343
Green Geoffrey Thomas Machan 230
Turnout 64.9
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Barmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Oswald Milner unopposed
Independent win (new seat)
Barms
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred Henry Hitchings 844
Labour Noel Ratcliffe 718
Conservative Clive Halliday Pedlow 411
Conservative Margaret Wood 370
Turnout 52.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Blackbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Harry White 869
Independent Keith Holford 609
Conservative Gertrude Gordon Sharp 439
Conservative William John Ayres 277
Turnout 80.9
Liberal win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Buxton Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dennis Raymond Walter 371 58.80
Labour Charles Anthony Scouler 151 23.93
Liberal Sylvia June Dunlevy 109 17.27
Turnout 631 45.4
Majority 220 34.86
Conservative win (new seat)
Chapel East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Albert Phillips 385 57.81
Conservative William Hutchinson 192 28.83
Liberal Denis Grundy 89 13.36
Majority 193 28.98
Turnout 666 50.0
Independent win (new seat)
Chapel West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Muriel Bertha Bradbury 644
Conservative Kenneth Victor Bradwell 589
Labour Melvyn Wright 438
Liberal Aubrey Ross-Sharp 404
Labour Eric Fox 354
Turnout 56.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
College
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Jane Allan unopposed
Conservative Ronald Herbert Kennett unopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Corbar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Beatrice Millican 679
Conservative Alan Keith Allman 618
Liberal Evelyn Mary Briggs 384
Turnout 48
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Cote Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terence Garrie Gill 768
Labour William Barton Morley 728
Conservative John Francis Charles Pontin 329
Conservative Joyce Allwright 325
Turnout 38.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Hayfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edmund Houghton 735 79.89
Labour Jacqueline Elizabeth Cowley 185 20.11
Majority 550 59.78
Turnout 920 52.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Ladybower
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Constance Rita Bedford unopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
Limestone Peak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Evelyn May Tomlinson 448 59.50
Independent Ernest Thomas Walley 305 40.50
Majority 143 18.99
Turnout 753 60.6
Conservative win (new seat)
New Mills North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P A Shaw 732
Independent Frank Morris Bullough 727
Labour J Axon 825
Liberal Harry Norman Burfoot 708
Labour J C Martin 587
Liberal D Brown 552
Liberal T Shepley 499
Turnout 63.3
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
New Mills South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Stanway Kitchen 908
Conservative L T Townsend 872
Labour W H Ferguson 809
Conservative Dorothy May Livesley 798
Liberal J R Lawton 639
Labour F A Roberts 627
Labour J H De Mierre 598
Liberal E Lavin 464
Turnout 69.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Peveril
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles David Lewis 548 59.82
Independent Eric Marples 246 26.86
Labour James Powell 122 13.32
Majority 302 32.97
Turnout 916 61.6
Conservative win (new seat)
St. Andrew's / St. Charles' (Hadfield)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William George Campbell 1577
Labour Kenneth David Hoy 1508
Conservative Garfield Julian Tomlinson Davies 1361
Conservative Sheila Duncan 1331
Conservative Denys Toole 1326
Conservative Michael Jackson 1319
Labour Peter Keelan 1316
Labour Francis Walter Stubbs 1305
Labour Eric Read 1274
Labour James Stanley Byford 1238
Liberal Ida Evelyn Walton 1215
Communist Robert Ainsworth Heald 221
Turnout 54.3
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
St. James'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Partridge 1063
Conservative Alfred Edwin Jenner Leney 1005
Liberal Deryck Johnson 994
Conservative Kenneth Guy Dickenson 944
Conservative William Derek Dunn 937
Labour Harold Edward Dunkerley 690
Labour Lesley Ann Fowler 573
Turnout 59.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
St John's (Charlesworth)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brenda Tetlow 572 63.77
Liberal Joyce Booth Bamforth 238 26.53
Labour David Walker Bowman 87 9.70
Majority 334 37.24
Turnout 897 72.5
Conservative win (new seat)
Stone Bench
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Clifford Poulter 943
Labour James Henry Poulton 744
Independent Robin Mark Rogers 234
Turnout 38.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Tintwistle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Henry Quayle 453 63.00
Labour Ralph Bennett 266 37.00
Majority 187 26.00
Turnout 719 66.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Whaley Bridge (Fernilee)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Fredrick Bonsall Woodward 364 63.30
Labour Catherine Honor Harlow 211 36.70
Majority 153 26.60
Turnout 575 54.8
Independent win (new seat)
Whaley Bridge (Furness Vale)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Harold Hastings Littlewood 323 60.72
Labour Margaret Stephen Tait Davies 136 25.56
Independent Clifford Mealor 73 13.72
Majority 187 35.16
Turnout 532 60.5
Independent win (new seat)
Whaley Bridge (Taxal)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Roger Gilbert Hartley 348 59.18
Labour Edgar Winfield 240 40.82
Majority 108 18.36
Turnout 588 64.9
Independent win (new seat)
Whaley Bridge (Yeardsley)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ralph Frederic Plumley 235 29.34
Independent John Arthur Thomas Pritchard 194 24.22
Liberal Constance Ann Smith 190 23.72
Labour George Kenneth Brown 182 22.72
Majority 41 5.12
Turnout 801 64.1
Conservative win (new seat)

References
  1. "Election 2007, Local Council Elections, High Peak council". news.bbc.co.uk. 4 May 2007.
  2. Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher (1 May 2003). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. University of Plymouth Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. ISBN 0948858354.
  3. Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher. "High Peak Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). www.electionscentre.co.uk. The Election Centre, Plymouth University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2020.
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