Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England, the United Kingdom were held on 7 May 1979. All of the council was up for election and control of the council changed from Conservative control to no overall control.[1]
Boundary changes since the 1976 local elections reduced the number of seats by 2.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
- Conservative 22
- Labour 12
- Liberal 2
- Independent 8
Election result
High Peak Local Election Result 1979[2][3] Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 22 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 50 | | | |
| Labour | 12 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 27.3 | | | |
| Liberal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | | | |
| Independent | 8 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 18.2 | | | |
Ward results
All Saints Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Stephen Charles Cocks | 1561 | | |
| Independent | George Chatterton | 1480 | | |
| Labour | Christopher Sydney Turner | 1313 | | |
| Labour | Kenneth Trevor Powell | 1147 | | |
| Conservative | Irene Beatrice Greenhalgh | 1145 | | |
| Liberal | Robert Michael Love | 1012 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour win (new seat) |
| Independent win (new seat) |
| Labour win (new seat) |
Barmoor Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Harold Henry Cartledge | 622 | 73.35 | |
| Labour | Peter Keith Jones | 226 | 26.65 | |
Majority | 396 | 46.70 | |
Turnout | 848 | 81.1 | |
| Independent win (new seat) |
Barms Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Alfred Henry Hitchings | 1467 | | |
| Labour | Barbara Mary Langham | 1108 | | |
| Conservative | Albert Peter Inglefield | 801 | | |
| Conservative | Cecil George Wallace | 720 | | |
Turnout | | 83.7 | |
| Labour win (new seat) |
| Labour win (new seat) |
Blackbrook Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Betty Patricia Colley | unopposed | | |
| Liberal | George Harry White | unopposed | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
| Liberal win (new seat) |
Buxton Central Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Dennis Raymond Walter | unopposed | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Chapel East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Albert Phillips | 622 | 55.59 | |
| Conservative | Cheryl Mary Dawson | 337 | 30.11 | |
| Independent | Desmond Francis Bryan | 160 | 14.30 | |
Majority | 285 | 25.47 | |
Turnout | 1119 | 82.0 | |
| Independent win (new seat) |
Chapel West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Muriel Bertha Bradbury | unopposed | | |
| Conservative | Kenneth Victor Bradwell | unopposed | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
College Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Jane Inglefield | unopposed | | |
| Conservative | Joyce Mary Craufurd-Stuart | unopposed | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Corbar Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Margaret Beatrice Millican | 1219 | | |
| Conservative | Alan Keith Allman | 1034 | | |
| Labour | Robert Garside | 590 | | |
Turnout | | 72.9 | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Cote Heath Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Terence Garrie Gill | 910 | | |
| Labour | Noel Ratcliffe | 824 | | |
| Conservative | Dennis Roy Surrey | 654 | | |
| Conservative | Heather Michelle Robinson | 491 | | |
| Independent | Iris Tamsons | 397 | | |
Turnout | | 68.6 | |
| Independent win (new seat) |
| Labour win (new seat) |
Gamesley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Francis | 1420 | | |
| Labour | Richard John Cooke | 1346 | | |
| Conservative | Harry Lemon | 498 | | |
| Conservative | Lynn Watson | 460 | | |
| Communist | Robert Ainsworth Heald | 37 | | |
Turnout | | 77.2 | |
| Labour win (new seat) |
| Labour win (new seat) |
Hayfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Fred Barnes | 854 | 57.16 | |
| Conservative | Herbert David Mellor | 407 | 27.24 | |
| Labour | David John Wilcox | 233 | 15.60 | |
Majority | 447 | 29.92 | |
Turnout | 1494 | 80.0 | |
| Independent win (new seat) |
Ladybower Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | George Albert Bingham | 775 | 82.53 | |
| Labour | James Stanley Byford | 164 | 17.47 | |
Majority | 611 | 65.07 | |
Turnout | 939 | 82.1 | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Limestone Peak Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Evelyn May Tomlinson | unopposed | | |
| Independent win (new seat) |
New Mills North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Dorothy May Brennand | 1574 | | |
| Conservative | Dorothy Mary Livesley | 1571 | | |
| Conservative | John Edward Mone | 1545 | | |
| Liberal | Graham Martin Doughty | 1525 | | |
| Labour | Stephen John Herbert Dearden | 1152 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
New Mills South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Keith McMurray | 1226 | | |
| Liberal | Harry Norman Burfoot | 1155 | | |
| Labour | Lawrence Gordon Allen | 858 | | |
| Conservative | Frank Morris Bullough | 758 | | |
| Labour | Dorothy Edna Fryman | 424 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
| Liberal win (new seat) |
Peveril Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Charles David Lewis | unopposed | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
St. Andrew's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Michael Jackson | 1125 | | |
| Conservative | Ronald Ferguson | 1077 | | |
| Labour | Josephine Elizabeth Hopkin | 1065 | | |
| Labour | John Alfred Pagett | 1048 | | |
| Communist | Juleen Barbara Clarke | 83 | | |
Turnout | | 78.4 | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
St. Charles' Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Holtom | 1218 | | |
| Labour | Francis Walter Stubbs | 1115 | | |
| Conservative | Cynthia Violet Mitchell | 787 | | |
| Conservative | Denys Toole | 777 | | |
| Communist | Terence O’Toole | 119 | | |
Turnout | | 76.6 | |
| Labour win (new seat) |
| Labour win (new seat) |
St. James' Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | George Wharmby | 1513 | | |
| Conservative | Kenneth Guy Dickenson | 1422 | | |
| Conservative | Alfred Edwin Jenner Leney | 1407 | | |
| Labour | Reginald Mann | 1353 | | |
| Labour | Ceilia Ashton | 1323 | | |
| Labour | David Carr | 1308 | | |
Turnout | | 71.2 | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
St John's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Brenda Tetlow | 934 | 82.00 | |
| Labour | Joan Wilcox | 205 | 18.00 | |
Majority | 729 | 64.00 | |
Turnout | 1139 | 83.6 | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Simmondley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | William Roderick Heath | 674 | 43.07 | |
| Labour | Michael William Slattery | 470 | 30.03 | |
| Liberal | Joyce Ashley | 421 | 26.90 | |
Majority | 204 | 13.04 | |
Turnout | 1565 | 82.5 | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Stone Bench Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | William Barton Morley | 1577 | | |
| Labour | James Henry Poulton | 1398 | | |
| Conservative | Alexander Taylor-Clague | 553 | | |
Turnout | | 75.6 | |
| Labour win (new seat) |
| Labour win (new seat) |
Tintwistle Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Ralph Bennett | 480 | 51.67 | |
| Conservative | Clifford Pennington | 449 | 48.33 | |
Majority | 31 | 3.33 | |
Turnout | 929 | 86.0 | |
| Labour win (new seat) |
Whaley Bridge Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | John Arthur Thomas Pritchard | 2193 | | |
| Independent | Fredrick Bonsall Woodward | 1854 | | |
| Conservative | Harold Hastings Littlewood | 1601 | | |
| Labour | Martin Struan Burch | 1203 | | |
| Labour | George Kenneth Brown | 1147 | | |
| Conservative | Bernard George Everett | 887 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Independent win (new seat) |
| Independent win (new seat) |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
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