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Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 4 May 1995. All of the council was up for election and the Labour Party took control of the council from no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Labour 30
Conservative 5
Liberal Democrat 5
Independent 4

Election result

High Peak Local Election Result 1995^[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	30	14	0	+14	69.7
	Conservative	5	0	9	-9	11.6
	Liberal Democrats	5	0	5	-5	11.6
	Independent	4	0	0	0	9.1

Ward results

All Saints
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Bond	1364
	Labour	Roger Wilkinson	1357
	Labour	Richard Rowbotham	1316
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Shaw	712
	Liberal Democrats	Rhona Griffiths	586
	Liberal Democrats	Goinden Kuppan	536
Turnout				43.08
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Barmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Millward	230	51.57
	Labour	Robert Adderley	142	31.84
	Liberal Democrats	Robert William Wilkinson	74	16.59
Majority			88	19.73
Turnout			446	42.61
	Independent hold		Swing

Barms
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Mone	838
	Labour	Andrew Uprichard	644
	Conservative	Robin Basil Baldry	285
Turnout				40.40
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter John Ashenden	781
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Challand	717
	Conservative	Donald Gifford Crow	386
	Labour	Martin Thomas James Bisknell	317
Turnout				48.19
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Buxton Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Anne McGrother	315	46.87
	Conservative	Jacqueline Elizabeth Corrigan	206	30.65
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Francis Bryant	151	22.47
Turnout			672	46.42
Majority			109	16.22
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Chapel East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Edward George Boote	407	63.69
	Labour	Kevin Hewitt	232	40.9
Majority			175	27.39
Turnout			639	42.54
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chapel West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carole Elizabeth Cobb	543
	Independent	Frank Peter Harrison	498
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Joseph Mulhern	496
	Conservative	Ann Stewart Young	480
	Independent	Muriel Bertha Bradbury	401
Turnout				41.23
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

College
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Mary Williams	719
	Conservative	Terence Michael Corrigan	673
	Labour	Helen Jane White	627
Turnout				49.92
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Corbar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian David Watts	512
	Conservative	Margaret Beatrice Millican	483
	Conservative	Clive John Beattie	482
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cote Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Mone	772
	Labour	Keith Edward Savage	690
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Robert Leslie Loader	400
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Campbell Newsam	303
	Conservative	Gillian Gwen Faulkner	240
Turnout				41.95
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Gamesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Francis	unopposed
	Labour	Richard John Cooke	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hayfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Herbert David Mellor	484	53.60
	Labour	Alison Mary Teresa Noone	419	46.40
Majority			65	7.20
Turnout			903	44.37
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Ladybower
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Wingfield	369	54.18
	Conservative	Virginia Patricia Montagu Priestley	312	45.82
Majority			57	8.37
Turnout			681	55.25
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Limestone Peak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Redfern	233	38.52
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Allwright	190	31.40
	Conservative	Derek Walter Udale	182	30.08
Majority			43	7.11
Turnout			605	48.4
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

New Mills North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Alison Shaw	1121
	Labour	Liam Bernard Mycroft	1110
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Bickerton	825
	Liberal Democrats	David Lawrence Burfoot	616
	Conservative	Christopher Barnes	513
	Conservative	Angela Barbara Hampton	392
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Michael Fieldsend	386
	Conservative	Christopher John Saunders	381
	Independent	Mark John Ireland	377
Turnout				54.20
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

New Mills South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marion Williams	888
	Labour	William Russell Dunn	823
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Norman Burfoot	587
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen John Herbert Dearden	433
	Conservative	Helen Marion Wallis	123
Turnout				49.58
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Peveril
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Ernest Priestley	469	51.77
	Labour	Terence Ernest Skelton	307	33.88
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Margaret Simm	130	14.35
Majority			162	17.88
Turnout			906	55.19
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Andrew's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hallsworth	791
	Labour	Norman Patrick Garlick	780
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Gregory	189
Turnout				35.41
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Charles'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Kathleen Holtom	870
	Labour	Gwyneth Mary Francis	771
	Conservative	Olive MacKay	236
	Liberal Democrats	Peter John Michael William Beard	189
Turnout				37.60
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St. James'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Jane Green	1077
	Labour	Arthur Harrison Gilbert	1074
	Labour	Jacqueline Margaret Wilkinson	1050
	Conservative	Anne Ross Worrall	386
	Liberal Democrats	James William Angus	350
Turnout				39.39
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Tetlow	332	39.10
	Labour	Frank Nelson Poynter	284	33.45
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Frank Harbut	233	27.44
Majority			48	5.65
Turnout			849	44.98
	Conservative hold		Swing

Simmondley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Oakley	456	47.85
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Michael Cotter	279	29.27
	Conservative	Peter Jeffrey Sidebottom	218	22.88
Majority			177	18.57
Turnout			953	43.86
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Stone Bench
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Vernon Browne	880
	Labour	James Henry Poulton	865
	Conservative	Richard Jeffrey Mayson	103
Turnout				39.60
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Tintwistle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Brocklehurst	341	60.89
	Conservative	William Clarke	219	39.11
Majority			122	21.78
Turnout			560	53.22
	Labour hold		Swing

Whaley Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Leigh Playford	1134
	Independent	John Arthur Thomas Pritchard	1088
	Liberal Democrats	David William Lomax	1070
	Independent	Anthony Eccles	888
	Liberal Democrats	James Gordon Pollitt	804
	Conservative	Mark David Healey	348
	Independent	William Henry Barratt	337
Turnout				49.70
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

^ "High Peak Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

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