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High Peak 2025
Local elections held 1 May 2025.
How to read this page
Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.
Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.
If votes were counted by party
Across the 8 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 8 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 7,969 | 26.6% | 2 | 25.0% | 2 | 25.0% | 0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 7,241 | 24.2% | 3 | 37.5% | 2 | 25.0% | +1 |
| Labour Party | 3,981 | 13.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 12.5% | -1 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | 3,461 | 11.6% | 2 | 25.0% | 1 | 12.5% | +1 |
| Green Party | 3,039 | 10.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 12.5% | -1 |
| Independent | 2,737 | 9.2% | 1 | 12.5% | 1 | 12.5% | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,480 | 4.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 29,908 | 100.0% | 8 | 100.0% | 8 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Wards in this council
Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.
- Chapel & Hope Valley · 1 seat · won at 29.9% · +20.1 pts below quota
- Glossop North · 1 seat · won at 32.7% · +17.3 pts below quota
- Glossop South · 1 seat · won at 33.1% · +16.9 pts below quota
- Buxton South & West · 1 seat · won at 33.8% · +16.2 pts below quota
- Buxton North & East · 1 seat · won at 34.5% · +15.5 pts below quota
- New Mills & Hayfield · 1 seat · won at 39.0% · +11.0 pts below quota
- Etherow · 1 seat · won at 40.2% · +9.8 pts below quota
- Whaley Bridge · 1 seat · won at 57.0% · above quota
Race results
Chapel & Hope Valley · single-seat
Marginal winner 29.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +20.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,794
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Wetters Gourlay | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,432 | 29.9% | Elected |
| 2 | Michael Eyre | Reform UK | 1,319 | 27.5% | |
| 3 | Sally De Pee | Labour Party | 969 | 20.2% | |
| 4 | Jason Peter Adshead | Green Party | 937 | 19.5% | |
| 5 | Thomas Allen Vaughan | Liberal Democrats | 137 | 2.9% |
Glossop North · single-seat
Marginal winner 32.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +17.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,312
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean Wharmby | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,083 | 32.7% | Elected |
| 2 | Stewart Gardner | Labour Party | 1,023 | 30.9% | |
| 3 | Lee Martin Smith | Reform UK | 744 | 22.5% | |
| 4 | Linda Christine Walker | Green Party | 303 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Stephen David Worrall | Liberal Democrats | 159 | 4.8% |
Glossop South · single-seat
Marginal winner 33.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +16.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,661
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damien Greenhalgh | Labour and Co-operative Party | 1,211 | 33.1% | Elected |
| 2 | Adie Hopkinson | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,011 | 27.6% | |
| 3 | Phil Hesketh | Reform UK | 928 | 25.3% | |
| 4 | Peter Duncan Allen | Green Party | 380 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Jonathan Leslie Parrott | Liberal Democrats | 131 | 3.6% |
Buxton South & West · single-seat
Marginal winner 33.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +16.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,874
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linda Grooby | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,311 | 33.8% | Elected |
| 2 | Nigel Penn | Reform UK | 1,118 | 28.9% | |
| 3 | Martin Willey | Labour Party | 879 | 22.7% | |
| 4 | Paul Bohan | Green Party | 333 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Jane Margaret Simm | Liberal Democrats | 158 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Charles Lloyd | Independent | 75 | 1.9% |
Buxton North & East · single-seat
Marginal winner 34.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +15.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,119
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melandra Ardotalia Smith | Reform UK | 1,075 | 34.5% | Elected |
| 2 | Rachael Quinn | Labour Party | 942 | 30.2% | |
| 3 | Fredrick John Walton | Conservative and Unionist Party | 566 | 18.1% | |
| 4 | Lisa Jill Adamson | Green Party | 349 | 11.2% | |
| 5 | Louise Maria Glasscoe | Liberal Democrats | 187 | 6.0% |
New Mills & Hayfield · single-seat
Marginal winner 39.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +11.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,824
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anne Clarke | Labour and Co-operative Party | 1,493 | 39.0% | Elected |
| 2 | Antony Prodromis | Reform UK | 1,005 | 26.3% | |
| 3 | Virginia Patricia Montagu Priestley | Conservative and Unionist Party | 501 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Charles Jevon | Liberal Democrats | 485 | 12.7% | |
| 5 | Jeremy Peter Wight | Green Party | 340 | 8.9% |
Etherow · single-seat
Marginal winner 40.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +9.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,657
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Derek Isherwood | Reform UK | 1,069 | 40.2% | Elected |
| 2 | Lucy Hudson | Labour and Co-operative Party | 757 | 28.5% | |
| 3 | Tony Brookes | Conservative and Unionist Party | 552 | 20.8% | |
| 4 | Eileen Jane Reynolds | Green Party | 279 | 10.5% |
Whaley Bridge · single-seat
Marginal winner 57.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −7.0 pts Valid ballots 4,669
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruth George | Independent | 2,662 | 57.0% | Elected |
| 2 | Jacky Sidebottom | Conservative and Unionist Party | 785 | 16.8% | |
| 3 | Luke Norton | Reform UK | 711 | 15.2% | |
| 4 | David William Lomax | Liberal Democrats | 223 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Jo Taylor | Labour Party | 168 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Matthew Paul Firth | Green Party | 118 | 2.5% |