Election Name: | 2023 High Peak Borough Council election |
Country: | Derbyshire |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2019 High Peak Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | 2027 High Peak Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2027 |
Seats For Election: | All 43 seats to High Peak Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 22 |
Turnout: | 43,590 |
Leader1: | Anthony McKeown[1] |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 22 seats, 34.9% |
Leaders Seat1: | Gamesley |
Seats Before1: | 19 |
Seats After1: | 29 |
Seat Change1: | +10 |
Leader2: | Tony Ashton |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat2: | Sett |
Last Election2: | 16 seats, 33.2% |
Seats Before2: | 16 |
Seats After2: | 10 |
Seat Change2: | -6 |
Leader3: | Joanna Collins |
Party3: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Leaders Seat3: | Hope Valley |
Last Election3: | 2 seats, 15.1% |
Seats Before3: | 2 |
Seats After3: | 2 |
Seat Change3: | - |
Leader4: | David Lomax |
Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Leaders Seat4: | Whaley Bridge |
Last Election4: | 3 seats, 14.9% |
Seats Before4: | 3 |
Seats After4: | 1 |
Seat Change4: | -2 |
Party5: | Independent politician |
Last Election5: | 0 seats, 0.8% |
Seats Before5: | 1 |
Seats After5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | - |
Party6: | Casual vacancy |
Seats Before6: | 2 |
Map Size: | 260px |
Leader | |
Posttitle: | Leader after election |
Before Election: | Anthony McKeown Labour |
Before Party: | No overall control |
After Election: | Anthony McKeown |
After Party: | Labour |
The 2023 High Peak Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.
The council was under no overall control prior to the election. Labour had won a majority at the previous full council election in 2019, but lost its majority in 2022 following a by-election.[3] Labour regained a majority at the 2023 election, winning 29 of the 43 seats on the council.[4]
The overall results were:[5] |-
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by High Peak Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[6]
Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk. The results for each ward were:[7]