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    1976 handbook

    High Peak: 1976 local elections

    25 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1975) (46 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 23 · Labour 11 · Other 10 · The Liberal Party 2

    After (end of 1976) (46 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 27 · Other 9 · Labour 8 · The Liberal Party 2

    Ward results

    Barmoor1 seat · turnout 58.6%
    O. MillnerIndependent325
    W. HutchinsonConservative279
    Barms2 seats · turnout 52.8%
    A. HitchingsLabour828
    R. MilburnConservative615
    C. WardLabour543
    E. BradburyConservative514
    Blackbrook2 seats
    G. WhiteLIB0 ✓
    B. ColleyConservative0 ✓
    Central1 seat · turnout 55.9%
    R. WalterConservative521
    G. EllisLabour244
    Chapel East1 seat · turnout 56.7%
    A. PhillipsIndependent475
    D. EvaConservative219
    K. JonesLabour54
    Chapel West2 seats · turnout 46.9%
    M. BradburyConservative829
    K. BradwellConservative666
    M. WrightLabour430
    H. EllisonIndependent428
    T. BennettLabour323
    College2 seats · turnout 38.8%
    J. StuartConservative838
    E. AllenConservative689
    J. AllenConserv457
    Corbar2 seats · turnout 39.5%
    M. MillicanConservative818
    A. AllmanConservative707
    B. RosierLabour253
    Cote Heath2 seats · turnout 46.3%
    T. GillIndependent903
    B. HallidayLabour550
    I. TamsonsConservative502
    J. AllwrightConservative478
    J. WilsonLabour422
    Hayfield1 seat · turnout 53.2%
    F. BarnesIndependent402
    G. CooperConservative401
    I. BennettLabour150
    Ladybower1 seat · turnout 61.2%
    G. BinghamConservative499
    J. ByfordLabour208
    Limestone Peak1 seat · turnout 50.0%
    E. TomlinsonConservative420
    E. WalleyIndependent229
    New Mills North3 seats · turnout 42.7%
    L. TownsendConservative1,016
    D. LivesleyConservative916
    B. ColleyConservative834
    W. FergusonLabour711
    C. WeaverLIB648
    J. De MierreLabour454
    D. FrymanLabour396
    New Mills South3 seats · turnout 34.6%
    D. BrownLIB749
    J. McMurrayConservative718
    F. BulloughIndependent707
    J. AxonLabour554
    M. WilliamsLabour425
    No. 12 (Whaley Bridge: Fernilee)1 seat · turnout 60.2%
    F. WoodwardIndependent506
    J. ConwayLabour126
    No. 13 (Whaley Bridge: Furness Vale)1 seat · turnout 66.2%
    H. LittlewoodIndependent414
    V. MasonLabour174
    No. 14 (Whaley Bridge: Taxal)1 seat · turnout 62.2%
    R. HartleyConservative287
    F. HartleyIndependent137
    B. LuddenLabour121
    No. 15 (Whaley Bridge: Yeardsley)1 seat · turnout 70.0%
    J. PritchardIndependent391
    G. RalstonConservative325
    C. JonesLabour225
    No. 16 (Charlesworth)1 seat · turnout 70.1%
    B. TetlowConservative800
    P. KeelanLabour99
    No. 7 (Glossop: All Saints)3 seats
    G ChattertonRES980 ✓
    E MountainConservative689 ✓
    I GreenhalghConservative593 ✓
    George WharmbyConservative578
    P MatthewsRES572
    Stephen CocksLabour430
    K BracewellLabour410
    L WhitsonLabour380
    P DurkinRES355
    G MachinConserv186
    G MitchellLIB166
    No. 8 (Glossop: St. James)4 seats
    A LeneyConservative1,547 ✓
    R PartridgeConservative1,502 ✓
    K DickensonConservative1,441 ✓
    A MellorConservative1,296 ✓
    R MannLabour659
    D JohnsonLIB654
    C AshtonLabour629
    D CarrLabour616
    A PomfretLabour535
    No. 9 (Glossop: Hadfield)6 seats · turnout 44.4%
    D. HoltonLabour1,946
    R. CookeLabour1,847
    M. JacksonConservative1,845
    F. StubbsLabour1,835
    J. FrancisLabour1,809
    D. DunnConservative1,795
    D. WilsonConservative1,780
    D. TooleConservative1,774
    A. StevensonConservative1,731
    M. RossConservative1,717
    K. PowellLabour1,691
    S. LomasLabour1,671
    R. HealdCOMM306
    Peveril1 seat · turnout 63.4%
    C. LewisConservative788
    M. MonteithLabour156
    Stone Bench2 seats · turnout 35.9%
    W. MorleyLabour850
    J. PoultonLabour717
    G. McIlvennyConservative621
    Tintwistle1 seat · turnout 67.2%
    C. PenningtonConservative445
    D. WilcoxLabour283