Electoral Wards and Councillors
Below is a list of all 43 serving councillors. Most were elected at the 2011 Elections, at which the Labour Party gained 12 seats to become the largest party on the council but were one short of an overall majority. Councillor Jean Todd was elected at the Buxton Central by-election in March 2012, after Councillor Phil Ashmore emigrated to the United States and resigned his seat. A number of councillors previously elected in 2007 did not stand in the 2011 election, including Andrew Bingham who was elected as Member of Parliament for High Peak in 2010.
| Ward | Political Party | Councillor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barms | Labour Party | Rachael QUINN | |
| Blackbrook | Conservative Party | Audrey BRAMAH | |
| Independent | Chris PEARSON | ||
| Burbage | Conservative Party | John FAULKNER | |
| Buxton Central | Labour Party | Jean TODD | |
| Chris PAYNE | |||
| Chapel East | Conservative Party | Jim PERKINS | |
| Chapel West | Labour Party | Timothy NORTON | |
| Conservative Party | Stewart YOUNG | ||
| Corbar | Conservative Party | Linda BALDRY | |
| Tony KEMP | |||
| Cote Heath | Labour Party | Lynn STONE | |
| Keith SAVAGE | |||
| Dinting | Conservative Party | Jean WHARMBY | |
| Gamesley | Labour Party | Anthony MCKEOWN | |
| Hadfield North | Labour Party | Victoria MANN | |
| Hadfield South | Labour Party | Bob MCKEOWN | |
| Edward SIDDALL | |||
| Hayfield | Independent | David MELLOR | |
| Hope Valley | Conservative Party | Anthony FAVELL | |
| John WALTON | |||
| Howard Town | Labour Party | Godfrey CLAFF | |
| Colin WAUDE | |||
| Limestone Peak | Conservative Party | Derek UDALE | |
| New Mills East | Labour Party | Ian HUDDLESTONE | |
| Alan BARROW | |||
| New Mills West | Labour Party | Lance DOWSON | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ray ATKINS | ||
| Old Glossop | Labour Party | Garry PARVIN | |
| Independent | Chris WEBSTER | ||
| Padfield | Labour Party | Ellie WILCOX | |
| Sett | Conservative Party | Anthony ASHTON | |
| Simmondley | Conservative Party | John HAKEN | |
| Julie MCCABE | |||
| St John's | Conservative Party | George WHARMBY | |
| Stone Bench | Labour Party | Caitlin BISKNELL | |
| Fiona SLOMAN | |||
| Temple | Conservative Party | Emily THRANE | |
| Tintwistle | Labour Party | Pat JENNER | |
| Whaley Bridge | Independent | John PRITCHARD | |
| Liberal Democrats | David LOMAX | ||
| Linda LEATHER | |||
| Whitfield | Labour Party | Graham OAKLEY |
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