Local elections saw a number of seats on town and parish councils contested alongside High Peak Borough Council.

In New Mills, campaign group New Mills Together saw all 12 of their candidates elected to the Town Council.

They are a group of residents who formed under the banner of creating and supporting an effective Town Council.

In a post on Facebook, they said: “Thanks for all the support for our candidates. And for those we have yet to convince - please judge us by our actions over the next four years! Let the hard work begin as we see what we can achieve for New Mills!”

In the Ollersett ward, where the turnout was 28.33 per cent, Davey, Matthew Donovan, Beth Eadie, Simon Evans, and Katy Pearson were elected.

They were joined by David Aris-Sutton, Andrew Denton, Margaret Le Messurier-Ritchie, John Reed, and Liam Stowell for the Whitle ward where the turnout was 39.54 per cent.

The two seats in the Thornsett ward saw Michelle Bancroft and Lyn Bannister elected unopposed. There were also elections in Hayfield for the eight seats in the Town ward on Hayfield Parish Council.

Successful in getting elected were Jody Appleton, Lisa Bevins, Mick Conway, Abby Feetham, Eva Lawson, Paul Senior, David Toft and Joss Underwood.

Turnout was 52.76 per cent.

They join Tony Ashton and David Gouldthorpe, who were elected unopposed to the two seats in the Hayfield West ward.

In Edale, Joanna Collins, Harry Gilbert, Morgan Jackson, Julie Morten, and David Shirt were elected to the parish council.

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