High Peak | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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County | Derbyshire |
Electorate | 73,960 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Buxton, Glossop, New Mills |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | Jon Pearce ( Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | North Derbyshire |
High Peak is a parliamentary constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Jon Pearce of the Labour Party. [n 2]
The constituency is in north west Derbyshire and based in the heart of the Peak District, including the towns of Buxton, Glossop and New Mills.
Since the 1966 general election, the seat has been somewhat of a bellwether, with only three exceptions: at the February and October 1974 general elections the seat was won by the Conservative Party when the Labour Party won the most seats nationally, and at the 2017 general election when the seat was won by Labour but the Conservatives won the most seats nationally.
1885–1918: The Borough of Glossop, and the Sessional Divisions of Buxton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, and Glossop.
1918–1950: The Boroughs of Buxton and Glossop, the Urban District of New Mills, the Rural Districts of Glossop Dale and Hayfield, and parts of the Rural Districts of Bakewell and Chapel-en-le-Frith.
1950–1983: The Boroughs of Buxton and Glossop, the Urban Districts of New Mills and Whaley Bridge, and the Rural District of Chapel-en-le-Frith.
1983–2010: The Borough of High Peak, and the District of West Derbyshire wards of Bradwell, Hathersage and Tideswell.
2010–present: The Borough of High Peak.
Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is unchanged. [2]
The constituency covers much of northern Derbyshire and represents most of the west of the Peak District which encircles Buxton and Glossop. [3] Crowden, Tintwistle and Woodhead (formerly within the boundaries of Cheshire and in the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency) were brought into the seat in the boundary changes for the 1983 general election. The constituency boundaries became co-terminous with the local government district at the 2010 general election.
The rural Hope Valley and the town of Chapel-en-le-Frith have a Conservative majority, whereas the north western part of the constituency, in Glossop (especially the Manchester overspill estate of Gamesley), Hadfield and Tintwistle, are more Labour-inclined. The largest town of Buxton is often divided between the two main parties. Buxton itself is a spa town famed for its bottled water while Glossop has had a more industrial past. Tourism is a key industry in the constituency being in the Peak District, attracting visitors to its landscapes of peaks and reservoirs and other attractions such as the village of Castleton with its Blue John mine. The seat has considerable commuting connections by road and rail with Manchester (and the Hope Valley with Sheffield), rather than the East Midlands and Derby.
The seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Since 1910, the seat has returned mostly Conservative MPs apart from during three periods. A Labour MP was elected for the first time in 1966, but was unseated at the next general election. Labour gained the seat at the 1997 general election and retained it at the following two general elections during the Blair ministry, but it was regained by the Conservatives at the 2010 general election. It was regained by Labour at the 2017 general election when Ruth George gained the seat, the first time Labour had won the High Peak seat without winning the overall general election in its history.
North Derbyshire prior to 1885
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jon Pearce | 22,533 | 45.8 | 1.0 | |
Conservative | Robert Largan | 14,625 | 29.7 | 16.2 | |
Reform UK | Catherine Cullen | 6,959 | 14.1 | 11.9 | |
Green | Joanna Collins | 3,382 | 6.9 | 4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Hirst | 1,707 | 3.5 | 1.6 | |
Majority | 7,908 | 16.1 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Largan | 24,844 | 45.9 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Ruth George | 24,254 | 44.8 | −4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Lomax | 2,750 | 5.1 | +0.1 | |
Brexit Party | Alan Graves | 1,177 | 2.2 | New | |
Green | Robert Hodgetts-Haley | 1,148 | 2.1 | New | |
Majority | 590 | 1.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,173 | 72.9 | −0.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ruth George [19] | 26,753 | 49.7 | +14.4 | |
Conservative | Andrew Bingham [20] | 24,431 | 45.4 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Lawley [21] | 2,669 | 5.0 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 2,322 | 4.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,018 | 73.75 | +4.25'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000023−QINU`"' | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Bingham | 22,836 | 45.0 | +4.1 | |
Labour | Caitlin Bisknell | 17,942 | 35.3 | +3.7 | |
UKIP | Ian Guiver | 5,811 | 11.4 | +8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Worrall | 2,389 | 4.7 | −17.1 | |
Green | Charlotte Farrell | 1,811 | 3.6 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 4,894 | 9.7 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 50,789 | 69.5 | −0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Bingham | 20,587 | 40.9 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Caitlin Bisknell | 15,910 | 31.6 | −9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alistair Stevens | 10,993 | 21.8 | +2.4 | |
UKIP | Sylvia Hall | 1,690 | 3.4 | +1.2 | |
Green | Peter Allen | 922 | 1.8 | New | |
Independent | Lance Dowson | 161 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent | Tony Alves | 74 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 4,677 | 9.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,337 | 69.9 | +3.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.55 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tom Levitt | 19,809 | 39.6 | −7.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew Bingham | 19,074 | 38.2 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marc Godwin | 10,000 | 20.0 | +3.9 | |
UKIP | Michael Schwarz | 1,106 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 735 | 1.4 | −7.9 | ||
Turnout | 49,989 | 66.4 | +1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.95 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tom Levitt | 22,430 | 46.6 | −4.2 | |
Conservative | Simon Chapman | 17,941 | 37.3 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Ashenden | 7,743 | 16.1 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 4,489 | 9.3 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 48,114 | 65.2 | −13.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tom Levitt | 29,052 | 50.8 | +12.9 | |
Conservative | Charles Hendry | 20,261 | 35.5 | −10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sue Barber | 6,420 | 11.2 | −3.6 | |
Referendum | Colin Hanson-Orr | 1,420 | 2.5 | New | |
Majority | 8,791 | 15.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 57,153 | 78.9 | −5.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Hendry | 27,538 | 46.0 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Tom Levitt | 22,719 | 37.9 | +9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon P. Molloy | 8,861 | 14.8 | −10.8 | |
Green | Roger Floyd | 794 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 4,819 | 8.1 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 59,912 | 84.6 | +4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Hawkins | 25,715 | 45.7 | −0.7 | |
Labour | Jean McCrindle | 16,199 | 28.8 | +2.8 | |
SDP | John Oldham | 14,389 | 25.6 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 9,516 | 16.9 | −1.9 | ||
Turnout | 56,303 | 80.5 | +2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Hawkins | 24,534 | 46.4 | −0.1 | |
SDP | David Marquand | 14,594 | 27.6 | +10.7 | |
Labour | David Wilcox | 13,755 | 26.0 | −10.7 | |
Majority | 9,940 | 18.8 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 52,883 | 78.5 | −3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Spencer Le Marchant | 22,532 | 46.5 | +5.1 | |
Labour | David Bookbinder | 17,777 | 36.7 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | D. Brown | 8,200 | 16.9 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 4,755 | 9.8 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 48,509 | 81.8 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Spencer Le Marchant | 19,043 | 41.4 | +1.6 | |
Labour | David Bookbinder | 17,041 | 37.1 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Christopher Walmsley | 9,875 | 21.5 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 2,002 | 4.3 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 45,959 | 80.5 | −4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Spencer Le Marchant | 19,231 | 39.8 | −3.9 | |
Labour | Peter Jackson | 16,956 | 35.1 | −5.3 | |
Liberal | Nora Scott | 12,117 | 25.1 | +9.2 | |
Majority | 2,275 | 4.7 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 48,304 | 85.4 | +4.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Spencer Le Marchant | 19,558 | 43.7 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Peter Jackson | 18,054 | 40.4 | −0.9 | |
Liberal | Dennis Wrigley | 7,119 | 15.9 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 1,504 | 3.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,731 | 80.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Jackson | 16,938 | 41.3 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | David Walder | 16,124 | 39.3 | +1.2 | |
Liberal | Dennis Wrigley | 7,990 | 19.5 | −7.5 | |
Majority | 814 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,052 | 84.2 | −1.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Walder | 15,753 | 38.1 | −7.9 | |
Labour | John Roper | 14,416 | 34.9 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | Dennis Wrigley | 11,147 | 27.0 | +7.0 | |
Majority | 1,337 | 3.2 | −8.9 | ||
Turnout | 41,316 | 85.3 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Walder | 13,069 | 37.4 | −8.6 | |
Labour | Wilfred McCormack Halsall | 11,201 | 32.1 | −1.9 | |
Liberal | Dennis Wrigley | 10,674 | 30.5 | +10.5 | |
Majority | 1,868 | 5.3 | −6.7 | ||
Turnout | 34,944 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hugh Molson | 18,738 | 46.0 | −2.4 | |
Labour | Bernard Conlan | 13,827 | 34.0 | −0.6 | |
Liberal | Stephen R. Cawley | 8,138 | 20.0 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 4,911 | 12.0 | −1.78 | ||
Turnout | 40,703 | 82.7 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hugh Molson | 19,094 | 48.4 | −0.6 | |
Labour | Neil McBride | 13,652 | 34.6 | −7.1 | |
Liberal | Stephen R. Cawley | 6,712 | 17.0 | +7.6 | |
Majority | 5,442 | 13.8 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 39,458 | 79.5 | −6.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hugh Molson | 21,305 | 49.0 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Wilfred McCormack Halsall | 18,127 | 41.7 | +2.5 | |
Liberal | Stephen R. Cawley | 4,070 | 9.4 | −5.7 | |
Majority | 3,178 | 7.3 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 43,502 | 85.9 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hugh Molson | 19,740 | 45.7 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Wilfred McCormack Halsall | 16,933 | 39.2 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Tom Stuttard Rothwell | 6,539 | 15.1 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 2,807 | 6.5 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 43,212 | 85.8 | +8.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hugh Molson | 18,113 | 45.5 | −8.4 | |
Labour | Wilfred McCormack Halsall | 15,454 | 38.8 | +11.9 | |
Liberal | Tom Stuttard Rothwell | 6,230 | 15.7 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 2,659 | 6.7 | −20.3 | ||
Turnout | 39,797 | 77.8 | +5.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
At the 1939 High Peak by-election, Hugh Molson was elected unopposed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alfred Law | 19,145 | 53.9 | −20.2 | |
Labour | R. W. Wright | 9,559 | 26.9 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Leonard Radcliffe | 6,831 | 19.2 | New | |
Majority | 9,586 | 27.00 | −21.2 | ||
Turnout | 35,535 | 72.2 | +24.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alfred Law | 27,577 | 74.1 | +31.0 | |
Labour | George Bagnall | 9,640 | 25.9 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 17,937 | 48.2 | +34.2 | ||
Turnout | 37,217 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Alfred Law | 16,406 | 43.1 | −10.2 | |
Liberal | Robert McDougall | 11,083 | 29.1 | −17.6 | |
Labour | George Bagnall | 10,567 | 27.8 | New | |
Majority | 5,323 | 14.0 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,056 | 80.9 | +4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 47,066 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Samuel Hill-Wood | 14,560 | 53.3 | +8.7 | |
Liberal | Robert McDougall | 12,772 | 46.7 | +12.1 | |
Majority | 1,788 | 6.6 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 27,332 | 76.8 | −1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 35,588 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Samuel Hill-Wood | 12,162 | 44.6 | −7.9 | |
Liberal | Robert McDougall | 9,432 | 34.6 | +14.2 | |
Labour | Frank Anderson | 5,684 | 20.8 | −6.3 | |
Majority | 2,730 | 10.0 | −15.4 | ||
Turnout | 27,278 | 78.2 | −4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 34,896 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −11.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Samuel Hill-Wood | 14,892 | 52.5 | −6.3 | |
Labour | Frank Anderson | 7,698 | 27.1 | New | |
Liberal | Anna Barlow | 5,802 | 20.4 | −20.8 | |
Majority | 7,194 | 25.4 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | 28,392 | 82.9 | +20.6 | ||
Registered electors | 34,242 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +7.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Sidebottom | 4,199 | 50.1 | ||
Liberal | John Frederick Cheetham | 4,190 | 49.9 | ||
Majority | 9 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 8,389 | 89.1 | |||
Registered electors | 9,414 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Sidebottom | 4,162 | 51.0 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | Herbert Rhodes [52] | 4,001 | 49.0 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 161 | 2.0 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 8,163 | 86.7 | −2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 9,414 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Sidebottom | 4,609 | 52.1 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | John Frederick Cheetham | 4,243 | 47.9 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 366 | 4.2 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,862 | 79.6 | −7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 11,122 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Sidebottom | 4,671 | 52.9 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | Arthur Gibb Symonds | 4,164 | 47.1 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 507 | 5.8 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,835 | 85.0 | +5.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,397 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Oswald Partington | 4,591 | 50.9 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Samuel Roberts | 4,432 | 49.1 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 159 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,023 | 86.6 | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 10,420 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Oswald Partington | 5,450 | 53.9 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Albert Profumo | 4,662 | 46.1 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 788 | 7.8 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,112 | 90.7 | +4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 11,154 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Oswald Partington | 5,619 | 51.6 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | Albert Profumo | 5,272 | 48.4 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 347 | 3.2 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 10,891 | 91.1 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 11,951 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Oswald Partington | 5,912 | 50.5 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | Samuel Hill-Wood | 5,806 | 49.5 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 106 | 1.0 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 11,718 | 94.4 | +3.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Samuel Hill-Wood | 5,813 | 50.8 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Oswald Partington | 5,629 | 49.2 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 184 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,442 | 92.2 | −2.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.3 |
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Unionist | Samuel Hill-Wood | 12,118 | 58.8 | +8.0 |
Liberal | Clifford Brookes | 8,504 | 41.2 | −8.0 | |
Majority | 3,614 | 17.6 | +16.0 | ||
Turnout | 20,622 | 62.3 | −29.9 | ||
Registered electors | 33,075 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +8.0 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
High Peak | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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County | Derbyshire |
Electorate | 73,960 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Buxton, Glossop, New Mills |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | Jon Pearce ( Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | North Derbyshire |
High Peak is a parliamentary constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Jon Pearce of the Labour Party. [n 2]
The constituency is in north west Derbyshire and based in the heart of the Peak District, including the towns of Buxton, Glossop and New Mills.
Since the 1966 general election, the seat has been somewhat of a bellwether, with only three exceptions: at the February and October 1974 general elections the seat was won by the Conservative Party when the Labour Party won the most seats nationally, and at the 2017 general election when the seat was won by Labour but the Conservatives won the most seats nationally.
1885–1918: The Borough of Glossop, and the Sessional Divisions of Buxton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, and Glossop.
1918–1950: The Boroughs of Buxton and Glossop, the Urban District of New Mills, the Rural Districts of Glossop Dale and Hayfield, and parts of the Rural Districts of Bakewell and Chapel-en-le-Frith.
1950–1983: The Boroughs of Buxton and Glossop, the Urban Districts of New Mills and Whaley Bridge, and the Rural District of Chapel-en-le-Frith.
1983–2010: The Borough of High Peak, and the District of West Derbyshire wards of Bradwell, Hathersage and Tideswell.
2010–present: The Borough of High Peak.
Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is unchanged. [2]
The constituency covers much of northern Derbyshire and represents most of the west of the Peak District which encircles Buxton and Glossop. [3] Crowden, Tintwistle and Woodhead (formerly within the boundaries of Cheshire and in the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency) were brought into the seat in the boundary changes for the 1983 general election. The constituency boundaries became co-terminous with the local government district at the 2010 general election.
The rural Hope Valley and the town of Chapel-en-le-Frith have a Conservative majority, whereas the north western part of the constituency, in Glossop (especially the Manchester overspill estate of Gamesley), Hadfield and Tintwistle, are more Labour-inclined. The largest town of Buxton is often divided between the two main parties. Buxton itself is a spa town famed for its bottled water while Glossop has had a more industrial past. Tourism is a key industry in the constituency being in the Peak District, attracting visitors to its landscapes of peaks and reservoirs and other attractions such as the village of Castleton with its Blue John mine. The seat has considerable commuting connections by road and rail with Manchester (and the Hope Valley with Sheffield), rather than the East Midlands and Derby.
The seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Since 1910, the seat has returned mostly Conservative MPs apart from during three periods. A Labour MP was elected for the first time in 1966, but was unseated at the next general election. Labour gained the seat at the 1997 general election and retained it at the following two general elections during the Blair ministry, but it was regained by the Conservatives at the 2010 general election. It was regained by Labour at the 2017 general election when Ruth George gained the seat, the first time Labour had won the High Peak seat without winning the overall general election in its history.
North Derbyshire prior to 1885
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jon Pearce | 22,533 | 45.8 | 1.0 | |
Conservative | Robert Largan | 14,625 | 29.7 | 16.2 | |
Reform UK | Catherine Cullen | 6,959 | 14.1 | 11.9 | |
Green | Joanna Collins | 3,382 | 6.9 | 4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Hirst | 1,707 | 3.5 | 1.6 | |
Majority | 7,908 | 16.1 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Largan | 24,844 | 45.9 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Ruth George | 24,254 | 44.8 | −4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Lomax | 2,750 | 5.1 | +0.1 | |
Brexit Party | Alan Graves | 1,177 | 2.2 | New | |
Green | Robert Hodgetts-Haley | 1,148 | 2.1 | New | |
Majority | 590 | 1.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,173 | 72.9 | −0.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ruth George [19] | 26,753 | 49.7 | +14.4 | |
Conservative | Andrew Bingham [20] | 24,431 | 45.4 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Lawley [21] | 2,669 | 5.0 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 2,322 | 4.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,018 | 73.75 | +4.25'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000023−QINU`"' | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Bingham | 22,836 | 45.0 | +4.1 | |
Labour | Caitlin Bisknell | 17,942 | 35.3 | +3.7 | |
UKIP | Ian Guiver | 5,811 | 11.4 | +8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Worrall | 2,389 | 4.7 | −17.1 | |
Green | Charlotte Farrell | 1,811 | 3.6 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 4,894 | 9.7 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 50,789 | 69.5 | −0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Bingham | 20,587 | 40.9 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Caitlin Bisknell | 15,910 | 31.6 | −9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alistair Stevens | 10,993 | 21.8 | +2.4 | |
UKIP | Sylvia Hall | 1,690 | 3.4 | +1.2 | |
Green | Peter Allen | 922 | 1.8 | New | |
Independent | Lance Dowson | 161 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent | Tony Alves | 74 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 4,677 | 9.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,337 | 69.9 | +3.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.55 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Levitt | 19,809 | 39.6 | −7.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew Bingham | 19,074 | 38.2 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marc Godwin | 10,000 | 20.0 | +3.9 | |
UKIP | Michael Schwarz | 1,106 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 735 | 1.4 | −7.9 | ||
Turnout | 49,989 | 66.4 | +1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.95 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Levitt | 22,430 | 46.6 | −4.2 | |
Conservative | Simon Chapman | 17,941 | 37.3 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Ashenden | 7,743 | 16.1 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 4,489 | 9.3 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 48,114 | 65.2 | −13.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Levitt | 29,052 | 50.8 | +12.9 | |
Conservative | Charles Hendry | 20,261 | 35.5 | −10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sue Barber | 6,420 | 11.2 | −3.6 | |
Referendum | Colin Hanson-Orr | 1,420 | 2.5 | New | |
Majority | 8,791 | 15.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 57,153 | 78.9 | −5.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Hendry | 27,538 | 46.0 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Tom Levitt | 22,719 | 37.9 | +9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon P. Molloy | 8,861 | 14.8 | −10.8 | |
Green | Roger Floyd | 794 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 4,819 | 8.1 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 59,912 | 84.6 | +4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Hawkins | 25,715 | 45.7 | −0.7 | |
Labour | Jean McCrindle | 16,199 | 28.8 | +2.8 | |
SDP | John Oldham | 14,389 | 25.6 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 9,516 | 16.9 | −1.9 | ||
Turnout | 56,303 | 80.5 | +2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Hawkins | 24,534 | 46.4 | −0.1 | |
SDP | David Marquand | 14,594 | 27.6 | +10.7 | |
Labour | David Wilcox | 13,755 | 26.0 | −10.7 | |
Majority | 9,940 | 18.8 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 52,883 | 78.5 | −3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Spencer Le Marchant | 22,532 | 46.5 | +5.1 | |
Labour | David Bookbinder | 17,777 | 36.7 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | D. Brown | 8,200 | 16.9 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 4,755 | 9.8 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 48,509 | 81.8 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Spencer Le Marchant | 19,043 | 41.4 | +1.6 | |
Labour | David Bookbinder | 17,041 | 37.1 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Christopher Walmsley | 9,875 | 21.5 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 2,002 | 4.3 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 45,959 | 80.5 | −4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Spencer Le Marchant | 19,231 | 39.8 | −3.9 | |
Labour | Peter Jackson | 16,956 | 35.1 | −5.3 | |
Liberal | Nora Scott | 12,117 | 25.1 | +9.2 | |
Majority | 2,275 | 4.7 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 48,304 | 85.4 | +4.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Spencer Le Marchant | 19,558 | 43.7 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Peter Jackson | 18,054 | 40.4 | −0.9 | |
Liberal | Dennis Wrigley | 7,119 | 15.9 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 1,504 | 3.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,731 | 80.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Jackson | 16,938 | 41.3 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | David Walder | 16,124 | 39.3 | +1.2 | |
Liberal | Dennis Wrigley | 7,990 | 19.5 | −7.5 | |
Majority | 814 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,052 | 84.2 | −1.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Walder | 15,753 | 38.1 | −7.9 | |
Labour | John Roper | 14,416 | 34.9 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | Dennis Wrigley | 11,147 | 27.0 | +7.0 | |
Majority | 1,337 | 3.2 | −8.9 | ||
Turnout | 41,316 | 85.3 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Walder | 13,069 | 37.4 | −8.6 | |
Labour | Wilfred McCormack Halsall | 11,201 | 32.1 | −1.9 | |
Liberal | Dennis Wrigley | 10,674 | 30.5 | +10.5 | |
Majority | 1,868 | 5.3 | −6.7 | ||
Turnout | 34,944 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Molson | 18,738 | 46.0 | −2.4 | |
Labour | Bernard Conlan | 13,827 | 34.0 | −0.6 | |
Liberal | Stephen R. Cawley | 8,138 | 20.0 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 4,911 | 12.0 | −1.78 | ||
Turnout | 40,703 | 82.7 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Molson | 19,094 | 48.4 | −0.6 | |
Labour | Neil McBride | 13,652 | 34.6 | −7.1 | |
Liberal | Stephen R. Cawley | 6,712 | 17.0 | +7.6 | |
Majority | 5,442 | 13.8 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 39,458 | 79.5 | −6.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Molson | 21,305 | 49.0 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Wilfred McCormack Halsall | 18,127 | 41.7 | +2.5 | |
Liberal | Stephen R. Cawley | 4,070 | 9.4 | −5.7 | |
Majority | 3,178 | 7.3 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 43,502 | 85.9 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Molson | 19,740 | 45.7 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Wilfred McCormack Halsall | 16,933 | 39.2 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Tom Stuttard Rothwell | 6,539 | 15.1 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 2,807 | 6.5 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 43,212 | 85.8 | +8.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Molson | 18,113 | 45.5 | −8.4 | |
Labour | Wilfred McCormack Halsall | 15,454 | 38.8 | +11.9 | |
Liberal | Tom Stuttard Rothwell | 6,230 | 15.7 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 2,659 | 6.7 | −20.3 | ||
Turnout | 39,797 | 77.8 | +5.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
At the 1939 High Peak by-election, Hugh Molson was elected unopposed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Law | 19,145 | 53.9 | −20.2 | |
Labour | R. W. Wright | 9,559 | 26.9 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Leonard Radcliffe | 6,831 | 19.2 | New | |
Majority | 9,586 | 27.00 | −21.2 | ||
Turnout | 35,535 | 72.2 | +24.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Law | 27,577 | 74.1 | +31.0 | |
Labour | George Bagnall | 9,640 | 25.9 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 17,937 | 48.2 | +34.2 | ||
Turnout | 37,217 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alfred Law | 16,406 | 43.1 | −10.2 | |
Liberal | Robert McDougall | 11,083 | 29.1 | −17.6 | |
Labour | George Bagnall | 10,567 | 27.8 | New | |
Majority | 5,323 | 14.0 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,056 | 80.9 | +4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 47,066 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Samuel Hill-Wood | 14,560 | 53.3 | +8.7 | |
Liberal | Robert McDougall | 12,772 | 46.7 | +12.1 | |
Majority | 1,788 | 6.6 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 27,332 | 76.8 | −1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 35,588 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Samuel Hill-Wood | 12,162 | 44.6 | −7.9 | |
Liberal | Robert McDougall | 9,432 | 34.6 | +14.2 | |
Labour | Frank Anderson | 5,684 | 20.8 | −6.3 | |
Majority | 2,730 | 10.0 | −15.4 | ||
Turnout | 27,278 | 78.2 | −4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 34,896 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −11.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Samuel Hill-Wood | 14,892 | 52.5 | −6.3 | |
Labour | Frank Anderson | 7,698 | 27.1 | New | |
Liberal | Anna Barlow | 5,802 | 20.4 | −20.8 | |
Majority | 7,194 | 25.4 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | 28,392 | 82.9 | +20.6 | ||
Registered electors | 34,242 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +7.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Sidebottom | 4,199 | 50.1 | ||
Liberal | John Frederick Cheetham | 4,190 | 49.9 | ||
Majority | 9 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 8,389 | 89.1 | |||
Registered electors | 9,414 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Sidebottom | 4,162 | 51.0 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | Herbert Rhodes [52] | 4,001 | 49.0 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 161 | 2.0 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 8,163 | 86.7 | −2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 9,414 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Sidebottom | 4,609 | 52.1 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | John Frederick Cheetham | 4,243 | 47.9 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 366 | 4.2 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,862 | 79.6 | −7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 11,122 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Sidebottom | 4,671 | 52.9 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | Arthur Gibb Symonds | 4,164 | 47.1 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 507 | 5.8 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,835 | 85.0 | +5.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,397 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Oswald Partington | 4,591 | 50.9 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Samuel Roberts | 4,432 | 49.1 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 159 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,023 | 86.6 | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 10,420 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Oswald Partington | 5,450 | 53.9 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Albert Profumo | 4,662 | 46.1 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 788 | 7.8 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,112 | 90.7 | +4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 11,154 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Oswald Partington | 5,619 | 51.6 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | Albert Profumo | 5,272 | 48.4 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 347 | 3.2 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 10,891 | 91.1 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 11,951 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Oswald Partington | 5,912 | 50.5 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | Samuel Hill-Wood | 5,806 | 49.5 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 106 | 1.0 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 11,718 | 94.4 | +3.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Hill-Wood | 5,813 | 50.8 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Oswald Partington | 5,629 | 49.2 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 184 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,442 | 92.2 | −2.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.3 |
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Samuel Hill-Wood | 12,118 | 58.8 | +8.0 |
Liberal | Clifford Brookes | 8,504 | 41.2 | −8.0 | |
Majority | 3,614 | 17.6 | +16.0 | ||
Turnout | 20,622 | 62.3 | −29.9 | ||
Registered electors | 33,075 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +8.0 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |