High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)

High Peak
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of High Peak in Derbyshire
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Location of Derbyshire within England
CountyDerbyshire
Electorate72,178 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsBuxton, Glossop, New Mills
Current constituency
Created1885
Member of ParliamentRobert Largan (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromNorth Derbyshire

High Peak is a parliamentary constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Robert Largan, a Conservative.[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.

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.


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