High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)
High Peak is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Robert Largan, a Conservative.
| High Peak | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of High Peak in Derbyshire | |
Location of Derbyshire within England | |
| County | Derbyshire |
| Electorate | 72,178 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements | Buxton, Glossop, New Mills |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1885 |
| Member of Parliament | Robert Largan (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | North Derbyshire |
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.
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