High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)

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)[1]
Major settlements	Buxton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Glossop
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Andrew Bingham (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	North Derbyshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

High Peak is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Andrew Bingham, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

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.

The constituency covers much of northern Derbyshire and represents most of the west of the Peak District which encircles Buxton and Glossop.^[2] 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.

Constituency profile

Areas around the Hope Valley 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. Buxton is often divided between the two main parties. The seat has considerable connections with Manchester (and the Hope Valley with Sheffield), rather than the East Midlands.

History

The seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Since 1910 the seat has returned a Conservative MP apart from during two periods. A Labour Party representative was elected for the first time in 1966, but lost it at the next general election. Labour next won the seat at the 1997 landslide general election and held it at the other two general elections during the Blair ministry, but it was regained by the Conservatives at the 2010 election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[3]	Party
	1885	William Sidebottom[4]	Conservative
	1900	Oswald Partington[5]	Liberal
	December 1910	Samuel Hill-Wood[6]	Unionist
	1929	Alfred Law[7]	Unionist
	1939 by-election	Hugh Molson[8]	Conservative
	1961 by-election	David Walder[9]	Conservative
	1966	Peter Jackson[10]	Labour
	1970	Spencer Le Marchant[11]	Conservative
	1983	Christopher Hawkins[12]	Conservative
	1992	Charles Hendry[13]	Conservative
	1997	Tom Levitt[14]	Labour
	2010	Andrew Bingham[15]	Conservative

Elections

Historical election results for High Peak

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: High Peak[16][17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Bingham[15][18]	22,836	45.0	+4.1
	Labour	Caitlin Bisknell[18]	17,942	35.3	+3.7
	UKIP	Ian Guiver[18]	5,811	11.4	+8.0
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Worrall[18]	2,389	4.7	−17.1
	Green	Charlotte Farrell[18]	1,811	3.6	+1.8
Majority			4,894	9.6	+0.3
Turnout			50,789	69.5	−0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.2

General Election 2010: High Peak[19][20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Bingham	20,587	40.9	+3.6
	Labour	Caitlin Bisknell	15,910	31.6	−9.5
	Liberal Democrat	Alistair Stevens	10,993	21.8	+2.4
	UKIP	Sylvia Hall	1,690	3.4	+1.2
	Green	Peter Allen	922	1.8	N/A
	Independent	Lance Dowson	161	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Tony Alves	74	0.1	N/A
Majority			4,677	9.3
Turnout			50,337	69.9	+3.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+6.55

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: High Peak[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Levitt	19,809	39.6	−7.0
	Conservative	Andrew Bingham	19,074	38.2	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Marc Godwin	10,000	20.0	+3.9
	UKIP	Michael Schwarz	1,106	2.2	N/A
Majority			735	1.5
Turnout			49,989	66.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.95

General Election 2001: High Peak[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Levitt	22,430	46.6	−4.2
	Conservative	Simon Chapman	17,941	37.3	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Ashenden	7,743	16.1	+4.9
Majority			4,489	9.3
Turnout			48,114	65.2	−13.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.0

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: High Peak[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Levitt	29,052	50.8
	Conservative	Charles Hendry	20,261	35.5
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Barber	6,420	11.2
	Referendum	Colin Hanson-Orr	1,420	2.5
Majority			8,791	15.4
Turnout			57,153	78.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1992: High Peak[24][25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Hendry	27,538	46.0	+0.3
	Labour	Tom Levitt	22,719	37.9	+9.1
	Liberal Democrat	Simon P. Molloy	8,861	14.8	−10.8
	Green	Roger Floyd	794	1.3	+1.3
Majority			4,819	8.0	−8.9
Turnout			59,912	84.6	+4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.4

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: High Peak[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher James Hawkins	25,715	45.67	−0.7
	Labour	Jean McCrindle	16,199	28.8	+2.7
	Social Democratic	Dr. 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

General Election 1983: High Peak[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher James Hawkins	24,534	46.4	−0.1
	Social Democratic	David Marquand	14,594	27.6	+10.7
	Labour	David Wilcox	13,755	26.0	−10.6
Majority			9,940	18.8	+9.0
Turnout			52,883	78.5	−3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: High Peak[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Spencer Le Marchant	22,532	46.5
	Labour	David Bookbinder	17,777	36.7
	Liberal	D. Brown	8,200	16.9
Majority			4,755	9.8
Turnout				81.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: High Peak[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Spencer Le Marchant	19,043	41.4
	Labour	David Bookbinder	17,041	37.1
	Liberal	Christopher Walmsley	9,875	21.5
Majority			2,002	4.4
Turnout				80.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: High Peak[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Spencer Le Marchant	19,231	39.8
	Labour	Peter Michael Jackson	16,956	35.1
	Liberal	Nora Scott	12,117	25.1
Majority			2,275	4.7
Turnout				85.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: High Peak[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Spencer Le Marchant	19,558	43.7
	Labour	Peter Michael Jackson	18,054	40.4
	Liberal	Dennis Ian Wrigley	7,119	15.9
Majority			1,504	3.4
Turnout				80.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: High Peak[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Michael Jackson	16,938	41.3
	Conservative	David Walder	16,124	39.3
	Liberal	Dennis Ian Wrigley	7,990	19.5
Majority			814	2.0
Turnout				84.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1964: High Peak[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Walder	15,753	38.1
	Labour	John Roper	14,416	34.9
	Liberal	Dennis Ian Wrigley	11,147	27.0
Majority			1,337	3.2
Turnout				85.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

High Peak by-election, 1961[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Walder	13,069
	Labour	Wilfred McCormack Halsall	11,201
	Liberal	Dennis Ian Wrigley	10,674
Majority			1,868
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: High Peak[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Molson	18,738	46.0
	Labour	Bernard Conlan	13,827	34.0
	Liberal	Stephen R. Cawley	8,138	20.0
Majority			4,911	12.1
Turnout				82.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: High Peak[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Molson	19,094	48.4
	Labour	N. McBride	13,652	34.6
	Liberal	Stephen R. Cawley	6,712	17.0
Majority			5,442	13.8
Turnout				79.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: High Peak[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Molson	21,305	49.0
	Labour	Wilfred McCormack Halsall	18,127	41.7
	Liberal	Stephen R. Cawley	4,070	9.4
Majority			3,178	7.3
Turnout				85.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: High Peak[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Molson	19,740	45.7
	Labour	Wilfred McCormack Halsall	16,933	39.2
	Liberal	Tom Stuttard Rothwell	6,539	15.1
Majority			2,807	6.5
Turnout				85.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: High Peak[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Molson	18,113	45.5
	Labour	Wilfred McCormack Halsall	15,454	38.8
	Liberal	Tom Stuttard Rothwell	6,230	15.7
Majority			2,659	6.7
Turnout				77.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

At the High Peak by-election, 1939, Hugh Molson was elected unopposed.

General Election 1935: High Peak[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Alfred Joseph Law	19,145	53.9
	Labour	R. W. Wright	9,559	26.9
	Liberal	L. Radcliffe	6,831	19.2
Majority			9,586	27.00
Turnout				72.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: High Peak[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Alfred Joseph Law	27,577	74.1
	Labour	George Bagnall	9,640	25.9
Majority			17,937	48.2
Turnout			37,217
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: High Peak [41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Alfred Joseph Law	16,406	43.1	-10.2
	Liberal	Robert McDougall	11,083	29.1	-17.6
	Labour	George Henry Bagnall	10,567	27.8	n/a
Majority			5,323	14.0	+7.4
Turnout				80.9	+4.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	+3.7

General Election 1924: High Peak[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Samuel Hill Hill-Wood	14,560	53.3
	Liberal	Robert McDougall	12,772	46.7
Majority			1,788	6.6
Turnout			27,332	76.8
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1923: High Peak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Samuel Hill Hill-Wood	12,162	44.6	-1.2
	Liberal	Robert McDougall	9,432	34.6	+7.5
	Labour	Frank Anderson	5,684	20.8	-6.3
Majority			2,730	10.0	-15.4
Turnout				78.2	-4.7
	Unionist hold		Swing	-4.4

Lady Anna Barlow

General Election 1922: High Peak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Samuel Hill Hill-Wood	14,892	52.5	-6.3
	Labour	Frank Anderson	7,698	27.1	n/a
	Liberal	Hon. Lady Anna Barlow	5,802	20.4
Majority			7,194	25.4
Turnout				82.9	+20.6
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: High Peak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Samuel Hill Hill-Wood	12,118
	Liberal	Capt Clifford Brookes MD	8,504
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

• endorsed by the Coalition Government.

General Election December 1910: High Peak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Hill Hill-Wood	5,813	50.8	+0.3
	Liberal	Oswald Partington	5,629	49.2	-0.3
Turnout			11,442	92.2
Majority			184	1.6	+0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.3

General Election January 1910: High Peak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Oswald Partington	5,912	50.5	-1.1
	Conservative	Samuel Hill-Wood	5,806	49.5	+1.1
Majority				1.0	-2.2
Turnout				94.4	+3.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.1

Oswald Partington

High Peak by-election, 1909
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Oswald Partington	5,619	51.5
	Conservative	Albert Peter Anthony Profumo	5,272	48.4
Majority			347	3.2
Turnout				91.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election January 1906:High Peak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Oswald Partington	5,450	53.9
	Conservative	Albert Peter Anthony Profumo	4,662	46.1
Majority			788	7.8	+6.0
Turnout				90.7	+4.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire

Notes and references

References

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
• Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
• Politics Resources (Election results from 1931 to the present)

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Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

Coordinates: 53°21′N 1°51′W / 53.35°N 1.85°W