High Peak
East Midlands · County constituency · High Peak borough
About the High Peak constituency
High Peak is a county constituency in the East Midlands. The sitting MP is Jon Pearce (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 45.8% to 29.7% for the Conservatives, a majority of 7,908 votes on a 66.2% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 38.0% and the Conservatives on 25.4%, a margin of 12.6 points.
Who lives in High Peak? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did High Peak vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of High Peak
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
High Peak within High Peak
High Peak sits entirely within High Peak Council. High Peak was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| High Peak | 100% |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barms | Labour 47.6%vs Conservative 26.6% | 2023 Labour 54.2%vs Conservative 36.6% | - | 33.8% |
| Blackbrook | Labour 40.8%vs Conservative 33.8% | 2023 Labour 38.3%vs Conservative 26.8% | - | 89.4% |
| Burbage | Labour 43.2%vs Conservative 31.0% | 2023 Labour 45.5%vs Conservative 41.0% | - | 37.5% |
| Buxton Central | Labour 50.2%vs Conservative 23.9% | 2023 Labour 57.8%vs Conservative 31.2% | - | 38.4% |
| Chapel East | Labour 41.8%vs Conservative 35.5% | 2023 Conservative 45.0%vs Labour 43.9% | - | 35.8% |
| Chapel West | Labour 40.8%vs Conservative 36.0% | 2023 Labour 48.1%vs Conservative 45.5% | - | 42.4% |
| Corbar | Labour 44.2%vs Conservative 33.4% | 2023 Labour 36.1%vs Conservative 28.8% | - | 51.4% |
| Cote Heath | Labour 43.1%vs Conservative 30.6% | 2023 Conservative 47.5%vs Labour 45.2% | - | 37.6% |
| Dinting | Labour 43.1%vs Conservative 35.4% | 2023 Conservative 43.7%vs Labour 41.9% | - | 50.5% |
| Gamesley | Labour 51.8%vs Reform 20.1% | 2023 Labour 75.7%vs Conservative 14.4% | - | 16.0% |
| Hadfield North | Labour 50.7%vs Conservative 22.0% | 2023 Labour 65.9%vs Conservative 24.7% | - | 26.3% |
| Hadfield South | Labour 49.6%vs Conservative 27.7% | 2023 Labour 60.6%vs Conservative 31.4% | - | 34.8% |
| Hayfield | Labour 44.6%vs Conservative 33.0% | 2023 Labour 60.4%vs Conservative 30.8% | - | 52.6% |
| Hope Valley | Labour 37.1%vs Conservative 36.3% | 2023 Green 54.0%vs Conservative 37.5% | - | 53.1% |
| Howard Town | Labour 53.4%vs Conservative 21.4% | 2023 Labour 68.0%vs Conservative 20.9% | - | 39.7% |
| Limestone Peak | Conservative 37.6%vs Labour 36.8% | 2023 Conservative 60.6%vs Labour 27.7% | - | 32.4% |
| New Mills East | Labour 48.9%vs Conservative 24.4% | 2023 Labour 58.5%vs Lib Dem 26.8% | - | 29.0% |
| New Mills West | Labour 51.7%vs Conservative 23.8% | 2023 Labour 53.2%vs Lib Dem 22.2% | - | 45.3% |
| Old Glossop | Labour 44.2%vs Conservative 31.8% | 2023 Conservative 47.0%vs Labour 42.3% | - | 52.5% |
| Padfield | Labour 53.0%vs Conservative 24.1% | 2023 Labour 76.6%vs Conservative 17.5% | - | 38.8% |
| Sett | Labour 42.7%vs Conservative 34.5% | 2023 Labour 55.0%vs Conservative 36.9% | - | 51.3% |
| Simmondley | Labour 43.8%vs Conservative 34.1% | 2023 Labour 54.4%vs Conservative 45.6% | - | 45.9% |
| St John's | Labour 38.6%vs Conservative 38.1% | 2023 Labour 55.4%vs Conservative 44.6% | - | 44.2% |
| Stone Bench | Labour 49.6%vs Conservative 24.1% | 2023 Labour 62.0%vs Conservative 29.7% | - | 26.2% |
| Temple | Labour 41.5%vs Conservative 36.5% | 2023 Conservative 44.1%vs Labour 36.8% | - | 51.8% |
| Tintwistle | Labour 51.9%vs Conservative 24.4% | 2023 Labour 71.3%vs Conservative 20.0% | - | 32.7% |
| Whaley Bridge | Labour 44.6%vs Conservative 30.1% | 2023 Labour 46.6%vs Lib Dem 28.5% | - | 51.2% |
| Whitfield | Labour 56.5%vs Conservative 19.2% | 2023 Labour 73.4%vs Conservative 16.7% | - | 30.1% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for High Peak at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won High Peak at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Con gain from Lab | Andrew Bingham | 31.6% | 40.9% | 21.8% | 4,677 | 70.4% |
| 2015 | Con hold | Andrew Bingham | 35.3% | 45.0% | 4.7% | 4,894 | 69.3%-1.1 |
| 2017 | Lab gain from Con | Ruth George | 49.7% | 45.4% | 5.0% | 2,322 | 73.5%+4.2 |
| 2019notional | Conservative winner | Robert Largan 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 44.8% | 45.9% | 5.1% | 590 | 73.2%-0.3 |
| 2024 | Lab gain from Con | Jon Pearce | 45.8% | 29.7% | 3.5% | 7,908 | 66.2%-7.0 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like High Peak
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to High Peak. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Owner-occupied71.0 / 71.1vs 61.9
- ↓Social rent12.1 / 12.1vs 16.8
- ↓Under 3524.6 / 25.7vs 30.2
- ↑Owner-occupied71.0 / 70.0vs 61.9
- ↓Social rent12.1 / 11.6vs 16.8
- ↓Under 3524.6 / 25.9vs 30.2
- ↑Owner-occupied71.0 / 68.9vs 61.9
- ↓Under 3524.6 / 24.6vs 30.2
- ↓Social rent12.1 / 12.2vs 16.8
- ↑Owner-occupied71.0 / 73.6vs 61.9
- ↓Under 3524.6 / 25.2vs 30.2
- ↓Social rent12.1 / 11.6vs 16.8
- ↑Owner-occupied71.0 / 70.5vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent16.1 / 16.0vs 20.2
- ↓Social rent12.1 / 13.2vs 16.8
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
Show full source list
- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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