High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)

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High Peak County constituency
High Peak shown within Derbyshire, and Derbyshire shown within England
Created:	1885
MP:	Tom Levitt
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Derbyshire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

High Peak is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Elections in the 1930s 3.2 Elections in the 1940s 3.3 Elections in the 1950s 3.4 Elections in the 1960s 3.5 Elections in the 1970s 3.6 Elections in the 1980s 3.7 Elections in the 1990s 3.8 Elections in the 2000s 4 Refences 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers much of northern Derbyshire. Areas around the Hope Valley have a Conservative majority, whereas the north western part of the constituency, in Glossop (especially Gamesley), Hadfield and Tintwistle, is 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. Before the 1997 general election, Labour had only gained this seat once, in 1966. They have now held it for three consecutive general elections. Tintwistle (formerly in the Stalybridge and Hyde seat) was brought into High Peak in boundary changes for the 1983 general election.

Following the most recent review of parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire, the Boundary Commission for England has recommended the creation of a modified High Peak constituency which is co-terminous with the High Peak district.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	William Sidebottom	Conservative
	1900	Oswald Partington	Liberal
	December 1910	Samuel Hill-Wood	Conservative
	1929	Alfred Joseph Law	Conservative
	1939 by-election	Hugh Molson	Conservative
	1961 by-election	David Walder	Conservative
	1966	Peter Michael Jackson	Labour
	1970	Spencer Le Marchant	Conservative
	1983	Christopher Hawkins	Conservative
	1992	Charles Hendry	Conservative
	1997	Tom Levitt	Labour

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: High Peak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred 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

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

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: High Peak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Molson	18,113	45.5
	Labour	W. M. Halsall	15,454	38.8
	Liberal	T. S. Rothwell	6,230	15.7
Majority			2,659	6.7
Turnout				77.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: High Peak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Molson	19,740	45.7
	Labour	W. M. Halsall	16,933	39.2
	Liberal	T. S. Rothwell	6,539	15.1
Majority			2,807	6.5
Turnout				85.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

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

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

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

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

High Peak by-election, 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Walder	13,069
	Labour	W. M. Halsall	11,201
	Liberal	Dennis Wrigley	10,674
Majority			1,868
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

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

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

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

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

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

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

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

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

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

General Election 1987: High Peak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Hawkins	25,715	45.67	−0.7
	Labour	J. McCrindle	16,199	28.8	+2.7
	Social Democrat	J. Oldham	14,389	25.6	−2.0
Majority			9,516	16.9	−1.9
Turnout			56,303	80.5	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: High Peak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Hendry	27,538	46.0
	Labour	Tom Levitt	22,719	37.9
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Molloy	8,861	14.8
	Green	R. Floyd	794	1.3
Majority			4,819
Turnout				84.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: High Peak
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 Party	C. Hanson-Orr	1,420	2.5
Majority			8,791
Turnout				79.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1] [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ivan Bell
	Conservative	Andrew Bingham
	Labour	Tom Levitt
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Sharp

General Election 2001: High Peak
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

General Election 2005: High Peak
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
	UK Independence	Michael Schwarz	1,106	2.2	N/A
Majority			735	1.5%
Turnout				66.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.9

[edit] Refences

1. ^ High Peak, UKPollingReport
2. ^ Glossop Advertiser

• Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
• http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page (Complete list of MPs)

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire

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