High Peak: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for High Peak is Jon Pearce (Labour), returned on 4 July 2024. Jon Pearce took the seat for Labour in July 2024 with 22,533 votes (45.8%), ahead of Robert Largan (Conservative) on 14,625. Turnout, counted as valid votes over the electorate, was 66.2% (49,206 of 74,385); the winning margin was 7,908 votes.
Key figures
What the figures show
On the official figures, High Peak has the 19th lowest population of the 575 constituencies with this figure (91,959).
About 92,000 people live in High Peak: the ONS figure for mid-2024 is 91,959. Children under 16 numbered 14,973; people aged 65 and over, 21,296.
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 70.5% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 9.6 points. The economically inactive share was 23.9%.
2,936 children in High Peak were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 19.6% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. Before housing costs the share was 15.5% in 2024/25, from 13.7% in 2021/22.
Median annual pay for full-time work was £32,945 for jobs in High Peak and £37,184 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). A year before, the residents' median was £34,233. The residents' figure ranks 252nd lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
Half of the homes sold in the year to March 2026 went for more than £260,000 and half for less. That is up 58% on £165,000 ten years before. The highest March-year median in the series was £265,000, in the year to March 2025. It ranks 245th lowest of 575 constituencies. The figure rests on 1,271 recorded sales.
In September 2026, 2.5% of 16 to 64 year olds in High Peak were claimants (1,395 people). September 2025 had 1,315.
4,425 business sites were registered in High Peak in March 2026 (4,405 a year before), and employed 32,000 people in 2024.
Census 2021: 40,772 households, 168.7 people per square kilometre, 29.1% of workers based at home, 26.1% of adults retired.
MP
Jon Pearce, Labour
- MP for High Peak since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Jon Pearce on this site
In Parliament
What Jon Pearce said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 10 September 2026 to 27 October 2026). Hansard search returns 139 spoken contributions by Jon Pearce since 4 July 2024.
About 13 million people have been displaced in Sudan, but they are far from safe. Earlier this month, a drone strike near one of the displacement centres in Blue Nile killed 31 people, mostly women and children. This is the world’s biggest humanitarian disaster.
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I thank Sir David Bell for his report, which is as depressing as it is unsurprising. Its finding is that antisemitism in our schools is on the rise, but we know it is rising not just in our schools, but across societies and across the world.
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My hon. Friend is making a hugely powerful and, I think, intelligent speech. He may well come on to this, but will he join me in asking the Government to redouble their efforts to secure the international fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace, which would give those communities a …
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By the time I was 18, I had already had five years’ work experience stacking shelves in the local supermarket and making Big Macs in McDonald’s. Sadly, too many young people today do not have access to work experience.
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It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bishop Auckland (Sam Rushworth) for securing this important debate.
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Read from the Hansard API on 27 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Pearce | Labour | 22,533 | 45.8% | +1.0 |
| Robert Largan | Conservative | 14,625 | 29.7% | −16.1 |
| Catherine Cullen | Reform UK | 6,959 | 14.1% | +12.0 |
| Joanna Collins | Green Party | 3,382 | 6.9% | +4.8 |
| Peter Hirst | Liberal Democrat | 1,707 | 3.5% | −1.6 |
Result summary as published: Lab gain from Con. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 45.8% | Conservative 29.7% | 7,908 | 66.2% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 45.9% | Labour 44.8% | 590 | 73.3% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
High Peak lies within High Peak.
- High Peak E07000037
Who has power over High Peak
Every body that makes decisions for High Peak, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Derbyshire County Council county council
- East Midlands Combined Authority combined authority
- Derbyshire Constabulary police force
- NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board NHS
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- East Midlands in official figures
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- High Peak this page: Jon Pearce (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for High Peak?
UK Parliament lists Jon Pearce, Labour, as the Member of Parliament for High Peak since the July 2024 general election.
What was the 2024 general election result in High Peak?
Jon Pearce (Labour) won with 22,533 votes, a majority of 7,908, on a turnout of 66.2% (House of Commons Library).
What is the unemployment claimant rate in High Peak?
2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 in September 2026, 1,395 people, on the ONS claimant count.
What is the average house price in High Peak?
The median price paid was £260,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry sales).
What is the average salary in High Peak?
Median full-time pay of residents was £37,184 a year in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).
How many children in High Peak live in low income families?
DWP counts 2,936 (19.6% of under-16s) in relative low income after housing costs for 2024/25.
What is the population of High Peak?
The ONS estimate for mid-2024 is 91,959 residents.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.