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High Peak.

Labour Party-controlled district. £11m net revenue. 28 wards across 1 parliamentary constituency.

Typedistrict
Seats43 councillors · 28 wards
Last election4 May 2023
Net revenue · 2025-26
£11m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,276
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
29/43
Labour Party 67%
Westminster
1
constituencies overlap · 1 MP party
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.

High Peak is a district controlled by Labour Party (29 of 43 seats). Net revenue is £11m for 2025-26. It covers 28 wards spanning 1 parliamentary constituencies.

§ 01Composition.43 seats · last contested 4 May 2023

Who sits in the chamber.

Lab 29Con 10Green 2Independent Berwick Hills Resident 1LD 1

Labour Party 67% · last contested 4 May 2023

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Rachael QuinnLabBarms2023
Angela BenhamLabBlackbrook2023
Dan CapperIndBlackbrook2023
Chris PayneLabBurbage2023
Jean Marion ToddLabBuxton Central2023
Payge HackingLabBuxton Central2023
Nigel GourlayConChapel East2023
Kath SizelandConChapel West2023
Sally De PeeLabChapel West2023
Chris MortenConCorbar2023
Madeline Alice HallLabCorbar2023
Kev KirkhamConCote Heath2023
Showing 12 of 43·All 43 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

63%
Council tax
£7.2m · median 61%
25%
Central grants
£2.8m · median 26%
12%
Business rates
£1.4m · median 11%

Revenue mix is close to the councils (district) median: 63% council tax, 25% central grants.

Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)

Band-D bill.

Council slice£224
County / upper-tier£1,629
Police£294
Fire & rescue£93
GLA precept£0
Parish average£35
Total Band-D£2,276

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

For household tax breakdown

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§ 03Service spend, ranked against peers.6 buckets · vs 163 other councils (district)

How does High Peak split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (district)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.

Waste & Recycling47.9% of net spend · cohort median 32%
13 of 158+50% vs median
Corporate & Central20.4% of net spend · cohort median 27%
118 of 158-24% vs median
Culture & Leisure13.9% of net spend · cohort median 13%
72 of 158+4% vs median
Planning & Economic Development13.9% of net spend · cohort median 14%
85 of 158-4% vs median
Housing & Homelessness12.7% of net spend · cohort median 14%
91 of 158-10% vs median
Highways & Transport-8.8% of net spend · cohort median -2%
125 of 158
How to read these bars

The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.

Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.

§ 04Top suppliers.986 payments · £36.7m gross · 3 Dec 202527 Feb 2026

Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).

Top by total — last 180 days

SupplierPaidSharePmts
DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL£11.55m31.5%11
ABERDEEN LIQUIDITY FUND (LUX)£4.06m11.1%4
MHCLG£3.92m10.7%6
OXFORDSHIRE CC£2.60m7.1%2
DERBY CITY COUNCIL£2.23m6.1%3
ALLIANCE NORSE LTD£1.99m5.4%5
DERBYSHIRE POLICE AUTHORITY£1.97m5.4%2
ALLIANCE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED£1.75m4.8%28
ALLIANCE LEISURE LIMITED T/A MY ACTIVE£1.24m3.4%53
SANTANDER£1.00m2.7%1

By service area · top supplier

Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.

§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.28 wards split across 1 parliamentary seat
ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
High Peak28100% Jon PearceLab
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
CompositionDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Net revenueMHCLG Final LGFS
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
Service spendDerived from MHCLG CSP shares
vs 163 other councils (district)
Band-DMHCLG CSP · precept schedules
Police, Fire, Parish on top
SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
986 payments · 3 Dec 202527 Feb 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level