Edwina Currie is a British writer,broadcaster and former politician,serving as Conservative Party Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire from 1983 until 1997. She was a Junior Health Minister for two years,resigning in 1988 during the salmonella-in-eggs controversy.
Gisela Stuart,Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston is a British-German politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston from 1997 to 2017. A former member of the Labour Party,she now sits as a crossbencher in the House of Lords.
Caroline Louise Flint is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Don Valley from 1997 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party,she attended the Cabinet as Minister for Housing and Planning in 2008 and Minister for Europe from 2008 to 2009.
Dame Margaret Olivia Hillier,known as Meg Hillier,is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney South and Shoreditch at the 2005 general election. Hillier was a junior government minister (2007–10) and was succeeded by Caroline Flint as Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in the Labour Party October 2011 reshuffle. She has chaired the Public Accounts Committee since 2015.
Dame Diana Ruth Johnson is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull North since the 2005 general election. A member of the Labour Party,she was elected as Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee on 15 December 2021,replacing Yvette Cooper.
Whaley Bridge is a town and civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire,England. It is situated on the River Goyt,16 miles (26 km) south-east of Manchester,7 miles (11 km) north of Buxton,9 miles (14 km) north-east of Macclesfield and 28 miles (45 km) west of Sheffield. It had a population of 6,455 at the 2011 census,including Furness Vale,Horwich End,Bridgemont,Fernilee,Stoneheads and Taxal.
High Peak is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Robert Largan,a Conservative.
Derbyshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire in England. The council is based at County Hall in Matlock. Since 2017 the council has been under Conservative majority control.
High Peak Borough Council is the local authority for High Peak,a non-metropolitan district with borough status in Derbyshire,England. The administrative base of High Peak Borough Council is split between sites in the towns of Buxton and Glossop. Full council meetings are usually held at the Pavilion Gardens in Buxton. The council is elected every four years.
Matthew Toby Perkins is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chesterfield since 2010. He has served as Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs since 2023. He previously served as Shadow Minister for Apprentices and Lifelong Learning from April 2020 to September 2023 and was Shadow Minister for Small Business under Ed Miliband and Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces under Jeremy Corbyn.
Heather Kay Wheeler is a British Conservative Party politician,who was first elected at the 2010 general election as the member of Parliament (MP) for South Derbyshire,taking the seat from the Labour Party after 13 years.
Pauline Elizabeth Latham,is a British Conservative Party politician,who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Derbyshire.
Andrew Russell Bingham is a British Conservative Party politician and former Member of Parliament (MP). He was first elected as the MP for High Peak in Derbyshire at the 2010 general election,gaining the seat from Labour. Bingham was appointed the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister of State for the Armed Forces Mark Francois MP in July 2014. He lost his seat to the Labour candidate,Ruth George,at the 2017 general election.
Andrew Iain Lewer is a British Conservative Party politician,who has been the Member of Parliament for Northampton South since the 2017 general election. He has previously served as Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands from 2014 to 2017.
Catherine Elizabeth West is an Australian-born Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornsey and Wood Green in May 2015.
Carolyn Harris is a Welsh politician serving as Deputy Leader of Welsh Labour since 2018. She has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea East since 2015.
Lisa Jane Forbes is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Peterborough from a June 2019 by-election to the general election in December that year.
Robert Largan is a British Conservative Party politician,who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for High Peak at the 2019 general election. He has been serving as Assistant Government Whip since October 2022.
Alexandra Davies-Jones is a Welsh politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd since 2019. A member of the Labour Party,she is Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding.
The Derbyshire County Council elections took place alongside the other 2021 local elections. All 64 seats to Derbyshire County Council were contested. The Conservatives retained control of the council with an increased majority. In addition,the Green Party gained representation for the first time.
