The seat spans the Peak District, designated as Britain's first ever National Park in 1946, and boasts some of the country's most striking scenery.
Other than quarrying, there is little industry to be found in this seat other than in Glossop. The brooding moors and dark grit stone villages have attracted visitors for generations, as has the town of Buxton, whose famous spring waters are available in bottled form country-wide.
More recently, the seat has found fame as the filming location for the television series The League of Gentlemen.
The population of High Peak is almost exclusively white and has a relatively high proportion of professional and skilled non-manual workers. Unemployment here is below the national average and just below 75% of homes are owner-occupied.