Photo: Mikey from Somewhere in Greater Manchester, UK · CC BY 2.0Labour holds a majority on High Peak Borough Council
Hadfield is run by High Peak Borough Council, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and Derbyshire County Council. Labour has a majority on High Peak Borough Council and Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Reform UK has a majority on Derbyshire County Council. Most of Hadfield is in High Peak (MP Jon Pearce, Labour); 39% of residents are in Stalybridge and Hyde (MP Jonathan Reynolds, Labour).
£2,391
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Hadfield’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on High Peak Borough Council
Labour holds a majority on High Peak Borough Council: 29 of its 43 seats as elected. The Conservatives hold 10, the Greens 2, the Liberal Democrats 1 and independents 1. Who’s in charge ↓
Derbyshire changed hands in 2025
Derbyshire County Council, which runs schools, social care and roads, went from a Conservative majority (43 of 64 seats in 2021) to a Reform UK majority at the May 2025 election: Reform UK won 41 of 64 seats. Derbyshire ↓
The 2026 vote
Across Hadfield’s wards, Reform UK took 39.3%, the Conservatives took 20.3% and Labour took 20% of votes in May 2026. In 2024, Reform UK had 0%. How Hadfield has voted ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Hadfield is £2,347 for 2026–27; High Peak Borough Council keeps 10% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 48% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats on Hadfield’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 22 of High Peak’s 43 or 33 of Tameside’s 65 or 33 of Derbyshire’s 64 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour29
- Conservative10
- Green2
- Independent1
- Liberal Democrat1
Latest election: May 2023.
- Labour37
- Reform UK19
- Conservative5
- Independent2
Latest election: May 2026.
- Reform UK41+41
- Conservative12−31
- Green3+2
- Labour3−13
- Liberal Democrat3−1
- Independent2+2
Change against the council before the 1 May 2025 election.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
Two tiers of council, and a parish tier
Hadfield has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
The parish council for the part of Hadfield inside Tintwistle parish.
9% of Hadfield’s residents · Band D precept £54
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
61% of Hadfield’s residents
Website ↗Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
Who runs Hadfield: same source as Who runs Hadfield, above.
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
Website ↗Transport, skills and regeneration across several council areas. It is led by an elected mayor.
Mayor: Claire Ward (Labour and Co-operative), elected May 2024
Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.
91% of Hadfield’s residents live outside any parish, with no parish council.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Hadfield, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parishParish tierTintwistle parish council
- 2Council wards6 wards · 11 councillorsLabour 6 · Conservative 3 · Reform UK 3 · all 12
- 3Derbyshire County Council2 divisions · 2 councillorsJason Derek IsherwoodJean Wharmby
- 4Mayor of East Midlands Combined County AuthorityEast Midlands Combined County Authority · elected May 2024Claire Ward
- 5Mayor of Greater ManchesterGreater Manchester · elected July 2026Bev Craig
- 6Police and crime commissionerDerbyshire Constabulary · elected May 2024Nicolle Ndiweni
- 7House of CommonsSplit between 2 constituencies
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
11 councillors for 6 wards
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Greg McNallyReform UK · May 2026
- Allan HopwoodReform UK · April 2025 · by-election
- Jacqueline Clair OwenLabour · May 2024
- Edward SiddallLabour and Co-operative · May 2023
- Bob MckeownLabour and Co-operative · May 2023
- Gillian CrossLabour · May 2023
- Rob BakerLabour · May 2023
- Ollie CrossLabour · May 2023
- Jenny Ardron-AdamsReform UK · May 2026
- David TilbrookConservative · May 2024
- Doreen DickinsonConservative · May 2023
- Liam BillingtonConservative · May 2023
Show as a table, with Derbyshire County Council’s 2 divisions (2 councillors)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| LongdendaleTameside · 44% in Hadfield · 5,768 residents3 seats · May 2026, April 2025, May 2024 | 3 | Greg McNallyAllan Hopwoodby-electionJacqueline Clair Owen | May 2026, April 2025, May 2024 |
| Hadfield SouthHigh Peak · mostly in Hadfield · 3,620 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | Edward SiddallBob Mckeown | May 2023 |
| Hadfield NorthHigh Peak · all in Hadfield · 2,345 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Gillian Cross | May 2023 |
| TintwistleHigh Peak · all in Hadfield · 2,224 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Rob Baker | May 2023 |
| PadfieldHigh Peak · mostly in Hadfield · 1,471 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Ollie Cross | May 2023 |
| Stalybridge SouthTameside · 5% in Hadfield · 593 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 | 3 | Jenny Ardron-AdamsDavid TilbrookDoreen DickinsonLiam Billington | May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 |
Derbyshire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Etherow EDmostly in Hadfield · 8,189 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Jason Derek Isherwood | May 2025 |
| Glossop North ED19% in Hadfield · 1,721 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Jean Wharmby | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. High Peak Borough Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Labour led each vote to 2024; Reform UK led in 2026
Share of all votes cast for candidates in Hadfield’s wards at each scheduled council election since 2021. A gap is a year with no election here.
Seats won at each election
Show as a table
| Party | 2023 | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 8.1% | 15.3% | 15% |
| Labour | 54.9% | 48.4% | 20% |
| Conservative | 37% | 36.3% | 20.3% |
| Reform UK | 0% | 0% | 39.3% |
In 2026, Reform UK won 2 of the 2 seats up in Hadfield’s wards.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.
Tameside council election, May 2026
Results in the wards that make up Hadfield, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
2 wards voted. Not every seat in the town’s wards was up this time.
No election is scheduled yet for Hadfield’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗3,474 votes for candidates
3,888 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Hadfield is split between 2 constituencies
The constituencies’ MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result.
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024
61% of Hadfield’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 66% (England 60%).
Majority 7,908 of 49,206 votes (16.1%): wider than in 57% of England’s 543 constituencies.
Labour, MP since 6 May 2010
39% of Hadfield’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 52% (England 60%).
Majority 8,539 of 37,239 votes (22.9%): wider than in 73% of England’s 543 constituencies.
49,206 votes for candidates · majority 7,908
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 49,206 votes from 74,385 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 7,908 of 49,206 votes (16.1%): wider than in 57% of England’s 543 constituencies.
Stalybridge and Hyde
37,239 votes for candidates · majority 8,539
Labour, MP since 6 May 2010.
turnout in July 2024: 37,239 votes from 72,265 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 8,539 of 37,239 votes (22.9%): wider than in 73% of England’s 543 constituencies.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Hadfield’s Band D council tax is £2,347 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
High Peak Borough Council keeps £230.89 of a Band D bill (10%); the rest goes to Derbyshire County Council, the Derbyshire police and crime commissioner and the Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Authority.
Across the whole town the average Band D is £2,391 (parishes differ; weighted by residents).
Band D since 1993
High Peak’s Band D bill has risen 48% in ten years, from £1,609.40 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £612.00 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in the unparished part of High Peak, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Derbyshire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,200.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Derbyshire
| High Peak + Derbyshire | Hadfield’s councils | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £477 | £450 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £228 | £260 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £17 | £30 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £23 | £24 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £124 | £125 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £43 | £43 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £28 | £22 | £26 |
| Public health | £72 | £79 | £78 |
| Running the council | £75 | £60 | £59 |
| Other | £0 | £28 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,088 | £1,120 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: High Peak per its residents plus Derbyshire per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Derbyshire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Hadfield is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
highpeak.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
highpeak.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Hadfield is run
Which council runs Hadfield?
The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Hadfield have a town council?
Parts of it do: Tintwistle parish council.
Who is the MP for Hadfield?
Hadfield is split between 2 constituencies: High Peak (Jon Pearce, Labour) and Stalybridge and Hyde (Jonathan Reynolds, Labour). Parliament’s Find your MP service matches a postcode to its MP.
How many councillors does Hadfield have?
11 ward councillors represent Hadfield’s 6 wards, and 2 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Hadfield?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Hadfield’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Hadfield?
Band D council tax in Hadfield is £2,391 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls High Peak Borough Council?
Labour has a majority: 29 of 43 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2026 council election in Hadfield?
In Hadfield’s wards on 7 May 2026, Reform UK 2 of the 2 seats up. Reform UK had the largest share of votes, 39.3%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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