High Peak Borough Council is the local authority for High Peak, a borough of Derbyshire, England. It forms part of the two tier system of local government alongside Derbyshire County Council for High Peak. The administrative base of High Peak Borough Council is split between sites in the towns of Buxton and Glossop. Full council meetings are held in Chapel-en-le-Frith. Major settlements include the towns of Glossop, Buxton, New Mills, Whaley Bridge and Chapel-en-le-Frith. The whole council is elected once every four years. As of May 2011 the council is currently under No Overall Control, but has a minority Labour administration.
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