General Election Hustings

Buxton Methodist Church on the Market Place

The We Are Buxton Community Forum (WAB), made up of eight active groups in the town (see list below), is hosting a General Election Hustings prior to the country going to the polls on 4th July.

On Wednesday 26th June the parliamentary candidates for High Peak will be answering your questions from 7:30pm in the Methodist Church on the Market Place.

The five High Peak candidates are; Conservative – Robert Largan, Green – Joanna Collins, Labour – Jonathan Pearce, Liberal Democrats – Dr Peter Hirst, and Reform – Catherine Cullen. As of 10 June all the candidates have confirmed their participation except Robert Largan who will now not be attending.

The Buxton Hustings will be Chaired by Ian Muir-Cochrane, Journalist and BBC Presenter, supported by Simon Fussell as Fact Checker on the night. After a brief introduction, some questions submitted in advance will get the discussion flowing, then questions from the floor. If you’d like to suggest a question in advance, please email simon.fussell@gmail.com before 20 June. Please be aware that similar questions may get combined.

Attendance is free and open to everyone, and there is no specific topic or theme to the event. What do you want to ask? This is a face to face event, it will not be recorded or broadcast. This is your opportunity to see and hear from the five people who each want to be the next MP for High Peak.

We Are Buxton Community Forum (WAB) is made up of 8 active groups:  Accessible Buxton, Buxton Civic Association, Buxton Town Team, Churches Together in Buxton, Connex, Friends of Buxton Station, Transition Buxton, and Vision Buxton.  Group representatives meet every couple of months to enable collaboration and with Borough & County Council colleagues a few times a year.  WAB has no website, staff, or social media presence of its own, just the resources of the constituent groups.