Calder Valley is a constituency in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Craig Whittaker, a Conservative.[n 1]
Calder Valley | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Yorkshire |
Population | 102,961 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 77,504 (December 2019)[2] |
Major settlements | Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Brighouse |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Craig Whittaker (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Sowerby Brighouse and Spenborough Halifax[3] |
The constituency covers most of the upland metropolitan district of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, including the town of Todmorden which was formerly split in half between Lancashire and Yorkshire. Hebden Bridge and Todmorden are known for their bohemian culture and are more Labour-leaning, whereas Elland and Brighouse tend to vote Conservative,[4] making the seat marginal overall.
Since the constituency's creation in 1983, it has comprised the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale wards of Brighouse, Calder, Elland, Greetland and Stainland, Hipperholme and Lightcliffe, Luddendenfoot, Rastrick, Ryburn, and Todmorden.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be unchanged, apart from the loss of part of the Ryburn ward (polling districts MB, MC and MD) to Halifax in order to bring the electorate within the permitted range.[5]
The constituency was created in 1983, primarily from the former seat of Sowerby as well as parts of Brighouse and Spenborough. Historically a bellwether seat between Labour and the Conservatives, at the 2010 general election the seat became the closest three-way marginal in the north of England, with less than 1,000 votes between the Labour candidate in second place and the Liberal Democrat candidate in third, although with a significant Conservative majority. The seat's three-way marginal status did not last; the Labour vote increased significantly in both 2015 and 2017 while the Liberal Democrat vote collapsed dramatically over the same period. The seat has followed national trends, albeit with a disadvantage to the Conservatives when compared to the national swing, and is still considered a bellwether seat.
Election | Member[6][7] | Party | |
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1983 | Sir Donald Thompson | Conservative | |
1997 | Christine McCafferty | Labour | |
2010 | Craig Whittaker | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Josh Fenton-Glynn[8] | ||||
Reform UK | Julie Hudson[9] | ||||
Conservative | Vanessa Lee[10] | ||||
SDP | James McNeill[11] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Craig Whittaker | 29,981 | 51.9 | +5.8 | |
Labour | Josh Fenton-Glynn | 24,207 | 41.9 | -3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Javed Bashir | 2,884 | 4.9 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | Richard Phillips | 721 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 5,774 | 10.0 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 57,793 | 72.9 | -0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Craig Whittaker | 26,790 | 46.1 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Josh Fenton-Glynn | 26,181 | 45.1 | +9.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Battye | 1,952 | 3.4 | −1.6 | |
UKIP | Paul Rogan | 1,466 | 2.6 | −8.5 | |
Independent | Robert Holden | 1,034 | 1.8 | New | |
Green | Kieran Turner | 631 | 1.1 | -2.8 | |
Majority | 609 | 1.0 | −7.2 | ||
Turnout | 58,054 | 73.4 | +4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Craig Whittaker | 23,354 | 43.6 | +4.2 | |
Labour | Josh Fenton-Glynn | 18,927 | 35.4 | +8.4 | |
UKIP | Paul Rogan | 5,950 | 11.1 | +8.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alisdair McGregor | 2,666 | 5.0 | −20.2 | |
Green | Jenny Shepherd | 2,090 | 3.9 | +2.2 | |
Yorkshire First | Rod Sutcliffe | 389 | 0.7 | New | |
World Peace Through Song | Joe Stead | 165 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 4,427 | 8.2 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 53,541 | 68.9 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Craig Whittaker | 20,397 | 39.4 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Steph Booth | 13,966 | 27.0 | −11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hilary Myers | 13,037 | 25.2 | +6.3 | |
BNP | John Gregory | 1,823 | 3.5 | −0.4 | |
UKIP | Greg Burrows | 1,173 | 2.3 | New | |
Green | Kate Sweeny | 858 | 1.7 | −1.2 | |
Independent | Tim Cole | 194 | 0.4 | New | |
Independent | Barry Greenwood | 175 | 0.3 | New | |
English Democrat | Paul Rogan | 157 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 6,431 | 12.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,780 | 67.3 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Christine McCafferty | 18,426 | 38.6 | −4.1 | |
Conservative | Liz Truss | 17,059 | 35.7 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Liz Ingleton | 9,027 | 18.9 | +2.9 | |
BNP | John Gregory | 1,887 | 4.0 | New | |
Green | Paul Palmer | 1,371 | 2.9 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 1,367 | 2.9 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 47,770 | 67.0 | +4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Christine McCafferty | 20,244 | 42.7 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | Susan Robson-Catling | 17,150 | 36.2 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Taylor | 7,596 | 16.0 | +1.3 | |
Green | Steven Hutton | 1,034 | 2.2 | +1.3 | |
UKIP | John Nunn | 729 | 1.5 | New | |
Legalise Cannabis | Philip Lockwood | 672 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 3,094 | 6.5 | -4.5 | ||
Turnout | 47,425 | 63.0 | −12.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Christine McCafferty | 26,050 | 46.1 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | Donald Thompson | 19,795 | 35.1 | −10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Pearson | 8,322 | 14.7 | −1.4 | |
Referendum | Anthony Mellor | 1,380 | 2.4 | New | |
Green | Vivienne Smith | 488 | 0.9 | −0.1 | |
BNP | Christian Jackson | 431 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 6,255 | 11.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 56,466 | 75.4 | −6.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Donald Thompson | 27,753 | 45.4 | +1.9 | |
Labour | David Chaytor | 22,875 | 37.4 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Pearson | 9,842 | 16.1 | −7.0 | |
Green | Vivienne Smith | 622 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 4,878 | 8.0 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 61,092 | 82.1 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Donald Thompson | 25,892 | 43.5 | −0.2 | |
Labour | David Chaytor | 19,847 | 33.4 | +6.4 | |
Liberal | David Shutt | 13,761 | 23.1 | −6.3 | |
Majority | 6,045 | 10.1 | -4.2 | ||
Turnout | 59,500 | 81.1 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Donald Thompson | 24,439 | 43.7 | ||
Liberal | David Shutt | 16,440 | 29.4 | ||
Labour | Patricia Holmes | 15,108 | 27.0 | ||
Majority | 7,999 | 14.3 | |||
Turnout | 55,987 | 78.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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