Calder Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Calder Valley
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Calder Valley in West Yorkshire
EnglandWestYorkshire.svg
Location of West Yorkshire within England
County West Yorkshire
Population102,961 (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)
SeatsOne
Created from Sowerby
Brighouse and Spenborough
Halifax [3]

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]

Contents

Constituency profile

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.

Boundaries

Calder Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of present boundaries

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.

Proposed

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]

History

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.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [6] [7] Party
1983 Sir Donald Thompson Conservative
1997 Christine McCafferty Labour
2010 Craig Whittaker Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Calder Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Josh Fenton-Glynn [8]
Reform UK Julie Hudson [9]
Conservative Vanessa Lee [10]
SDP James McNeill [11]
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Calder Valley [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Craig Whittaker 29,981 51.9 +5.8
Labour Josh Fenton-Glynn24,20741.9-3.2
Liberal Democrats Javed Bashir2,8844.9+1.5
Liberal Richard Phillips7211.2New
Majority5,77410.0+9.0
Turnout 57,79372.9-0.5
Conservative hold Swing +4.5
General election 2017: Calder Valley [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Craig Whittaker 26,790 46.1 +2.5
Labour Josh Fenton-Glynn26,18145.1+9.7
Liberal Democrats Janet Battye1,9523.4−1.6
UKIP Paul Rogan1,4662.6−8.5
Independent Robert Holden1,0341.8New
Green Kieran Turner6311.1-2.8
Majority6091.0−7.2
Turnout 58,05473.4+4.5
Conservative hold Swing −3.6
General election 2015: Calder Valley [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Craig Whittaker 23,354 43.6 +4.2
Labour Josh Fenton-Glynn18,92735.4+8.4
UKIP Paul Rogan5,95011.1+8.8
Liberal Democrats Alisdair McGregor2,6665.0−20.2
Green Jenny Shepherd2,0903.9+2.2
Yorkshire First Rod Sutcliffe3890.7New
World Peace Through Song Joe Stead1650.3New
Majority4,4278.2−4.0
Turnout 53,54168.9+1.6
Conservative hold Swing -2.1
General election 2010: Calder Valley [16] [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Craig Whittaker 20,397 39.4 +3.6
Labour Steph Booth13,96627.0−11.5
Liberal Democrats Hilary Myers13,03725.2+6.3
BNP John Gregory1,8233.5−0.4
UKIP Greg Burrows1,1732.3New
Green Kate Sweeny8581.7−1.2
Independent Tim Cole1940.4New
Independent Barry Greenwood1750.3New
English Democrat Paul Rogan1570.3New
Majority6,43112.4N/A
Turnout 51,78067.3+1.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +7.6

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Calder Valley [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine McCafferty 18,426 38.6 −4.1
Conservative Liz Truss 17,05935.7−0.5
Liberal Democrats Liz Ingleton9,02718.9+2.9
BNP John Gregory1,8874.0New
Green Paul Palmer1,3712.9+0.7
Majority1,3672.9−3.6
Turnout 47,77067.0+4.0
Labour hold Swing −1.8
General election 2001: Calder Valley [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine McCafferty 20,244 42.7 −3.4
Conservative Susan Robson-Catling17,15036.2+1.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Taylor7,59616.0+1.3
Green Steven Hutton1,0342.2+1.3
UKIP John Nunn7291.5New
Legalise Cannabis Philip Lockwood6721.4New
Majority3,0946.5-4.5
Turnout 47,42563.0−12.4
Labour hold Swing −2.3

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Calder Valley [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine McCafferty 26,050 46.1 +8.7
Conservative Donald Thompson 19,79535.1−10.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen Pearson8,32214.7−1.4
Referendum Anthony Mellor1,3802.4New
Green Vivienne Smith4880.9−0.1
BNP Christian Jackson4310.8New
Majority6,25511.0N/A
Turnout 56,46675.4−6.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +9.5
General election 1992: Calder Valley [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald Thompson 27,753 45.4 +1.9
Labour David Chaytor 22,87537.4+4.0
Liberal Democrats Stephen Pearson9,84216.1−7.0
Green Vivienne Smith6221.0New
Majority4,8788.0−2.1
Turnout 61,09282.1+1.0
Conservative hold Swing −1.1

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Calder Valley [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald Thompson 25,892 43.5 −0.2
Labour David Chaytor 19,84733.4+6.4
Liberal David Shutt 13,76123.1−6.3
Majority6,04510.1-4.2
Turnout 59,50081.1+2.6
Conservative hold Swing −3.3
General election 1983: Calder Valley [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald Thompson 24,439 43.7
Liberal David Shutt 16,44029.4
Labour Patricia Holmes15,10827.0
Majority7,99914.3
Turnout 55,98778.5
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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