UK general elections › 2010 › Calder Valley
Calder Valley — 2010
Craig Whittaker (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,397 votes— 39.4% of 51,780 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 39.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,780
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Whittaker | Conservative Party | 20,397 | 39.4% | −10.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Stephanie Booth | Labour Party | 13,966 | 27.0% | — | |
| 3 | Hilary Myers | Liberal Democrats | 13,037 | 25.2% | — | |
| 4 | John Gregory | British National Party | 1,823 | 3.5% | — | |
| 5 | Greg Burrows | UK Independence Party | 1,173 | 2.3% | — | |
| 6 | Kate Sweeny | Green Party | 858 | 1.7% | — | |
| 7 | Tim Cole | Independent | 194 | 0.4% | — | |
| 8 | Barry Greenwood | Independent | 175 | 0.3% | — | |
| 9 | Paul Rogan | English Democrats | 157 | 0.3% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.