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Calder Valley — 2010

Craig Whittaker (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,397 votes39.4% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Craig Whittaker Conservative Party 20,397−10.6 ptsElected
2Stephanie Booth Labour Party 13,966
3Hilary Myers Liberal Democrats 13,037
4John Gregory British National Party 1,823
5Greg Burrows UK Independence Party 1,173
6Kate Sweeny Green Party 858
7Tim Cole Independent 194
8Barry Greenwood Independent 175
9Paul Rogan English Democrats 157

Electorate 76,903 · Turnout 67.3% · Majority 6,431 · Back to 2010 overview

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.