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Calder Valley — 2015

Craig Whittaker (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,354 votes43.6% of 53,541 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. 43.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,541

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 23,354−6.4 ptsElected
2Joshua Fenton-Glynn Labour Party 18,927
3Paul Rogan UK Independence Party 5,950
4Alisdair Calder McGregor Liberal Democrats 2,666
5Jenny Shepherd Green Party 2,090
6Rod Sutcliffe Yorkshire First 389
7Joe Stead World Peace Through Song 165

Electorate 77,754 · Turnout 68.9% · Majority 4,427 · Back to 2015 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.