UK general elections › 2015 › Calder Valley
Calder Valley — 2015
Craig Whittaker (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,354 votes— 43.6% 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
| 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 | 23,354 | 43.6% | −6.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Joshua Fenton-Glynn | Labour Party | 18,927 | 35.4% | — | |
| 3 | Paul Rogan | UK Independence Party | 5,950 | 11.1% | — | |
| 4 | Alisdair Calder McGregor | Liberal Democrats | 2,666 | 5.0% | — | |
| 5 | Jenny Shepherd | Green Party | 2,090 | 3.9% | — | |
| 6 | Rod Sutcliffe | Yorkshire First | 389 | 0.7% | — | |
| 7 | Joe Stead | World Peace Through Song | 165 | 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.