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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 23,35443.6%−6.4 ptsElected
2Joshua Fenton-Glynn Labour Party 18,92735.4%
3Paul Rogan UK Independence Party 5,95011.1%
4Alisdair Calder McGregor Liberal Democrats 2,6665.0%
5Jenny Shepherd Green Party 2,0903.9%
6Rod Sutcliffe Yorkshire First 3890.7%
7Joe Stead World Peace Through Song 1650.3%

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.