UK general elections › 2017 › Calder Valley
Calder Valley — 2017
Craig Whittaker (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,790 votes— 46.1% of 58,054 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. 46.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 58,054
| 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 | 26,790 | 46.1% | −3.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Josh Fenton-Glynn | Labour Party | 26,181 | 45.1% | — | |
| 3 | Janet Battye | Liberal Democrats | 1,952 | 3.4% | — | |
| 4 | Paul Rogan | UK Independence Party | 1,466 | 2.5% | — | |
| 5 | Robert Holden | Independent | 1,034 | 1.8% | — | |
| 6 | Kieran Turner | Green Party | 631 | 1.1% | — |
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.