England · Constituency
Calder Valley
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Photograph shows Elland, a town in this constituency, not the whole of Calder Valley.
Your member of parliament
Josh Fenton-Glynn
LabourLabour won Calder Valley at the 2024 general election with a majority of 8,991 votes, or 18.1 points. A swing of 9.1 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 403 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 247.
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How safe is this seat?
Safe
A majority of 18.1 points, which is larger than 403 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Labour finished ahead of Conservative by 8,991 votes.
Majority
8,991
18.1% of votes cast.
Turnout
64.1%
+4.4 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
7
49,608 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Fenton-GlynnElected | Labour | 22,046 | 44.4% | +10.7 |
| Vanessa Lee | Conservative | 13,055 | 26.3% | +2.6 |
| Donald Walmsley | Reform UK | 7,644 | 15.4% | +1.1 |
| Kieran Turner | Green Party | 3,701 | 7.5% | +1.1 |
| Donal O'Hanlon | Liberal Democrat | 2,587 | 5.2% | -7.0 |
| James Vasey | The Yorkshire Party | 404 | 0.8% | +0.8 |
| Jim McNeill | Social Democratic Party | 171 | 0.3% | +0.2 |
Safe. A comfortable margin. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.
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