England · Constituency
Spen Valley
Covers Cleckheaton · Heckmondwike · Mirfield · Howden Clough
Photograph shows Liversedge, a village in this constituency, not the whole of Spen Valley.
Your member of parliament
Kim Leadbeater
LabourLabour won Spen Valley at the 2024 general election with a majority of 6,188 votes, or 15.1 points. A swing of 7.5 points to Reform UK would take it. That makes it safer than 341 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 309.
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How safe is this seat?
Safe
A majority of 15.1 points, which is larger than 341 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Labour finished ahead of Reform UK by 6,188 votes.
Majority
6,188
15.1% of votes cast.
Turnout
56.5%
-3.2 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
6
41,058 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim LeadbeaterElected | Labour | 16,076 | 39.2% | +5.5 |
| Sarah Wood | Reform UK | 9,888 | 24.1% | +9.8 |
| Laura Evans | Conservative | 9,859 | 24.0% | +0.3 |
| Martin Price | Green Party | 2,284 | 5.6% | -0.8 |
| Javed Bashir | Independent | 1,526 | 3.7% | +1.7 |
| Alison Brelsford | Liberal Democrat | 1,425 | 3.5% | -8.7 |
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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