Constituency profile

Calder Valley

Yorkshire and The Humber · County constituency · Calderdale borough

Josh Fenton-Glynn MP
Sitting MP

Josh Fenton-Glynn

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
Yorkshire and The Humber
County constituency, Calderdale council
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
53.2% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +1.3pp above mean
Current outlook
Labour +3.4pp
vs Conservative 26.9%
NorthernBrexit-marginal

About the Calder Valley constituency

Calder Valley is a county constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. The sitting MP is Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 44.4% to 26.3% for the Conservatives, a majority of 8,991 votes on a 64.1% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 30.4% and the Conservatives on 26.9%, a margin of 3.4 points.

Who lives in Calder Valley? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
53.2%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
35.5%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
15.9%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
68.9%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
30.5%
UK average ~36%
Median age
45.8
UK median ~40
Age 65+
25.1%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
24.6%
UK average ~28%

How did Calder Valley vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab gain from Con · majority 8,991 votes (18.1pp) · turnout 64.1%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Calder Valley

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Calder Valley within Calderdale

Calder Valley sits entirely within Calderdale Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Calderdale
62 LSOAs
100%View projection ›

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
BrighouseLabour 40.7%vs Conservative 29.6%May 2026 Reform 39.6%vs Conservative 25.5%
Labour→Reform
+24.0pp
-
CalderLabour 55.9%vs Conservative 19.4%2024 Labour 67.7%vs Green 14.4%-48.1%
EllandLabour 45.2%vs Conservative 23.9%May 2026 Reform 50.7%vs Green 15.2%
Labour→Reform
+34.1pp
-
Greetland and StainlandLabour 32.9%vs Conservative 29.0%2024 Lib Dem 51.0%vs Conservative 26.9%-35.2%
Hipperholme and LightcliffeLabour 36.8%vs Conservative 33.1%May 2026 Reform 38.0%vs Conservative 26.5%
Labour→Reform
+22.5pp
-
LuddendenfootLabour 49.7%vs Conservative 24.9%May 2026 Labour 36.5%vs Reform 32.0%
Labour share
-13.1pp
-
RastrickLabour 42.2%vs Conservative 29.6%May 2026 Reform 39.9%vs Conservative 23.9%
Labour→Reform
+23.6pp
-
RyburnLabour 36.5%vs Conservative 30.4%May 2026 Reform 35.0%vs Conservative 17.2%
Labour→Reform
+21.1pp
-
TodmordenLabour 51.8%vs Conservative 18.9%2024 Labour 61.9%vs Conservative 16.9%-34.5%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Calder Valley at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Calder Valley at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con gain from LabCraig Whittaker27.0%39.4%25.2%2.3% UKIP1.7%4.5%6,43167.3%
2015Con holdCraig Whittaker35.4%43.6%5.0%11.1% UKIP3.9%1.0%4,42768.9%+1.6
2017Con holdCraig Whittaker45.1%46.1%3.4%2.5% UKIP1.1%1.8%60973.4%+4.5
2019notionalConservative winnerCraig Whittaker 2019 MP, pre-review boundary42.3%51.4%5.1%--1.2%5,10774.3%+0.9
2024Lab gain from ConJosh Fenton-Glynn44.4%26.3%5.2%15.4% Ref7.5%1.2%8,99164.1%-10.2

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Calder Valley

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Calder Valley. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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