calder valley Constituency Details


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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYConservative
ELECTORATE81,938 voters
AREA118 sq. miles


Calder Valley is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Craig Whittaker of the Conservative party.

The Calder Valley constituency has a total population of 103,428, of which 81,938 are eligible (18+) to vote (79.2%).

Calder Valley ranks 177th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 185th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Craig Whittaker

Craig Whittaker

Craig Whittaker (born 30 August 1962)

is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Calder Valley since the 2010 general election.

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Whittaker

MP DETAILS
AddressCraig Whittaker MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyConservative
Email Addressoffice@craigwhittakermp.co.uk
ConstituencyCalder Valley
GenderMale
Date of Birth30/08/1962
WebsiteWebsite
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Party PageWebsite
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
43.6%
35.4%
5.0%
3.9 %
11.1%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Calder Valley constituency in 2015 was 68.90%, higher than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Alisdair Calder McGregorLiberal DemocratMale-https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisdaircaldermcgregorhttp://alisdaircaldermcgregor.4mp.org.uk/
Craig WhittakerConservativeMale30 August 1962 (62)-http://www.whittaker4mp.co.uk/
Jenny ShepherdGreenFemale--http://jenny4mp.wordpress.com/
Joe SteadWorld Peace Through SongMale---
Joshua Fenton-GlynnLabourMale--http://www.joshforcaldervalley.org.uk/
Paul RoganUK Independence PartyMale03 September 1955 (69)-http://ukipcv.blogspot.co.uk/
Rod SutcliffeYorkshire FirstMale09 June 1951 (73)--

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
39.39%
26.97%
25.18%
%
%
1.66%
3.52%
2.27%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Labour
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 BNP1,8233.5%
 Conservative20,39739.4%
 ED1570.3%
 Green8581.7%
 Ind11940.4%
 Ind21750.3%
 Labour13,96627%
 Liberal-Democrat13,03725.2%
 UK-Independence-Party1,1732.3%
TOTALS
Electorate76,903
Votes51,780
Turnout67.3%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeWhittaker, Craig
LabourBooth, Steph
Liberal DemocratMyers, Hilary
GreenSweeny, Kate
BNPGregory, John
UKIPBurrows, Greg
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Calder Valley constituency in 2010 was 67.3%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

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