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Calder Valley

2010 Results:
Conservative: 20397 (39.39%)
Labour: 13966 (26.97%)
Liberal Democrat: 13037 (25.18%)
BNP: 1823 (3.52%)
UKIP: 1173 (2.27%)
Green: 858 (1.66%)
English Democrat: 157 (0.3%)
Independent: 369 (0.71%)
Majority: 6431 (12.42%)

Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 18385 (38.6%)
Conservative: 17039 (35.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 9015 (18.9%)
Other: 3251 (6.8%)
Majority: 1346 (2.8%)

Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 17059 (35.7%)
Labour: 18426 (38.6%)
Liberal Democrat: 9027 (18.9%)
BNP: 1887 (4%)
Green: 1371 (2.9%)
Majority: 1367 (2.9%)

2001 Result
Conservative: 17150 (36.2%)
Labour: 20244 (42.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 7596 (16%)
UKIP: 729 (1.5%)
Green: 1034 (2.2%)
Other: 672 (1.4%)
Majority: 3094 (6.5%)

1997 Result
Conservative: 19795 (35.1%)
Labour: 26050 (46.1%)
Liberal Democrat: 8322 (14.7%)
Referendum: 1380 (2.4%)
Other: 919 (1.6%)
Majority: 6255 (11.1%)

Boundary changes:

Profile:

portraitCurrent MP: Craig Whittaker (Conservative)

2010 election candidates:
portraitCraig Whittaker (Conservative)
portraitStephanie Booth (Labour)
portraitHilary Myers (Liberal Democrat)
portraitKate Sweeney (Green)
portraitGreg Burrows (UKIP)
portraitJohn Gregory (BNP)
portraitPaul Rogan (English Democrat)
portraitTim Cole (Independent)
portraitBarry Greenwood (Independent)

2001 Census Demographics

Total 2001 Population: 97649
Male: 48.2%
Female: 51.8%
Under 18: 22.9%
Over 60: 20.6%
Born outside UK: 3.5%
White: 97.5%
Black: 0.2%
Asian: 1.4%
Mixed: 0.7%
Other: 0.2%
Christian: 71.5%
Muslim: 1.2%
Full time students: 2.4%
Graduates 16-74: 20.5%
No Qualifications 16-74: 27.4%
Owner-Occupied: 74.8%
Social Housing: 14% (Council: 7.5%, Housing Ass.: 6.5%)
Privately Rented: 7.9%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 17.9%

NB - Candidates lists are provisional, based on candidates declared before the campaign. They will be updated to reflect the final list of candidates as soon as possible following the close of nominations.

168 Responses to “Calder Valley”

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  1. CON 6200

  2. According to the English Democrats’ own website and facebook page, Paul Rogan is no longer standing, he is also not defending his seat that he won as a Conservative before defecting to the English Democrats. Apparently, there are no longer EDP candidates standing anywhere in the area. So the EDP seem to have lost one of their four defected councillors. Further evidence that the party, Doncaster aside, seems to be in meltdown?

  3. Con Gain

    Maj 2500

  4. BNP have selected John Gregory

  5. C gain maj 7000

  6. Con maj 4,000

  7. Browned off Lab + outside candidate + disgraced conservative = LibDem 2000 majority

  8. ‘[Clifton] would have been in Elland from 1885 to 1950′

    Pete, according to Wikipedia, Clifton was in Spen Valley when that constituency was created in 1885, but does not specify for how long – is it correct, even?

  9. CON GAIN

  10. ‘[Clifton] would have been in Elland from 1885 to 1950?

    Pete, according to Wikipedia Clifton was in Spen Valley when that constituency was created in 1885, but does not specify for how long – is it correct, even? We have discussed Wikipedia’s accuracy on more than one occasion…

  11. ‘[Clifton] would have been in Elland from 1885 to 1950′

    Pete, according to Wikipedia, Clifton was in Spen Valley when that constituency was created in 1885, but does not specify for how long – is it correct, even?

  12. Bernard Ingham I think stood here as a Labour council candidate, must have been before the 1970s.

  13. I thought he stood in Leeds?

  14. I think it was actually Hebden Bridge,
    but you could be right.

  15. He was from Hebden Bridge but acording to Wiki he contested Moortown for Labour in 1965

  16. He didn’t actually get the Press Secretary job in May 1979, but towards the end of the year.

  17. This MP has been arrested on suspicion of assault (against his adult son on Boxing Day).

  18. I thought the police never got involved in domestics?

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