| Calder Valley | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
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| County | West Yorkshire |
| Population | 102,961 (2011 census)[1] |
| Electorate | 77,504 (December 2019)[2] |
| Major settlements | Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Brighouse, Mytholmroyd, Elland |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of Parliament | Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour Party) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Sowerby Brighouse and Spenborough Halifax[3] |
Calder Valley is a constituency in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Josh Fenton-Glynn of the Labour Party.[n 1]
The constituency has a long record as a bellwether of national results in British elections. In every election since its creation, it has voted for an MP belonging to the largest party in the Commons; this record stretches back to February 1974 and 1960 for its main predecessors, Sowerby and Brighouse and Spenborough respectively.
- ^ "Calder Valley: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Constituency data: electorates – House of Commons Library". Parliament UK. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "'Calder Valley', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
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