Calder Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

Calder Valley
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Calder Valley in West Yorkshire.
Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County	West Yorkshire
Population	102,961 (2011 census)
Electorate	76,041 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge, Todmorden, Mytholmroyd, Brighouse, Rishworth, Rastrick, Elland
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Craig Whittaker (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Sowerby Brighouse and Spenborough Halifax
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Coordinates: 53°42′18″N 1°56′13″W / 53.705°N 1.937°W / 53.705; -1.937

Calder Valley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Craig Whittaker of the Conservative Party.

Since the constituency's creation in 1983 it has comprised the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale wards of Brighouse, Calder Valley, Elland, Greetland and Stainland, Hipperholme and Lightcliffe, Luddendenfoot, Rastrick, Ryburn, and Todmorden.

The constituency covers most of the upland metropolitan district of Calderdale in West Yorkshire including the town of Todmorden which was formerly split in half between Lancashire and Yorkshire.

The constituency was created in 1983, primarily from the former seat of Sowerby as well as parts of Brighouse and Spenborough. Historically a bellwether seat between Labour and the Conservatives, in the 2010 general election the seat became the closest three-way marginal in the north of England, with less than 1,000 votes between the Labour and Liberal Democrat Candidates in terms of 2nd and 3rd place, although with a significant Conservative majority for 1st place. In 2015 Labour regained significant vote share with the Liberal Democrats falling back, but the seat was retained by the Conservatives in line with national trends maintaining the bellwether status.