Calder Valley: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Calder Valley is represented in the House of Commons by Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour). Josh Fenton-Glynn took the seat for Labour in July 2024 with 22,046 votes (44.4%), ahead of Vanessa Lee (Conservative) on 13,055. 49,608 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 77,364, 64.1% of those registered. The majority was 8,991.
Key figures
What the figures show
The median price paid for a home was £218,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £147,500. The highest March-year median in the series was £220,000, in the year to March 2025. It ranks 129th lowest of 575 constituencies. 1,468 sales were registered in the period, against 1,670 in the year to March 2025.
The ONS estimates 99,580 people lived in Calder Valley in mid-2024. The estimate peaked at 100,475 in 2016. There were more residents aged 65 and over (21,955) than children under 16 (16,668).
3,700 children in Calder Valley were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 22.2% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 16.5% in 2021/22 to 18.2% in 2024/25.
Median annual pay for full-time work was £32,401 for jobs in Calder Valley and £37,520 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). In April 2024 the residents' figure was £37,957. The residents' figure ranks 270th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
Census 2021: 44,850 households, 327.5 people per square kilometre, 32.5% of workers based at home, 25.6% of adults retired.
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 76.0% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 5.0 points. 18.7% were economically inactive.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 1,770, or 2.9% of the working-age population. September 2025 had 1,750.
Workplaces in Calder Valley accounted for 47,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 4,770 local units for March 2026.
MP
Josh Fenton-Glynn, Labour
- MP for Calder Valley since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Josh Fenton-Glynn on this site
In Parliament
What Josh Fenton-Glynn said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 13 October 2026 to 26 October 2026). Hansard search returns 273 spoken contributions by Josh Fenton-Glynn since 4 July 2024.
I wonder whether that 96% of the hon. Gentleman’s constituents would agree with me that perhaps his party’s privatisation of Royal Mail was a mistake in the first place. Perhaps he would like to apologise for that.
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for the unenviable task of following my hon. Friend the Member for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket (Dr Prinsley).
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I have met with a lot of farmers since the deadline closed, and there is an overwhelming feeling of anxiety, but because they are practical the main thing they want to know is that we are going to learn the lessons of this. Could my hon.
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It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight West (Richard Quigley) for securing the debate—much like in Yorkshire, in the Isle of Wight west is best.
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I will focus my remarks on clause 17 and the presumption of contact. My involvement in this issue started with a letter from a constituent—a mother trying to protect her child from an abusive ex-partner.
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Read from the Hansard API on 26 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Fenton-Glynn | Labour | 22,046 | 44.4% | +2.1 |
| Vanessa Lee | Conservative | 13,055 | 26.3% | −25.0 |
| Donald Walmsley | Reform UK | 7,644 | 15.4% | |
| Kieran Turner | Green Party | 3,701 | 7.5% | |
| Donal O'Hanlon | Liberal Democrat | 2,587 | 5.2% | +0.2 |
| James Vasey | The Yorkshire Party | 404 | 0.8% | |
| Jim McNeill | Social Democratic Party | 171 | 0.3% |
Result summary as published: Lab gain from Con. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 44.4% | Conservative 26.3% | 8,991 | 64.1% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 51.4% | Labour 42.3% | 5,107 | 74.3% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Calder Valley lies within Calderdale.
- Calderdale E08000033
Who has power over Calder Valley
Every body that makes decisions for Calder Valley, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Calder Valley this page: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Calder Valley?
Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Calder Valley?
The House of Commons Library records 22,046 votes for Josh Fenton-Glynn of Labour and a majority of 8,991; 64.1% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Calder Valley?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 1,770, 2.9% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Calder Valley?
£218,000: the middle price of homes sold in the year to March 2026, published by the ONS from Land Registry records.
What is the average salary in Calder Valley?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £37,520 (April 2025).
How many children in Calder Valley live in low income families?
3,700 children under 16, 22.2%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Calder Valley?
99,580 in mid-2024, the latest ONS estimate.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.