All the Calderdale election candidates standing in the General Election 2024

Sebastian McCormick

28 June 2024 at 7:10 am·1-min read

An election is being held across Calderdale — -Credit: (Image: Rui Vieira/PA Wire)

The General Election is moving ever closer, and now all the candidates who will be standing to represent you have declared themselves.

This July 4, people across Calderdale, Yorkshire and the rest of the UK will all be turning out to vote for their next MPs. This election will also decide who will form the next national government.

As a result, political parties and candidates are trying to win your votes by campaigning on local, national and international issues.

This also marks the first General Election since the constituency boundaries were changed, meaning you may find yourself in a different seat than before.

Here are all the candidates standing for election in Calderdale.

Calder Valley

Josh Fenton-Glynn - Labour Party
Vanessa Jane Lee - Conservative Party
Jim McNeill - Social Democratic Party
Donal Antony Martin O'Hanlon - Liberal Democrats
Kieran Luke Turner - Green Party
James David Vasey - Yorkshire Party
Donald Robert Walmsley - Reform UK

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Halifax

Kate Alexandra Dearden - Labour and Co-operative Party
James Samuel Laugharne Griffith-Jones - Reform UK
Martin John Hey - Green Party
Perveen Hussain - Independent
Samuel James Jackson - Liberal Democrats
Shakir Saghir - Workers Party of Britain
Hazel Sharp - Conservative Party

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