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Spen Valley — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Spen Valley was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 6,188 votes over Reform UK. This page covers every general election in Spen Valley from 1885 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1885–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Joseph Woodhead (Liberal) 5,826 67.7% John Evelyn Gladstone (Conservative) 3,044 (35.4 pts) 89.2%
1886 Joseph Woodhead (Liberal) 4,542 67.4% Sanley Carr Boulter (Liberal Unionist) 2,342 (34.7 pts) 69.9%
1892 Thomas Palmer Whittaker (Liberal) 4,952 58.8% Frederick Ellis (Conservative) 1,478 (17.5 pts) 76.3%
1895 Thomas Palmer Whittaker (Liberal) 4,700 54.8% Frederick Ellis (Conservative) 821 (9.6 pts) 81.8%
1900 Thomas Palmer Whittaker (Liberal) 5,068 58.1% William Glossop (Conservative) 1,415 (16.2 pts) 80.3%
1906 Thomas Palmer Whittaker (Liberal) 5,956 65.8% Richard Johnson (Conservative) 2,864 (31.6 pts) 80.1%
Jan 1910 Thomas Palmer Whittaker (Liberal) 4,817 44.7% Frederic Arthur Kelley (Conservative) 1,378 (12.8 pts) 92.6%
Dec 1910 Thomas Palmer Whittaker (Liberal) 5,041 52.6% Frederic Arthur Kelley (Conservative) 496 (5.2 pts) 82.4%
1918 Thomas Palmer Whittaker (Liberal) 10,664 55.6% Tom Myers (Labour) 2,156 (11.2 pts) 49.4%
1922 John Allsebrook Simon (Liberal) 13,306 39.2% Tom Myers (Labour) 787 (2.3 pts) 84.6%
1923 John Allsebrook Simon (Liberal) 13,672 40.6% Tom Myers (Labour) 1,075 (3.2 pts) 82.7%
1924 John Allsebrook Simon (Liberal) 18,474 56.9% Tom Myers (Labour) 4,475 (13.8 pts) 79.2%
1929 John Allsebrook Simon (Liberal) 22,039 51.8% Herbert Henry Elvin (Labour) 1,739 (4.1 pts) 79.6%
1931 John Allsebrook Simon (National Liberal) 28,647 64.6% Herbert Henry Elvin (Labour) 12,956 (29.2 pts) 82.0%
1935 John Allsebrook Simon (National Liberal) 21,671 50.8% Ivor Thomas (Labour) 642 (1.5 pts) 77.1%
1945 Granville Maynard Sharp (Labour) 25,698 56.7% William Edward Woolley (National Liberal) 6,077 (13.4 pts) 82.1%
2024 Kim Leadbeater (Labour) 16,076 39.2% Sarah Wood (Reform UK) 6,188 (15.1 pts) 56.7%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Woodhead Liberal 5,82667.7% Yes
John Evelyn Gladstone Conservative 2,78232.3% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Woodhead Liberal 4,54267.4% Yes
Sanley Carr Boulter Liberal Unionist 2,20032.6% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Palmer Whittaker Liberal 4,95258.8% Yes
Frederick Ellis Conservative 3,47441.2% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Palmer Whittaker Liberal 4,70054.8% Yes
Frederick Ellis Conservative 3,87945.2% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Palmer Whittaker Liberal 5,06858.1% Yes
William Glossop Conservative 3,65341.9% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Palmer Whittaker Liberal 5,95665.8% Yes
Richard Johnson Conservative 3,09234.2% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Palmer Whittaker Liberal 4,81744.7% Yes
Frederic Arthur Kelley Conservative 3,43931.9% No
Thomas Russell Williams Labour 2,51423.3% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Palmer Whittaker Liberal 5,04152.6% Yes
Frederic Arthur Kelley Conservative 4,54547.4% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Palmer Whittaker Liberal 10,66455.6% Yes
Tom Myers Labour 8,50844.4% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Allsebrook Simon Liberal 13,30639.2% Yes
Tom Myers Labour 12,51936.9% No
William Orlando Rhodes Holton Unionist 8,10423.9% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Allsebrook Simon Liberal 13,67240.6% Yes
Tom Myers Labour 12,59737.4% No
Eugene Joseph Squire Hargreaves Ramsden Unionist 7,39022.0% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Allsebrook Simon Liberal 18,47456.9% Yes
Tom Myers Labour 13,99943.1% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Allsebrook Simon Liberal 22,03951.8% Yes
Herbert Henry Elvin Labour 20,30047.7% No
Shaukat Usmani Communist 2420.6% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Allsebrook Simon National Liberal 28,64764.6% Yes
Herbert Henry Elvin Labour 15,69135.4% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Allsebrook Simon National Liberal 21,67150.8% Yes
Ivor Thomas Labour 21,02949.2% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Granville Maynard Sharp Labour 25,69856.7% Yes
William Edward Woolley National Liberal 19,62143.3% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Kim Leadbeater Labour 16,07639.2% Yes
Sarah Wood Reform UK 9,88824.1% No
Laura Evans Conservative 9,85924.0% No
Martin Price Green 2,2845.6% No
Javed Bashir Independent 1,5263.7% No
Alison Brelsford Liberal Democrat 1,4253.5% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Liberal margin 35.4 pts 1886: Liberal margin 34.7 pts 1892: Liberal margin 17.5 pts 1895: Liberal margin 9.6 pts 1900: Liberal margin 16.2 pts 1906: Liberal margin 31.6 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 12.8 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 5.2 pts 1918: Liberal margin 11.2 pts 1922: Liberal margin 2.3 pts 1923: Liberal margin 3.2 pts 1924: Liberal margin 13.8 pts 1929: Liberal margin 4.1 pts 1931: National Liberal margin 29.2 pts 1935: National Liberal margin 1.5 pts 1945: Labour margin 13.4 pts 2024: Labour margin 15.1 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 2024

Trend

Spen Valley has been contested at 17 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, National Liberal, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Spen Valley in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Spen Valley in 2024 with 16,076 votes (39.2%), a majority of 6,188 votes over Reform UK in second place.

Which parties have won Spen Valley since 1885?

Since 1885, Spen Valley has been won by: Labour, Liberal, National Liberal.

What was the closest result in Spen Valley?

The closest result on record for Spen Valley was 1935, when National Liberal beat Labour by just 642 votes (1.5 percentage points).

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