Normanton and Hemsworth | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Normanton and Hemsworth in Yorkshire and the Humber | |
County | West Yorkshire |
Electorate | 75,645 |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Jon Trickett (Labour) |
Seats | One |
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Normanton and Hemsworth is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. [1]
The constituency was formed primarily from the existing Hemsworth constituency - excluding the Wakefield South ward, with the addition of Normanton from Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (renamed Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley). [2]
The constituency comprised the following wards of the City of Wakefield (as they existed on 1 December 2020): [3]
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Jon Trickett | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jon Trickett | 17,275 | 47.5 | +7.9 | |
Reform UK | Callum Bushrod | 10,613 | 29.2 | +14.0 | |
Conservative | Alice Mae Hopkin | 4,995 | 13.7 | −17.7 | |
Green | Ashton Howick | 2,147 | 5.9 | +4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Craig Dobson | 1,319 | 3.6 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 6,662 | 18.3 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 36,349 | 48.1 | −9.4 | ||
Registered electors | 75,645 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.1 |
2019 notional result [7] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 17,152 | 39.6 | |
Conservative | 13,632 | 31.4 | |
Brexit Party | 6,609 | 15.2 | |
Others | 3,196 | 7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1,831 | 4.2 | |
Green | 782 | 1.8 | |
Turnout | 43,367 | 57.5 | |
Electorate | 75,388 |
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