Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley (UK Parliament constituency)

Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
County	West Yorkshire
Major settlements	Pontefract Castleford Knottingley
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Yvette Cooper (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford

Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley is a constituency ^{[n 1]} in West Yorkshire of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. ^[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. It is currently represented by Yvette Cooper of the Labour Party, ^{[n 2]} who currently serves as Home Secretary under the government of Keir Starmer. Cooper was MP for the predecessor seats of Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford from 2010 to 2024, and Pontefract and Castleford from 1997 to 2010.

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following wards of the City of Wakefield (as they existed on 1 December 2020): ^[2]

• Airedale and Ferry Fryston
• Altofts and Whitwood
• Castleford Central and Glasshoughton
• Knottingley
• Pontefract North
• Pontefract South ^[3]

It comprises the former Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford seat excluding the Normanton ward, which includes the town of Normanton and the civil parishes of Warmfield cum Heath and Kirkthorpe.

Members of Parliament

Normanton, Pontefract & Castleford prior to 2024

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Yvette Cooper	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yvette Cooper	17,089	47.5	+9.3
	Reform UK	John Thomas	10,459	29.1	+13.3
	Conservative	Laura Weldon	5,406	15.0	−20.6
	Green	Olli Watkins	1,651	4.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Needle	1,213	3.4	−3.4
	SDP	Trevor Lake	139	0.4	N/A
Majority			6,630	18.4	+15.8
Turnout			35,957	48.2	−8.5
Registered electors			74,618
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.0

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [6]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	15,759	38.2
	Conservative	14,677	35.6
	Brexit Party	6,518	15.8
	Liberal Democrats	2,799	6.8
	Others	1,515	3.7
Turnout		41,268	56.7
Electorate		72,751

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in the Yorkshire and the Humber (region)

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Yorkshire and the Humber | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
2. "New Seat Details - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
4. "Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley results". BBC News. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
5. "Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley -Constituency results". Wakefield Council. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
6. "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.

External links

• Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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