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Pontefract and Castleford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Pontefract and Castleford
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Pontefract and Castleford in West Yorkshire for the 2005 general election
Outline map
Location of West Yorkshire within England
CountyWest Yorkshire
1974 (1974)–2010
SeatsOne
Created fromPontefract
Replaced byNormanton, Pontefract & Castleford

Pontefract and Castleford was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 2010 general election. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

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1974–1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Castleford and Pontefract, and the Urban District of Featherstone.

1983–2010: The City of Wakefield wards of Castleford Ferry Fryston, Castleford Glasshoughton, Castleford Whitwood, Knottingley, Pontefract North, and Pontefract South.

The constituency covered the West Yorkshire towns of Pontefract and Castleford. It was a very safe Labour seat, made up of former mining towns and villages. The MP from 1997 until its abolition in 2010, Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, is married to former fellow Labour MP, former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls.

Boundary review

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Following their review of parliamentary representation in West Yorkshire, the number of seats in West Yorkshire were reduced by one due to population decline by the Boundary Commission for England. A new, geographically larger, constituency called Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford was created in 2010 including the whole of this constituency.

Members of Parliament

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ElectionMember[1]Party
Feb 1974Joe HarperLabour
1978 by-electionSir Geoffrey LofthouseLabour
1997Yvette CooperLabour
2010Constituency abolished: see Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford

Elections

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Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: Pontefract and Castleford[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourYvette Cooper 20,973 63.7 −6.0
ConservativeSimon Jones5,72717.4−0.2
Liberal DemocratsWesley Paxton3,94212.0+4.6
BNPSuzy Cass1,8355.6New
Alliance for Green SocialismBob Hague4701.4New
Majority15,24646.3-5.8
Turnout32,94753.3+3.6
Labour holdSwing
General election 2001: Pontefract and Castleford[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourYvette Cooper 21,890 69.7 −6.0
ConservativePamela Singleton5,51217.6+4.0
Liberal DemocratsWesley Paxton2,3157.40.0
UKIPJohn Burdon7392.4New
Socialist LabourTrevor Bolderson6051.9New
Socialist AllianceJohn Gill3301.1New
Majority16,37852.1-10.0
Turnout31,39149.7−16.6
Labour holdSwing

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1997: Pontefract and Castleford[4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourYvette Cooper 31,339 75.7 +5.8
ConservativeAdrian Flook5,61413.6−7.3
Liberal DemocratsWesley Paxton3,0427.4−1.8
ReferendumRichard Wood1,4013.4New
Majority25,72562.1+13.1
Turnout41,39666.3-8.0
Labour holdSwing
General election 1992: Pontefract and Castleford[5][6][7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourGeoffrey Lofthouse 33,546 69.9 +3.0
ConservativeAnthony George Mortimer Rockall10,05120.9-0.3
Liberal DemocratsDavid Lawrence Ryan4,4109.2−2.1
Majority23,49549.0+3.3
Turnout48,00774.3+0.8
Labour holdSwing+1.6

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1987: Pontefract and Castleford[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourGeoffrey Lofthouse 31,656 66.9 +9.8
ConservativeJulian Malins10,05121.2-4.6
AllianceMichael Taylor5,33411.3-5.8
Red FrontDaniel McFarlane-Lees2950.6New
Majority21,62645.7+14.4
Turnout47,31573.5+7.1
Labour holdSwing
General election 1983: Pontefract and Castleford[9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourGeoffrey Lofthouse 24,990 57.1
ConservativeBarry Howell11,29925.8
AllianceDouglas Dale7,45217.1
Majority13,69131.3
Turnout43,74167.4
Labour holdSwing

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1979: Pontefract and Castleford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourGeoffrey Lofthouse 30,566 68.1 -2.3
ConservativeHugo Page10,66523.8+7.6
LiberalLeslie Marsh3,6168.0-4.3
Majority19,90144.3-9.9
Turnout44,83773.9+2.8
Labour holdSwing
1978 Pontefract and Castleford by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourGeoffrey Lofthouse 19,508 65.8 -4.6
ConservativeHugo Page8,08027.3+11.1
LiberalLeslie Marsh2,0546.9-5.4
Majority11,42838.5-15.7
Turnout29,642
Labour holdSwing-7.9
General election October 1974: Pontefract and Castleford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJoseph Harper 30,208 70.4 -4.4
ConservativeI. Bloomer6,96616.2-6.9
LiberalS. Galloway5,25912.3New
Workers RevolutionaryT. Parsons4571.1-1.1
Majority23,24254.2+2.4
Turnout42,89071.1-6.0
Labour holdSwing
General election February 1974: Pontefract and Castleford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJoseph Harper 34,409 74.8
ConservativeRichard Needham10,60523.1
Workers RevolutionaryB. Lavery9912.2
Majority23,80451.8
Turnout46,00577.1
Labour win (new seat)

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
  2. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  7. ^ "1992 election results" (PDF). Wakefield Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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