Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford

Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the Yorkshire and The Humber region of England. The seat was last held by Yvette Cooper (Labour) between 6 May 2010 to 30 May 2024.

2015 General Election

The 2015 General Election was held on 7 May 2015. A total of 4 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
15,428
Electorate
82,592
Turnout
55.6%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Yvette Cooper
Labour
25,213 54.9% 6.7%
Nathan Garbutt
UK Independence Party
9,785 21.3% 21.3%
Beth Prescott
Conservative
9,569 20.8% -3.6%
Edward McMillan-Scott
Liberal Democrat
1,330 2.9% -13.5%