Yvette Cooper

The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper is the Labour MP for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, and has been an MP continually since 1 May 1997. She currently holds the Government post of Home Secretary.

Last election result

Review the last election result for the constituency Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley when Yvette Cooper was elected.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 6 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
6,630
Electorate
74,618
Turnout
48.2%

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

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. For the 2024 General Election, changes in vote share, majorities and turnout are calculated on the basis of 2019 notional results. Find out more about constituency boundary changes in this BBC explainer.*

*Estimates compiled by Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher on behalf of BBC News, ITV News, Sky News and the Press Association. Calculations for Scotland done by Professor David Denver, those for Northern Ireland by Nicholas Whyte.

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
17,089 47.5% 9.3%
John Thomas
Reform UK
10,459 29.1% 13.3%
Laura Weldon
Conservative
5,406 15.0% -20.5%
Olli Watkins
Green Party
1,651 4.6% 4.6%
Jamie Needle
Liberal Democrat
1,213 3.4% -3.4%
Trevor Lake
Social Democratic Party
139 0.4% 0.4%