Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (UK Parliament constituency)

Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford is a constituency in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Yvette Cooper of the Labour Party since its 2010 creation. Cooper has served under the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown alongside her husband Ed Balls, and served as Shadow Home Secretary under the leadership of Ed Miliband. Having served as chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, she is once again the Shadow Home Secretary.

Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford in West Yorkshire
Location of West Yorkshire within England
CountyWest Yorkshire
Electorate84,874 (December 2019)
Major settlementsNormanton, Castleford and Pontefract
Current constituency
Created2010
Member of ParliamentYvette Cooper (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromPontefract and Castleford, Normanton
Replaced byPontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes which will entail the loss of Normanton. As a consequence, it will be renamed Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, to be first contested at the next general election.

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