Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which recommended this constituency for the 2010 general election in the district of the city of Wakefield. Due to less increase in population than elsewhere the commission had to reduce constituencies in the county by one, resulting in the "merger" of Normanton and Pontefract/Castleford seats, however some wards of both went to other neighbouring seats to give the correct size electorate.

The commission had great difficulty in naming the constituency, with "Normanton and Pontefract" and "Pontefract and Castleford" both suggested. On 24 May 2006 the modified name was chosen following further public consultation. The only other three-place constituency name in England was Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner in London.

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The constituency first contested at the 2010 general election has electoral wards of the City of Wakefield:

• Airedale and Ferry Fryston, Altofts and Whitwood, Castleford Central and Glasshoughton, Knottingley, Normanton, Pontefract North, and Pontefract South.

The area has the three retail towns, Pontefract being the most touristic — producing liquorice as well as Pontefract cakes — the wider economy includes self-employed trades, work in local manufacturing and jobs in creative industry, retail, public sector and corporate headquarters including in Leeds and Wakefield.

The last working deep coal mine in the United Kingdom, Kellingley Colliery, was a significant employer until it closed in December 2015.{{cite news | title = UK's last deep coal mine Kellingley Colliery capped off | publisher = BBC News Online | date = 14 March 2016 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-35803048 | access-date = 6 December 2016 | quote = Kellingley Colliery in North Yorkshire closed in December, bringing to an end centuries of deep coal mining in Britain.}}

Well recovered from economic decline from the loss of most local mines, the rate of jobseeking benefits claimed is lower than the Yorkshire and Humber average (4.6%) at 4.4% however this slightly exceeds the national average and is over twice that of six constituencies in the region.{{#tag:ref|York Outer, Elmet and Rothwell, Sheffield Hallam, Harrogate and Knaresborough, Skipton and Ripon and, Thirsk and Malton|group= n}}[https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics Unemployment statistics] The Guardian

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=Yvette Cooper |votes=22,293 |percentage=48.1|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link |party=Conservative Party (UK) |candidate=Nick Pickles|votes=11,314|percentage=24.4 |change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link |party=Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate=Chris Rush |votes=7,585 |percentage=16.4 |change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link |party=British National Party |candidate=Graham Thewlis-Hardy |votes=3,846 |percentage=8.3 |change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link |party=Independent politician |candidate=Gareth Allen|votes=1,183 |percentage=2.6 |change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=10,979|percentage=23.7|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=46,221|percentage=56.1|change=}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=Yvette Cooper |votes=25,213 |percentage=54.9|change=+6.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Nathan Garbutt|votes=9,785|percentage=21.3|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Beth Prescott|votes=9,569|percentage=20.8|change=−3.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Edward McMillan-Scott|votes=1,330|percentage=2.9|change=−13.5}}

{{Election box majority|votes=15,428|percentage=33.6|change=+9.9}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=45,897|percentage=55.6|change=–0.6}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=Yvette Cooper |votes=29,268 |percentage=59.5|change=+4.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link |party=Conservative Party (UK) |candidate=Andrew Lee |votes=14,769 |percentage=30.0 |change=+9.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link |party=UK Independence Party |candidate=Lewis Thompson |votes=3,030 |percentage=6.2 |change=−15.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link |party=Yorkshire Party |candidate=Daniel Gascoigne|votes=1,431 |percentage=2.9 |change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link |party=Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate=Clarke Roberts|votes=693 |percentage=1.4 |change=−1.5}}

{{Election box majority||votes=14,499|percentage=29.5|change=−4.1}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=49,191|percentage=60.3|change=+4.7}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

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|candidate = Yvette Cooper

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{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Andrew Lee|votes=17,021|percentage=35.3|change=+5.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Brexit Party|candidate=Deneice Florence-Jukes|votes=8,032|percentage=16.6|change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Tom Gordon|votes=3,147|percentage=6.5|change=+5.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Yorkshire Party|candidate=Laura Walker|votes=1,762|percentage=3.7|change=+0.8}}

{{Election box majority|votes=1,276|percentage=2.6|change=−26.9}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=48,419|percentage=57.3|change=−3.0}}

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The results for the referendum were not returned by individual parliamentary constituencies (instead using a counting area within a region), but the Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford area is estimated to have voted by a 69.3% – 30.7% margin to leave the European Union.{{Cite web|url=http://democraticdashboard.com/constituency/normanton-pontefract-and-castleford|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108183450/http://democraticdashboard.com/constituency/normanton-pontefract-and-castleford|url-status=usurped|archive-date=8 January 2017|title=Election 2017 dashboard|website=Democratic Dashboard}}

{{Geographic location|title=Constituencies geographically near Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (2010-2024)|state=collapsed|Centre=Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford|North=Elmet and Rothwell|Northeast=|East=Selby and Ainsty|Southeast=Doncaster North|South=Hemsworth|Southwest=Wakefield|West=Morley and Outwood|Northwest=Leeds Central}}

• List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

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