Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley is a

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of the

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of the

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. Further to the completion of the

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, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. It is currently represented by

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of the Labour Party, who currently serves as

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under the government of

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. Cooper was MP for the predecessor seats of Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford from 2010 to 2024, and

Pontefract and Castleford Pontefract and Castleford was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 general election. It elected ...

from 1997 to 2010.

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following wards of the

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(as they existed on 1 December 2020): * Airedale and Ferry Fryston * Altofts and Whitwood * Castleford Central and Glasshoughton * Knottingley * Pontefract North * Pontefract South ''It comprises the former Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford seat excluding the Normanton ward, which includes the town of Normanton and the civil parishes of Warmfield cum Heath and Kirkthorpe.''

Members of Parliament

'' Normanton, Pontefract & Castleford prior to 2024''

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

Notes

References

External links

Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley UK Parliament constituency
(boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK'' {{coord, 53.7, -1.32, region:GB, display=title Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024