🏴 England

Yorkshire and the Humber

72,751 electors

Active Seat

Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Current MP

Yvette Cooper

🗳️ Election History

Elections

48.2%

Avg Turnout

Times Changed

2024

Current Party Since

Labour Yvette Cooper Hold

Majority 6,630

Turnout 48.2%

Total Votes 35,957

✓ Yvette Cooper

Labour

17,089

↑9.3pp

John Thomas

Reform UK

10,459

↑13.3pp

Laura Weldon

Conservative

5,406

↓20.5pp

Olli Watkins

Green Party

1,651

—

Jamie Needle

Liberal Democrats

1,213

↓3.4pp

Trevor Lake

Social Democratic Party

139

—

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2021 Census

📊 Age

0 to 17

21.3%

50 to 64

19.9%

35 to 49

19.3%

65 and over

18.1% ▲0.0pp

25 to 34

14.8%

18 to 24

6.5%

🌍 Ethnicity

White

96.5%

Asian or Asian British

1.3%

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups

1.1%

Black, African, Caribbean or Black British

0.8%

Other

0.3%

📊 Age

Under 18

21.3%

18 to 29

21.3%

45 to 64

19.9%

30 to 44

19.3%

65 and over

18.1%

⛪ Religion

Christian

49.3%

No religion

43.8%

Not answered

5.4%

Muslim

0.5%

Other religion

0.4%

Buddhist

0.3%

Hindu

0.2%

Sikh

0.1%

Jewish

0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency

📚

No previous MPs found

No historic membership records available for this constituency