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England Yorkshire and the Humber Active

Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Yvette Cooper
— Current MP
72,751
Electorate
1
Elections
48.2%
Avg turnout
0
Times changed

Election history

LAB Yvette Cooper Hold
2024-07-04
Majority 6,630 Turnout 48.2% Votes 35,957
CandidatePartyVotesCountShareSwing
✓ Yvette Cooper LAB
17,089 47.5% +9.3pp
John Thomas REF
10,459 29.1% +13.3pp
Laura Weldon CON
5,406 15.0% -20.5pp
Olli Watkins GRN
1,651 4.6% —
Jamie Needle LD
1,213 3.4% -3.4pp
Trevor Lake SOC
139 0.4% —

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% ▲0.1pp
25 to 34
14.8%
18 to 24
6.5% ▼0.3pp

Demographic change (2001–2021)

Measured change only. No assumptions or interpretation.

🌍 Ethnicity

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Other ethnic group — — 1.4% — — —
Asian or Asian British — — 1.3% — — —
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British — — 0.8% — — —
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups — — 1.1% — — —
White — — 96.5% — — —

⛪ Religion

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Buddhist — — 0.3% — — —
Christian — — 49.3% — — —
Hindu — — 0.2% — — —
Jewish — — 0.0% — — —
Muslim — — 0.5% — — —
Sikh — — 0.1% — — —
No religion — — 43.8% — — —
Other religion — — 0.8% — — —
Not answered — — 5.4% — — —

🎓 Education

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Apprenticeship — — 6.5% — — —
Level 4 qualifications or above — — 21.6% — — —
Level 1 and entry level qualifications — — 11.1% — — —
Level 2 qualifications — — 15.5% — — —
Level 3 qualifications — — 16.6% — — —
No qualifications — — 26.1% — — —
Other qualifications — — 2.6% — — —

🏠 Housing

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Owner-occupiers — — 63.6% — — —
Private renters — — 13.9% — — —
Rent free — — 0.1% — — —
Social renters — — 22.5% — — —

Previous MPs

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No historic membership records available.