UK general elections › 2010 › Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford — 2010
Yvette Cooper (Labour Party) was elected with 22,293 votes— 48.2% of 46,239 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 48.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,239
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yvette Cooper | Labour Party | 22,293 | 48.2% | −1.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nick Pickles | Conservative Party | 11,314 | 24.5% | — | |
| 3 | Chris Rush | Liberal Democrats | 7,585 | 16.4% | — | |
| 4 | Graham Thewlis-Hardy | British National Party | 3,864 | 8.4% | — | |
| 5 | Gareth Allen | Independent | 1,183 | 2.6% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.