UK general elections › 2015 › Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford — 2015
Yvette Cooper (Labour Party) was elected with 25,213 votes— 54.9% of 45,897 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,897
| 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 | 25,213 | 54.9% | +4.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nathan Garbutt | UK Independence Party | 9,785 | 21.3% | — | |
| 3 | Beth Prescott | Conservative Party | 9,569 | 20.8% | — | |
| 4 | Edward McMillan-Scott | Liberal Democrats | 1,330 | 2.9% | — |
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.