UK general elections › 2017 › Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford — 2017
Yvette Cooper (Labour Party) was elected with 29,268 votes— 59.5% of 49,191 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 59.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +9.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,191
| 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 | 29,268 | 59.5% | +9.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Andrew Lee | Conservative Party | 14,769 | 30.0% | — | |
| 3 | Lewis Thompson | UK Independence Party | 3,030 | 6.2% | — | |
| 4 | Daniel Gascoigne | The Yorkshire Party | 1,431 | 2.9% | — | |
| 5 | Clarke Roberts | Liberal Democrats | 693 | 1.4% | — |
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.