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Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford — 2019

Yvette Cooper (Labour Party) was elected with 18,297 votes37.9% of 48,259 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. 37.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −12.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,259

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Yvette Cooper Labour Party 18,29737.9%−12.1 ptsElected
2Andrew Lee Conservative Party 17,02135.3%
3Deneice Florence-Jukes The Brexit Party 8,03216.6%
4Tom Gordon Liberal Democrats 3,1476.5%
5Laura Walker The Yorkshire Party 1,7623.7%

Electorate 84,527 · Turnout 57.1% · Majority 1,276 · Back to 2019 overview

Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.