UK general elections › 2024 › Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley — 2024
Yvette Cooper (Labour Party) was elected with 17,089 votes— 47.5% of 35,957 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. 47.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 35,957
| 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 | 17,089 | 47.5% | −2.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John Thomas | Reform UK | 10,459 | 29.1% | — | |
| 3 | Laura Weldon | Conservative Party | 5,406 | 15.0% | — | |
| 4 | Olli Watkins | Green Party | 1,651 | 4.6% | — | |
| 5 | Jamie Needle | Liberal Democrats | 1,213 | 3.4% | — | |
| 6 | Trevor Lake | Social Democratic Party | 139 | 0.4% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.