Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Declared: 4:27am on 5th July

Labour Party HOLD / provisional
Elected: Yvette Cooper

Candidates

Photograph of Yvette CooperLab / 47.5%
Yvette Cooper
Photograph of John ThomasReform / 29.1%
John Thomas
Photograph of Laura WeldonCon / 15.0%
Laura Weldon
Photograph of Olli WatkinsGreen / 4.6%
Olli Watkins
Photograph of Jamie Luke NeedleLD / 3.4%
Jamie Luke Needle
Photograph of Trevor LakeSocial Democratic Party / 0.4%
Trevor Lake

Candidate images from Democracy Club. Data collated by Open Innovations.

Constituency Drill Down

Population: 101000

Households: 44100

Housing tenure type for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

0%25%50%Social rentedPrivate rentedOwned with a mortgage or loanOwned outrightOther tenureOther tenure
Percentage: 0.9%
Owned outright
Percentage: 30.6%
Owned with a mortgage or loan
Percentage: 32.1%
Private rented
Percentage: 13.9%
Social rented
Percentage: 22.5%

Age demographic for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

0%25%50%Aged 65 years and overAged 50 to 64 yearsAged 35 to 49 yearsAged 25 to 34 yearsAged 16 to 24 yearsAged 15 years and underAged 15 years and under
Percentage: 18.9%
Aged 16 to 24 years
Percentage: 8.9%
Aged 25 to 34 years
Percentage: 15%
Aged 35 to 49 years
Percentage: 18.6%
Aged 50 to 64 years
Percentage: 20.5%
Aged 65 years and over
Percentage: 18.1%

Data from the House of Commons Library.

2019 General Election

It is projected that this would have been a Labour Party seat in the 2019 General Election if it had been contested with the new constituency boundaries.