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Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

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Current MP

Name: Yvette Cooper
Party: Labour
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2029 election

No candidates have been declared for 2029 yet.

Projections

Projection	Projected result	Description
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR January 2026	Safe Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 55.0%; Lab: 26.0%
More in Common January 2026	Safe Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 53.0%; Lab: 16.0%; Cons: 13.0%; LD: 10.0%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR October 2025	Likely Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 56.0%; Lab: 33.0%
YouGov September 2025	Lean Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 39.0%; Lab: 28.0%; Cons: 10.0%; Green: 10.0%
More in Common September 2025	Likely Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 47.0%; Lab: 25.0%; Cons: 12.0%
More in Common July 2025	Safe Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 54.0%; Lab: 20.0%; Cons: 11.0%; LD: 10.0%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR June 2025	Likely Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 50.0%; Lab: 26.0%; Cons: 13.0%
YouGov June 2025	Lean Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 39.0%; Lab: 31.0%; Cons: 12.0%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR April 2025	Lean Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 40.0%; Lab: 28.0%; Cons: 17.0%
More in Common April 2025	Likely Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 45.0%; Lab: 22.0%; Cons: 14.0%; LD: 10.0%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR Feb 2025	Likely Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 42.0%; Lab: 25.0%; Cons: 13.0%
Focaldata Jan 2025	Toss-up Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 39.0%; Lab: 34.0%; Cons: 15.0%
More in Common Dec 2024	Safe Ref	Victory chances: Ref: 100.0%

2024 results

Winning party: Labour
Majority: 6630 (18.43%)

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Yvette Cooper	Labour Party	17089	47.5%
John Thomas	Reform UK	10459	29.1%
Laura Weldon	Conservative and Unionist Party	5406	15.0%
Olli Watkins	Green Party	1651	4.6%
Jamie Luke Needle	Liberal Democrats	1213	3.4%
Trevor Lake	Social Democratic Party	139	0.4%

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2019 notional results

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Winning party: Labour
Majority: 1082 (2.62%)
Turnout: 56.7%