Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford is a constituency[n 1] in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Yvette Cooper of the Labour Party since its 2010 creation.[n 2] Cooper has served under the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown alongside her husband Ed Balls, and served as Shadow Home Secretary under the leadership of Ed Miliband. Having served as chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, she is once again the Shadow Home Secretary.
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Yorkshire |
Electorate | 84,874 (December 2019)[1] |
Major settlements | Normanton, Castleford and Pontefract |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Yvette Cooper (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Pontefract and Castleford, Normanton |
Replaced by | Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley |
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes which will entail the loss of Normanton. As a consequence, it will be renamed Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, to be first contested at the next general election.[2]