UK Parliamentary general election
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley constituency
This election will be held on Thursday 4 July 2024.
There are 650 constituencies in the UK, and each elects one Member of Parliament (MP). Learn more about MPs on the UK Parliament website.
A new set of constituency boundaries will be used for the 2024 UK general election. This means that your constituency may have changed. Learn more about the 2024 boundary changes.
You will have one vote, and can choose from six candidates.
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How to vote
This election uses First-past-the-post.
Mark an X in the box for your preferred candidate.
You can mark up to one candidate.
Read the instructions at the top of your ballot paper carefully.
For more information, visit The Electoral Commission's website or ask an official at your polling station.
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Yvette Cooper
Labour Party
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Trevor Lake
Social Democratic Party
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Jamie Luke Needle
Liberal Democrats
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John Thomas
Reform UK
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Olli Watkins
Green Party
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Laura Weldon
Conservative and Unionist Party
Wikipedia
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election. Yvette Cooper is the incumbent MP for all parts of this new seat.
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