Pontefract and Castleford - UK Parliament Constituency

Here are the most recent election results for the Pontefract and Castleford constituency.

Note: Smaller parties may be omitted. The candidate with the largest vote who does not belong to one of the main parties is listed as 'Minor'. Votes listed for 'Other' are calculated by taking the votes from the main parties and 'Minor' away from the total votes cast.

Name	Pontefract and Castleford
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Current Status	Abolished

Electoral History

Election		Party
	Election 2005	Labour
	Election 2001	Labour
	Election 1997	Labour
	Election 1992	Labour
	Election 1987	Labour
	Election 1983	Labour
	Election 1979	Labour
	Election 1974 (October)	Labour
	Election 1974 (February)	Labour

Election 2005

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	20,973	63.66%	-6.08%
	Conservative	5,727	17.38%	-0.18%
	Liberal Democrat	3,942	11.96%	+4.59%
	Minor	1,835	5.57%	N/A
	Others	470	1.43%	N/A
Majority		15,246	46.27%
Turnout		32,947	53.25%	+3.56%
Electorate		61,877
Swing from LAB to LD			5.33%
Swing from LAB to CON			2.95%
Swing from CON to LD			2.38%
	Labour hold

Election 2001

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	21,890	69.73%	-5.97%
	Conservative	5,512	17.56%	+4.00%
	Liberal Democrat	2,315	7.37%	+0.03%
	UKIP	739	2.35%	N/A
	Minor	605	1.93%	N/A
	Others	330	1.05%	N/A
Majority		16,378	52.17%
Turnout		31,391	49.68%	-16.71%
Electorate		63,181
Swing from LAB to CON			4.98%
Swing from LAB to LD			3.00%
Swing from LD to CON			1.99%
	Labour hold

Election 1997

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	31,339	75.71%	+5.83%
	Conservative	5,614	13.56%	-7.37%
	Liberal Democrat	3,042	7.35%	-1.84%
	Minor	1,401	3.38%	N/A
Majority		25,725	62.14%
Turnout		41,396	66.39%	-7.86%
Electorate		62,350
Swing from CON to LAB			6.60%
Swing from LD to LAB			3.83%
Swing from CON to LD			2.77%
	Labour hold

Election 1992

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	33,546	69.88%	+2.97%
	Conservative	10,051	20.94%	-0.26%
	Liberal Democrat	4,410	9.19%	N/A
Majority		23,495	48.94%
Turnout		48,007	74.25%	+0.80%
Electorate		64,655
Swing from CON to LD			4.72%
Swing from LAB to LD			3.11%
Swing from CON to LAB			1.62%
	Labour hold

Election 1987

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	31,656	66.90%	+9.77%
	Conservative	10,030	21.20%	-4.63%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	5,334	11.27%	-5.76%
	Minor	295	0.62%	N/A
Majority		21,626	45.71%
Turnout		47,315	73.45%	+6.03%
Electorate		64,414
Swing from ALL to LAB			7.77%
Swing from CON to LAB			7.20%
Swing from ALL to CON			0.57%
	Labour hold

Election 1983

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	24,990	57.13%	-11.02%
	Conservative	11,299	25.83%	+2.05%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	7,452	17.04%	N/A
Majority		13,691	31.30%
Turnout		43,741	67.42%	-6.47%
Electorate		64,878
Swing from LAB to ALL			14.03%
Swing from CON to ALL			7.49%
Swing from LAB to CON			6.54%
	Labour hold

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	30,566	68.16%	-2.28%
	Conservative	10,665	23.78%	+7.54%
	Liberal	3,616	8.06%	-4.20%
Majority		19,901	44.38%
Turnout		44,847	73.89%	+2.72%
Electorate		60,697
Swing from LIB to CON			5.87%
Swing from LAB to CON			4.91%
Swing from LIB to LAB			0.96%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	30,208	70.43%	-4.36%
	Conservative	6,966	16.24%	-6.81%
	Liberal	5,259	12.26%	N/A
	Others	457	1.07%	N/A
Majority		23,242	54.19%
Turnout		42,890	71.16%	-5.90%
Electorate		60,271
Swing from CON to LIB			9.54%
Swing from LAB to LIB			8.31%
Swing from CON to LAB			1.22%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	34,409	74.79%	N/A
	Conservative	10,605	23.05%	N/A
	Others	991	2.15%	N/A
Majority		23,804	51.74%
Turnout		46,005	77.07%	N/A
Electorate		59,695

	Labour win

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