An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by Yvette Cooper with a majority of 15,428 - 33.6% - on a turnout of 55.6%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
COOPER, Yvette | Lab | 25,213 | 54.9% | 6.7% |
GARBUTT, Nathan | UKIP | 9,785 | 21.3% | - |
PRESCOTT, Beth | Con | 9,569 | 20.8% | -3.6% |
MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Edward | LD | 1,330 | 2.9% | -13.5% |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 82,592, having a valid vote count of 45,897 and an invalid vote count of 183.
Result declared at 05:16 on 8 May 2015.