General election result announced for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
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00:00I, Tony Reeves, being the acting returning officer at the election of a Member of Parliament
00:07for the Pontefract, Castleford and Nottingley constituency, held on Thursday 4th July 2024,
00:16do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the election
00:22is as follows.
00:24Yvette Cooper, Labour Party, 17,089.
00:30David Cameron, Social Democratic Party, 139.
00:50Jamie Luke Needle, Liberal Democrats, 1,213.
00:57John Robert Thomas, Reform UK, 10,451.
01:08Ellie Watkins, Green Party, 1,651.
01:15Lord Albert Murphy, Conservative Party candidate, 5,406.
01:24The number of ballot papers rejected was 123 and I do hereby declare that the Senate
01:33Yvette Cooper is duly elected for the Pontefract, Castleford and Nottingley constituencies.