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Pontefract and Castleford
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gain
from Labour
|
|
Geoffrey Lofthouse
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
5,614 (13.6%)
|
|
31,339 (75.7%)
|
|
3,042 ( 7.3%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
1,401 ( 3.4%)
|
|
|
|
62,350
|
|
41,396 (66.4%)
|
|
Geoffrey Lofthouse
|
|
Pontefract and Castleford
|
|
23,495 (48.9%)
|
|
10,051 (20.9%)
|
|
33,546 (69.9%)
|
|
4,410 ( 9.2%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
|
Labour
|
|
65,696
|
|
48,007 (73.1%)
|
|
|
-7.4%
|
|
+5.8%
|
|
-1.8%
|
|
+0.0%
|
|
+3.4%
|
|
-5.1%
|
|
-6.7%
|
|
|
|
This used to be one of the strongest coal-mining constituencies in South Yorkshire, and massive power stations continue to tower over the landscape. This remains a solid Labour seat and Conservative votes are nearly as scarce these days as the liquorice bushes that once supplied the local confectionery industry.
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,087
|
3.03
|
9.03
|
34
|
|
|
728
|
2.03
|
11.17
|
18
|
|
|
3,170
|
8.84
|
11.25
|
79
|
|
|
8,295
|
23.13
|
14.70
|
157
|
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
10.45
|
0
|
|
|
188
|
0.52
|
2.81
|
19
|
|
|
1,046
|
2.92
|
8.01
|
36
|
|
|
10,607
|
29.57
|
15.25
|
194
|
|
|
6,406
|
17.86
|
7.13
|
251
|
|
|
4,268
|
11.90
|
10.17
|
117
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