Normanton And Hemsworth (UK Parliament Constituency)
Normanton and Hemsworth is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. The constituency was created by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, and will first be contested at the 2024 general election on 4 July.
History
The constituency was formed primarily from the existing Hemsworth constituency - excluding the Wakefield South ward, with the addition of Normanton from Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (renamed Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley).
Boundaries
The constituency comprised the following wards of the City of Wakefield (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton
- Crofton, Ryhill and Walton
- Featherstone
- Hemsworth
- Normanton
- South Elmsall and South Kirkby
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jon Trickett | Labour | |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jon Trickett | 17,275 | 47.5 | +7.9 | |
| Reform UK | Callum Bushrod | 10,613 | 29.2 | +14.0 | |
| Conservative | Alice Mae Hopkin | 4,995 | 13.7 | −17.7 | |
| Green | Ashton Howick | 2,147 | 5.9 | +4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Craig Dobson | 1,319 | 3.6 | −0.6 | |
| Majority | 6,662 | ||||
| Turnout | 36,349 | 48.05 | −9.40 | ||
| Registered electors | 75,645 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the Yorkshire and the Humber (region)