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    Pontefract, UK Parliamentary general election

    At the most recent election (18 June 1970), Joseph Harper (The Labour Party) won Pontefract, with a majority of 21,087 votes.

    Area type
    constituency
    Within
    UK Parliamentary general election
    Elections recorded
    15
    Recorded results
    33
    Pontefract: UK General Election 18 Jun 1970
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Joseph HarperThe Labour Party31,77474.8%Yes
    Ian DeslandesConservative Party10,68725.2%No
    Pontefract: UK General Election 31 Mar 1966
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Joseph HarperThe Labour Party32,32878.4%Yes
    Anthony WigramConservative Party8,92721.6%No
    Pontefract: UK General Election 15 Oct 1964
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Joseph HarperThe Labour Party32,35776.2%Yes
    John WhitfieldConservative Party10,12823.8%No
    Pontefract: UK General Election 08 Oct 1959
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    George SylvesterThe Labour Party35,19476.4%Yes
    Edward Thomas BowmanConservative Party10,88423.6%No
    Pontefract: UK General Election 26 May 1955
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    George SylvesterThe Labour Party32,64676.2%Yes
    Alan Geoffrey BlakeConservative and National Liberal10,18323.8%No
    Pontefract: UK General Election 25 Oct 1951
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    George SylvesterThe Labour Party35,28076.2%Yes
    Irene Mervyn Parnicott PikeConservative and National Liberal11,04323.8%No
    Pontefract: UK General Election 23 Feb 1950
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    George SylvesterThe Labour Party35,43275.6%Yes
    Maurice GrantNational Liberal and Conservative11,43124.4%No
    Pontefract: UK General Election 05 Jul 1945
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Percy BarstowThe Labour Party24,69060.6%Yes
    Kenneth HargreavesConservative Party16,04839.4%No
    Pontefract: UK General Election 14 Nov 1935
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Adam HillsThe Labour Party19,78353.4%Yes
    Victor Basil John SeelyLiberal National17,25746.6%No
    Pontefract: UK General Election 27 Oct 1931
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Thomas Edmund Sotheron-EstcourtConservative Party20,94155.4%Yes
    Tommy SmithThe Labour Party16,87044.6%No
    Pontefract: UK General Election 30 May 1929
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Tommy SmithThe Labour Party17,33547.8%Yes
    Christopher Robert Ingham BrookeUnionist10,04027.7%No
    Harold PowisLiberal Democrats8,89224.5%No
    Pontefract: UK General Election 29 Oct 1924
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Christopher Robert Ingham BrookeUnionist13,74551.3%Yes
    Tommy SmithThe Labour Party13,04448.7%No

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