Members of Parliament
The constituency elected only Labour MPs since 1905, the longest run (with Gower and Makerfield) of any UK constituency. From 1885 to 1906, it had returned Liberal-Labour MPs.
Ed Balls, the former Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, represented the seat from the 2005 general election until 2010 when it was abolished.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Benjamin Pickard | Lib-Lab | |
| 1904 by-election | William Parrott | Lib-Lab | |
| 1905 by-election | Frederick Hall | Lib-Lab then Labour | |
| 1933 by-election | Tom Smith | Labour | |
| 1947 by-election | George Sylvester | Labour | |
| 1950 | Thomas Brooks | Labour | |
| 1951 | Albert Roberts | Labour | |
| 1983 | Bill O'Brien | Labour | |
| 2005 | Ed Balls | Labour Co-op | |
| 2010 | constituency abolished : see Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford and Morley and Outwood |
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