Governance
Castleford was established as an urban district, in the administrative county of the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894, with an urban district council. Whitwood and Glasshoughton were added to the district in the 1930s. The urban district was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1955.
Following the Local Government Act 1972, the municipal borough was abolished on April 1, 1974, with its territory becoming an unparished area of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire. Hence, Castleford is now governed by Wakefield Council. The town is covered by three electoral wards; Whitwood, Castleford Central and Glasshoughton, and Airedale and Ferry Fryston.
The local MP is Yvette Cooper for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford.
Castleford is considered to be a safe Labour seat. Castleford Central and Glasshoughton are currently represented on Wakefield Council by Labour's candidate for West Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner, Mark Burns-Williamson.
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