Normanton (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coordinates: 53°42′00″N 1°24′54″W / 53.700°N 1.415°W / 53.700; -1.415
| Normanton | |
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| Former County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Normanton in West Yorkshire for the 2005 general election. |
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Location of West Yorkshire within England. |
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| County | West Yorkshire |
| 1885 (1885)–2010 (2010) | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, Morley and Outwood and Wakefield |
| Created from | Southern West Riding of Yorkshire |
Normanton was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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