Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Joe Harper | Labour | |
| 1978 by-election | Sir Geoffrey Lofthouse | Labour | |
| 1997 | Yvette Cooper | Labour | |
| 2010 | Constituency abolished: see Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford | ||
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