Normanton and Hemsworth
Yorkshire and The Humber · County constituency · Wakefield borough
About the Normanton and Hemsworth constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth is a county constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. The sitting MP is Jon Trickett (Labour), first elected in February 1996. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 47.5% to 29.2% for Reform UK, a majority of 6,662 votes on a 48.1% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 38.4% and Labour on 33.4%, a margin of 5.0 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.
Who lives in Normanton and Hemsworth? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Normanton and Hemsworth vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Normanton and Hemsworth
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Normanton and Hemsworth within Wakefield
Normanton and Hemsworth sits entirely within Wakefield Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Wakefield | 100% | View projection › |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton | Labour 46.0%vs Reform 28.1% | May 2026 Reform 46.7%vs Labour 23.2% | Labour→Reform +20.7pp | - |
| Crofton, Ryhill and Walton | Labour 45.9%vs Reform 26.9% | May 2026 Reform 48.0%vs Labour 31.1% | Labour→Reform +17.9pp | - |
| Featherstone | Labour 49.0%vs Reform 29.3% | May 2026 Reform 50.2%vs Labour 33.3% | Labour→Reform +18.3pp | - |
| Hemsworth | Labour 46.7%vs Reform 31.4% | May 2026 Reform 47.8%vs Labour 20.9% | Labour→Reform +21.1pp | - |
| Normanton | Labour 48.0%vs Reform 30.1% | May 2026 Reform 43.5%vs Labour 30.1% | Labour→Reform +15.7pp | - |
| South Elmsall and South Kirkby | Labour 49.7%vs Reform 29.9% | May 2026 Reform 53.1%vs Labour 20.4% | Labour→Reform +26.2pp | - |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Normanton and Hemsworth at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Normanton and Hemsworth at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010predecessor | Lab hold | Jon Trickett Hemsworth MP | 46.8% | 24.3% | 12.9% | 9,844 | 58.0% |
| 2015predecessor | Lab hold | Jon Trickett Hemsworth MP | 51.3% | 22.9% | 3.2% | 12,078 | 58.3%+0.3 |
| 2017predecessor | Lab hold | Jon Trickett Hemsworth MP | 56.0% | 33.9% | 2.0% | 10,174 | 63.9%+5.6 |
| 2019notional | Labour winner | Jon Trickett Hemsworth MP, pre-review boundary | 39.6% | 31.4% | 4.2% | 3,520 | 57.5% |
| 2024 | Lab hold | Jon Trickett | 47.5% | 13.7% | 3.6% | 6,662 | 48.1%-9.4 |
Normanton and Hemsworth was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Hemsworth (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.
Constituencies most like Normanton and Hemsworth
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Normanton and Hemsworth. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Leave68.7 / 68.5vs 53.2
- ↓Graduate22.1 / 21.3vs 33.7
- ↑No quals26.8 / 24.9vs 18.0
- ↑Leave68.7 / 69.3vs 53.2
- ↓Graduate22.1 / 21.4vs 33.7
- ↑No quals26.8 / 26.1vs 18.0
- ↑Leave68.7 / 69.6vs 53.2
- ↓Graduate22.1 / 22.5vs 33.7
- ↑No quals26.8 / 25.9vs 18.0
- ↑Leave68.7 / 71.7vs 53.2
- ↓Graduate22.1 / 20.9vs 33.7
- ↑No quals26.8 / 25.5vs 18.0
- ↑Leave68.7 / 70.4vs 53.2
- ↓Graduate22.1 / 22.2vs 33.7
- ↑No quals26.8 / 24.0vs 18.0
What would change this seat?
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Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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