Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford was a constituency[n 1] in West Yorkshire of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was subjected to boundary changes, including the loss of Normanton, and reformed as Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, to be first contested at the 2024 general election.

The constituency first contested at the 2010 general election has electoral wards of the City of Wakefield: The area has the three retail towns, Pontefract being the most touristic — producing liquorice as well as Pontefract cakes — the wider economy includes self-employed trades, work in local manufacturing and jobs in creative industry, retail, public sector and corporate headquarters including in Leeds and Wakefield.

The last working deep coal mine in the United Kingdom, Kellingley Colliery, was a significant employer until it closed in December 2015.

[3] Well recovered from economic decline from the loss of most local mines, the rate of jobseeking benefits claimed is lower than the Yorkshire and Humber average (4.6%) at 4.4% however this slightly exceeds the national average and is over twice that of six constituencies in the region.