October 1974 General Election - Pontefract and Castleford
| Year | 1974 |
| General election | October 1974 General Election |
| Constituency | Pontefract and Castleford |
| Turnout | 71.1% |
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Harper, Joseph | Labour | 30,208 |
| Bloomer, I | Conservative | 6,966 |
| Galloway, S | Liberal | 5,259 |
| Parsons, T | Workers Revolutionary | 457 |