2001 General Election - Pontefract and Castleford
| Year | 2001 | 
| General election | 2001 General Election | 
| Constituency | Pontefract and Castleford | 
| Turnout | 49.7% | 
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | 
| Cooper, Yvette | Labour | 21,890 | 
| Singleton, Pamela | Conservative | 5,512 | 
| Paxton, Wesley | Liberal Democrats | 2,315 | 
| Burdon, John | UKIP | 739 | 
| Bolderson, Trevor | Socialist Labour | 605 | 
| Gill, John | Socialist Alliance | 330 |