Electoral Registers: 'P' place names
Below is an alphabetical list of 'P' place names. The dates given in the second column show which Division a place was part of at different times.
To establish if the WYAS: Wakefield holds records for the place and the years you are researching click on the link highlighted under the Division and this will take you to a list of available registers. You may find it helpful to note the Polling District included in the fourth column as this will be the district a place will be found under in the registers.
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Key: * = where the West Riding Division registers were compiled in addition to the North and South Divisions registers (this was during the period 1862-1865). In these instances a place should appear in both the West Riding series and either the North or the South Division registers.
| Place | Dates | Division | Polling District/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paddock | 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | - |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield W | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Huddersfield | - | |
| Painthorpe | 1935-1948 | Rothwell | Crigglestone |
| 1965-to date | Wakefield | From 2002 Wakefield Constituency | |
| Pannal | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Knaresborough |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Bilton-with-Harrogate | |
| 1862 | North | Knaresborough * | |
| 1863-1868 | North | Bilton-with-Harrogate * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Harrogate | |
| 1886-1948 | Ripon | Pannal, part only. From 1939 ward of Harrogate | |
| 1949-1974 | Harrogate | - | |
| Park (Halifax) | 1965-1979 | Halifax | - |
| Park (Halifax - St John's ward) | 1980-1985 | Halifax | - |
| Park (Halifax - Town ward) | 1980-1985 | Halifax | - |
| Park (Pontefract) | 1938-1948 | Pontefract | Pontefract |
| 1965-2003 | Pont & Cas | - | |
| 2002-to date | Wakefield | Pontefract Constituency | |
| Park (near Rotherham) | 1965-1973 | Rotherham | - |
| Park ward (Sheffield) | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2 |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Park | - | |
| Park (Swinton) | 1920-1948 | Rother Valley | Swinton |
| Park Hill | 1965-1966 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Moor |
| 1967 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Castle. For 1968 see Castle | |
| Parkwood Springs | 1965-1966 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Cathedral |
| 1967-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, 1967 ward of Owlerton | |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hillsbro | - | |
| Parlington | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Aberford |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Leeds | |
| 1862-1868 | North | Leeds * | |
| 1869 | East | Leeds | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Aberford | |
| 1886-1983 | Barkston Ash | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Elmet | - | |
| Pateley Bridge | pre 1920 | - | see Bewerley, Bishopside, Dacre and Menwith-with-Darley |
| 1920-1974 | Ripon | Bewerley to 1949 and Bishopside High & Low | |
| Paythorne | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Gisburn |
| 1862-1885 | North | Gisburn * | |
| 1886-1974 | Skipton | - | |
| Peacock | 1965-to date | Wakefield | East Alverthorpe ward, from 2002 Wakefield Constituency |
| Pecketwell | 1887-1983 | Sowerby | Wadsworth |
| 1984-1985 | Calder Valley | - | |
| Pellon | 1965-1985 | Halifax | 1980-1985 Mixenden and St John's wards |
| Penistone | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Barnsley |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Penistone | |
| 1862-1885 | South | Penistone * | |
| 1886-1915 | Holmfirth | - | |
| 1918-1974 | Penistone | - | |
| Penrith (Sheffield) | 1965-1966 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Cathedral |
| 1967-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, 1967 ward of Owlerton | |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hillsbro | - | |
| Philadelphia | 1965-1966 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Crookes |
| 1967-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, 1967 ward of Netherthorpe | |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hillsbro | - | |
| Phillimore | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Attercliffe. 1967 ward of Darnall |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Atter | - | |
| Pilgrim | 1965-1985 | Dewsbury | - |
| Pinders Heath | 2002-to date | Wakefield | Wakefield Constituency |
| Pipworth | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Manor |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Park | - | |
| Pitsmoor | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Burngreave |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Park | - | |
| Plompton | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Knaresborough |
| 1862-1868 | North | Knaresborough * | |
| 1869-1884 | East | Knaresborough | |
| 1885 | East | Spofforth | |
| 1886-1948 | Ripon | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Harrogate | - | |
| Pollington | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Snaith |
| 1862-1868 | South | Snaith * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Snaith & Cowick | |
| 1886-1915 | Osgoldcross | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Pontefract | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Goole | - | |
| Ponds | 1965-1966 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Moor |
| 1967 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Castle. For 1968 see Castle | |
| Pontefract & Pontefract Park District | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Pontefract |
| 1862-1868 | South | Pontefract * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Pontefract | |
| 1886-1915 | Osgoldcross | Osgoldcross | |
| 1918-1948 | Pontefract | For Park (Pontefract) from 1939 see above | |
| 1965-2003 | Pont & Cas | - | |
| 2002-to date | Wakefield | Pontefract Constituency | |
| Pool[e] | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Otley |
| 1862-1868 | North | Otley * | |
| 1869 | East | Otley | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Poole | |
| 1886-1915 | Otley | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Pudsey & Otley | - | |
| 1949-1983 | Ripon | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Leeds NW | - | |
| Portobello | 1965-to date | Wakefield | Calder ward, from 2002 Wakefield Constituency |
| Potternewton | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Leeds |
| 1862-1868 | North | Leeds * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Leeds | |
| 1886-1915 | Pudsey | - | |
| Potternewton (NE) | 1965-1968 | Leeds | Book 2, for 1969 see City (NE) and Harehills (NE) |
| Preston Great & Little | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Leeds |
| 1862-1868 | North | Leeds * | |
| 1869 | East | Leeds | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Garforth | |
| 1886-1948 | Barkston Ash | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Normanton | For 1975 see Great & Little Preston | |
| Primrose | 1965-1966 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Crookes |
| 1967-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, 1967 ward of Netherthorpe | |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hillsbro | - | |
| Primrose Hill (Huddersfield) | 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | Huddersfield |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield E | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Huddersfield | - | |
| Primrose Hill (Wakefield) | 1965-to date | Wakefield | Kirkgate ward, from 2002 Wakefield Constituency |
| Prince Edward | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Manor |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Park | - | |
| Prince Henry | 1970-1983 | Ripon | Otley |
| 1984-1985 | Leeds NW | - | |
| Pudsey | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Bradford |
| 1862-1868 | North | Bradford * | |
| 1869 | East | Leeds | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Pudsey | |
| 1886-1915 | Pudsey | Shipley | |
| 1918-1948 | Pudsey & Otley | - | |
| 1965-1985 | Pudsey | - | |
| Purston Jaglin | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Pontefract |
| 1862-1868 | South | Pontefract * | |
| 1869 | East | Pontefract | |
| 1870-1884[?] | East | Ackworth | |
| 1885 | East | Pontefract | |
| 1886-1915 | Osgoldcross | Featherstone | |
| 1918-1948 | Normanton | Featherstone | |
| Pyebank | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, ward of Burngreave |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Park | - | |
| Pye Nest | 1965-1985 | Halifax | Calder, 1980 ward of Sowerby Bridge |
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