Question: What country did the MP for Pontefract serve?

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Thomas Nussey: Sir Thomas Willans Nussey, 1st Baronet (12 October 1868 – 12 October 1947) was an English barrister and Liberal Party politician.  He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontefract from 1893 to 1910.

Frederick Handel Booth: Frederick Handel Booth (1867 – 24 February 1947) was a British politician, who served as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontefract from 1910 to 1918.

Pontefract by-election, 1868: The Pontefract by-election of 1868 was held on 21 December 1868.  The by-election was held due to the incumbent Liberal MP, Hugh Childers, becoming First Lord of the Admiralty.  It was retained by Childers who was unopposed.

John Robertson (Glasgow MP): John Webster Robertson (born 17 April 1952) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow North West from 2000-2015.  Until 2010, he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Yvette Cooper.

Harold Reckitt: Sir Harold James Reckitt (5 May 1868 – 29 December 1930) was a British Liberal Party politician.  He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontefract from February to June, 1893.  He was MP for Brigg from 1895 to 1907.

John Smyth (1748–1811): John Smyth (1748–1811) was a British politician.  He was an MP for Pontefract from 1783 to 1807.

Yvette Cooper: Yvette Cooper (born 20 March 1969) is a Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford since 2010, having served as the MP for Pontefract and Castleford since 1997.

Adam Hills (politician): Adam Hills (10 August 1880 – June 1941) was a Labour Party politician in England.  He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontefract from 1935 until his death in 1941 aged 60.

Christopher Robert Ingham Brooke: Brigadier-General Christopher Robert Ingham Brooke, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (4 July 1869 – 28 December 1948) was a British soldier and Conservative MP for Pontefract from 1924 to 1929.

Pontefract and Castleford by-election, 1978: A by-election was held for the British House of Commons parliamentary constituency of Pontefract and Castleford on 26 October 1978 following the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Joseph Harper on 24 June.  It was one of two UK parliamentary by-elections held on that day.

Supporting paragraphs: John Robertson (Glasgow MP) Yvette Cooper
Answer: British