Kingston upon Hull North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kingston upon Hull North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Kingston upon Hull North in Humberside.
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Location of Humberside within England.
County 1950–1974 East Riding of Yorkshire
1983–1996 Humberside
1996– East Riding of Yorkshire
Electorate 62,286 (February 2000)
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of parliament Diana Johnson (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Hull Central
1950–1974 (1974)
Number of members One
Replaced by Hull Central
Created from Hull North West
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency Yorkshire and the Humber

Kingston upon Hull North (usually just Hull North) is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

1950-1955: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Beverley, Newland, Park, and University.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Beverley, Botanic, Newland, Paragon, Park, University, and West Central.

1983-2010: The City of Hull wards of Avenue, Beverley, Newland, Noddle Hill, Orchard Park, Stoneferry, and University.

2010-present: The City of Hull wards of Avenue, Beverley, Bransholme East, Bransholme West, Bricknell, Kings Park, Newland, Orchard Park and Greenwood, and University.

This constituency covers the northern part of Hull. A diverse constituency: in west Hull it includes the large social housing estates of North Hull Estate and Orchard Park Estate, as well as the Newland, The Avenues, Newland Park and Beverley High Road areas. Hull University is located in the Newland area of the constituency and the Beverley Road and Newland areas have large student populations. The constituency extends east of the River Hull including the Bransholme housing estate, and the developing (2010s) housing estate of Kingswood.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1950–1974

Election Member[1] Party
1950 Austen Hudson Conservative
1959 Michael Coulson Conservative
1964 Henry Solomons Labour
1966 by-election Kevin McNamara Labour
Feb 1974 Constituency abolished (McNamara became MP for Hull Central)

MPs since 1983

Election Member[1] Party
1983 Kevin McNamara Labour
2005 Diana Johnson Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Kingston upon Hull North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Diana Johnson 18,661 52.8 +13.6
UKIP Sergi Singh 5,762 16.3 +12.2
Conservative Dehenna Davison 5,306 15.0 +1.9
Liberal Democrat Mike Ross 3,175 9.0 -28.3
Green Martin Deane 2,066 5.8 +4.4
Yorkshire First Vicky Butler 366 1.0 +1.0
Majority 12,899 36.5
Turnout 35,336 55.5
Labour hold Swing
General Election 2010: Kingston upon Hull North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Diana Johnson 13,044 39.2 -13.1
Liberal Democrat Denis Healy 12,403 37.3 +11.3
Conservative Victoria Aitken 4,365 13.1 -0.2
BNP John Mainprize 1,443 4.3 +1.6
UKIP Paul Barlow 1,358 4.1 +4.1
Green Martin Deane 478 1.4 -1.6
English Democrats Michael Cassidy 200 0.6 +0.6
Majority 641 1.9
Turnout 33,291 52.0 +5.9
Labour hold Swing -12.2

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Kingston upon Hull North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Diana Johnson 15,364 51.9 -5.3
Liberal Democrat Denis Healy 8,013 27.1 +7.3
Conservative Lydia Rivlin 3,822 12.9 -4.2
Green Martin Deane 858 2.9 N/A
BNP Brian Wainwright 766 2.6 N/A
Veritas Tineke Robinson 389 1.3 N/A
Northern Progress Chris Veasey 193 0.7 N/A
Legalise Cannabis Carl Wagner 179 0.6 -1.0
Majority 7,351 24.8
Turnout 29,584 47.3 +1.8
Labour hold Swing
General Election 2001: Kingston upon Hull North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 16,364 57.2 -8.7
Liberal Democrat Simone Butterworth 5,643 19.7 +5.1
Conservative Paul Charlson 4,902 17.1 +2.1
UKIP Tineka Robinson 655 2.3 N/A
Socialist Alliance Roger Smith 490 1.7 N/A
Legalise Cannabis Paul Wagner 478 1.7 +1.7
Independent Christopher Veasey 101 0.4 N/A
Majority 10,721 37.5
Turnout 28,633 45.5 -11.5
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Hull North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 25,542 65.84
Conservative David Lee 5,837 15.05
Liberal Democrat David Nolan 5,667 14.61
Referendum A Scott 1,533 3.95
Natural Law Terry Brotheridge 215 0.55
Majority 19,705 50.79
Turnout 56.97
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1992: Hull North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 26,619 55.9 +4.7
Conservative BG Coleman 11,235 23.6 −3.7
Liberal Democrat AP Meadowcroft 9,504 20.0 −1.5
Natural Law GP Richardson 254 0.5 +0.5
Majority 15,384 32.3 +8.5
Turnout 47,612 66.7 −3.0
Labour hold Swing +4.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Hull North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 26,123 51.18
Conservative A O'Brien 13,954 27.34
Social Democratic SW Unwin 10,962 21.48
Majority 12,169 23.84
Turnout 69.64
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1983: Hull North[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 21,365 42.47
Conservative C Hayward 15,337 30.49
Social Democratic TA Smith 13,381 26.6
Nationalist Party Robert Tenney 222 0.44
Majority 6,028 11.98
Turnout 50,301 67.48
Labour hold Swing

Elections 1950–1970

General Election 1970: Hull North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 26,302 57.15
Conservative John Townend 17,912 38.92
Anti-Common Market WAC Harvey 1,808 3.93
Majority 8,390 18.23
Turnout 70.09
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1966: Hull North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 26,640 55.20
Conservative Toby Jessel 17,871 37.03
Liberal LS Milward 3,747 7.76
Majority 8,769 18.17
Turnout 78.97
Labour hold Swing
Hull North by-election, 1966
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 24,479 52.22 +8.91
Conservative Toby Jessel 19,128 40.81 +0.05
Liberal Laurie Millward 2,945 6.28 -11.6
Radical Alliance Richard Gott 253 0.54 N/A
Independent Russsell E Eckley 35 0.07 N/A
Independent Kelvin Woodburne 33 0.07 N/A
Majority 5,351
Turnout 46,873
Labour hold Swing +4.4
General Election 1964: Hull North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Solomons 20,664 43.31
Conservative Michael Coulson 19,483 40.83
Liberal LS Millward 7,570 15.86
Majority 1,181 2.48
Turnout 77.23
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1959: Hull North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Coulson 23,612 45.30
Labour JH Foord 22,910 43.95
Liberal A Butcher 5,604 10.75
Majority 702 1.35
Turnout 81.55
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Hull North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Austen Hudson 25,780 50.58
Labour JH Foord 25,190 49.42
Majority 590 1.16
Turnout 77.37
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1951: Hull North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Austen Hudson 22,545 52.96
Labour JH Foord 20,025 47.04
Majority 2,520 5.92
Turnout 84.70
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1950: Hull North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Austen Hudson 18,811 44.66
Labour CFC Lawson 18,041 42.83
Liberal George Stanley Atkinson 5,268 12.51
Majority 770 1.83
Turnout 86.30
Conservative hold Swing

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)[self-published source][better source needed]
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  5. ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i11.htm
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