Kingston upon Hull North (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston upon Hull North
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Kingston upon Hull North in Humberside.
Location of Humberside within England.
County	1950–1974 East Riding of Yorkshire 1983–1996 Humberside 1996– East Riding of Yorkshire
Electorate	65,219 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Diana Johnson (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Hull Central and Hull East^[2]
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

	Member^[3]	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^[3]	Party
	1983	Kevin McNamara	Labour
	2005	Diana Johnson	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Kingston upon Hull North^[4]
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^[5]
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^[6]
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^[7]
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 win (new seat)

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

Notes and references

↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ "'Hull North', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
↑ "Hull North". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
↑ "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Hull North". BBC News. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i11.htm

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (54)

Labour (33)	Barnsley Central Barnsley East Batley and Spen Bradford East Bradford South Bradford West Dewsbury Don Valley Doncaster Central Doncaster North Great Grimsby Halifax Hemsworth Huddersfield Hull East Hull North Hull West and Hessle Leeds Central Leeds East Leeds North East Leeds West Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Penistone and Stocksbridge Rother Valley Rotherham Scunthorpe Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Sheffield Central Sheffield Heeley Sheffield South East Wakefield Wentworth and Dearne York Central

Conservative (19)	Beverley and Holderness Brigg and Goole Calder Valley Cleethorpes Colne Valley East Yorkshire Elmet and Rothwell Haltemprice and Howden Harrogate and Knaresborough Keighley Morley and Outwood Pudsey Richmond (Yorks) Scarborough and Whitby Selby and Ainsty Shipley Skipton and Ripon Thirsk and Malton York Outer

Liberal Democrats (2)	Leeds North West Sheffield Hallam

Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (2) UKIP (2)

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