Kingston upon Hull West (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston upon Hull West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Major settlements	Kingston upon Hull
1955–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Hull West & Hessle
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Created from	Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull West was a borough constituency in Kingston upon Hull which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election.

It was recreated for the 1955 general election and abolished again for the 1997 general election. It was then replaced by the new Hull West and Hessle constituency.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Albert, Botanic, Coltman, Newington, and Park.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Albert, Coltman, North Newington, Pickering, St Andrew's, and South Newington.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Boothferry, Coltman, Derringham, Newington, Pickering, and St Andrew's.

1983–1997: The City of Hull wards of Boothferry, Derringham, Myton, Newington, Pickering, and St Andrew's.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

Election		Member [1]	Party [2]
	1885	Charles Henry Wilson	Liberal
	1906	Charles Henry Wellesley Wilson	Liberal
	1907 by-election	Guy Greville Wilson	Liberal
	1918	constituency abolished

MPs 1955–1997

Election		Member [1]	Party
	1955	Mark Hewitson	Labour
	1964	James Johnson	Labour
	1983	Stuart Randall	Labour
	1997	constituency abolished: see Hull West & Hessle

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

George Bartley

Hull West by-election, 1907[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hon. Guy Greville Wilson	5,623	36.2	−21.3
	Conservative	Sir George Trout Bartley	5,382	34.7	−7.8
	Labour	James Holmes	4,512	29.1	N/A
Majority			241	1.5	−13.5
Turnout				75.4	−1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Guy Wilson

General Election January 1910: Kingston upon Hull West[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hon. Guy Greville Wilson	10,005	54.7
	Liberal Unionist	Sir John Sherburn	8,288	45.3
Majority
Turnout				80.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election December 1910: Kingston upon Hull West[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hon. Guy Greville Wilson	9,236
	Conservative	Albert Lambert Ward	7,943
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1955: Kingston upon Hull West[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hewitson	25,785	56.00	n/a
	Conservative	R Northam	20,262	44.00	n/a
Majority			5,523	11.99	n/a
Turnout				70.12	n/a
	Labour win

General Election 1959: Kingston upon Hull West[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hewitson	25,446	52.51
	Conservative	THF Farrell	23,011	47.49
Majority			2,435	5.03
Turnout				75.60
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Kingston upon Hull West[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Johnson	24,855	56.90
	Conservative	JG Bellak	18,825	43.10
Majority			6,030	13.80
Turnout				70.94
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Kingston upon Hull West[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Johnson	26,816	64.82
	Conservative	John Giles Dunkerley Shaw	14,551	35.18
Majority			12,265	29.65
Turnout				70.42
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Kingston upon Hull West[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Johnson	24,050	62.33
	Conservative	TE Forrow	14,537	37.67
Majority			9,513	24.65
Turnout				64.79
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Kingston upon Hull West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Johnson	20,719	49.33
	Conservative	Charles Maxwell Kirwin Taylor	12,788	30.44
	Liberal	I Silverwood	8,497	20.23
Majority			7,931	18.88
Turnout				73.59
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Kingston upon Hull West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Johnson	20,393	54.86
	Conservative	Charles Maxwell Kirwin Taylor	10,272	27.63
	Liberal	Anthony Ronald Michell	6,508	17.51
Majority			10,121	27.23
Turnout				64.55
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Kingston upon Hull West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Johnson	19,750	55.78
	Conservative	RE Smith	11,592	32.74
	Liberal	SJ Foston	3,656	10.33
	National Front	MD Fox	411	1.16
Majority			8,158	23.04
Turnout				67.46
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Kingston upon Hull West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Randall	15,361	41.92
	Conservative	MRC Humphreys	11,707	31.95
	Social Democratic	W Unwin	9,575	26.13
Majority			3,654	9.97
Turnout				63.50
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Kingston upon Hull West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Randall	19,527	51.94
	Conservative	MRC Humphreys	11,397	30.32
	Social Democratic	M Bond	6,669	17.74
Majority			8,130	21.63
Turnout				67.57
	Labour hold		Swing

Election in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Kingston upon Hull West[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Randall	21,139	57.3	+5.4
	Conservative	Donald M. Stewart	10,554	28.6	−1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Robert D. Tress	4,867	13.2	−4.5
	Natural Law	Barry J. Franklin	308	0.8	+0.8
Majority			10,585	28.7	+7.1
Turnout			36,868	65.7	−1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.5

Notes and references

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
2. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 130. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
3. Craig, 1885-1918, page 130
4. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
5. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
6. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
7. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
8. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
9. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.