Kingston upon Hull North West (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston upon Hull North West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members	one

Kingston upon Hull North West was a borough constituency in the city of Kingston upon Hull in East Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Albert, Botanic, Newland, and Park.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Lambert Ward	Conservative
	1945	Ronald Mackay	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

General Election 1918: Hull North West [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Col. Albert Lambert Ward	10,898	59.7	n/a
	Liberal	Lt-Col. Hon. Guy Greville Wilson	3,827	21.0	n/a
	Labour	Alfred Gould	3,528	19.3	n/a
Majority			7,071	38.7	n/a
Turnout				58.1	n/a
	Unionist win

General Election 1922: Hull North West [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Albert Lambert Ward	14,904	57.1
	Liberal	Sir John Nicholson Barran	11,204	42.9
Majority			3,700	14.2
Turnout				77.0
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Hull North West [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Albert Lambert Ward	12,674	50.2	-6.9
	Liberal	Sir John Nicholson Barran	12,559	49.8	+6.9
Majority			115	0.4	-13.8
Turnout				73.7
	Unionist hold		Swing	-6.9

General Election 1924: Hull North West [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Albert Lambert Ward	15,072	53.3
	Liberal	Sir John Nicholson Barran	8,080	28.5
	Labour	Ferdinand Louis Kerran	5,151	18.2
Majority			6,992	24.8
Turnout				81.2
	Unionist hold		Swing

1929 General Election: Hull North West [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Albert Lambert Ward	14,764	41.6	-11.7
	Labour	William Pickles	10,700	30.1	+11.9
	Liberal	Catherine Buchanan Alderton	10,059	28.3	-0.2
Majority			4,064	11.5	-13.3
Turnout				79.1	-2.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	-11.8

General Election 1931: Hull North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Albert Lambert Ward	26,549	72.7
	Labour	JH Baum	9,946	27.3
Majority			16,603	45.4
Turnout				79.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1935: Hull North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Albert Lambert Ward	19,278	57.9
	Labour	Lt-Com. EP Young	14,044	42.1
Majority			5,234	15.8
Turnout				72.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1945: Hull North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald William Gordon Mackay	13,944	48.7
	Conservative	Sir Albert Lambert Ward	10,450	36.5
	Liberal	Harold Stewart Freemantle	4,235	14.8
Majority			3,494	12.2
Turnout				76.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1. FWS Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
2. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
3. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
4. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
5. FWS Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)