Hull City Council elections

A third of Hull City Council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England is elected each year with no election every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2002 59 councillors are elected from 23 wards with each ward electing either 2 or 3 councillors.^[1]

Political control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Non-metropolitan county

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1973–1996

Unitary authority

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1995–2002
	No overall control	2002–2007
	Liberal Democrats	2007–2011
	Labour	2011–present

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

• Hull City Council election, 1973
• Hull City Council election, 1976
• Hull City Council election, 1979
• Hull City Council election, 1980
• Hull City Council election, 1982
• Hull City Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• Hull City Council election, 1984
• Hull City Council election, 1986
• Hull City Council election, 1987
• Hull City Council election, 1988
• Hull City Council election, 1990
• Hull City Council election, 1991
• Hull City Council election, 1992
• Hull City Council election, 1994

Unitary authority elections

• Hull City Council election, 1995
• Hull City Council election, 1996
• Hull City Council election, 1998
• Hull City Council election, 1999
• Hull City Council election, 2000
• Hull City Council election, 2002 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by one)^[4][5]
• Hull City Council election, 2003
• Hull City Council election, 2004
• Hull City Council election, 2006
• Hull City Council election, 2007
• Hull City Council election, 2008
• Hull City Council election, 2010
• Hull City Council election, 2011
• Hull City Council election, 2012
• Hull City Council election, 2014
• Hull City Council election, 2015

By-election results

1997–2004

Avenue By-Election 13 March 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,422	48.0
	Liberal Democrat		1,329	45.0
	Conservative		157	5.0
	Independent Labour		42	2.0
Majority			93	3.0
Turnout			2,950	29.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Ings By-Election 8 February 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		730	56.2	-6.7
	Liberal Democrat		370	28.5	+11.2
	Conservative		156	12.0	-7.8
Majority			360	27.7
Turnout			1,256	14.5
	Labour hold		Swing

University By-Election 8 February 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		701	40.8	-17.0
	Liberal Democrat		644	37.5	+23.3
	Conservative		279	16.2	-4.1
	Independent Labour		76	4.4	-3.2
	Socialist Labour		18	1.0	+1.0
Majority			57	3.3
Turnout			1,718	21.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Marfleet By-Election 14 November 2002[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,026	57.0	-14.2
	Liberal Democrat		705	39.1	+10.3
	Conservative		47	2.6	+2.6
	UKIP		23	1.3	+1.3
Majority			321	17.9
Turnout			1,801	20.2
	Labour hold		Swing

2005–present

Derringham By-Election 13 January 2005[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Rouse-Deane	927	38.7	+29.7
	Independent	John Considine	679	28.3	-0.1
	Labour	Alan Gardiner	353	14.7	-11.1
	UKIP	John Cornforth	320	13.4	-15.1
	BNP	Paul Buckley	116	4.8
Majority			248	10.4
Turnout			2,395	27.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from UKIP		Swing

Beverley By-Election 13 October 2005[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Joyce Korczak	1,375	64.5	+5.0
	Labour	Andrew Whiting	382	17.9	-5.7
	Conservative	Alec Dear	187	8.8	-8.2
	BNP		76	3.6	+3.6
	Liberal		57	2.7	+2.7
	Independent		42	2.0	+2.0
	Veritas		13	0.6	+0.6
Majority			993	46.6
Turnout			2,132
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Drypool By-Election 8 January 2009[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Chambers	1,306	52.3	-11.6
	Labour	Gary Wareing	891	35.7	+7.9
	National Front	Mike Cooper	184	7.4	+7.4
	Conservative	Andrew Allison	117	4.7	-3.7
Majority			415	16.61
Turnout			2,498	26.70
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1. "Councillors and wards". Hull City Council. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
2. "Kingston-Upon-Hull". BBC News Online. BBC. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
3. The City of Kingston upon Hull (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
4. "Kingston-upon-Hull". BBC News Online. BBC. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The City of Kingston upon Hull (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
6. "Labour makes only gain". The Guardian. 15 November 2002. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
7. "Surprise Lib Dem victory in election re-run". Yorkshire Post. 14 January 2005. p. 1. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
8. "Lib Dems retain city council seat". BBC News Online. BBC. 14 October 2005. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
9. "Tories lose city council election". BBC News Online. BBC. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2009.

• By-election results

External links

• Hull City Council