Kingston upon Hull North (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston upon Hull North is a borough constituency for the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years by the first-past-the-post electoral system. The constituency has been represented by Diana Johnson of the Labour Party since the 2005 general election.

Kingston upon Hull North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Kingston upon Hull North in Humberside
Location of Humberside within England
CountyEast Riding of Yorkshire (1950–1974, 1996–present)
Humberside (1983–1996)
Electorate62,917 (December 2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentDiana Johnson (Labour)
Number of membersOne
Created fromKingston upon Hull Central
Kingston upon Hull East[2]
1950–1974 (1974)
Number of membersOne
Type of constituencyBorough constituency
Replaced byKingston upon Hull Central
Created fromKingston upon Hull North West
Kingston upon Hull Central

Boundaries

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

1955–1974: The County Borough of 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.[3]

Constituency profile

This constituency covers the northern part of Hull. A diverse constituency: in west Hull it includes the large working class housing estates of North Hull Estate and Orchard Park Estate, as well as the Newland, The Avenues, Newland Park and Beverley High Road areas. The University of Hull 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

1950–1974
ElectionMember[4]Party
1950Austen HudsonConservative
1959Michael CoulsonConservative
1964Henry SolomonsLabour
1966 by-electionKevin McNamaraLabour
Feb 1974 Constituency abolished (McNamara became MP for Kingston upon Hull Central)

1983–present
ElectionMember[4]Party
1983Kevin McNamaraLabour
2005Diana JohnsonLabour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
2019 general election: Kingston upon Hull North[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Diana Johnson 17,033 49.8 −14.0
Conservative Holly Whitbread 9,440 27.6 +2.4
Brexit Party Derek Abram 4,771 13.9 +13.9
Liberal Democrats Mike Ross 2,084 6.1 +1.1
Green Richard Howarth 875 2.6 +1.0
Majority 7,593 22.2 −16.4
Turnout 34,203 52.2 −5.2
Registered electors 65,515
Labour hold Swing −8.2
2017 general election: Kingston upon Hull North[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Diana Johnson 23,685 63.8 +11.0
Conservative Lia Nici-Townend 9,363 25.2 +10.2
Liberal Democrats Mike Ross 1,869 5.0 −4.0
UKIP John Kitchener 1,601 4.3 −12.0
Green Martin Deane 604 1.6 −4.2
Majority 14,322 38.6 +2.1
Turnout 37,122 57.4 +2.3
Registered electors 64,665
Labour hold Swing +0.4
2015 general election: Kingston upon Hull North[7]
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 Democrats 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 +34.6
Turnout 35,336 55.1 +3.1
Registered electors 64,148
Labour hold Swing +0.7
2010 general election: Kingston upon Hull North[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Diana Johnson 13,044 39.2 −12.7
Liberal Democrats Denis Healy 12,403 37.3 +10.2
Conservative Victoria Aitken 4,365 13.1 +0.2
BNP John Mainprize 1,443 4.3 +1.7
UKIP Paul Barlow 1,358 4.1 +4.1
Green Martin Deane 478 1.4 −1.5
English Democrat Michael Cassidy 200 0.6 +0.6
Majority 641 1.9 −22.9
Turnout 33,291 52.0 +4.7
Registered electors 64,082
Labour hold Swing −11.5

Elections in the 2000s
2005 general election: Kingston upon Hull North[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Diana Johnson 15,364 51.9 −5.3
Liberal Democrats 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
2001 general election: Kingston upon Hull North[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 16,364 57.2 −8.7
Liberal Democrats 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
1997 general election: Kingston upon Hull North[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 25,542 65.8 +9.9
Conservative David Lee 5,837 15.1 −3.5
Liberal Democrats David Nolan 5,667 14.6 −5.4
Referendum Norman Scott 1,533 4.0
Natural Law Terry Brotheridge 215 0.6
Majority 19,705 50.8 +18.5
Turnout 57.0
Labour hold Swing
1992 general election: Kingston upon Hull North[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 26,619 55.9 +4.7
Conservative B. G. Coleman 11,235 23.6 −3.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Meadowcroft 9,504 20.0 −1.5
Natural Law G. P. 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
1987 general election: Kingston upon Hull North[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 26,123 51.18 +8.71
Conservative Ann O'Brien 13,954 27.34 -3.15
SDP Stephen Unwin 10,962 21.48 -5.12
Majority 12,169 23.84 +11.86
Turnout 69.64 +2.16
Labour hold Swing
1983 general election: Kingston upon Hull North[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 21,365 42.47
Conservative C. Hayward 15,337 30.49
SDP T. A. 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
1970 general election: Kingston upon Hull North[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 26,302 57.15 +1.95
Conservative John Townend 17,912 38.92 +1.89
Anti-Common Market Walter Harvey 1,808 3.93 n/a
Majority 8,390 18.23 +0.06
Turnout 70.09 -8.88
Labour hold Swing
1966 general election: Kingston upon Hull North[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 26,640 55.20 +2.98
Conservative Toby Jessel 17,871 37.03 -3.78
Liberal Laurie Millward 3,747 7.76 +1.48
Majority 8,769 18.17
Turnout 78.97
Labour hold Swing
1966 Kingston upon Hull North by-election
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 Eckley 35 0.07 N/A
Independent Kelvin Woodburne 33 0.07 N/A
Majority 5,351 11.41
Turnout 46,873
Labour hold Swing +4.4
1964 general election: Kingston upon Hull North[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Solomons 20,664 43.31 -0.64
Conservative Michael Coulson 19,483 40.83 -4.47
Liberal Laurie Millward 7,570 15.86 +5.11
Majority 1,181 2.48 +1.13
Turnout 77.23 -4.32
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
1959 general election: Kingston upon Hull North[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Coulson 23,612 45.30 -5.28
Labour Jack Foord 22,910 43.95 -5.47
Liberal Antony Butcher 5,604 10.75 n/a
Majority 702 1.35 +0.19
Turnout 81.55 +4.18
Conservative hold Swing
1955 general election: Kingston upon Hull North[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Austen Hudson 25,780 50.58 -2.38
Labour John Foord 25,190 49.42 +2.38
Majority 590 1.16 -4.76
Turnout 77.37 -7.33
Conservative hold Swing
1951 general election: Kingston upon Hull North[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Austen Hudson 22,545 52.96 +8.3
Labour John Foord 20,025 47.04 +4.21
Majority 2,520 5.92
Turnout 84.70
Conservative hold Swing
1950 general election: Kingston upon Hull North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Austen Hudson 18,811 44.66
Labour C. F. C. 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
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  2. "'Hull North', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  3. Text of the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
  5. "Hull North". BBC News. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  6. "Kingston upon Hull North – 2017 Election Results". General Elections Online. Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  7. "Kingston upon Hull North – 2015 Election Results". General Elections Online. Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  8. "Kingston upon Hull North – 2010 Election Results". General Elections Online. Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  9. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  11. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  12. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  14. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1970.
  18. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.
  19. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1964.
  20. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1959.
  21. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
  22. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
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