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| Kingston upon Hull North | |
|---|---|
| Formerborough constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
2010–2024 boundary of Kingston upon Hull North in the former county ofHumberside | |
Location of the former county ofHumberside within England | |
| County | East Riding of Yorkshire (1950–1974, 1996–2024) Humberside (1983–1996) |
| Electorate | 62,917 (December 2019)[1] |
| 1983–2024 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Kingston upon Hull Central Kingston upon Hull East[2] |
| Replaced by | |
| 1950–1974 (1974) | |
| Seats | One |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
| Created from | Kingston upon Hull North West Kingston upon Hull Central |
| Replaced by | Kingston upon Hull Central |
Kingston upon Hull North was aborough constituency for theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom. It elected oneMember of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years by thefirst-past-the-post electoral system.
Further to the completion of the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to boundary changes including the addition of the community ofCottingham, as a consequence, it was replaced byKingston upon Hull North and Cottingham, first contested in the2024 general election.[3]
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.[citation needed]
1983–2010: The City of Hull wards of Avenue, Beverley, Newland, Noddle Hill, Orchard Park, Stoneferry, and University.[citation needed]
2010–2024: The City of Hull wards of Avenue, Beverley, Bransholme East, Bransholme West, Bricknell, Kings Park, Newland, Orchard Park and Greenwood, and University.[4]
This constituency covered the northern part of Hull. A diverse constituency: in west Hull it included the large working class housing estates ofNorth Hull Estate andOrchard Park Estate, as well as theNewland,The Avenues, Newland Park andBeverley High Road areas. TheUniversity of Hull is located in the Newland area of the constituency and the Beverley Road and Newland areas have large student populations. The constituency extended east of theRiver Hull including theBransholme housing estate, and the developing (2010s) housing estate ofKingswood.[citation needed]
| Election | Member[5] | 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 forKingston upon Hull Central) | ||
| Election | Member[5] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Kevin McNamara | Labour | |
| 2005 | Diana Johnson | Labour | |
| 2024 | Constituency abolished | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kevin McNamara | 21,365 | 42.5 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher Hayward | 15,337 | 30.5 | ||
| SDP | Terence Smith | 13,381 | 26.6 | ||
| Nationalist Party | Robert Tenney | 222 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 6,028 | 12.0 | |||
| Turnout | 50,301 | 67.5 | |||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kevin McNamara | 26,123 | 51.2 | +8.7 | |
| Conservative | Ann O'Brien | 13,954 | 27.3 | −3.1 | |
| SDP | Stephen Unwin | 10,962 | 21.5 | −5.1 | |
| Majority | 12,169 | 23.9 | +11.9 | ||
| Turnout | 51,039 | 69.6 | +2.1 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +5.9 | |||
| 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 | New | |
| Majority | 15,384 | 32.3 | +8.4 | ||
| Turnout | 47,612 | 66.7 | −2.9 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +4.2 | |||
| 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 | New | |
| Natural Law | Terry Brotheridge | 215 | 0.6 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 19,705 | 50.7 | +18.4 | ||
| Turnout | 38,794 | 57.0 | −9.7 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +6.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kevin McNamara | 16,364 | 57.2 | −8.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Simone Butterworth | 5,643 | 19.7 | +5.1 | |
| Conservative | Paul Charlson | 4,902 | 17.1 | +2.0 | |
| UKIP | Tineka Robinson | 655 | 2.3 | New | |
| Socialist Alliance | Roger Smith | 490 | 1.7 | New | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Paul Wagner | 478 | 1.7 | New | |
| Independent | Christopher Veasey | 101 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 10,721 | 37.5 | −13.2 | ||
| Turnout | 28,633 | 45.5 | −11.5 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Diana Johnson | 15,364 | 51.9 | −5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Denis Healy | 8,013 | 27.1 | +7.4 | |
| Conservative | Lydia Rivlin | 3,822 | 12.9 | −4.2 | |
| Green | Martin Deane | 858 | 2.9 | New | |
| BNP | Brian Wainwright | 766 | 2.6 | New | |
| Veritas | Tineke Robinson | 389 | 1.3 | New | |
| Northern Progress | Chris Veasey | 193 | 0.7 | New | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Carl Wagner | 179 | 0.6 | −1.1 | |
| Majority | 7,351 | 24.8 | −12.7 | ||
| Turnout | 29,584 | 47.3 | +1.8 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | −6.4 | |||
| 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 | New | |
| Green | Martin Deane | 478 | 1.4 | −1.5 | |
| English Democrat | Michael Cassidy | 200 | 0.6 | New | |
| Majority | 641 | 1.9 | −22.9 | ||
| Turnout | 33,291 | 52.0 | +4.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 64,082 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | −11.5 | |||
| 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 | New | |
| Majority | 12,899 | 36.5 | +34.6 | ||
| Turnout | 35,336 | 55.1 | +3.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 64,148 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
| 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 | New | |
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | −8.2 | |||
| 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 | 42,120 | 86.30 | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| 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 | 42,570 | 84.70 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | 50,970 | 77.37 | −7.33 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | New | |
| Majority | 702 | 1.35 | +0.19 | ||
| Turnout | 52,126 | 81.55 | +4.18 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 47,717 | 77.23 | −4.32 | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| 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 | −11.58 | |
| Radical Alliance | Richard Gott | 253 | 0.54 | New | |
| Independent | Russell Eckley | 35 | 0.07 | New | |
| Independent | Kelvin Woodburne | 33 | 0.07 | New | |
| Majority | 5,351 | 11.41 | +8.93 | ||
| Turnout | 46,873 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
| 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 | 48,258 | 78.97 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | New | |
| Majority | 8,390 | 18.23 | +0.06 | ||
| Turnout | 46,022 | 70.09 | −8.88 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||