Kingston upon Hull North (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Kingston upon Hull North | |
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| Borough constituency | |
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 Boundary of Kingston upon Hull North in Humberside. |
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 Location of Humberside within England. |
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| County | 1950-1974 East Riding of Yorkshire 1983-1996 Humberside 1996- East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Electorate | 62,286 (February 2000) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of Parliament | Diana Johnson (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Hull Central |
| 1950–1974 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Hull Central |
| Created from | Hull North West |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Kingston upon Hull North (usually just Hull North) is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
This constituency covers the northern part of Hull. A diverse constituency, it includes the large social housing estates of Bransholme, North Hull and Orchard Park, as well as some of the city's most desirable housing areas in the Avenues, Newland Park and Beverley High Road areas. A seat with a large student population, Hull North has the University at its centre, and many students live in the Newland Avenue and Beverley Road communities. A large new housing development in the north of the seat called Kingswood is also rapidly changing the constituency's demographic profile.
Kingston upon Hull North includes the Hull City Council wards of Avenue, Beverley, Bransholme East, Bransholme West, Bricknell, Kings Park, Newland, Orchard Park and Greenwood, and University.
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] MPs 1950-1974
| Election | Member [1] | 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 for Hull Central) | ||
[edit] MPs since 1983
| Election | Member [1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Kevin McNamara | Labour | |
| 2005 | Diana Johnson | Labour | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Kingston upon Hull North[2][3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Diana Johnson | 13,044 | 39.2 | -13.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Denis Healy | 12,403 | 37.3 | +11.3 | |
| Conservative | Victoria Aitken | 4,365 | 13.1 | -0.2 | |
| BNP | John Mainprize | 1,443 | 4.3 | +1.6 | |
| UKIP | Paul Barlow | 1,358 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
| Green | Martin Deane | 478 | 1.4 | -1.6 | |
| English Democrats | Michael Cassidy | 200 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 641 | 1.9 | -22.9 | ||
| Turnout | 33,291 | 52.0 | +5.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -12.2 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Kingston upon Hull North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Diana Johnson | 15,364 | 51.9 | -5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | ||||
| General Election 2001: Kingston upon Hull North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Kevin McNamara | 16,364 | 57.2 | -8.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1992: Hull North[4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Kevin McNamara | 26,619 | 55.9 | +4.7 | |
| Conservative | BG Coleman | 11,235 | 23.6 | −3.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | AP Meadowcroft | 9,504 | 20.0 | −1.5 | |
| Natural Law | GP 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 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1980s
| General Election 1983: Hull North[5] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Kevin McNamara | 21,365 | 42.47 | ||
| Conservative | C Hayward | 15,337 | 30.49 | ||
| SDP–Liberal Alliance | TA Smith | 13,381 | 26.6 | ||
| Nationalist Party | Robert Tenney | 222 | 0.44 | ||
| Majority | 6,028 | 11.98 | |||
| Turnout | 50,301 | 67.48 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)[self-published source?][better source needed]
- ^ "Kingston upon Hull North". http://www.yournextmp.com/seats/kingston_upon_hull_north. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ^ "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Hull North". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c45.stm. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i11.htm
