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Kingston upon Hull Central
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1983
Seatsone
Replaced byHull North and Hull West[1]

Kingston upon Hull Central was a parliamentary 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 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1955 general election. It was then re-created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished again for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Paragon and Queen's, and part of Central ward.

1918-1950: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Beverley, East Central, Myton, Paragon, West Central, and Whitefriars.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Albert, Botanic, Coltman, East Central, Myton, North Newington, Paragon, South Newington, and West Central.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Avenue, Beverley, Botanic, Greenwood, Myton, Newland, and University.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1955

Event Member[2] Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1885 Seymour King Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1911 b-e Mark Sykes Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1919 b-e Joseph Kenworthy Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1926 Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1931 Basil Barton Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1935 Walter Windsor Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1945 Mark Hewitson Labour
1955 constituency abolished

MPs 1974–1983

Event Member[2] Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Feb 1974 Kevin McNamara Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

Seymour King
General Election January 1910: Hull Central[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Henry Seymour King 3,606 50.1
Liberal Robert William Aske 3,586 49.9
Majority 20 0.2
Turnout 87.9
Conservative hold Swing
Robert Aske
General Election December 1910: Hull Central[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Henry Seymour King 3,625 51.5 +1.4
Liberal Robert William Aske 3,418 48.5 −1.4
Majority 207 3.0 +2.8
Turnout 86.1 −1.8
Conservative hold Swing +2.4
Kingston upon Hull Central by-election, 1911[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes 3,823 51.9 +0.4
Liberal Sir Robert William Aske 3,545 48.1 −0.4
Majority 3.8 +0.8
Turnout 7,368
Conservative hold Swing +0.4
Sir Mark Sykes
General Election 1918
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist 13,805 80.1
Liberal Rev. Roderick Morris Kedward 3,434 19.9
Majority 10,371 60.2
Turnout 17,239 54.9
Unionist hold Swing
  • endorsed by the Coalition Government.
Lord Percy
Kingston upon Hull Central by-election, 1919
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Montague Kenworthy 8,616 52.8 +32.9
Unionist 7,699 47.2 −32.9
Majority 917 5.6 65.8
Turnout 51.9 −3.0
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +32.9
  • endorsed by the Coalition Government.

Elections in the 1920s

J.M. Kenworthy
General Election 1922:
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Montague Kenworthy 15,374 55.5 +2.7
Unionist Herbert William Looker 12,347 44.5 −2.7
Majority 3,027 11.0 +5.4
Turnout 27,721 79.1 +27.2
Liberal hold Swing +2.7
General Election 6 December 1923: Hull Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Montague Kenworthy 15,847 60.1 +4.6
Unionist Edward Wooll 10,507 39.9 −4.6
Majority 5,340 20.2 +9.2
Turnout 73.0 −6.1
Liberal hold Swing +4.6
General Election, 29 October 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Montague Kenworthy 15,234 54.1 −6.0
Unionist Lancelot Evelyn Gaunt 12,904 45.9 +6.0
Majority 2,330 8.2 −12.0
Turnout 77.1 +4.1
Liberal hold Swing -6.0
Kingston-upon-Hull Central by-election, 1926
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Montague Kenworthy 16,145 52.9 n/a
Unionist Lancelot Evelyn Gaunt 11,466 37.6
Liberal Charles Iain Kerr 2,885 9.5 n/a
Majority 4,679 15.3
Turnout 30,496 82.8
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
General Election, 30 May 1929
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Montague Kenworthy 18,815 54.1
Unionist Lawrence Kimball 11,181 32.1
Liberal Alfred Samuel Doran 4,802 13.8
Majority 7,634 22.0
Turnout 78.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Kingston upon Hull Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Basil Kelsey Barton 19,773 55.10
Labour Joseph Montague Kenworthy 16,113 44.90
Majority 3,660 10.20
Turnout 83.16
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General Election 1935: Kingston upon Hull Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Windsor 14,851 52.88
Conservative Basil Kelsey Barton 13,231 47.12
Majority 1,620 5.77
Turnout 75.63
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General Election 1945: Kingston upon Hull Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Capt. Mark Hewitson 8,786 58.75
Conservative Diana Spearman 4,106 27.46
Liberal C Stanley Bell 2,062 13.79
Majority 4,680 31.30
Turnout 73.01
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

R.O. Wilberforce
General Election 1950: Kingston upon Hull Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Hewitson 27,351 56.49
Conservative Richard Orme Wilberforce 15,951 32.95
Liberal Albert Richard Hardcastle 5,113 10.56
Majority 11,400 23.55
Turnout 78.19
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1951: Kingston upon Hull Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Hewitson 29,674 61.71
Conservative William R Bull 18,413 38.29
Majority 11,261 23.42
Turnout 76.33
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election February 1974: Kingston upon Hull Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 26,855 58.27
Conservative PWJ Carver 19,236 41.73
Majority 7,619 16.53
Turnout 73.51
Labour hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Kingston upon Hull Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 22,417 52.35
Conservative PWJ Carver 12,596 29.41
Liberal N Turner 7,810 18.24
Majority 9,821 22.93
Turnout 67.67
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1979: Kingston upon Hull Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 22,318 52.14
Conservative J Tillett 14,725 34.40
Liberal J Bryant 5,069 11.84
National Front A Braithwaite 422 0.99
Socialist Unity PM Stanton 274 0.64
Majority 7,593 17.74
Turnout 70.41
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "'Hull Central', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
  3. ^ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  4. ^ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  5. ^ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  6. ^ Hull Daily Mail, 24 June 1938
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