Kingston upon Hull North (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston upon Hull North was a borough constituency for the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years by the first-past-the-post electoral system.

Kingston upon Hull North
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
2010–2024 boundary of Kingston upon Hull North in the former county of Humberside
Location of the former county of Humberside 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	Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham Kingston upon Hull East (minor part)
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

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to boundary changes including the addition of the community of Cottingham, as a consequence, it was replaced by Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham, first contested in the 2024 general election.^[3]

Boundaries

Map of boundaries 2010-2024

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]

Constituency profile

This constituency covered the northern part of Hull. A diverse constituency: in west Hull it included 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 extended east of the River Hull including the Bransholme housing estate, and the developing (2010s) housing estate of Kingswood.^{[citation needed]}

Members of Parliament

MPs 1950–1974

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 for Kingston upon Hull Central)

MPs 1983–2024

Election		Member[5]	Party
	1983	Kevin McNamara	Labour
	2005	Diana Johnson	Labour
	2024	Constituency abolished

Election results 1983–2024

Elections in the 1980s

1983 general election: Kingston upon Hull North^[6][7]

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
	Labour win (new seat)

1987 general election: Kingston upon Hull North^[8]

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
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.9

Elections in the 1990s

1992 general election: Kingston upon Hull North^[9][10]

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
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.2

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	New
	Natural Law	Terry Brotheridge	215	0.6	+0.1
Majority			19,705	50.7	+18.4
Turnout			38,794	57.0	−9.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.7

Elections in the 2000s

2001 general election: Kingston upon Hull North^[12]

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
	Labour hold		Swing

2005 general election: Kingston upon Hull North^[13]

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
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.4

Elections in the 2010s

2010 general election: Kingston upon Hull North^[14]

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
	Labour hold		Swing	−11.5

2015 general election: Kingston upon Hull North^[15]

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
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.7

2017 general election: Kingston upon Hull North^[16]

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

2019 general election: Kingston upon Hull North^[17]

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
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.2

Elections 1950–1970

Elections in the 1950s

1950 general election: Kingston upon Hull North^{[citation needed]}

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
	Conservative win (new seat)

1951 general election: Kingston upon Hull North^[18]

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
	Conservative hold		Swing

1955 general election: Kingston upon Hull North^[19]

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
	Conservative hold		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	New
Majority			702	1.35	+0.19
Turnout			52,126	81.55	+4.18
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1964 general election: Kingston upon Hull North^[21]

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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1966 Kingston upon Hull North by-election^{[citation needed]}

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
Turnout			46,873
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.4

1966 general election: Kingston upon Hull North^[22]

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
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

1970 general election: Kingston upon Hull North^[23]

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
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Humberside