Kingston upon Hull West (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston upon Hull West was a borough constituency in Kingston upon Hull which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Kingston upon Hull West
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
Kingston upon Hull West in Humberside, showing boundaries used from 1983–1997
Major settlements	Kingston upon Hull
1955–1997
Seats	One
Created from	Hull Central and Haltemprice
Replaced by	Hull West and Hessle
1885–1918
Seats	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Created from	Kingston upon Hull
Replaced by	Hull North West and Hull South West

It was recreated for the 1955 general election and abolished again for the 1997 general election. It was then replaced by the new Hull West and Hessle constituency.

History

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Albert, Botanic, Coltman, Newington, and Park.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Albert, Coltman, North Newington, Pickering, St Andrew's, and South Newington.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Boothferry, Coltman, Derringham, Newington, Pickering, and St Andrew's.

1983–1997: The City of Hull wards of Boothferry, Derringham, Myton, Newington, Pickering, and St Andrew's.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

Election		Member[1]	Party[2]
	1885	Charles Wilson	Liberal
	1906	Charles Wilson	Liberal
	1907	Guy Wilson	Liberal
	1918	Constituency abolished

MPs 1955–1997

Election		Member[1]	Party
	1955	Mark Hewitson	Labour
	1964	James Johnson	Labour
	1983	Stuart Randall	Labour
	1997	Constituency abolished: see Hull West and Hessle

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Rollit

General election 1885: Kingston upon Hull West^[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Wilson	5,247	58.7
	Conservative	Albert Rollit	3,697	41.3
Majority			1,550	17.4
Turnout			8,944	77.7
Registered electors			11,517
	Liberal win (new seat)

Wilson

General election 1886: Kingston upon Hull West^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Wilson	4,623	60.3	+1.6
	Conservative	Arthur Knocker Dibb [6]	3,045	39.7	−1.6
Majority			1,578	20.6	+3.2
Turnout			7,668	66.6	−11.1
Registered electors			11,517
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.6

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Kingston upon Hull West^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Wilson	6,283	64.2	+3.9
	Liberal Unionist	Goldwin Smith	3,500	35.8	−3.9
Majority			2,783	28.4	+7.8
Turnout			9,783	70.2	+3.6
Registered electors			13,929
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.9

General election 1895: Kingston upon Hull West^[3][7][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Wilson	6,637	82.6	+18.4
	Ind. Labour Party	Tom McCarthy	1,400	17.4	New
Majority			5,237	65.2	+36.8
Turnout			8,037	55.4	−14.8
Registered electors			14,520
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Kingston upon Hull West^[3][7][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Wilson	6,364	59.0	−23.6
	Conservative	John Bouch Willows	4,419	41.0	New
Majority			1,945	18.0	−47.2
Turnout			10,783	64.3	+8.9
Registered electors			16,757
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1906: Kingston upon Hull West^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Wilson	8,652	57.5	−1.5
	Liberal Unionist	John Sherburn	6,405	42.5	+1.5
Majority			2,247	15.0	−3.0
Turnout			15,057	74.6	+10.3
Registered electors			20,192
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.5

Bartley

1907 Kingston upon Hull West by-election^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Guy Wilson	5,623	36.2	−21.3
	Conservative	George Trout Bartley	5,382	34.7	−7.8
	Labour	James Holmes	4,512	29.1	New
Majority			241	1.5	−13.5
Turnout			15,517	75.4	+0.8
Registered electors			20,583
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.8

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Kingston upon Hull West^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Guy Wilson	10,005	54.7	−2.8
	Liberal Unionist	John Sherburn	8,288	45.3	+2.8
Majority			1,717	9.4	−5.6
Turnout			18,293	80.9	+6.3
Registered electors			22,609
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.8

General election December 1910: Kingston upon Hull West^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Guy Wilson	9,236	53.8	−0.9
	Conservative	Lambert Ward	7,943	46.2	+0.9
Majority			1,293	7.6	−1.8
Turnout			17,179	76.0	−4.9
Registered electors			22,609
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.9

General election 1914–15:

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Labour: Alfred Gould
• Liberal: Guy Wilson
• National Sailors' and Firemen's Union: John R. Bell
• Unionist: W. H. Grace

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1955: Kingston upon Hull West^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hewitson	25,785	56.00
	Conservative	Reginald Northam	20,262	44.00
Majority			5,523	12.00
Turnout			46,047	70.12
	Labour win (new seat)

General election 1959: Kingston upon Hull West^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hewitson	25,446	52.51
	Conservative	Thomas H. F. Farrell	23,011	47.49
Majority			2,435	5.02
Turnout			48,457	75.60
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Kingston upon Hull West^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Johnson	24,855	56.90
	Conservative	John G. Bellak	18,825	43.10
Majority			6,030	13.80
Turnout			43,680	70.94
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1966: Kingston upon Hull West^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Johnson	26,816	64.82
	Conservative	Giles Shaw	14,551	35.18
Majority			12,265	29.64
Turnout			41,367	70.42
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Kingston upon Hull West^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Johnson	24,050	62.33
	Conservative	Timothy Edward Forrow	14,537	37.67
Majority			9,513	24.66
Turnout			38,587	64.79
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Kingston upon Hull West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Johnson	20,719	49.33
	Conservative	Charles Maxwell Kirwin Taylor	12,788	30.44
	Liberal	I. Silverwood	8,497	20.23	New
Majority			7,931	18.89
Turnout			42,004	73.59
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Kingston upon Hull West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Johnson	20,393	54.86
	Conservative	Charles Maxwell Kirwin Taylor	10,272	27.63
	Liberal	Anthony Ronald Michell	6,508	17.51
Majority			10,121	27.23
Turnout			37,173	64.55
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1979: Kingston upon Hull West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Johnson	19,750	55.78
	Conservative	R. E. Smith	11,592	32.74
	Liberal	S. J. Foston	3,656	10.33
	National Front	M. D. Fox	411	1.16	New
Majority			8,158	23.04
Turnout			35,409	67.46
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Kingston upon Hull West^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Randall	15,361	41.92
	Conservative	Martin Robert Charles Humphreys	11,707	31.95
	SDP	Stephen Unwin	9,575	26.13	New
Majority			3,654	9.97
Turnout			36,643	63.50
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1987: Kingston upon Hull West^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Randall	19,527	51.94
	Conservative	Martin Robert Charles Humphreys	11,397	30.32
	SDP	Martyn Arthur Bond	6,669	17.74
Majority			8,130	21.62
Turnout			37,593	67.57
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Kingston upon Hull West^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Randall	21,139	57.3	+5.4
	Conservative	Donald M. Stewart	10,554	28.6	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert D. Tress	4,867	13.2	−4.5
	Natural Law	Barry J. Franklin	308	0.8	New
Majority			10,585	28.7	+7.1
Turnout			36,868	65.7	−1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.5