Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle in Humberside.
Outline map
Location of Humberside within England.
County East Riding of Yorkshire
Electorate 61,232 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of parliament Emma Hardy (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Hull West, Beverley
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency Yorkshire and the Humber

Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (usually just Hull West and Hessle) is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2017 general election by Emma Hardy of the Labour Party.[n 2] If the Boundary Commission's 2018 boundary change proposal is approved, the seat is set to be abolished in the next election after 2018, being replaced by a new seat named 'Hull West & Haltemprice'.[2]

History

The constituency was created in 1997, mostly from the former seat of Hull West as Hessle joined from the former seat of Beverley.

Boundaries

This seat contains the electoral wards:

Constituency profile

Despite its name, this Labour safe seat takes in most of Hull's inner city – a deprived area that is currently undergoing regeneration.[3] The area still has some way to go before it is fully restored to healthy economic life, and unemployment remains high – not helped by the declining fishing industry. Hessle is a quiet suburb to the west, conservative by nature, having little in common with its larger neighbour apart from mostly "working class" (low income) roots.

In 2005 The Guardian described the seat as:

'City centre and fishing port of isolated, rather grim east coast town.'[4]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[5] Party
1997 Alan Johnson Labour
2017 Emma Hardy Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Emma Hardy 18,342 53.1 +3.9
Conservative Christine Mackay 10,317 29.8 +12.4
Liberal Democrat Claire Thomas 2,210 6.4 -3.6
Independent Michelle Dewberry 1,898 5.5 +5.5
UKIP Gary Shores 1,339 4.0 -15.8
Green Michael Lammiman 332 1.0 -2.0
Libertarian Will Taylor 67 0.2 +0.2
Majority 8,025 23.3 -6.0
Turnout 34,565 57.4 +3.5
Labour hold Swing -4.3
General Election 2015: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alan Johnson 15,646 49.2 +6.7
UKIP Paul Salvidge 6,313 19.9 +14.5
Conservative Jo Barker 5,561 17.5 −2.7
Liberal Democrat Claire Thomas 3,169 10.0 −14.3
Green Angela Needham 943 3.0 +3.0
TUSC Paul Spooner 171 0.5 +0.1
Majority 9,333 29.3
Turnout 31,803 53.9
Labour hold Swing -3.9
General Election 2010: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alan Johnson 13,378 42.5 -12.6
Liberal Democrat Mike Ross 7,638 24.2 +3.2
Conservative Gary Shores 6,361 20.2 -0.5
UKIP Ken Horden 1,688 5.4 +5.4
BNP Edward Scott 1,416 4.5 +4.5
English Democrat Peter Mawer 876 2.8 +2.8
TUSC Keith Gibson 150 0.5 +0.5
Majority 5,740 18.2
Turnout 31,507 50.6
Labour hold Swing -7.9

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alan Johnson 15,305 55.0 -3.4
Liberal Democrat David Nolan 5,855 21.0 +5.9
Conservative Karen Woods 5,769 20.7 +0.2
Veritas Stephen Wallis 889 3.2 +3.2
Majority 9,450 34.0
Turnout 27,818 45.2 -0.7
Labour hold Swing -4.7
General Election 2001: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alan Johnson 16,880 58.4 -0.3
Conservative John Sharp 5,929 20.5 +2.4
Liberal Democrat Angela Wastling 4,364 15.1 -3.1
UKIP John Cornforth 878 3.0 N/A
Independent David Harris 512 1.8 N/A
Natural Law David Skinner 353 1.2 N/A
Majority 10,951 37.9
Turnout 28,916 45.8 -12.9

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alan Johnson 22,520 58.7 N/A
Liberal Democrat Bob Tress 6,995 18.2 N/A
Conservative Cormach Moore 6,933 18.1 N/A
Referendum Richard Bate 1,596 4.2 N/A
Natural Law Barry Franklin 310 0.8 N/A
Majority 15,525 40.5 N/A
Turnout 58.3 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

  1. ↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ http://assets.boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/proposals/199%20East%20Riding/Kingston%20upon%20Hull%20West%20and%20Haltemprice%20BC.pdf
  3. ↑ "Hull City Council -". www.hull.gov.uk.
  4. ↑ "Hull West and Hessle Labour: Alan Johnson". The Guardian. London.
  5. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
  6. ↑ "General Election 2017 full list of Hull and East Yorkshire candidates". Hull Daily Mail. 11 May 2017. Archived from the original on 15 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Hull West & Hessle". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Hull West & Hessle". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  11. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


Coordinates: 53°44′49″N 0°24′40″W / 53.747°N 0.411°W / 53.747; -0.411

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