Kingston upon Hull North (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Kingston upon Hull North Borough constituency |
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| Kingston upon Hull North shown within Humberside, and Humberside shown within England | |
| Created: | 1950, 1983 |
| MP: | Diana Johnson |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| EP constituency: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Kingston upon Hull North (usually just Hull North) is a 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.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1950 | Austen Hudson | Conservative | |
| 1959 | James Coulson | Conservative | |
| 1964 | Henry Solomons | Labour | |
| 1966 | Kevin McNamara | Labour | |
| 1974 | Constituency abolished (McNamara became MP for Hull Central) | ||
| 1983 | Constituency re-established | ||
| 1983 | Kevin McNamara | Labour | |
| 2005 | Diana Johnson | Labour | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Kingston upon Hull North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Diana Johnson | 15,364 | 51.9 | -5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 | |
| British National | 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 Democrats | Simone Butterworth | 5,643 | 19.7 | +5.1 | |
| Conservative | Paul Charlson | 4,902 | 17.1 | +2.1 | |
| UK Independence | 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] Electoral fortunes
Formally a safe Labour seat, in 2005 the Liberal Democrats narrowed the Labour majority in Hull North significantly. The seat could be the site of a genuine Liberal Democrat/Labour contest at the next election, with the Conservatives in a poor third place.
