Kingston upon Hull Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Sir Henry Seymour King
	1911	Sir Mark Sykes	Conservative
	1919	Joseph Kenworthy	Liberal, later Labour
	1931	Basil Kelsey Barton	Conservative
	1935	Walter Windsor	Labour
	1945	Mark Hewitson	Labour
1955		constituency abolished
1974		constituency recreated
	1974	Kevin McNamara	Labour
1983		constituency abolished

[edit] References

• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.