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 | Michael 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] See also
Categories: Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1950 | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1974 | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1983 | United Kingdom constituency stubs