Kingston upon Hull East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kingston upon Hull East Borough constituency

Kingston upon Hull East shown within Humberside, and Humberside shown within England
Created:	1885
MP:	John Prescott
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	East Riding of Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Hull East is a borough 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. Hull East's current MP is the former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. On Monday 27 August 2007, it was confirmed that Prescott would not seek re-election at the next general election. ^[1]

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Elections
4 References
5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Hull East constituency covers the eastern part of Kingston upon Hull.

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[edit] Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1885	William Saunders	Liberal
1886	Frederick Grotrian	Conservative
1892	Sir Clarence Smith	Liberal
1895	Sir Joseph Firbank	Conservative
1906	Thomas Ferens	Liberal
1918	Charles Murchison	Conservative
1922	Lawrence Lumley	Conservative
1929	George Muff	Labour
1931	John Nation	Conservative
1935	George Muff	Labour
1945	Harry Pursey	Labour
1970	John Prescott	Labour

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Hull East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Prescott	17,609	56.6	-8.0
	Liberal Democrat	Andy Sloan	5,862	18.8	+3.9
	Conservative	Katy Lindsay	4,138	13.3	-0.5
	British National Party	Alan Siddle	1,022	3.3	N/A
	Liberal	Janet Toker	1,018	3.3	N/A
	Veritas	Graham Morris	750	2.4	N/A
	Independent	Roland Noon	334	1.1	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Linda Muir	207	0.7	-2.0
	Legalise Cannabis	Carl Wagner	182	0.6	N/A
Majority			11,747	37.7
Turnout			31,122	47.6	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Hull East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Prescott	19,938	64.6	-6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Jo Swinson	4,613	14.9	+5.1
	Conservative	Sandip Verma	4,276	13.8	+0.1
	UK Independence	Jeanette Jenkinson	1,218	3.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Linda Muir	830	2.7	N/A
Majority			15,325	49.6
Turnout			30,875	46.4	-12.8
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] References

^ BBC News (August 27, 2007). Prescott to stand down as Hull MP. Retrieved on 2007-08-27.

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside

v • d • e Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber

Labour	Barnsley Central • Barnsley East and Mexborough • Barnsley West and Penistone • Batley and Spen • Bradford North • Bradford South • Bradford West • Brigg and Goole • Calder Valley • City of York • Cleethorpes • Colne Valley • Dewsbury • Don Valley • Doncaster Central • Doncaster North • Elmet • Great Grimsby • Halifax • Hemsworth • Huddersfield • Hull East • Hull North • Hull West and Hessle • Keighley • Leeds Central • Leeds East • Leeds North East • Leeds West • Morley and Rothwell • Normanton • Pontefract and Castleford • Pudsey • Rother Valley • Rotherham • Scunthorpe • Selby • Sheffield Attercliffe • Sheffield Brightside • Sheffield Central • Sheffield Heeley • Sheffield Hillsborough • Wakefield • Wentworth

Conservative	Beverley and Holderness • East Yorkshire • Haltemprice and Howden • Richmond (Yorks) • Ryedale • Scarborough and Whitby • Shipley • Skipton and Ripon • Vale of York

Liberal Democrat	Harrogate and Knaresborough • Leeds North West • Sheffield Hallam •

Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) • Conservative (2) • Liberal Democrats (1) • UKIP (1)

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