Kingston upon Hull Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston upon Hull Central
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)–1983 (1983)
Number of members one

Kingston upon 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.

Contents

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1955

Event Member[1] Party
1885 Henry Seymour King Conservative
1911 by-election Sir Mark Sykes Conservative
1919 by-election Joseph Kenworthy Liberal
1926 Labour
1931 Basil Barton Conservative
1935 Walter Windsor Labour
1945 Mark Hewitson Labour
1955 constituency abolished

MPs 1974–1983

Event Member[1] Party
Feb 1974 Kevin McNamara Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)