Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle in Humberside.
Location of Humberside within England.
County	East Riding of Yorkshire
Electorate	62,286 (February 2000)
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Alan Johnson (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Hull West, Beverley
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (usually just Hull West and Hessle) is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation by Alan Johnson of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

History

The constituency was created in 1997, mostly from the former seat of Hull West as Hessle joined from the former seat of Boothferry.

Boundaries

This seat contains the electoral wards:

Boothferry; Derringham; Myton; Newington; Pickering; and St Andrew's in the City of Hull
Hessle in the East Riding of Yorkshire

Constituency profile

Despite its name, this Labour safe seat takes in most of Hull's inner city – a deprived area that is currently undergoing regeneration.^[1] The area still has some way to go before it is fully restored to healthy economic life, and unemployment remains high – not helped by the declining fishing industry. Hessle is a quiet suburb to the west, conservative by nature, having little in common with its larger neighbour apart from mostly "working class" (low income) roots.

In 2005 The Guardian described the seat as:

'City centre and fishing port of isolated, rather grim east coast town.'^[2]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[3]	Party
	1997	Rt Hon Alan Johnson	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jo Barker^[5]
	Labour	Alan Johnson
	Green	Angela Needham^[6]
	UKIP	Paul Nigel Salvidge^[7]
	TUSC	Paul Spooner
	Liberal Democrat	Claire Thomas^[8]

General Election 2010: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Johnson	13,378	42.5	-12.6
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Ross	7,638	24.2	+3.2
	Conservative	Gary Shores	6,361	20.2	-0.5
	UKIP	Ken Horden	1,688	5.4	+5.4
	BNP	Edward Scott	1,416	4.5	+4.5
	English Democrats	Peter Mawer	876	2.8	+2.8
	TUSC	Keith Gibson	150	0.5	+0.5
Majority			5,740	18.2
Turnout			31,507	50.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Johnson	15,305	55.0	-3.4
	Liberal Democrat	David Nolan	5,855	21.0	+5.9
	Conservative	Karen Woods	5,769	20.7	+0.2
	Veritas	Stephen Wallis	889	3.2	+3.2
Majority			9,450	34.0
Turnout			27,818	45.2	-0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.7

General Election 2001: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Johnson	16,880	58.4	-0.3
	Conservative	John Sharp	5,929	20.5	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Angela Wastling	4,364	15.1	-3.1
	UKIP	John Cornforth	878	3.0	N/A
	Independent	David Harris	312	1.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour	David Skinner	353	1.2	N/A
Majority			10,951	37.9
Turnout			28,916	45.8	-12.9

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Johnson	22,520	58.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Bob Tress	6,995	18.2	N/A
	Conservative	Cormach Moore	6,933	18.1	N/A
	Referendum Party	R. Bate	1,596	4.2	N/A
	Natural Law	David Skinner	310	0.8	N/A
Majority			15,525		N/A
Turnout				58.3	N/A

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (54)

Labour (31)	Barnsley Central Barnsley East Batley and Spen Bradford South Don Valley Doncaster Central Doncaster North Great Grimsby Halifax Hemsworth Huddersfield Hull East Hull North Hull West and Hessle Leeds Central Leeds East Leeds North East Leeds West Morley and Outwood Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Penistone and Stocksbridge Rother Valley Rotherham Scunthorpe Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Sheffield Central Sheffield Heeley Sheffield South East Wakefield Wentworth and Dearne York Central

Conservative (19)	Beverley and Holderness Brigg and Goole Calder Valley Cleethorpes Colne Valley Dewsbury East Yorkshire Elmet and Rothwell Haltemprice and Howden Harrogate and Knaresborough Keighley Pudsey Richmond (Yorks) Scarborough and Whitby Selby and Ainsty Shipley Skipton and Ripon Thirsk and Malton York Outer

Liberal Democrats (3)	Bradford East Leeds North West Sheffield Hallam

Respect (1)	Bradford West

Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (2) UKIP (2)

Coordinates: 53°44′49″N 0°24′40″W / 53.747°N 0.411°W / 53.747; -0.411