Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map

Boundary of Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle in Humberside.

Outline map

Location of Humberside within England.
County East Riding of Yorkshire
Electorate 61,232 (December 2010)[1]
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] If the Boundary Commission's 2018 boundary change proposal is approved, the seat is set to be abolished for the 2020 UK General Election, being replaced by a new seat named 'Hull West & Haltemprice'[2]

History

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

Boundaries

This seat contains the electoral wards:

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.[3] 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.'[4]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[5] Party
1997 Alan Johnson Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alan Johnson 15,646 49.2 +6.7
UKIP Paul Salvidge 6,313 19.9 +14.5
Conservative Jo Barker 5,561 17.5 −2.7
Liberal Democrat Claire Thomas 3,169 10.0 −14.3
Green Angela Needham 943 3.0 +3.0
TUSC Paul Spooner 171 0.5 +0.1
Majority 9,333 29.3
Turnout 31,803 53.9
Labour hold Swing
General Election 2010: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle[7][8]
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 Democrat 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 512 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 Richard 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

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ 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


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

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