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Kingston upon Hull Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

Kingston upon Hull Central
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1955
Seatsone
Created fromKingston upon Hull
1974 (1974)–1983
Seatsone
Replaced byHull North and Hull West[1]

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. Under the proposed 2018 Boundary Commission review, this seat was set to be reinstated for the 2020 general election, replacing the seat of Hull North.

Boundaries edit

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Paragon and Queen's, and part of Central ward.

1918–1950: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Beverley, East Central, Myton, Paragon, West Central, and Whitefriars.

1950–1955: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Albert, Botanic, Coltman, East Central, Myton, North Newington, Paragon, South Newington, and West Central.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Avenue, Beverley, Botanic, Greenwood, Myton, Newland, and University.

Members of Parliament edit

MPs 1885–1955 edit

YearMember[2]Party
1885Seymour KingConservative
1911Mark SykesUnionist
1919Joseph KenworthyLiberal
1926Labour
1931Basil BartonConservative
1935Walter WindsorLabour
1945Mark HewitsonLabour
1955constituency abolished

MPs 1974–1983 edit

EventMember[2]Party
Feb 1974Kevin McNamaraLabour
1983constituency abolished

Elections edit

Elections in the 1880s edit

General election 1885: Hull Central[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeSeymour King 4,193 46.8
LiberalCharles Morgan Norwood4,02745.0
Independent Lib-LabNeiles Boynton Billany[4]7358.2
Majority1661.8
Turnout8,95577.0
Registered electors11,627
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1886: Hull Central[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeSeymour King 4,968 56.3 +9.5
LiberalR. C. Lehmann3,86143.7−1.3
Majority1,10712.6+10.8
Turnout8,82975.9−1.1
Registered electors11,627
Conservative holdSwing+5.4

Elections in the 1890s edit

General election 1892: Hull Central[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeSeymour King 4,938 52.5 −3.8
Lib-LabFred Maddison4,46247.5+3.8
Majority4765.0−7.6
Turnout9,40076.1+0.2
Registered electors12,350
Conservative holdSwing−3.8
General election 1895: Hull Central[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeSeymour King 5,476 60.9 +8.4
Lib-LabFred Maddison3,51539.1−8.4
Majority1,96121.8+16.8
Turnout8,99179.9+3.8
Registered electors11,259
Conservative holdSwing+8.4

Elections in the 1900s edit

General election 1900: Hull Central[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeSeymour King 5,257 68.1 +7.2
LiberalGeorge Greenwood2,46531.9−7.2
Majority2,79236.2+14.4
Turnout7,72274.4−5.5
Registered electors10,378
Conservative holdSwing+7.2
General election 1906: Hull Central[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeSeymour King 4,345 57.8 −10.3
LiberalGeorge Jackson Bentham3,16742.2+10.3
Majority1,17815.6−20.6
Turnout7,51284.8+10.4
Registered electors8,861
Conservative holdSwing−10.3

Elections in the 1910s edit

Seymour King
General election January 1910: Hull Central[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeSeymour King 3,606 50.1 −7.7
LiberalRobert Aske3,58649.9+7.7
Majority200.2−15.4
Turnout7,19287.9+3.1
Registered electors8,181
Conservative holdSwing−7.7
Robert Aske
General election December 1910: Hull Central[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeSeymour King 3,625 51.5 +1.4
LiberalRobert Aske3,41848.5-1.4
Majority2073.0+2.8
Turnout7,04386.1-1.8
Registered electors8,181
Conservative holdSwing+2.4
1911 Kingston upon Hull Central by-election[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMark Sykes 3,823 51.9 +0.4
LiberalRobert Aske3,54548.1-0.4
Majority2783.8+0.8
Turnout7,36884.6−1.5
Registered electors8,712
Conservative holdSwing+0.4
Sykes
General election 1918: Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CUnionistMark Sykes13,80580.1+28.6
LiberalRoderick Kedward3,43419.9-28.6
Majority10,37160.2+57.2
Turnout17,23954.9-31.2
Unionist holdSwing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
Percy
1919 Kingston upon Hull Central by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJoseph Kenworthy 8,616 52.8 +32.9
CUnionistEustace Percy7,69947.2-32.9
Majority9175.6N/A
Turnout16,31551.9-3.0
Liberal gain from UnionistSwing+32.9
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s edit

Kenworthy
General election 1922: Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJoseph Kenworthy 15,374 55.5 +35.6
UnionistHerbert Looker12,34744.5−35.6
Majority3,02711.0N/A
Turnout27,72179.1+24.2
Registered electors35,037
Liberal gain from UnionistSwing+35.6
General election 6 December 1923: Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJoseph Kenworthy 15,847 60.1 +4.6
UnionistEdward Wooll10,50739.9−4.6
Majority5,34020.2+9.2
Turnout26,35473.0−6.1
Registered electors36,085
Liberal holdSwing+4.6
General election 1924: Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJoseph Kenworthy 15,234 54.1 −6.0
UnionistLancelot Evelyn Gaunt12,90445.9+6.0
Majority2,3308.2−12.0
Turnout28,13877.1+4.1
Registered electors36,514
Liberal holdSwing−6.0
1926 Kingston-upon-Hull Central by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJoseph Kenworthy 16,145 52.9 New
UnionistLancelot Evelyn Gaunt11,46637.6−8.3
LiberalCharles Kerr2,8859.5−44.6
Majority4,67915.3N/A
Turnout30,49682.8+5.7
Registered electors36,820
Labour gain from LiberalSwing
General election 1929: Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJoseph Kenworthy 18,815 54.1 N/A
UnionistLawrence Kimball11,18132.1−13.8
LiberalAlfred Samuel Doran4,80213.8−40.3
Majority7,63422.0N/A
Turnout34,79878.3+1.2
Registered electors44,439
Labour gain from LiberalSwing

Elections in the 1930s edit

General election 1931: Kingston upon Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeBasil Barton 19,773 55.10
LabourJoseph Kenworthy16,11344.90
Majority3,66010.20N/A
Turnout35,88683.16
Conservative gain from LabourSwing
General election 1935: Kingston upon Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourWalter Windsor 14,851 52.88
ConservativeBasil Barton13,23247.12
Majority1,6195.76N/A
Turnout28,08275.63
Labour gain from ConservativeSwing

Elections in the 1940s edit

General Election 1939–40:

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1945: Kingston upon Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourMark Hewitson 8,786 58.75
ConservativeDiana Spearman4,10627.46
LiberalC Stanley Bell2,06213.79New
Majority4,68031.29
Turnout14,95473.01
Labour holdSwing

Elections in the 1950s edit

General election 1950: Kingston upon Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourMark Hewitson 27,351 56.49
ConservativeRichard Wilberforce15,95132.95
LiberalAlbert Richard Hardcastle5,11310.56
Majority11,40023.54
Turnout48,41578.19
Labour holdSwing
General election 1951: Kingston upon Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourMark Hewitson 29,674 61.71
ConservativeWilliam R Bull18,41338.29
Majority11,26123.42
Turnout48,08776.33
Labour holdSwing

Elections in the 1970s edit

General election February 1974: Kingston upon Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourKevin McNamara 26,855 58.27
ConservativePWJ Carver19,23641.73
Majority7,61916.54
Turnout46,09173.51
Labour holdSwing
General election October 1974: Kingston upon Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourKevin McNamara 22,417 52.35
ConservativePWJ Carver12,59629.41
LiberalNorman Wallace Turner7,81018.24New
Majority9,82122.94
Turnout42,82367.67
Labour holdSwing
General election 1979: Kingston upon Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourKevin McNamara 22,318 52.14
ConservativeJ Tillett14,72534.40
LiberalJ Bryant5,06911.84
National FrontA Braithwaite4220.99New
Socialist UnityPM Stanton2740.64New
Majority7,59317.74
Turnout42,80870.41
Labour holdSwing

References edit

  1. ^ "'Hull Central', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  4. ^ "Announcements". Eastern Morning News. 19 October 1885. p. 2. Retrieved 29 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ Hull Daily Mail, 24 June 1938
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