Kingston upon Hull West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kingston upon Hull West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Major settlements Kingston upon Hull
1955–1997
Number of members One
Replaced by Hull West & Hessle
1885–1918
Number of members One
Type of constituency Borough constituency
Created from Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull West was a borough constituency in Kingston upon Hull which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election.

It was recreated for the 1955 general election and abolished again for the 1997 general election. It was then replaced by the new Hull West and Hessle constituency.

History

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Boundaries

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Albert, Botanic, Coltman, Newington, and Park.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Albert, Coltman, North Newington, Pickering, St Andrew's, and South Newington.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Boothferry, Coltman, Derringham, Newington, Pickering, and St Andrew's.

1983-1997: The City of Hull wards of Boothferry, Derringham, Myton, Newington, Pickering, and St Andrew's.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

Election Member [1] Party [2]
1885 Charles Henry Wilson Liberal
1906 Charles Henry Wellesley Wilson Liberal
1907 by-election Guy Greville Wilson Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

MPs 1955–1997

Election Member [1] Party
1955 Mark Hewitson Labour
1964 James Johnson Labour
1983 Stuart Randall Labour
1997 constituency abolished: see Hull West & Hessle

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

George Bartley
Hull West by-election, 1907[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hon. Guy Greville Wilson 5,623 36.2 −21.3
Conservative Sir George Trout Bartley 5,382 34.7 −7.8
Labour James Holmes 4,512 29.1 N/A
Majority 241 1.5 −13.5
Turnout 75.4 −1.2
Liberal hold Swing
Guy Wilson
General Election January 1910: Kingston upon Hull West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hon. Guy Greville Wilson 10,005 54.7
Liberal Unionist Sir John Sherburn 8,288 45.3
Majority
Turnout 80.9
Liberal hold Swing
General Election December 1910: Kingston upon Hull West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hon. Guy Greville Wilson 9,236
Conservative Albert Lambert Ward 7,943
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1955: Kingston upon Hull West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Hewitson 25,785 56.00 n/a
Conservative R Northam 20,262 44.00 n/a
Majority 5,523 11.99 n/a
Turnout 70.12 n/a
Labour win
General Election 1959: Kingston upon Hull West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Hewitson 25,446 52.51
Conservative THF Farrell 23,011 47.49
Majority 2,435 5.03
Turnout 75.60
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Kingston upon Hull West[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Johnson 24,855 56.90
Conservative JG Bellak 18,825 43.10
Majority 6,030 13.80
Turnout 70.94
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1966: Kingston upon Hull West[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Johnson 26,816 64.82
Conservative John Giles Dunkerley Shaw 14,551 35.18
Majority 12,265 29.65
Turnout 70.42
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Kingston upon Hull West[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Johnson 24,050 62.33
Conservative TE Forrow 14,537 37.67
Majority 9,513 24.65
Turnout 64.79
Labour hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Kingston upon Hull West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Johnson 20,719 49.33
Conservative Charles Maxwell Kirwin Taylor 12,788 30.44
Liberal I Silverwood 8,497 20.23
Majority 7,931 18.88
Turnout 73.59
Labour hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Kingston upon Hull West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Johnson 20,393 54.86
Conservative Charles Maxwell Kirwin Taylor 10,272 27.63
Liberal Anthony Ronald Michell 6,508 17.51
Majority 10,121 27.23
Turnout 64.55
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1979: Kingston upon Hull West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Johnson 19,750 55.78
Conservative RE Smith 11,592 32.74
Liberal SJ Foston 3,656 10.33
National Front MD Fox 411 1.16
Majority 8,158 23.04
Turnout 67.46
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Kingston upon Hull West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stuart Randall 15,361 41.92
Conservative MRC Humphreys 11,707 31.95
Social Democratic W Unwin 9,575 26.13
Majority 3,654 9.97
Turnout 63.50
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1987: Kingston upon Hull West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stuart Randall 19,527 51.94
Conservative MRC Humphreys 11,397 30.32
Social Democratic M Bond 6,669 17.74
Majority 8,130 21.63
Turnout 67.57
Labour hold Swing

Election in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Kingston upon Hull West[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stuart Randall 21,139 57.3 +5.4
Conservative Donald M. Stewart 10,554 28.6 −1.7
Liberal Democrat Robert D. Tress 4,867 13.2 −4.5
Natural Law Barry J. Franklin 308 0.8 +0.8
Majority 10,585 28.7 +7.1
Turnout 36,868 65.7 −1.9
Labour hold Swing +3.5

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)[self-published source][better source needed]
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Craig, 1885-1918, page 130
  4. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  5. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  6. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  7. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  8. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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