Hull City Council elections

A third of Hull City Council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England is elected each year with no election every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2002 59 councillors are elected from 23 wards with each ward electing either 2 or 3 councillors.

Political control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973–2002
No overall control	2002–2007
Liberal Democrats	2007–2011
Labour	2011–present

Council elections

• Hull City Council election, 1998
• Hull City Council election, 1999
• Hull City Council election, 2000
• Hull City Council election, 2002 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by one)
• Hull City Council election, 2003
• Hull City Council election, 2004
• Hull City Council election, 2006
• Hull City Council election, 2007
• Hull City Council election, 2008
• Hull City Council election, 2010
• Hull City Council election, 2011
• Hull City Council election, 2012
• Hull City Council election, 2014
• Hull City Council election, 2015

By-election results

1997–2004

Avenue By-Election 13 March 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,422	48.0
	Liberal Democrat		1,329	45.0
	Conservative		157	5.0
	Independent Labour		42	2.0
Majority			93	3.0
Turnout			2,950	29.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Ings By-Election 8 February 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		730	56.2	-6.7
	Liberal Democrat		370	28.5	+11.2
	Conservative		156	12.0	-7.8
Majority			360	27.7
Turnout			1,256	14.5
	Labour hold		Swing

University By-Election 8 February 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		701	40.8	-17.0
	Liberal Democrat		644	37.5	+23.3
	Conservative		279	16.2	-4.1
	Independent Labour		76	4.4	-3.2
	Socialist Labour		18	1.0	+1.0
Majority			57	3.3
Turnout			1,718	21.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Marfleet By-Election 14 November 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,026	57.0	-14.2
	Liberal Democrat		705	39.1	+10.3
	Conservative		47	2.6	+2.6
	UKIP		23	1.3	+1.3
Majority			321	17.9
Turnout			1,801	20.2
	Labour hold		Swing

2005–present

Derringham By-Election 13 January 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Rouse-Deane	927	38.7	+29.7
	Independent	John Considine	679	28.3	-0.1
	Labour	Alan Gardiner	353	14.7	-11.1
	UKIP	John Cornforth	320	13.4	-15.1
	BNP	Paul Buckley	116	4.8
Majority			248	10.4
Turnout			2,395	27.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from UKIP		Swing

Beverley By-Election 13 October 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Joyce Korczak	1,375	64.5	+5.0
	Labour	Andrew Whiting	382	17.9	-5.7
	Conservative	Alec Dear	187	8.8	-8.2
	BNP		76	3.6	+3.6
	Liberal		57	2.7	+2.7
	Independent		42	2.0	+2.0
	Veritas		13	0.6	+0.6
Majority			993	46.6
Turnout			2,132
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Drypool By-Election 8 January 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Chambers	1,306	52.3	-11.6
	Labour	Gary Wareing	891	35.7	+7.9
	National Front	Mike Cooper	184	7.4	+7.4
	Conservative	Andrew Allison	117	4.7	-3.7
Majority			415	16.61
Turnout			2,498	26.70
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

References

• By-election results

External links

• Hull City Council