Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1955–1997
Kingston upon Hull West Former borough constituencyfor the House of Commons Kingston upon Hull West in Humberside, showing boundaries used from 1983–1997
Major settlements Kingston upon Hull 1955 –1997 Seats One Created from Hull Central and Haltemprice Replaced by Hull West and Hessle 1885 –1918 Seats One Type of constituency Borough constituency Created from Kingston upon Hull Replaced by Hull North West and Hull South West
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
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
MPs 1955–1997
Elections
Elections in the 1880s Rollit Wilson
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s Bartley
Elections in the 1910s General election 1914–15:
Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Labour: Alfred Gould Liberal: Guy Wilson National Sailors' and Firemen's Union: John R. Bell Unionist: W. H. Grace
Elections in the 1950s General election 1955 : Kingston upon Hull West[ 9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Mark Hewitson 25,785 56.00 Conservative Reginald Northam 20,262 44.00 Majority 5,523 12.00 Turnout 46,047 70.12 Labour win (new seat)
General election 1959 : Kingston upon Hull West[ 10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Mark Hewitson 25,446 52.51 Conservative Thomas H. F. Farrell 23,011 47.49 Majority 2,435 5.02 Turnout 48,457 75.60 Labour hold Swing
Elections in the 1960s General election 1964 : Kingston upon Hull West[ 10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour James Johnson 24,855 56.90 Conservative John G. Bellak 18,825 43.10 Majority 6,030 13.80 Turnout 43,680 70.94 Labour hold Swing
General election 1966 : Kingston upon Hull West[ 9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour James Johnson 26,816 64.82 Conservative Giles Shaw 14,551 35.18 Majority 12,265 29.64 Turnout 41,367 70.42 Labour hold Swing
Elections in the 1970s General election 1970 : Kingston upon Hull West[ 9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour James Johnson 24,050 62.33 Conservative Timothy Edward Forrow 14,537 37.67 Majority 9,513 24.66 Turnout 38,587 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 New Majority 7,931 18.89 Turnout 42,004 73.59 Labour hold Swing
General election 1979 : Kingston upon Hull West Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour James Johnson 19,750 55.78 Conservative R. E. Smith 11,592 32.74 Liberal S. J. Foston 3,656 10.33 National Front M. D. Fox 411 1.16 New Majority 8,158 23.04 Turnout 35,409 67.46 Labour hold Swing
Elections in the 1980s General election 1983 : Kingston upon Hull West[ 11] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Stuart Randall 15,361 41.92 Conservative Martin Robert Charles Humphreys 11,707 31.95 SDP Stephen Unwin 9,575 26.13 New Majority 3,654 9.97 Turnout 36,643 63.50 Labour hold Swing
General election 1987 : Kingston upon Hull West[ 12] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Stuart Randall 19,527 51.94 Conservative Martin Robert Charles Humphreys 11,397 30.32 SDP Martyn Arthur Bond 6,669 17.74 Majority 8,130 21.62 Turnout 37,593 67.57 Labour hold Swing
Election in the 1990s General election 1992 : Kingston upon Hull West[ 13] [ 14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Stuart Randall 21,139 57.3 +5.4 Conservative Donald M. Stewart 10,554 28.6 −1.7 Liberal Democrats Robert D. Tress 4,867 13.2 −4.5 Natural Law Barry J. Franklin 308 0.8 New Majority 10,585 28.7 +7.1 Turnout 36,868 65.7 −1.9 Labour hold Swing +3.5
Notes and references ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4) ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 130. ^ a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book, 1907. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886. ^ a b c d e f g Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918 . London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984 . ^ "Yorkshire Candidates" . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 10 July 1886. p. 8. Retrieved 29 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive . ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901. ^ a b Craig, 1885–1918 , p. 130. ^ a b c British parliamentary election results, 1950–1973, by F. W. S. Craig. ^ a b F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017 . ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017 . ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017 . ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992 . Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010 .