Kingston upon Hull | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Yorkshire |
Major settlements | Kingston upon Hull |
1305–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Replaced by | Hull Central, Hull East and Hull West |
Kingston upon Hull, often simply referred to as Hull, was a parliamentary constituency in Yorkshire, electing two members of parliament to the Parliaments of England, Great Britain and House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1305 until 1885. Its MPs included the anti-slavery campaigner, William Wilberforce, and the poet Andrew Marvell.
Kingston upon Hull was a borough constituency in the town (later city) of Hull. Until the Great Reform Act 1832, it consisted only of the parish of St Mary's, Hull and part of Holy Trinity, Hull, entirely to the west of the River Hull. This excluded parts of the urban area which had not been originally part of the town, but some of these – the rest of Holy Trinity parish, Sculcoates, Drypool, Garrisonside and part of Sutton-on-Hull – were brought into the constituency by boundary changes in 1832. This increased the population of the borough from around 16,000 to almost 50,000.
The borough sent its first two known Members to the parliament of 1305 and thereafter with fair regularity from 1334. Until the Reform Act 1832, the right to vote in Hull was vested in the freemen of the city, which made the constituency one of the larger and more competitive ones. At the general election of 1831, 2,174 voters went to the polls.
The Hull constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election, the city being divided into three single-member constituencies, Kingston upon Hull Central, Kingston upon Hull East and Kingston upon Hull West.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | George Schonswar | 1,564 | 42.9 | ||
Whig | William Battie-Wrightson | 1,213 | 33.3 | ||
Whig | Thomas Gisborne Burke | 869 | 23.8 | ||
Majority | 351 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,174 | c. 79.1 | |||
Registered electors | c. 2,750 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | ||||
Whig hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | William Battie-Wrightson | Unopposed | |||
Whig | George Schonswar | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 2,750 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Matthew Davenport Hill | 1,674 | 32.5 | ||
Radical | William Hutt | 1,610 | 31.3 | ||
Tory | David Carruthers (MP) | 1,429 | 27.8 | ||
Radical | James Acland | 433 | 8.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,305 | 85.6 | |||
Registered electors | 3,863 | ||||
Majority | 64 | 1.2 | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Majority | 181 | 3.5 | |||
Radical gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Carruthers (MP) | 1,836 | 38.7 | +10.9 | |
Radical | William Hutt | 1,536 | 32.4 | −7.3 | |
Whig | Matthew Davenport Hill | 1,371 | 28.9 | −3.6 | |
Turnout | 3,108 | 73.2 | −12.4 | ||
Registered electors | 4,244 | ||||
Majority | 465 | 9.8 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +6.4 | |||
Majority | 165 | 3.5 | ±0.0 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | −6.4 |
Carruthers' death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | Thomas Perronet Thompson | 1,428 | 50.1 | +17.7 | |
Conservative | Henry St John-Mildmay | 1,423 | 49.9 | +11.2 | |
Majority | 5 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,851 | 67.2 | −6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 4,244 | ||||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Wilberforce | 1,514 | 25.5 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Walter James | 1,505 | 25.3 | +6.0 | |
Radical | William Hutt | 1,497 | 25.2 | −7.2 | |
Whig | Benjamin Wood | 1,430 | 24.0 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 8 | 0.1 | −9.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,990 | 70.8 | −2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 4,222 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Radical | Swing | +4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Hanmer | 1,843 | 26.0 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Walter James | 1,830 | 25.9 | +0.6 | |
Radical | James Clay | 1,761 | 24.9 | +12.3 | |
Radical | Thomas Perronet Thompson | 1,645 | 23.2 | +10.6 | |
Majority | 69 | 1.0 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,583 | 73.7 | +2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,862 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Matthew Talbot Baines | 2,168 | 36.1 | N/A | |
Radical | James Clay | 2,135 | 35.5 | −12.6 | |
Whig | James Brown | 1,705 | 28.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,004 (est) | 65.0 (est) | −8.7 | ||
Registered electors | 4,618 | ||||
Majority | 33 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 430 | 7.1 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Baines was appointed President of the Poor Law Board, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Matthew Talbot Baines | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | James Clay | 2,246 | 28.3 | −7.2 | |
Whig | George Robinson | 2,242 | 28.3 | −36.2 | |
Conservative | John Bramley-Moore | 1,815 | 22.9 | New | |
Conservative | Charles Lennox Butler [30] | 1,626 | 20.5 | New | |
Turnout | 3,965 (est) | 75.9 (est) | +10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 5,221 | ||||
Majority | 4 | 0.0 | −7.1 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | +5.5 | |||
Majority | 427 | 5.4 | +4.8 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −5.5 |
After an election petition committee found evidence of bribery and treating, both members were unseated and the writ was suspended in March 1853. [31] A by-election was then held in August 1854.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | William Digby Seymour | 1,820 | 34.8 | +6.5 | |
Whig | William Henry Watson | 1,806 | 34.6 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Samuel Auchmuty Dickson [32] | 1,600 | 30.6 | −12.8 | |
Turnout | 3,413 (est) | 74.7 (est) | −1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 4,572 | ||||
Majority | 14 | 0.2 | +0.2 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | +6.5 | |||
Majority | 206 | 4.0 | −1.4 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +6.4 |
Watson resigned after being appointed a Baron of the Exchequer, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | James Clay | Unopposed | |||
Radical gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | James Clay | 2,365 | 36.4 | +6.1 | |
Peelite | Anthony Ashley-Cooper | 2,303 | 35.5 | N/A | |
Radical | William Compton [33] [34] | 1,392 | 21.4 | N/A | |
Radical | William Digby Seymour [34] | 434 | 6.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,247 (est) | 59.1 (est) | −16.8 | ||
Registered electors | 5,494 | ||||
Majority | 62 | 0.9 | +0.9 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 911 | 14.1 | N/A | ||
Peelite gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Clay | 2,445 | 36.6 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Joseph Hoare | 2,269 | 34.0 | −1.5 | |
Liberal | Harvey Lewis | 1,959 | 29.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,337 (est) | 60.4 (est) | +1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,526 | ||||
Majority | 176 | 2.6 | +1.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
Majority | 310 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Peelite | Swing | −0.5 |
Hoare was unseated after an election petition committee found evidence of corruption, causing a by-election. [35]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joseph Somes | 2,068 | 56.7 | +22.7 | |
Liberal | Harvey Lewis | 1,579 | 43.3 | −22.7 | |
Majority | 489 | 13.4 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,647 | 66.0 | +5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,526 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +22.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Clay | 2,583 | 30.7 | −5.9 | |
Liberal | Charles Morgan Norwood | 2,547 | 30.3 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | John Somes | 1,910 | 22.8 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | Joseph Hoare | 1,374 | 16.3 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 637 | 7.5 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,207 (est) | 75.6 (est) | +15.2 | ||
Registered electors | 5,566 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.2 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | −0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Morgan Norwood | 7,282 | 28.0 | −2.3 | |
Liberal | James Clay | 6,874 | 26.5 | −4.2 | |
Conservative | Henry Atkinson | 6,383 | 24.6 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Robert Baxter | 5,444 | 21.0 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 491 | 1.9 | −5.6 | ||
Turnout | 12,992 (est) | 75.8 (est) | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 17,146 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.5 |
Clay's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joseph Walker Pease | 6,873 | 51.0 | +5.4 | |
Liberal | Edward Reed | 6,594 | 49.0 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 279 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,467 | 64.3 | −11.5 | ||
Registered electors | 20,947 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Wilson | 8,886 | 35.3 | +8.8 | |
Liberal | Charles Morgan Norwood | 8,549 | 34.0 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Joseph Walker Pease | 7,706 | 30.7 | −14.9 | |
Majority | 843 | 3.3 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 16,424 (est) | 74.6 (est) | −1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 22,026 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Morgan Norwood | 12,071 | 32.9 | −1.1 | |
Liberal | Charles Wilson | 11,837 | 32.2 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | John Buckingham Pope | 6,767 | 18.4 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Henry Atkinson | 6,067 | 16.5 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 5,070 | 13.8 | +10.5 | ||
Turnout | 18,371 (est) | 70.1 (est) | −4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 26,193 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.2 |
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