Kingston upon Hull Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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.

Contents

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

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

MPs 1885–1955

YearMember [2] Party
1885 Seymour King Conservative
1911 Mark Sykes Unionist
1919 Joseph Kenworthy Liberal
1926 Labour
1931 Basil Barton Conservative
1935 Walter Windsor Labour
1945 Mark Hewitson Labour
1955 constituency abolished

MPs 1974–1983

EventMember [2] Party
Feb 1974 Kevin McNamara Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Hull Central [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Seymour King 4,193 46.8
Liberal Charles Morgan Norwood 4,02745.0
Independent Lib-Lab Neiles Boynton Billany [4] 7358.2
Majority1661.8
Turnout 8,95577.0
Registered electors 11,627
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1886: Hull Central [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Seymour King 4,968 56.3 +9.5
Liberal R. C. Lehmann 3,86143.7−1.3
Majority1,10712.6+10.8
Turnout 8,82975.9−1.1
Registered electors 11,627
Conservative hold Swing +5.4

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Hull Central [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Seymour King 4,938 52.5 −3.8
Lib-Lab Fred Maddison 4,46247.5+3.8
Majority4765.0−7.6
Turnout 9,40076.1+0.2
Registered electors 12,350
Conservative hold Swing −3.8
General election 1895: Hull Central [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Seymour King 5,476 60.9 +8.4
Lib-Lab Fred Maddison 3,51539.1−8.4
Majority1,96121.8+16.8
Turnout 8,99179.9+3.8
Registered electors 11,259
Conservative hold Swing +8.4

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Hull Central [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Seymour King 5,257 68.1 +7.2
Liberal George Greenwood 2,46531.9−7.2
Majority2,79236.2+14.4
Turnout 7,72274.4−5.5
Registered electors 10,378
Conservative hold Swing +7.2
General election 1906: Hull Central [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Seymour King 4,345 57.8 −10.3
Liberal George Jackson Bentham 3,16742.2+10.3
Majority1,17815.6−20.6
Turnout 7,51284.8+10.4
Registered electors 8,861
Conservative hold Swing −10.3

Elections in the 1910s

Seymour King Seymour King.jpg
Seymour King
General election January 1910: Hull Central [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Seymour King 3,606 50.1 −7.7
Liberal Robert Aske 3,58649.9+7.7
Majority200.2−15.4
Turnout 7,19287.9+3.1
Registered electors 8,181
Conservative hold Swing −7.7
Robert Aske Robert Aske.jpg
Robert Aske
General election December 1910: Hull Central [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Seymour King 3,625 51.5 +1.4
Liberal Robert Aske 3,41848.5−1.4
Majority2073.0+2.8
Turnout 7,04386.1−1.8
Registered electors 8,181
Conservative hold Swing +2.4
1911 Kingston upon Hull Central by-election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Sykes 3,823 51.9 +0.4
Liberal Robert Aske 3,54548.1−0.4
Majority2783.8+0.8
Turnout 7,36884.6−1.5
Registered electors 8,712
Conservative hold Swing +0.4
Sykes Mark Sykes00.jpg
Sykes
General election 1918: Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Mark Sykes 13,80580.1+28.6
Liberal Roderick Kedward 3,43419.9−28.6
Majority10,37160.2+57.2
Turnout 17,23954.9−31.2
Unionist hold Swing
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
Percy Portrait of Lord Eustace Percy.jpg
Percy
1919 Kingston upon Hull Central by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Kenworthy 8,616 52.8 +32.9
C Unionist Eustace Percy 7,69947.2−32.9
Majority9175.6N/A
Turnout 16,31551.9−3.0
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +32.9
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

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Kenworthy
General election 1922: Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Kenworthy 15,374 55.5 +35.6
Unionist Herbert Looker 12,34744.5−35.6
Majority3,02711.0N/A
Turnout 27,72179.1+24.2
Registered electors 35,037
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +35.6
General election 6 December 1923: Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Kenworthy 15,847 60.1 +4.6
Unionist Edward Wooll 10,50739.9−4.6
Majority5,34020.2+9.2
Turnout 26,35473.0−6.1
Registered electors 36,085
Liberal hold Swing +4.6
General election 1924: Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Kenworthy 15,234 54.1 −6.0
Unionist Lancelot Evelyn Gaunt12,90445.9+6.0
Majority2,3308.2−12.0
Turnout 28,13877.1+4.1
Registered electors 36,514
Liberal hold Swing −6.0
1926 Kingston-upon-Hull Central by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Kenworthy 16,145 52.9 New
Unionist Lancelot Evelyn Gaunt11,46637.6−8.3
Liberal Charles Kerr 2,8859.5−44.6
Majority4,67915.3N/A
Turnout 30,49682.8+5.7
Registered electors 36,820
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1929: Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Kenworthy 18,815 54.1 N/A
Unionist Lawrence Kimball 11,18132.1−13.8
Liberal Alfred Samuel Doran4,80213.8−40.3
Majority7,63422.0N/A
Turnout 34,79878.3+1.2
Registered electors 44,439
Labour gain from Liberal Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Kingston upon Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Basil Barton 19,773 55.10
Labour Joseph Kenworthy 16,11344.90
Majority3,66010.20N/A
Turnout 35,88683.16
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Kingston upon Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Windsor 14,851 52.88
Conservative Basil Barton 13,23247.12
Majority1,6195.76N/A
Turnout 28,08275.63
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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%±%
Labour Mark Hewitson 8,786 58.75
Conservative Diana Spearman 4,10627.46
Liberal C Stanley Bell2,06213.79New
Majority4,68031.29
Turnout 14,95473.01
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Kingston upon Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Hewitson 27,351 56.49
Conservative Richard Wilberforce 15,95132.95
Liberal Albert Richard Hardcastle5,11310.56
Majority11,40023.54
Turnout 48,41578.19
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Kingston upon Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Hewitson 29,674 61.71
Conservative William R Bull18,41338.29
Majority11,26123.42
Turnout 48,08776.33
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election February 1974: Kingston upon Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 26,855 58.27
Conservative PWJ Carver19,23641.73
Majority7,61916.54
Turnout 46,09173.51
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Kingston upon Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 22,417 52.35
Conservative PWJ Carver12,59629.41
Liberal Norman Wallace Turner7,81018.24New
Majority9,82122.94
Turnout 42,82367.67
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Kingston upon Hull Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin McNamara 22,318 52.14
Conservative J Tillett14,72534.40
Liberal J Bryant5,06911.84
National Front A Braithwaite4220.99New
Socialist Unity PM Stanton2740.64New
Majority7,59317.74
Turnout 42,80870.41
Labour hold Swing

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