Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle was a

borough constituency In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons. Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called " constituen ...

for the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of ...

of the

Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace ...

. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years by the

first-past-the-post First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...

electoral system. Further to the completion of the

2023 review of Westminster constituencies The 2023 review of Westminster constituencies was the most recent cycle of the process to redraw the constituency map for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The new constituency boundaries were approved by the Privy Council on 15 Nov ...

, the seat was abolished. Subject to boundary changes, including the addition of the villages of

Anlaby Anlaby is a village forming part of the western suburbs of Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Anlaby with Anlaby Common. History Anlaby is recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' as " ...

, Willerby and

Kirk Ella Kirk Ella is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The parish includes the village of West Ella. The village is situated west of Hull. Kirk Ella has been a village since at least the 11th century: it remaine ...

, it was replaced by

Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. It was established by the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies and is currently represented by Emma Hardy of the Labour Party. Hardy wa ...

, first contested in the

2024 general election This is a list of elections that were held in 2024. The National Democratic Institute also maintains a calendar of elections around the world. * 2024 United Nations Security Council election * 2024 national electoral calendar * 2024 local electo ...

History

The constituency was created in 1997, mostly from the former seat of

Kingston upon Hull 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 Events January * January 3– 4 – ...

Hessle Hessle () is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, west of Kingston upon Hull. Geographically it is part of a larger urban area consisting of the city of Kingston upon Hull, the town of H ...

joined from the former seat of

Beverley Beverley is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located north-west of Hull city centre. At the 2021 census the built-up area of the town had a population of 30,930, and the smaller civil parish had ...

Boundaries

This seat contained the

wards Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...

of Boothferry, Derringham, Myton, Newington, Pickering, and St Andrew's in the City of

Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a historic maritime city and unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Est ...

and Hessle in the District of

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, often abbreviated to the East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, S ...

Constituency profile

Despite its name, the constituency covered most of Kingston upon Hull's inner city, a deprived area undergoing regeneration. The area still has some way to go before it is fully restored to healthy economic life, and unemployment remains high; this has not been helped by the declining fishing industry. Hessle is a quiet suburb to the west, conservative by nature and having little in common with its larger neighbour apart from mostly working-class roots. In 2005, ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...

'' described the seat as a "City centre and fishing port of isolated, rather grim east coast town."

Members of Parliament

Election results 1997–2024

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 2010s

* Due to a transcription error when declaring the results, the Green Party were initially said to have received 50 votes. However, it later became clear that city council officials had 'lost' 510 Green Party votes. They polled 560 votes.

References

External links

Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle UK Parliament constituency
(boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK''

(boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK'' {{Authority control Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2024 Politics of Kingston upon Hull