Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle in Humberside.
120px Location of Humberside within England.
County	East Riding of Yorkshire
Electorate	61,232 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Alan Johnson (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Hull West, Beverley
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (usually just Hull West and Hessle) is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation by Alan Johnson of the Labour Party.

History

The constituency was created in 1997, mostly from the former seat of Hull West as Hessle joined from the former seat of Boothferry.

Boundaries

This seat contains the electoral wards:

• Boothferry; Derringham; Myton; Newington; Pickering; and St Andrew's in the City of Hull
• Hessle in the East Riding of Yorkshire

Constituency profile

Despite its name, this Labour safe seat takes in most of Hull's inner city – a deprived area that is currently undergoing regeneration. The area still has some way to go before it is fully restored to healthy economic life, and unemployment remains high – not helped by the declining fishing industry. Hessle is a quiet suburb to the west, conservative by nature, having little in common with its larger neighbour apart from mostly "working class" (low income) roots.

In 2005 The Guardian described the seat as:

'City centre and fishing port of isolated, rather grim east coast town.'

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Rt Hon Alan Johnson	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Johnson	15,646	49.2	+6.7
	UKIP	Paul Salvidge	6,313	19.9	+14.5
	Conservative	Jo Barker	5,561	17.5	−2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Claire Thomas	3,169	10.0	−14.3
	Green	Angela Needham	943	3.0	+3.0
	TUSC	Paul Spooner	171	0.5	+0.1
Majority			9,333	29.3
Turnout			31,803	53.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Johnson	13,378	42.5	-12.6
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Ross	7,638	24.2	+3.2
	Conservative	Gary Shores	6,361	20.2	-0.5
	UKIP	Ken Horden	1,688	5.4	+5.4
	BNP	Edward Scott	1,416	4.5	+4.5
	English Democrats	Peter Mawer	876	2.8	+2.8
	TUSC	Keith Gibson	150	0.5	+0.5
Majority			5,740	18.2
Turnout			31,507	50.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Johnson	15,305	55.0	-3.4
	Liberal Democrat	David Nolan	5,855	21.0	+5.9
	Conservative	Karen Woods	5,769	20.7	+0.2
	Veritas	Stephen Wallis	889	3.2	+3.2
Majority			9,450	34.0
Turnout			27,818	45.2	-0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.7

General Election 2001: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Johnson	16,880	58.4	-0.3
	Conservative	John Sharp	5,929	20.5	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Angela Wastling	4,364	15.1	-3.1
	UKIP	John Cornforth	878	3.0	N/A
	Independent	David Harris	512	1.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour	David Skinner	353	1.2	N/A
Majority			10,951	37.9
Turnout			28,916	45.8	-12.9

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Johnson	22,520	58.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Bob Tress	6,995	18.2	N/A
	Conservative	Cormach Moore	6,933	18.1	N/A
	Referendum	R. Bate	1,596	4.2	N/A
	Natural Law	David Skinner	310	0.8	N/A
Majority			15,525		N/A
Turnout				58.3	N/A

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside