Kingston upon Hull West (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK constituency main 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

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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

Election		Member^[1]	Party^[2]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1885	Charles Wilson	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1906	Charles Wilson	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1907	Guy Wilson	Liberal
	1918	Constituency abolished

MPs 1955–1997

Election		Member^[1]	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1955	Mark Hewitson	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1964	James Johnson	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1983	Stuart Randall	Labour
	1997	Constituency abolished: see Hull West and Hessle

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

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Rollit

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General election 1885: Kingston upon Hull West^[3]^[4]^[5]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Albert Rollit	3,697	41.3
Majority			1,550	17.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			8,944	77.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			11,517		Script error: No such module "String".
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Wilson

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General election 1886: Kingston upon Hull West^[3]^[5]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Arthur Knocker Dibb ^[6]	3,045	39.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,578	20.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			7,668	66.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			11,517		Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1892: Kingston upon Hull West^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Goldwin Smith	3,500	35.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			2,783	28.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			9,783	70.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			13,929		Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1895: Kingston upon Hull West^[3]^[7]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Tom McCarthy	1,400	17.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			5,237	65.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			8,037	55.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			14,520		Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Kingston upon Hull West^[3]^[7]^[5]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Bouch Willows	4,419	41.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,945	18.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			10,783	64.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			16,757		Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1906: Kingston upon Hull West^[3]^[5]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Sherburn	6,405	42.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			2,247	15.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			15,057	74.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			20,192		Script error: No such module "String".
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Bartley

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1907 Kingston upon Hull West by-election^[5]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	George Trout Bartley	5,382	34.7	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	James Holmes	4,512	29.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			241	1.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			15,517	75.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			20,583		Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1910s

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General election January 1910: Kingston upon Hull West^[8]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Sherburn	8,288	45.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,717	9.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			18,293	80.9	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			22,609		Script error: No such module "String".
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General election December 1910: Kingston upon Hull West^[8]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Lambert Ward	7,943	46.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,293	7.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			17,179	76.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			22,609		Script error: No such module "String".
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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

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General election 1955: Kingston upon Hull West^[9]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Reginald Northam	20,262	44.00
Majority			5,523	12.00	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			46,047	70.12	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1959: Kingston upon Hull West^[10]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Thomas H. F. Farrell	23,011	47.49
Majority			2,435	5.02	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			48,457	75.60	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Kingston upon Hull West^[10]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John G. Bellak	18,825	43.10
Majority			6,030	13.80	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			43,680	70.94	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1966: Kingston upon Hull West^[9]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Giles Shaw	14,551	35.18
Majority			12,265	29.64	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			41,367	70.42	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Kingston upon Hull West^[9]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Timothy Edward Forrow	14,537	37.67
Majority			9,513	24.66	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			38,587	64.79	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election February 1974: Kingston upon Hull West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Charles Maxwell Kirwin Taylor	12,788	30.44
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	I. Silverwood	8,497	20.23	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			7,931	18.89	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			42,004	73.59	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election October 1974: Kingston upon Hull West
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Charles Maxwell Kirwin Taylor	10,272	27.63
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Anthony Ronald Michell	6,508	17.51
Majority			10,121	27.23	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			37,173	64.55	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1979: Kingston upon Hull West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	R. E. Smith	11,592	32.74
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	S. J. Foston	3,656	10.33
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	M. D. Fox	411	1.16	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			8,158	23.04	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			35,409	67.46	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1983: Kingston upon Hull West^[11]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Martin Robert Charles Humphreys	11,707	31.95
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Stephen Unwin	9,575	26.13	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			3,654	9.97	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			36,643	63.50	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1987: Kingston upon Hull West^[12]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Martin Robert Charles Humphreys	11,397	30.32
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Martyn Arthur Bond	6,669	17.74
Majority			8,130	21.62	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			37,593	67.57	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1992: Kingston upon Hull West^[13]^[14]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Donald M. Stewart	10,554	28.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Robert D. Tress	4,867	13.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Barry J. Franklin	308	0.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			10,585	28.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			36,868	65.7	Script error: No such module "String".
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Notes and references

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↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886.
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↑ ^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.
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[ReferenceA-7] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901.

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[ReferenceC-9] British parliamentary election results, 1950–1973, by F. W. S. Craig.

[craig-glasgow-10] F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973.

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Kingston upon Hull West (UK Parliament constituency)

Contents

History

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

MPs 1955–1997

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1990s

Notes and references

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Kingston upon Hull West (UK Parliament constituency)

History

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

MPs 1955–1997

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1990s

Notes and references

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