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**Kingston upon Hull North**
Kingston upon Hull North; Borough constituency
	;
	Kingston upon Hull North shown within Humberside, and Humberside shown within England
Created:	1950, 1983
MP:	Diana Johnson
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	East Riding of Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Kingston upon Hull North (usually just Hull North) is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency covers the northern part of Hull. A diverse constituency, it includes the large social housing estates of Bransholme, North Hull and Orchard Park, as well as some of the city's most desirable housing areas in the Avenues, Newland Park and Beverley High Road areas. A seat with a large student population, Hull North has the University at its centre, and many students live in the Newland Avenue and Beverley Road communities. A large new housing development in the north of the seat called Kingswood is also rapidly changing the constituency's demographic profile.

Kingston upon Hull North includes the Hull City Council wards of Avenue, Beverley, Bransholme East, Bransholme West, Bricknell, Kings Park, Newland, Orchard Park and Greenwood and University.

With the Conservatives in a distant third place, and the Lib Dems clearly established as the challengers to Labour, Hull North is likely to be a key marginal seat between the Lib Dems and Labour at the next General Election. In May 2008 the Hull Daily Mail's political editor commented that "A knife-edge battle between Labour and the Lib Dems in Hull North now looks almost certain".

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1950-1974

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Austen Hudson	Conservative
	1959	Michael Coulson	Conservative
	1964	Henry Solomons	Labour
	1966	Kevin McNamara	Labour
Feb 1974		Constituency abolished (McNamara became MP for Hull Central)

[edit] MPs 1983-present

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Kevin McNamara	Labour
	2005	Diana Johnson	Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Kingston upon Hull North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diana Johnson	15,364	51.9	-5.3
	Liberal Democrat	Denis Healy	8,013	27.1	+7.3
	Conservative	Lydia Rivlin	3,822	12.9	-4.2
	Green	Martin Deane	858	2.9	N/A
	BNP	Brian Wainwright	766	2.6	N/A
	Veritas	Tineke Robinson	389	1.3	N/A
	Northern Progress	Chris Veasey	193	0.7	N/A
	Legalise Cannabis	Carl Wagner	179	0.6	-1.0
Majority			7,351	24.8
Turnout			29,584	47.3	+1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Kingston upon Hull North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin McNamara	16,364	57.2	-8.7
	Liberal Democrat	Simone Butterworth	5,643	19.7	+5.1
	Conservative	Paul Charlson	4,902	17.1	+2.1
	UKIP	Tineka Robinson	655	2.3	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Roger Smith	490	1.7	N/A
	Legalise Cannabis	Paul Wagner	478	1.7	+1.7
	Independent	Christopher Veasey	101	0.4	N/A
Majority			10,721	37.5
Turnout			28,633	45.5	-11.5
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside