Hull City Council elections
Kingston upon Hull is a unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Until 1 April 1996 it was a non-metropolitan district in Humberside. A third of the
Due to boundary changes every ward and every council seat were up for election on 3 May 2018, new wards "East Carr" and "West Carr" replace East Bransholme and West
Political control
Prior to 1974, Hull was a county borough, independent from any county council. Under the Local Government Act 1972 it became a non-metropolitan district, with Humberside County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted city council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. Humberside County Council was abolished in 1996 and Hull became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:[4][5]
Non-metropolitan district
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Labour | 1973–1996 |
Unitary authority
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Labour | 1996–2002 | |
No overall control | 2002–2007 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2007–2011 | |
Labour | 2011–2022 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2022–present |
Leadership
The
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Carl Minns | Liberal Democrats | 2007 | 8 May 2011 | |
Steve Brady | Labour | 19 May 2011 | 20 May 2021 | |
Daren Hale | Labour | 20 May 2021 | 19 May 2022 | |
Mike Ross | Liberal Democrats | 19 May 2022 |
Council elections
Non-metropolitan district elections
- 1973 Hull City Council election
- 1976 Hull City Council election
- 1979 Hull City Council election
- 1983 Hull City Council election (New ward boundaries)[7]
- 1984 Hull City Council election
- 1986 Hull City Council election
- 1987 Hull City Council election
- 1988 Hull City Council election
- 1990 Hull City Council election
- 1991 Hull City Council election
- 1992 Hull City Council election
- 1994 Hull City Council election
Unitary authority elections
- 1995 Hull City Council election
- 1998 Hull City Council election
- 1999 Hull City Council election
- 2000 Hull City Council election
- 2002 Hull City Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by one)[1][8][9]
- 2003 Hull City Council election
- 2004 Hull City Council election
- 2006 Hull City Council election
- 2007 Hull City Council election
- 2008 Hull City Council election
- 2010 Hull City Council election
- 2011 Hull City Council election
- 2012 Hull City Council election
- 2014 Hull City Council election
- 2015 Hull City Council election
- 2016 Hull City Council election
- 2018 Hull City Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by two)[10]
- 2019 Hull City Council election
- 2020 Hull City Council election (postponed because of COVID-19 pandemic)[11]
- 2021 Hull City Council election
- 2022 Hull City Council election
- 2023 Hull City Council election
- 2024 Hull City Council election
Wards
2002–2018
Ward | Area | Map | No. Councillors |
---|---|---|---|
Avenue | Wyke | 19 | 3 |
Beverley | Northern | 15 | 2 |
Boothferry | West | 22 | 3 |
Bransholme East | North Carr | 12 | 2 |
Bransholme West | North Carr | 13 | 2 |
Bricknell | Wyke | 20 | 2 |
Derringham | West | 21 | 3 |
Drypool | Riverside | 4 | 3 |
Holderness | Park | 10 | 3 |
Ings | East | 9 | 3 |
Kings Park | North Carr | 14 | 2 |
Longhill | East | 8 | 3 |
Marfleet | Park | 5 | 3 |
Myton | Riverside | 3 | 3 |
Newington | Riverside | 23 | 3 |
Newland | Wyke | 18 | 2 |
Orchard Park & Greenwood | Northern | 16 | 3 |
Pickering | West | 1 | 3 |
Southcoates East | Park | 7 | 2 |
Southcoates West | Park | 6 | 2 |
St Andrews | Riverside | 2 | 2 |
Sutton | East | 11 | 3 |
University | Northern | 17 | 2 |
2018–
Ward | Area | Map | No. Councillors |
---|---|---|---|
Avenue | Wyke | 18 | 3 |
Beverley and Newland | Northern | 14 | 3 |
Boothferry | West | 21 | 3 |
Bricknell | Wyke | 19 | 2 |
Central | Wyke | 17 | 2 |
Derringham | West | 20 | 3 |
Drypool | Riverside | 4 | 3 |
Holderness | Park | 9 | 3 |
Ings | East | 8 | 2 |
Kingswood | Foredyke | 13 | 2 |
Longhill and Bilton Grange | East | 7 | 3 |
Marfleet | Park | 6 | 3 |
Newington and Gipsyville | Riverside | 2 | 3 |
North Carr | Foredyke | 11 | 3 |
Orchard Park | Northern | 15 | 3 |
Pickering | West | 1 | 2 |
Southcoates | Park | 5 | 3 |
St Andrews and Docklands | Riverside | 3 | 3 |
Sutton | East | 10 | 3 |
University | Northern | 16 | 2 |
West Carr | Foredyke | 12 | 3 |
By-election results
1997–2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,422 | 48.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 1,329 | 45.0 | |||
Conservative | 157 | 5.0 | |||
Independent Labour | 42 | 2.0 | |||
Majority | 93 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,950 | 29.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 730 | 56.2 | -6.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 370 | 28.5 | +11.2 | ||
Conservative | 156 | 12.0 | -7.8 | ||
Majority | 360 | 27.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,256 | 14.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 701 | 40.8 | -17.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 644 | 37.5 | +23.3 | ||
Conservative | 279 | 16.2 | -4.1 | ||
Independent Labour | 76 | 4.4 | -3.2 | ||
Socialist Labour | 18 | 1.0 | +1.0 | ||
Majority | 57 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,718 | 21.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sean Chaytor | 1,026 | 57.0 | -14.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 705 | 39.1 | +10.3 | ||
Conservative | 47 | 2.6 | +2.6 | ||
UKIP
|
23 | 1.3 | +1.3 | ||
Majority | 321 | 17.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,801 | 20.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2005–present
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Rouse-Deane | 927 | 38.7 | +29.7 | |
Independent
|
John Considine | 679 | 28.3 | -0.1 | |
Labour | Alan Gardiner | 353 | 14.7 | -11.1 | |
UKIP
|
John Cornforth | 320 | 13.4 | -15.1 | |
BNP | Paul Buckley | 116 | 4.8 | ||
Majority | 248 | 10.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,395 | 27.0 | |||
UKIP
|
Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Joyce Korczak | 1,375 | 64.5 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Andrew Whiting | 382 | 17.9 | -5.7 | |
Conservative | Alec Dear | 187 | 8.8 | -8.2 | |
BNP | 76 | 3.6 | +3.6 | ||
Liberal | 57 | 2.7 | +2.7 | ||
Independent
|
42 | 2.0 | +2.0 | ||
Veritas | 13 | 0.6 | +0.6 | ||
Majority | 993 | 46.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,132 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Linda Chambers | 1,306 | 52.3 | -11.6 | |
Labour | Gary Wareing | 891 | 35.7 | +7.9 | |
National Front
|
Mike Cooper | 184 | 7.4 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Andrew Allison | 117 | 4.7 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 415 | 16.61 | |||
Turnout | 2,498 | 26.70 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leanne Fudge | 837 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Tracey Irene Henry | 805 | |||
Conservative | Daniel Mark Bond | 193 | |||
Majority | 32 | ||||
Turnout | 1,858 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sharon Hofman | 919 | 43.7 | -9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lucy Lennon | 647 | 30.8 | +25.3 | |
Conservative | John Fareham | 330 | 19.9 | -15.9 | |
Green | Kevin Paulson | 98 | 4.7 | -1.3 | |
Yorkshire | James Steele | 19 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 272 | 12.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,013 | 35.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -17.15 |
References
- ^ a b "Councillors and wards". Hull City Council. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
- ^ "Ward Boundary Changes". Hull City Council. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ Young, Angus (7 April 2018). "Find out who is standing to become a Hull councillor in your area". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Kingston-Upon-Hull". BBC News Online. BBC. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
- ^ "Council minutes". Hull City Council. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ The City of Kingston upon Hull (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
- ^ "The City of Kingston upon Hull (Electoral Changes) Order 2001". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Kingston-upon-Hull". BBC News Online. BBC. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
- ^ "Ward Boundary Changes". www.hull.gov.uk. Hull City Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Labour makes only gain". The Guardian. 15 November 2002. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
- Yorkshire Post. 14 January 2005. p. 1. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
- ^ "Lib Dems retain city council seat". BBC News Online. BBC. 14 October 2005. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Tories lose city council election". BBC News Online. BBC. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
- ^ "Declaration Of Result Of Poll". Hull City Council. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "Declaration Of Result Of Poll" (PDF). Hull City Council. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
External links
- Hull City Council
- By-election results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine