Kingston upon Hull North (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kingston upon Hull North is a borough constituency for the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years by the first-past-the-post electoral system. The constituency has been represented by Diana Johnson of the Labour Party since the 2005 general election.
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Kingston upon Hull North | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | East Riding of Yorkshire (1950–1974, 1996–present) Humberside (1983–1996) |
Electorate | 62,917 (December 2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Diana Johnson (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Kingston upon Hull Central Kingston upon Hull East[2] |
1950–1974 (1974) | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Created from | Kingston upon Hull North West Kingston upon Hull Central |
Replaced by | Kingston upon Hull Central |
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes which will include the addition of the community of Cottingham. As a consequence, it will be renamed Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham, to be first contested in the 2024 general election.[3]