Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. It was established by the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies and is currently represented by Emma Hardy of the Labour Party. Hardy was previously the MP for the predecessor constituency of Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle from 2017 to 2024.
Constituency profile Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice is a constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It covers the city centre of Kingston upon Hull, more commonly known simply as Hull, and the neighbourhoods in the west of the city including Gipsyville and East Ella. The constituency also covers the area of Haltemprice which lies outside the city's boundaries and includes the town of Hessle and the connected villages of Willerby, Anlaby and Kirk Ella. Kingston-upon-Hull is an industrial city based at the confluence of the River Hull and the Humber estuary and has been an important port city for around 800 years. The city has been described as an "up and coming" place to live. Hessle has a history of shipbuilding and is the location of the Humber Bridge which connects the area to Lincolnshire. This is the wealthier of the city's three constituencies, although there is significant deprivation in the centre of Hull and in Gipsyville, which fall within the top 10% most-deprived areas in England. Haltemprice is generally affluent and suburban in character. House prices in the constituency are similar to the rest of Yorkshire and lower than the national average.
On average, residents of the constituency have low levels of education, income and professional employment. A high proportion work in retail and business administration. White people made up 92% of the population at the 2021 census. At the local council level, the parts of the constituency within Hull are mostly represented by Labour Party councillors, Hessle and Anlaby by Liberal Democrats and Willerby and Kirk Ella by Conservatives. Voters strongly supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum; an estimated 65% voted in favour of Brexit compared to the nationwide figure of 52%.
Boundaries The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The District of East Riding of Yorkshire wards of Hessle, Tranby, and Willerby & Kirk Ella. The City of Kingston upon Hull wards of Boothferry, Derringham, Newington & Gipsyville, Pickering, and St Andrew's & Docklands.
The seat comprises the following areas of former constituencies: The majority of the abolished Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency The villages of Anlaby, Kirk Ella, West Ella and Willerby, previously in the constituency of Haltemprice and Howden (abolished)
Members of Parliament
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle prior to 2024
ElectionMemberParty 2024 Emma Hardy Labour
Elections in the 2020s
Notional gain from the Conservative Party under new boundaries
Elections in the 2010s
2019 notional result Party Vote % Conservative 17,686 42.5 Labour 14,060 33.8 Brexit Party 5,606 13.5 Liberal Democrats 3,837 9.2 Green 442 1.1Turnout41,63156.0Electorate74,321
See also Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside List of parliamentary constituencies in the Yorkshire and the Humber (region)
References
External links Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK