Kingston upon Hull (UK Parliament constituency)
Kingston upon Hull, often simply referred to as Hull, was a parliamentary constituency in Yorkshire, electing two members of parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1305 until 1885. Its MPs included the anti-slavery campaigner, William Wilberforce, and the poet Andrew Marvell.
Kingston upon Hull | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Yorkshire |
Major settlements | Kingston upon Hull |
1305–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Replaced by | Hull Central, Hull East and Hull West |
History
Kingston upon Hull was a borough constituency in the town (later city) of Hull. Until the Great Reform Act of 1832, it consisted only of the parish of St Mary's, Hull and part of Holy Trinity, Hull, entirely to the west of the River Hull. This excluded parts of the urban area which had not been originally part of the town, but some of these – the rest of Holy Trinity parish, Sculcoates, Drypool, Garrisonside and part of Sutton-on-Hull – were brought into the constituency by boundary changes in 1832. This increased the population of the borough from around 16,000 to almost 50,000.
The borough sent its first two known Members to the Parliament of 1305 and thereafter with fair regularity from 1334. Until the Reform Act, the right to vote in Hull was vested in the freemen of the city, which made the constituency one of the larger and more competitive ones. At the general election of 1831, 2,174 voters went to the polls.
The Hull constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election, the city being divided into three single-member constituencies, Kingston upon Hull Central, Kingston upon Hull East and Kingston upon Hull West.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1305–1640
Parliament | First member | Second member |
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1332 (Mar) | William de la Pole | |
1332 (Sep) | ? | |
1332/3 | ? | |
1334 (Feb) | ? | |
1334 (Sep) | ? | |
1335 | William de la Pole | |
1336 | William de la Pole | |
1337 | ? | |
1338 | William de la Pole | |
1386 | Adam Tutbury | John Hedon[1] |
1388 (Feb) | Simon Grimsby | William Pound[1] |
1388 (Sep) | Thomas Waltham | John Spalding[1] |
1390 (Jan) | ||
1390 (Nov) | ||
1391 | William Bubwith | Thomas Kirkby[1] |
1393 | Thomas Fountenay | Thomas Kirkby[1] |
1394 | Simon Grimsby | Thomas Kirkby[1] |
1395 | Robert Snainton | Thomas Kirkby[1] |
1397 (Jan) | William Terry | Thomas Kirkby[1] |
1397 (Sep) | ||
1399 | William Terry | William Pound[1] |
1401 | ||
1402 | John Birken | Thomas Kirkby[1] |
1404 (Jan) | ||
1404 (Oct) | ||
1406 | John Fitling | Thomas Kirkby[1] |
1407 | John Fitling | John Leversegge[1] |
1410 | ||
1411 | John Fitling | Thomas Kirkby[1] |
1413 (Feb) | ||
1413 (May) | John Fitling | Hugh Clitheroe[1] |
1414 (Apr) | ||
1414 (Nov) | John Aldwick | Walter Grimsby[1] |
1415 | Robert Hornsea | Richard Swan[1] |
1416 (Mar) | John Saunderson | Walter Grimsby[1] |
1416 (Oct) | ||
1417 | ||
1419 | John Bedford | John Fitling[1] |
1420 | John Bedford | Robert Kirkton[1] |
1421 (May) | John Bedford | John Fitling[1] |
1421 (Dec) | Thomas Marshall | Robert Holme[1] |
1426 | John Aldwick | |
1495 | Robert Chapman[2] | |
1510 | Roger Bushell | John Eland[3] |
1512 | Edward Baron | Thomas Wilkinson[3] |
1515 | Thomas Wilkinson | Robert Harrison[3] |
1523 | ? | |
1529 | George Matheson | Edward Madison[3] |
1536 | Sir Edward Madison | George Matheson[3] |
1539 | George Matheson | Robert Kemsey[3] |
1542 | ? | |
1545 | Edward Rogers | Robert Googe or Goche[3] |
1547 | John Thacker | Walter Jobson[3] |
1553 (Mar) | Alexander Stockdale | William Johnson[3] |
1553 (Oct) | John Thacker | William Johnson[3] |
1554 (Apr) | Alexander Stockdale | John Thacker[3] |
1554 (Nov) | Walter Jobson | John Thornton[3] |
1555 | Walter Jobson | Thomas Dalton[3] |
1558 | Walter Jobson | Thomas Aldred[3] |
1558/9 | Walter Jobson | John Oversall[4] |
1562/3 | Christopher Estofte, died and replaced in 1566 by Henry Fanshawe | John Thornton[4] |
1571 | John Thornton | James Clerkson[4] |
1572 | Thomas Dalton | James Clerkson |
1581 | Dalton and Clerkson dismissed as idle and impotent and replaced in January 1581 by Thomas Fleming and John Fawether or Fairweather[4] | |
1584 | John Thornton | John Aldred[4] |
1586 | Edward Wakefield | John Aldred[4] |
1588 | Leonard Willan | William Gee[4] |
1593 | Leonard Willan | Peter Proby[4] |
1597 | Leonard Willan | Anthony Cole[4] |
1601 | John Lister | John Graves[4] |
1604–1611 | Anthony Cole | John Edmonds |
1614 | Sir John Bourchier | Richard Burgis |
1621 | John Lister | Maurice Abbot |
1624 | John Lister | Sir John Suckling, sat for Middlesex and was replaced by Maurice Abbot |
1625 | John Lister | Maurice Abbot |
1626 | John Lister | Lancelot Roper |
1628 | John Lister | James Watkinson |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments convened |
MPs 1640–1885
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | George Schonswar | 1,564 | 42.9 | ||
Whig | William Battie-Wrightson | 1,213 | 33.3 | ||
Whig | Thomas Gisborne Burke | 869 | 23.8 | ||
Majority | 351 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,174 | c. 79.1 | |||
Registered electors | c. 2,750 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | William Battie-Wrightson | Unopposed | |||
Whig | George Schonswar | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 2,750 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Matthew Davenport Hill | 1,674 | 32.5 | ||
Radical | William Hutt | 1,610 | 31.3 | ||
Tory | David Carruthers (MP) | 1,429 | 27.8 | ||
Radical | James Acland | 433 | 8.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,305 | 85.6 | |||
Registered electors | 3,863 | ||||
Majority | 64 | 1.2 | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Majority | 181 | 3.5 | |||
Radical gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Carruthers (MP) | 1,836 | 38.7 | +10.9 | |
Radical | William Hutt | 1,536 | 32.4 | −7.3 | |
Whig | Matthew Davenport Hill | 1,371 | 28.9 | −3.6 | |
Turnout | 3,108 | 73.2 | −12.4 | ||
Registered electors | 4,244 | ||||
Majority | 300 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +6.4 | |||
Majority | 165 | 3.5 | ±0.0 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | −6.4 | |||
Carruthers' death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | Thomas Perronet Thompson | 1,428 | 50.1 | +17.7 | |
Conservative | Henry St John-Mildmay | 1,423 | 49.9 | +11.2 | |
Majority | 5 | 0.2 | −3.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,851 | 67.2 | −6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 4,244 | ||||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Wilberforce | 1,514 | 25.5 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Walter James | 1,505 | 25.3 | +6.0 | |
Radical | William Hutt | 1,497 | 25.2 | −7.2 | |
Whig | Benjamin Wood | 1,430 | 24.0 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 8 | 0.1 | −6.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,990 | 70.8 | −2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 4,222 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Radical | Swing | +4.8 | |||
- On petition, Wilberforce's election was declared void and Hutt was declared elected in 1838.
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Hanmer | 1,843 | 26.0 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Walter James | 1,830 | 25.9 | +0.6 | |
Radical | James Clay | 1,761 | 24.9 | +12.3 | |
Radical | Thomas Perronet Thompson | 1,645 | 23.2 | +10.6 | |
Majority | 69 | 1.0 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,583 | 73.7 | +2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,862 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Matthew Talbot Baines | 2,168 | 36.1 | New | |
Radical | James Clay | 2,135 | 35.5 | −12.6 | |
Whig | James Brown | 1,705 | 28.4 | New | |
Turnout | 3,004 (est) | 65.0 (est) | −8.7 | ||
Registered electors | 4,618 | ||||
Majority | 33 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 430 | 7.1 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Baines was appointed President of the Poor Law Board, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Matthew Talbot Baines | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | James Clay | 2,246 | 28.3 | −7.2 | |
Whig | George Robinson | 2,242 | 28.3 | −36.2 | |
Conservative | John Bramley-Moore | 1,815 | 22.9 | New | |
Conservative | Charles Lennox Butler[30] | 1,626 | 20.5 | New | |
Turnout | 3,965 (est) | 75.9 (est) | +10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 5,221 | ||||
Majority | 4 | 0.0 | −7.1 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | +5.5 | |||
Majority | 427 | 5.4 | +5.0 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −5.5 | |||
After an election petition committee found evidence of bribery and treating, both members were unseated and the writ was suspended in March 1853.[31] A by-election was then held in August 1854.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | William Digby Seymour | 1,820 | 34.8 | +6.5 | |
Whig | William Henry Watson | 1,806 | 34.6 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Samuel Auchmuty Dickson[32] | 1,600 | 30.6 | −12.8 | |
Turnout | 3,413 (est) | 74.7 (est) | −1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 4,572 | ||||
Majority | 14 | 0.2 | +0.2 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | +6.5 | |||
Majority | 206 | 4.0 | −1.4 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +6.4 | |||
Watson resigned after being appointed a Baron of the Exchequer, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | James Clay | Unopposed | |||
Radical gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | James Clay | 2,365 | 36.4 | +6.1 | |
Peelite | Anthony Ashley-Cooper | 2,303 | 35.5 | N/A | |
Radical | William Compton[33][34] | 1,392 | 21.4 | N/A | |
Radical | William Digby Seymour[34] | 434 | 6.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,247 (est) | 59.1 (est) | −16.8 | ||
Registered electors | 5,494 | ||||
Majority | 62 | 0.9 | +0.9 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 911 | 14.1 | N/A | ||
Peelite gain from Whig | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Clay | 2,445 | 36.6 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Joseph Hoare | 2,269 | 34.0 | −1.5 | |
Liberal | Harvey Lewis | 1,959 | 29.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,337 (est) | 60.4 (est) | +1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,526 | ||||
Majority | 176 | 2.6 | +1.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
Majority | 310 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Peelite | Swing | −0.5 | |||
Hoare was unseated after an election petition committee found evidence of corruption, causing a by-election.[35]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Somes | 2,068 | 56.7 | +22.7 | |
Liberal | Harvey Lewis | 1,579 | 43.3 | −22.7 | |
Majority | 489 | 13.4 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,647 | 66.0 | +5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,526 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +22.7 | |||
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Clay | 2,583 | 30.7 | −5.9 | |
Liberal | Charles Morgan Norwood | 2,547 | 30.3 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | John Somes | 1,910 | 22.8 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | Joseph Hoare | 1,374 | 16.3 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 637 | 7.6 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,207 (est) | 75.6 (est) | +15.2 | ||
Registered electors | 5,566 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.2 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | −0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Morgan Norwood | 7,282 | 28.0 | −2.3 | |
Liberal | James Clay | 6,874 | 26.5 | −4.2 | |
Conservative | Henry Atkinson | 6,383 | 24.6 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Robert Baxter | 5,444 | 21.0 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 491 | 1.9 | −5.7 | ||
Turnout | 12,992 (est) | 75.8 (est) | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 17,146 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.5 | |||
Elections in the 1870s
Clay's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Walker Pease | 6,873 | 51.0 | +5.4 | |
Liberal | Edward Reed | 6,594 | 49.0 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 279 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,467 | 64.3 | −11.5 | ||
Registered electors | 20,947 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Wilson | 8,886 | 35.3 | +8.8 | |
Liberal | Charles Morgan Norwood | 8,549 | 34.0 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Joseph Walker Pease | 7,706 | 30.7 | −14.9 | |
Majority | 843 | 3.3 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 16,424 (est) | 74.6 (est) | −1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 22,026 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.7 | |||
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Morgan Norwood | 12,071 | 32.9 | −1.1 | |
Liberal | Charles Wilson | 11,837 | 32.2 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | John Buckingham Pope | 6,767 | 18.4 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Henry Atkinson | 6,067 | 16.5 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 5,070 | 13.8 | +10.5 | ||
Turnout | 18,371 (est) | 70.1 (est) | −4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 26,193 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.2 | |||
Notes
- Wilberforce was re-elected at the general election of 1784, but was also elected for Yorkshire, which he chose to represent, and did not sit for Hull in this parliament
- George William Denys was created a baronet as Sir George Denys in 1813
- A petition was lodged after the 1837 election, and Wilberforce's qualification as a candidate was declared defective and his election voided. After scrutiny of the votes, Hutt (who had originally been placed third) was declared elected in his stead 7 May 1838
- The 1852 election was declared void on petition. Hull's right to representation was suspended and a Royal Commission appointed to investigate. Once it had reported, a new election was held, which none of the four original candidates contested.
- After the 1859 election, the election of Hoare was declared void on petition, and a by-election held in August 1859
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