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 Council is elected each year with no election every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2002 59 councillors are elected from 23 wards with each ward electing either 2 or 3 councillors.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]^[3]

Non-metropolitan district

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1973–1996

Unitary authority

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1995–2002
	No overall control	2002–2007
	Liberal Democrats	2007–2011
	Labour	2011–present

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Hull City Council election, 1973
Hull City Council election, 1976
Hull City Council election, 1979
Hull City Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
Hull City Council election, 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

Unitary authority elections

Hull City Council election, 1995
Hull City Council election, 1998
Hull City Council election, 1999
Hull City Council election, 2000
Hull City Council election, 2002 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by one)^[1]^[5]^[6]
Hull City Council election, 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

By-election results

1997–2004

Avenue By-Election 13 March 1997
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	1,422	48.0
	Liberal Democrat	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

Ings By-Election 8 February 2001
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	730	56.2	-6.7
	Liberal Democrat	370	28.5	+11.2
	Conservative	156	12.0	-7.8
Majority		360	27.7
Turnout		1,256	14.5
	Labour hold	Swing

University By-Election 8 February 2001
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	701	40.8	-17.0
	Liberal Democrat	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

Marfleet By-Election 14 November 2002^[7]
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	1,026	57.0	-14.2
	Liberal Democrat	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

Derringham By-Election 13 January 2005^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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
	Liberal Democrat gain from UKIP		Swing

Beverley By-Election 13 October 2005^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

Drypool By-Election 8 January 2009^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1 2 "Councillors and wards". Hull City Council. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ "Kingston-Upon-Hull". BBC News Online. BBC. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
↑ The City of Kingston upon Hull (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
↑ legislation.gov.uk – The City of Kingston upon Hull (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Kingston-upon-Hull". BBC News Online. BBC. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
↑ "Labour makes only gain". The Guardian. 15 November 2002. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
↑ "Surprise Lib Dem victory in election re-run". 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.

External links

Council elections in the East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Hull City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Humberside County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Boothferry Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

East Yorkshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Holderness Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

East Riding County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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