Electorate 61,232 (December 2010) Number of members 1 | Created 1997 | |
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European Parliament constituency Yorkshire and the Humber Replaced by | ||
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (usually just Hull West and Hessle) is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation by Alan Johnson of the Labour Party. If the Boundary Commission's 2018 boundary change proposal is approved, the seat is set to be abolished for the 2020 UK general election, being replaced by a new seat named 'Hull West & Haltemprice'
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History
The constituency was created in 1997, mostly from the former seat of Hull West as Hessle joined from the former seat of Beverley.
Boundaries
This seat contains the electoral wards:
Constituency profile
Despite its name, this Labour safe seat takes in most of Hull's inner city – a deprived area that is currently undergoing regeneration. The area still has some way to go before it is fully restored to healthy economic life, and unemployment remains high – not helped by the declining fishing industry. Hessle is a quiet suburb to the west, conservative by nature, having little in common with its larger neighbour apart from mostly "working class" (low income) roots.
In 2005 The Guardian described the seat as:
'City centre and fishing port of isolated, rather grim east coast town.'