Kingston upon Hull East (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston upon Hull East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Kingston upon Hull East in Humberside.
Location of Humberside within England.
County	East Riding of Yorkshire
Electorate	68,150 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Karl Turner (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Kingston upon Hull
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Kingston upon Hull East (usually just Hull East) is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Karl Turner of the Labour Party.

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Alexandra, Beverley, Drypool, and Sutton, and part of Central ward.

1918-1950: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Alexandra, Drypool, and Southcoates.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Alexandra, Drypool, Marfleet, Southcoates, Stoneferry, and Sutton.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Alexandra, Drypool, East Central, Marfleet, Myton, Southcoates, Stoneferry, and Sutton.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Bransholme, Drypool, Greatfield, Holderness, Longhill, Marfleet, Stoneferry, and Sutton.

1983-2010: The City of Hull wards of Drypool, Holderness, Ings, Longhill, Marfleet, Southcoates, and Sutton.

2010–present: The City of Hull wards of Drypool, Holderness, Ings, Longhill, Marfleet, Southcoates East, Southcoates West, and Sutton.

This safe Labour seat covers most the city of Kingston upon Hull east of the River Hull, excluding for the Bransholme estate which lies in the Hull North constituency. It is a constituency of diversity, divided by Holderness Road, it can be split into two very separate areas. It includes the now-redeveloped residential Victoria Docks, which can be considered alongside Sutton Village, Garden Village and the private housing suburbs to the north of East Park. Away from the prestigious dockside developments and middle-class suburbs, the southern area of the constituency is largely social housing with a large amount of unemployment and underemployment alongside the vast docks and industrial estates.

In the early years of the constituency, it continually changed hands between the Conservative Party and the then-Liberal Party. Hull East has returned Labour MPs since 1935, and from 1945 to 2010 was represented by only two members, former seamen, Harry Pursey and John Prescott (who became Deputy Prime Minister, in charge of at the time town and country planning policy).