Kingston upon Hull North (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston upon Hull North
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Kingston upon Hull North in Humberside.
Location of Humberside within England.
County	East Riding of Yorkshire (1950–1974, 1996- ) Humberside (1983–1996)
Electorate	65,219 (Dec 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Diana Johnson (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Hull Central Hull East
1950–1974 (1974)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Hull Central
Created from	Hull North West Hull Central
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Kingston upon Hull North (usually just Hull North) is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Beverley, Newland, Park, and University.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull wards of Beverley, Botanic, Newland, Paragon, Park, University, and West Central.

1983-2010: The City of Hull wards of Avenue, Beverley, Newland, Noddle Hill, Orchard Park, Stoneferry, and University.

2010–present: The City of Hull wards of Avenue, Beverley, Bransholme East, Bransholme West, Bricknell, Kings Park, Newland, Orchard Park and Greenwood, and University.

This constituency covers the northern part of Hull. A diverse constituency: in west Hull it includes the large social housing estates of North Hull Estate and Orchard Park Estate, as well as the Newland, The Avenues, Newland Park and Beverley High Road areas. Hull University is located in the Newland area of the constituency and the Beverley Road and Newland areas have large student populations. The constituency extends east of the River Hull including the Bransholme housing estate, and the developing (2010s) housing estate of Kingswood.