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Kingston upon Hull East

Shows the general election results for Kingston upon Hull East, which is a constituency in Humberside. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 65,959 and a turnout of 55.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Karl Turner
Majority
10,396
Electorate
65,959
Turnout
55.5%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 58.3%
Con 29.9%
UKIP 7.0%
LD 3.4%
Green 1.3%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Karl Turner  Lab 21,355 58.3 6.6
Simon Burton  Con 10,959 29.9 14.0
Mark Fox  UKIP 2,573 7.0 -15.3
Andrew Marchington * LD 1,258 3.4 -3.1
Julia Brown * Green 493 1.3 -0.9
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con UKIP LD Green Yorkshire First NF SDP Eng Dem Oth
2005 56.1% 13.0% 0.0% 20.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10.7%
2010 47.9% 16.6% 8.0% 22.8% 0.0% 0.0% 2.6% 0.0% 2.1% 0.0%
2015 51.7% 15.9% 22.4% 6.5% 2.3% 0.8% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 58.3% 29.9% 7.0% 3.4% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
263 Kingston upon Hull East 28.4%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
255 Kingston upon Hull East 58.3%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
645 Kingston upon Hull East 55.5%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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