Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Yorkshire and The Humber · Borough constituency
About the Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham constituency
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham is a borough constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. The sitting MP is Dame Diana Johnson (Labour), first elected in May 2005. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 48.3% to 20.4% for Reform UK, a majority of 10,679 votes on a 50.8% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 34.2% and Reform UK on 29.4%, a margin of 4.8 points.
Who lives in Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham within Kingston upon Hull, City of and East Riding of Yorkshire
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham crosses council boundaries: Kingston upon Hull, City of (84%), East Riding of Yorkshire (16%). The figures below are from the 7 May 2026 council elections where held, otherwise the most recent available ward result. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 84% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 16% |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avenue | Labour 57.6%vs Reform 16.9% | May 2026 Lib Dem 44.8%vs Green 23.9% | Labour→Lib Dem +38.4pp | - |
| Beverley & Newland | Labour 44.4%vs Reform 22.2% | May 2026 Lib Dem 50.9%vs Reform 22.5% | Labour→Lib Dem +36.0pp | - |
| Bricknell | Labour 54.1%vs Conservative 19.9% | May 2026 Labour 32.5%vs Lib Dem 29.9% | Labour share -21.6pp | - |
| Central | Labour 50.1%vs Reform 23.0% | May 2026 Lib Dem 31.3%vs Labour 28.4% | Labour→Lib Dem +23.2pp | - |
| Cottingham North | Labour 41.6%vs Reform 19.1% | 2023 Lib Dem 36.8%vs Labour 33.6% | - | 36.5% |
| Cottingham South | Labour 44.2%vs Conservative 21.9% | 2023 Labour 49.1%vs Conservative 37.3% | - | 34.8% |
| Kingswood | Labour 39.7%vs Reform 22.8% | 2024 Lib Dem 65.6%vs Labour 25.9% | - | - |
| Orchard Park | Labour 50.6%vs Reform 24.2% | May 2026 Reform 45.4%vs Labour 25.2% | Labour→Reform +23.3pp | - |
| University | Labour 51.9%vs Reform 22.1% | May 2026 Lib Dem 39.1%vs Reform 30.1% | Labour→Lib Dem +35.0pp | - |
| West Carr | Labour 43.6%vs Reform 24.1% | May 2026 Reform 44.5%vs Lib Dem 38.4% | Labour→Reform +27.8pp | - |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010predecessor | Lab hold | Diana Johnson Kingston upon Hull North MP | 39.2% | 13.1% | 37.3% | 641 | 52.0% |
| 2015predecessor | Lab hold | Diana Johnson Kingston upon Hull North MP | 52.8% | 15.0% | 9.0% | 12,899 | 55.1%+3.1 |
| 2017predecessor | Lab hold | Diana Johnson Kingston upon Hull North MP | 63.8% | 25.2% | 5.0% | 14,322 | 57.4%+2.3 |
| 2019notional | Labour winner | Diana Johnson Kingston upon Hull North MP, pre-review boundary | 46.6% | 33.5% | 6.5% | 5,922 | 59.1% |
| 2024 | Lab hold | Diana Johnson | 48.3% | 12.8% | 8.5% | 10,679 | 50.8%-8.3 |
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Kingston upon Hull North (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.
Constituencies most like Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Owner-occupied51.2 / 50.8vs 61.9
- ↑Leave64.0 / 60.3vs 53.2
- ↑Under 3536.5 / 38.6vs 30.2
- ↑Leave64.0 / 66.2vs 53.2
- ↓Graduate26.9 / 24.1vs 33.7
- ↓Owner-occupied51.2 / 56.6vs 61.9
- ↓Owner-occupied51.2 / 52.9vs 61.9
- ↓Graduate26.9 / 26.9vs 33.7
- ↑Private rent25.7 / 26.4vs 20.2
- ↑Leave64.0 / 64.3vs 53.2
- ↓Graduate26.9 / 25.1vs 33.7
- ↓Owner-occupied51.2 / 55.3vs 61.9
- ↓Owner-occupied51.2 / 53.4vs 61.9
- ↓Graduate26.9 / 27.4vs 33.7
- ↑Private rent25.7 / 25.1vs 20.2
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Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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