Kingston upon Hull, often simply referred to as Hull, was a parliamentary constituency

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 in Yorkshire

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, electing two Members of Parliament

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 to the House of Commons

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 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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, from 1305 until 1885. Its MPs included the anti-slavery campaigner, William Wilberforce

William Wilberforce

William Wilberforce was a British politician, a philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becoming the independent Member of Parliament for Yorkshire...

, and the poet Andrew Marvell

Andrew Marvell

Andrew Marvell was an English metaphysical poet, Parliamentarian, and the son of a Church of England clergyman . As a metaphysical poet, he is associated with John Donne and George Herbert...

.

History

Kingston upon Hull was a borough constituency in the town (later city) of Hull

Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...

. Until the Great Reform Act of 1832, it consisted only of the parish of St Mary's, Hull and part of Holy Trinity, Hull, entirely to the west of the River Hull. This excluded parts of the urban area which had not been originally part of the town, but some of these - the rest of Holy Trinity parish, Sculcoates

Sculcoates

Sculcoates is a suburb of Kingston upon Hull, north of the city centre, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It had a railway station called Sculcoates railway station but it was closed on 9 June 1912.- Amenities :...

, Drypool

Drypool

Drypool is an area within the city of Kingston upon Hull, EnglandHistorically Drypool was a village, manor and later parish on the east bank River Hull at the confluence of the Humber Estuary and River Hull, it is now part of the greater urban area of Kingston upon Hull, and gives its name to a...

, Garrisonside and part of Sutton-on-Hull

Sutton-on-Hull

Sutton-on-Hull is a suburb of the city of Kingston upon Hull, in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was served by Sutton-on-Hull railway station on the Hull and Holderness Railway until 1964.-External links:*...

 - were brought into the constituency by boundary changes in 1832. This increased the population of the borough from around 16,000 to almost 50,000.

The borough sent its first two known Members to the Parliament of 1305 and thereafter with fair regularity from 1334. Until the Reform Act, the right to vote in Hull was vested in the freemen

Freedom of the City

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 of the city, which made the constituency one of the larger and more competitive ones. At the general election of 1831, 2,174 voters went to the polls.

The Hull constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election, the city being divided into three single-member constituencies, Kingston upon Hull Central

Kingston upon Hull Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston upon Hull Central was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Kingston upon Hull in East Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....

, Kingston upon Hull East

Kingston upon Hull East (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston upon Hull East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...

 and Kingston upon Hull West.

MPs 1305–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1332 (Mar)	William de la Pole
1332 (Sep)	?
1332/3	?
1334 (Feb)	?
1334 (Sep)	?
1335	William de la Pole
1336	William de la Pole
1337	?
1338	William de la Pole
1386	Adam Tutbury	John Hedon
1388 (Feb)	Simon Grimsby	William Pound
1388 (Sep)	Thomas Waltham	John Spalding
1390 (Jan)
1390 (Nov)
1391	William Bubwith	Thomas Kirkby
1393	Thomas Fountenay	Thomas Kirkby
1394	Simon Grimsby I	Thomas Kirkby
1395	Robert Snainton	Thomas Kirkby
1397 (Jan)	William Terry	Thomas Kirkby
1397 (Sep)
1399	William Terry	William Pound
1401
1402	John Birken	Thomas Kirkby
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	John Fitling	Thomas Kirkby
1407	John Fitling	John Leversegge
1410
1411	John Fitling	Thomas Kirkby
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	John Fitling	Hugh Clitheroe
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	John Aldwick	Walter Grimsby
1415	Robert Hornsea	Richard Swan
1416 (Mar)	John Saunderson	Walter Grimsby
1416 (Oct)
1417
1419	John Bedford	John Fitling
1420	John Bedford	Robert Kirkton
1421 (May)	John Bedford	John Fitling
1421 (Dec)	Thomas Marshall	Robert Holme
1510	Roger Bushell	John Eland
1512	Edward Baron	Thomas Wilkinson
1515	Thomas Wilkinson	Robert Harrison
1523	?
1529	George Matheson	Edward Madison
1536	Sir Edward Madison	George Matheson
1539	George Matheson	Robert Kemsey
1542	?
1545	Edward Rogers	Robert Googe
1547	John Thacker	Walter Jobson
1553 (Mar)	Alexander Stockdale	William Johnson
1553 (Oct)	John Thacker	William Johnson
1554 (Apr)	Alexander Stockdale	John Thacker
1554 (Nov)	Walter Jobson	John Thornton
1555	Walter Jobson	Thomas Dalton
1558	Walter Jobson	Thomas Aldred
1558/9	Walter Jobson	John Oversall
1562/3	Christopher Estofte, died and replaced in 1566 by Henry Fanshawe	John Thornton
1571	John Thornton	James Clerkson
1572	Thomas Dalton	James Clerkson
1581	Dalton and Clerkson dismissed as idle and impotent and replaced in Jan 1581 by Thomas Fleming and John Fawether or Fairweather
1584	John Thornton	John Aldred
1586	Edward Wakefield	John Aldred
1588	Leonard Willan	William Gee
1593	Leonard Willan	Peter Proby
1597	Leonard Willan	Anthony Cole
1601	John Lister John Lister (died 1616) John Lister was an English lead merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601Lister was a lead merchant of Hull and in about 1590 he purchased a plot of land on the High Street overlooking the River Hull. He was a member of Hull Corporation and became an alderman and was mayor...	John Graves
1604-1611	Anthony Cooke	John Edmonds
1614	Sir John Bourchier	Richard Burgis
1621	John Lister John Lister (died 1640) John Lister was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1640.Lister was the son of John Lister, a lead merchant of Hull who was mayor and MP for the town. Lister succeeded his father and became mayor of Hull in 1618 and was elected Member of...	Maurice Abbot Maurice Abbot Sir Maurice Abbot was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1626. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1638....
1624	John Lister John Lister (died 1640) John Lister was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1640.Lister was the son of John Lister, a lead merchant of Hull who was mayor and MP for the town. Lister succeeded his father and became mayor of Hull in 1618 and was elected Member of...	Sir John Suckling John Suckling (politician) Sir John Suckling was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1626.Suckling was the son of Robert Suckling mayor and MP of Norwich and his wife Elizabeth Barwick, daughter of William Barwick. He entered Gray's Inn on 22 May 1590. He was elected... , sat for Middlesex and was replaced by Maurice Abbot Maurice Abbot Sir Maurice Abbot was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1626. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1638....
1625	John Lister John Lister (died 1640) John Lister was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1640.Lister was the son of John Lister, a lead merchant of Hull who was mayor and MP for the town. Lister succeeded his father and became mayor of Hull in 1618 and was elected Member of...	Maurice Abbot Maurice Abbot Sir Maurice Abbot was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1626. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1638....
1626	John Lister John Lister (died 1640) John Lister was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1640.Lister was the son of John Lister, a lead merchant of Hull who was mayor and MP for the town. Lister succeeded his father and became mayor of Hull in 1618 and was elected Member of...	Lancelot Roper
1628	John Lister John Lister (died 1640) John Lister was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1640.Lister was the son of John Lister, a lead merchant of Hull who was mayor and MP for the town. Lister succeeded his father and became mayor of Hull in 1618 and was elected Member of...	James Watkinson
1629–1640	No Parliaments convened

MPs 1640–1885

Year			First member	First party	Second member	Second party
		April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....	Sir Henry Vane, junior Henry Vane the Younger Sir Henry Vane , son of Henry Vane the Elder , was an English politician, statesman, and colonial governor...	Parliamentarian	Sir John Lister John Lister (died 1640) John Lister was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1640.Lister was the son of John Lister, a lead merchant of Hull who was mayor and MP for the town. Lister succeeded his father and became mayor of Hull in 1618 and was elected Member of...	Parliamentarian
		November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...	Sir Henry Vane, junior Henry Vane the Younger Sir Henry Vane , son of Henry Vane the Elder , was an English politician, statesman, and colonial governor...	Parliamentarian	Sir John Lister John Lister (died 1640) John Lister was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1640.Lister was the son of John Lister, a lead merchant of Hull who was mayor and MP for the town. Lister succeeded his father and became mayor of Hull in 1618 and was elected Member of...   (died December 1640)	Parliamentarian
		1641			Peregrine Pelham Peregrine Pelham Sir Peregrine Pelham was an English Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I.Pelham was a prosperous merchant in Hull before becoming town sheriff in 1636 and the MP for Hull in 1641. In 1642 along with Sir John Hotham, he barred the entry of King Charles into the City, and...	Parliamentarian
		1650			Pelham died 1650, seat vacant thereafter
		1653	Hull was unrepresented in Barebone's Parliament
		1654 First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....	William Lister		Hull had only one seat in the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....   and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...  Parliaments of the Protectorate
		1656 Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...	William Lister
		January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...	John Ramsden John Ramsden (died 1665) John Ramsden was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.Ramsden was the son of John Ramsden, merchant of Hull, and his wife Margaret Barnard, daughter of William Barnard, also merchant, of Hull. His father was an important cloth exporter who died of the plague...		Andrew Marvell Andrew Marvell Andrew Marvell was an English metaphysical poet, Parliamentarian, and the son of a Church of England clergyman . As a metaphysical poet, he is associated with John Donne and George Herbert...
		May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	Sir Henry Vane, junior Henry Vane the Younger Sir Henry Vane , son of Henry Vane the Elder , was an English politician, statesman, and colonial governor...		One seat vacant
		April 1660	John Ramsden John Ramsden (died 1665) John Ramsden was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.Ramsden was the son of John Ramsden, merchant of Hull, and his wife Margaret Barnard, daughter of William Barnard, also merchant, of Hull. His father was an important cloth exporter who died of the plague...		Andrew Marvell Andrew Marvell Andrew Marvell was an English metaphysical poet, Parliamentarian, and the son of a Church of England clergyman . As a metaphysical poet, he is associated with John Donne and George Herbert...
		1661	Anthony Gilby
		1678			William Ramsden
		February 1679	Lemuel Kingdon
		September 1679	Sir Michael Warton		William Gee
		1685	John Ramsden		Sir Willoughby Hickman
		1689			William Gee
		1690			Charles Osborne
		1695	Sir William St Quintin Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet , of Harpham in Yorkshire, was an English official and Member of Parliament.He was the eldest son of William St Quintin of Muston ; he succeeded to the family baronetcy in November 1695 on the death of his grandfather, Sir Henry St Quintin of Harpham, who...	Tory
		1701			William Maister	Tory
		1717			Nathaniel Rogers
		1724	George Crowle George Crowle George Crowle was a member of parliament for the Kingston upon Hull parliamentary constituency in Yorkshire, England. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1722, but was elected M.P...
		1727 British general election, 1727 The British general election, 1727 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was triggered by the death of George I; at the time elections...			The Viscount Micklethwaite Joseph Micklethwaite, 1st Viscount Micklethwaite Joseph Micklethwaite, 1st Viscount Micklethwaite was an English politician, peer and diplomat.Micklethwaite began his career as secretary to Earl Stanhope, the English ambassador to Spain. On 14 August 1724, he was created Baron Micklethwaite, of Portarlington, in the Peerage of Ireland...
		Feb 1734 by-election			Henry Maister
		1741 British general election, 1741 The British general election, 1741 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...			William Carter
		1744 by-election			Harry Pulteney Harry Pulteney General Harry Pulteney was an English soldier and Member of Parliament.He was the younger son of Colonel William Pulteney, of Misterton in Leicestershire, and Mary Floyd...
		1747 British general election, 1747 The British general election, 1747 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw Henry Pelham's Whig government increase its majority and...	Lord Robert Manners Lord Robert Manners (general) General Lord Robert Manners was an English soldier and nobleman. He was a son of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland and his second wife, Lucy Sherard....	Tory	Thomas Carter
		1754 by-election			Richard Crowle Richard Crowle Richard Crowle was a Yorkshire lawyer and a member of parliament for the Kingston upon Hull parliamentary constituency. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1747 to succeed his brother George Crowle, but was elected M.P...
		1757 by-election			Sir George Montgomery Metham
		1766 by-election			William Weddell
		1774 British general election, 1774 The British general election, 1774 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...			David Hartley David Hartley (the Younger) David Hartley, the younger , statesman, scientific inventor, and the son of the philosopher David Hartley. He was Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull, and also held the position of His Britannic Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary, appointed by King George III to treat with the United...	Rockingham Whig Rockingham Whigs The Rockingham Whigs or Rockinghamite Whigs in 18th century British politics were a faction of the Whigs led by Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, when he was the opposition leader in the House of Lords during the government of Lord North from 1770 to 1782 and during the two...
		1780 British general election, 1780 The British general election, 1780 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain to be held after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...			William Wilberforce William Wilberforce William Wilberforce was a British politician, a philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becoming the independent Member of Parliament for Yorkshire...	Tory
		1782 by-election	David Hartley David Hartley (the Younger) David Hartley, the younger , statesman, scientific inventor, and the son of the philosopher David Hartley. He was Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull, and also held the position of His Britannic Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary, appointed by King George III to treat with the United...	Rockingham Whig Rockingham Whigs The Rockingham Whigs or Rockinghamite Whigs in 18th century British politics were a faction of the Whigs led by Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, when he was the opposition leader in the House of Lords during the government of Lord North from 1770 to 1782 and during the two...
		March 1784 British general election, 1784 The British general election of 1784 resulted in William Pitt the Younger securing an overall majority of about 120 in the House of Commons of Great Britain, having previously had to survive in a House which was dominated by his opponents.-Background:...	Samuel Thornton	Tory
		June 1784 by-election			Walter Spencer Stanhope	Tory
		1790 British general election, 1790 The British general election, 1790 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Political Situation:...			Earl of Burford Aubrey Beauclerk, 6th Duke of St Albans Aubrey Beauclerk, 6th Duke of St Albans was the son of Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans.He married, firstly, Jane Moses , on 9 July 1788...
		1796 British general election, 1796 The British general election, 1796 returned members to serve in the 18th and last House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain to be held before the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...			Sir Charles Turner Sir Charles Turner, 2nd Baronet Sir Charles Turner, 2nd Baronet was an English politician.He was elected at the 1796 general election as a Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull,and held the seat until the 1802 general election....
		1802 United Kingdom general election, 1802 The United Kingdom general election, 1802 was the election to the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was the first to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...			John Staniforth	Tory
		1806 United Kingdom general election, 1806 The United Kingdom general election, 1806 was the election of members to the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom. This was the second general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....	William Joseph Denison	Whig
		1807 United Kingdom general election, 1807 The election to the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1807 was the third general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....	Viscount Mahon Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope FRS , was an English aristocrat, chiefly remembered for his role in the Kaspar Hauser case during the 1830s....	Whig
		1812 United Kingdom general election, 1812 The election to the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1812 was the fourth general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....	George William Denys	Tory
		1818 United Kingdom general election, 1818 The 1818 general election of the United Kingdom saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats...	John Mitchell John Mitchell (MP) John Mitchell was an English Tory politician.He was elected at the 1818 as a Member of Parliament for Kingston-upon-Hull, and held the seat until 1826 general election,when he did did contest the Hull.-References:...	Tory	James Graham	Whig
		1820 United Kingdom general election, 1820 The 1820 UK general election, held shortly after the Radical War in Scotland and the Cato Street Conspiracy. In this atmosphere, the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool were able to win a substantial majority over the Whigs....			Daniel Sykes	Whig
		1826 United Kingdom general election, 1826 The 1826 United Kingdom general election saw the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win a substantial and increased majority over the Whigs. In Ireland, Home Rule candidates, working with the Whigs, won large gains from Unionist candidates....	John Augustus O'Neill	Tory
		1830 United Kingdom general election, 1830 The 1830 United Kingdom general election, was triggered by the death of King George IV and produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, William IV. Fought in the aftermath of the Swing Riots, it saw electoral reform become a major election issue...	George Schonswar	Tory	William Battie Wrightson	Whig
		1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....	Matthew Davenport Hill Matthew Davenport Hill Matthew Davenport Hill was an English lawyer and penologist.He was born at Birmingham, where his father, Thomas Wright Hill, for long conducted a private school. He was a brother of Sir Rowland Hill. He acted as assistant in his father's school, but in 1819 was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn...	Whig	William Hutt William Hutt (British MP) Sir William Hutt KCB, PC was a British Liberal politician who was heavily involved in the colonization of New Zealand and South Australia.-Background and education:...	Whig
		January 1835 United Kingdom general election, 1835 The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large...	David Carruthers	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
		June 1835 by-election	Thomas Perronet Thompson Thomas Perronet Thompson Thomas Perronet Thompson was a British Parliamentarian, a Governor of Sierra Leone and a radical reformer.Thompson was born in Kingston upon Hull in 1783. He was son of Thomas Thompson, a merchant of Hull and his wife, Philothea Perronet Briggs...	Whig
		1837 United Kingdom general election, 1837 The 1837 United Kingdom general election saw Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whigs, who won their fourth election of the decade....	Sir Walter Charles James Walter James, 1st Baron Northbourne Walter Charles James, 1st Baron Northbourne , known as Sir Walter James, 2nd Baronet, from 1829 to 1884, was a British Member of Parliament....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	William Wilberforce William Wilberforce William Wilberforce was a British politician, a philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becoming the independent Member of Parliament for Yorkshire...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
		1838			William Hutt William Hutt (British MP) Sir William Hutt KCB, PC was a British Liberal politician who was heavily involved in the colonization of New Zealand and South Australia.-Background and education:...	Whig
		1841 United Kingdom general election, 1841 -Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:*Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for Ireland*Sir George Strickland, Bt*Sir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987...			Sir John Hanmer John Hanmer, 1st Baron Hanmer John Hanmer, 1st Baron Hanmer , known as Sir John Hanmer, Bt, between 1828 and 1872, was a British politician.-Background and education:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
		1847 United Kingdom general election, 1847 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...	Matthew Talbot Baines Matthew Talbot Baines Matthew Talbot Baines QC, DL was a British lawyer and Liberal politician. He most notably served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in Lord Palmerston's 1855 to 1858 administration.-Background and education:...	Whig	James Clay James Clay (author) James Clay was an English politician and writer on the game of whist. His son was the musical composer Frederic Clay....	Whig
		1852 United Kingdom general election, 1852 The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising...	Viscount Goderich George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon KG, GCSI, CIE, PC , known as Viscount Goderich from 1833 to 1859 and as the Earl de Grey and Ripon from 1859 to 1871, was a British politician who served in every Liberal cabinet from 1861 until his death forty-eight years later.-Background...	Whig
		1853	Writ suspended
		1854 by-election	William Digby Seymour William Digby Seymour (1805–1872) William Digby Seymour was a merchant in Londonand a Whig politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull at a by-election in August 1854,...	Whig	William Henry Watson	Whig
		February 1857 by-election			James Clay James Clay (author) James Clay was an English politician and writer on the game of whist. His son was the musical composer Frederic Clay....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
		March 1857 United Kingdom general election, 1857 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...	Lord Ashley Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury , styled Lord Ashley between 1851 and 1885, was a British peer, the son of the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
		April 1859 United Kingdom general election, 1859 In the 1859 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, held their majority in the House of Commons over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives...	Joseph Hoare	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
		August 1859 by-election	John Somes	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
		1865 United Kingdom general election, 1865 The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same...	Charles Morgan Norwood Charles Morgan Norwood Charles Morgan Norwood was an English steam ship owner and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1885....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
		1873 by-election			Joseph Walker Pease	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
		1874 United Kingdom general election, 1874 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...			Charles Henry Wilson Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme , was a prominent English shipowner who became head of the Thomas Wilson Sons & Co. shipping business.- Life :...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...			constituency divided: see Kingston upon Hull Central Kingston upon Hull Central (UK Parliament constituency) Kingston upon Hull Central was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Kingston upon Hull in East Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.... , Kingston upon Hull East Kingston upon Hull East (UK Parliament constituency) Kingston upon Hull East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...  and Kingston upon Hull West