Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice.
Labour Party MP Emma Hardy holds the seat on 46.8% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.
2 Jun 2026
Hardy's most significant recent act was voting against the assisted dying bill at Third Reading in June 2025 -- one of five rebel votes she cast on that legislation, including backing amendments to tighten eligibility criteria and close procedural gaps. All five broke with the Labour majority, making assisted dying the clearest point of divergence from her party in the available data. Otherwise, she is a 98.2% party-line voter, backing the government consistently on devolution, crime, and taxation.
Her participation rate of 63% sits below the Commons average, though her role as a minister partly explains that -- ministers speak from the despatch box rather than the backbenches, and her 485 contributions across 92 debates show she is far from inactive. Environment and utilities dominate her speaking record, with 81 environment speeches and 44 on utilities, reflecting her ministerial portfolio. Her stance profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights (96%) and progressive taxation (93%), but notably low scores on parliamentary scrutiny (25%) and pro-business measures (24%).
Hardy holds a ministerial post as Water and Floods Minister at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and that role shapes almost everything visible in her recent record. News coverage over the past 90 days is heavily weighted towards environment stories -- 27 articles averaging a positive score of 0.57 -- with coverage crediting her directly for a 10,000-target milestone on water network health checks, record enforcement funding against water companies, and a £2.65 billion flood protection investment. Her Hull West and Haltemprice constituency sits in a flood-vulnerable region, giving her portfolio an obvious local dimension. No committee memberships are recorded, consistent with her executive role.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boothferry | Maria Coward | 1,382 | Kingston upon Hull Ref | May 2026 |
| Derringham | Martin Baker | 1,157 | Kingston upon Hull Ref | May 2026 |
| Hessle(3 seats) | Nolan · Bovill · Pickering | 4,163 | East Riding of Yorkshire Con | May 2023 |
| Newington Gipsyville | Lisa Alexandra Graham | 1,050 | Kingston upon Hull Ref | May 2026 |
| Pickering | Tracey Irene Henry | 832 | Kingston upon Hull Ref | May 2026 |
| St Andrews Docklands | Salman Anwar | 836 | Kingston upon Hull Ref | May 2026 |
| Tranby | Ross Douglas Harrison | 958 | East Riding of Yorkshire Con | Feb 2024 |
| Willerby Kirk Ella(3 seats) | Tucker · McMaster · Saribal | 4,384 | East Riding of Yorkshire Con | May 2023 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in Kingston upon Hull (67,831), with Willerby and Anlaby (19,807) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 103,123.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Kingston upon Hull | 67,831 | city |
| Willerby and Anlaby | 19,807 | town |
| Hessle | 15,485 | town |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 57.2% | 57.1% | 0% |
| Owner-occupied | 56.3% | 63.1% | -11% |
| Private rented | 23.3% | 20.0% | +16% |
| Social rented | 20.1% | 16.8% | +20% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £194m |
| Taxpayers | 49,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £2,340 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £3,930 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
This constituency is served by Kingston upon Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma HardyWON | Lab | 17,875 | 46.8 |
| Julie Peck | Ref | 8,896 | 23.3 |
| Rachel Storer | Con | 6,924 | 18.1 |
| Linda Johnson | LD | 2,625 | 6.9 |
| Kevin Paulson | Grn | 1,748 | 4.6 |
| Lucy Needham | Ind | 110 | 0.3 |
Turnout 38,178
Prior contests.
Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo