The placeConstituency · Yorkshire and The Humber · Electorate 73,252 · 2023 boundaries

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.

Member of ParliamentEmma Hardy · Labour Party
CouncilsKingston upon Hull · East Riding of Yorkshire
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001315
Electorate · 2024
73.3k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
46.8%
Labour Party · +23.5pp over Ref
Settlements
3
Largest: Kingston upon Hull
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
28.5
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
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.

46.8%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
8
Wards · 12 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.8 wards · 12 councillors · 2 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Boothferry Maria Coward1,382Kingston upon Hull RefMay 2026
Derringham Martin Baker1,157Kingston upon Hull RefMay 2026
Hessle(3 seats)Nolan · Bovill · Pickering4,163East Riding of Yorkshire ConMay 2023
Newington Gipsyville Lisa Alexandra Graham1,050Kingston upon Hull RefMay 2026
Pickering Tracey Irene Henry832Kingston upon Hull RefMay 2026
St Andrews Docklands Salman Anwar836Kingston upon Hull RefMay 2026
Tranby Ross Douglas Harrison958East Riding of Yorkshire ConFeb 2024
Willerby Kirk Ella(3 seats)Tucker · McMaster · Saribal4,384East Riding of Yorkshire ConMay 2023

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.3 named places

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.

city 67,831town 35,292

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Kingston upon Hull67,831city
Willerby and Anlaby19,807town
Hessle15,485town
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate57.2%57.1%0%
Owner-occupied56.3%63.1%-11%
Private rented23.3%20.0%+16%
Social rented20.1%16.8%+20%

Ethnicity.

White91.9%
Asian2.8%
Black1.7%
Mixed1.6%
Other2.0%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.8% Female 50.2% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£25,500
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£30,900
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
3,695
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
37
21 primary · 4 secondary
GCSE pass
56.9%
Attainment 8: 40.7

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£194m
Taxpayers49,000
Median per taxpayer£2,340
Mean per taxpayer£3,930

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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.

For household tax breakdown

Move the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings — the household lens.

§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
28.5
+37% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
9.5
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
39% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences11.2
Shoplifting3.3
Public order3.0
Criminal damage & arson2.2
Anti-social behaviour2.0
Other theft1.9
Burglary1.4

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Emma HardyWONLab17,87546.8
Julie PeckRef8,89623.3
Rachel StorerCon6,92418.1
Linda JohnsonLD2,6256.9
Kevin PaulsonGrn1,7484.6
Lucy NeedhamInd1100.3

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
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission