2019 Hull City Council election explained

The 2019 Hull City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections. Following a review of Ward boundaries by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) the whole council was elected in 2018, the 3rd placed winning candidate at that election is up for re-election in 2019. The Labour Party are defending overall control of the council.[1]

There were no elections in Bricknell or University wards, being two member wards and not being on this round of the three-year cycle.

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px"Partyvalign=top style="width: 30px"Previous councilvalign=top style="width: 30px"New councilvalign=top style="width: 30px"+/-
Labouralign=center 31align=center 31align=center
Liberal Democratsalign=center 24align=center 24align=center
Conservativesalign=center 2align=center 2align=center
Total5757
Working majority

Ward results

An asterisk * indicates an incumbent who stood for re-election.

Turnout figures where stated are the number of ballot papers handed out in a ward including any rejected ballot papers.

West Carr

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election Results . Hull City Council . Hull City Council . 7 May 2019.