| Kingston upon Hull | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1305 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | Borough |
| Elects Howmany: | Two |
| Next: | Hull Central, Hull East and |
| Region: | England |
| Towns: | Kingston upon Hull |
Kingston upon Hull, often simply referred to as Hull, was a parliamentary constituency in Yorkshire, electing two members of parliament to the Parliaments of England, Great Britain and House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1305 until 1885. Its MPs included the anti-slavery campaigner, William Wilberforce, and the poet Andrew Marvell.
Kingston upon Hull was a borough constituency in the town (later city) of Hull. 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, Drypool, Garrisonside and part of Sutton-on-Hull – 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 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 East and Kingston upon Hull West.
| 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[1] | |
| 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 | 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 | |
| 1426 | John Aldwick | ||
| 1495 | Robert Chapman[2] | ||
| 1510 | Roger Bushell | John Eland[3] | |
| 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 or Goche | |
| 1547 | John Thacker | Walter Jobson | |
| 1553 (Mar) | 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[4] | |
| 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 January 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 Graves | |
| 1604–1611 | Anthony Cole | John Edmonds | |
| 1614 | Sir John Bourchier | Richard Burgis | |
| 1621 | John Lister | Maurice Abbot | |
| 1624 | John Lister | Sir John Suckling, sat for Middlesex and was replaced by Maurice Abbot | |
| 1625 | John Lister | Maurice Abbot | |
| 1626 | John Lister | Lancelot Roper | |
| 1628 | John Lister | James Watkinson | |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments convened | ||
Carruthers' death caused a by-election.
Baines was appointed President of the Poor Law Board, requiring a by-election.
After an election petition committee found evidence of bribery and treating, both members were unseated and the writ was suspended in March 1853.[33] A by-election was then held in August 1854.
Watson resigned after being appointed a Baron of the Exchequer, causing a by-election.
Hoare was unseated after an election petition committee found evidence of corruption, causing a by-election.[34]
Clay's death caused a by-election.