Kingston upon Hull East

Kingston upon Hull East is a borough constituency for the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Karl Turner has represented the constituency since 2010; originally elected as a Labour Party MP, he currently sits as an independent politician after his party whip withdrawn in March 2026.

Constituency profile

The Kingston upon Hull East constituency is located in the East Riding of Yorkshire and covers the eastern parts of the city of Kingston upon Hull, more commonly known as Hull. This includes the neighbourhoods of Victoria Dock, Southcoates, Summergangs, Marfleet, Stoneferry, Sutton-on-Hull and parts of Bransholme. Kingston-upon-Hull is an industrial city based at the confluence of the River Hull and the Humber estuary and has been an important port city for around 800 years. The city has been described as an "up and coming" place to live. This constituency has high levels of deprivation and is the least wealthy of the city's three constituencies. Bransholme and Marfleet contain mostly social housing and fall within the top 10% most-deprived areas in England, whilst Sutton Ings and the Garden Village are generally affluent, middle-class suburbs. House prices in the constituency are lower than the rest of Yorkshire and the average house price is less than half the national average.

In general, residents of the constituency have very low levels of education, household income and homeownership. White people made up 96% of the population at the 2021 census.

2024–present: The City of Kingston upon Hull wards of Drypool, Holderness, Ings, Longhill & Bilton Grange, Marfleet, North Carr, Southcoates, and Sutton.

:Seat expanded to bring its electorate within the permitted range by adding the North Carr ward from Kingston upon Hull North.

Members of Parliament

Kingston upon Hull prior to 1885

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