Yorkshire and The Humber · England · 73,252Boundary · 2023

Kingston upon Hull West & Haltemprice

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Created in the 2023 boundary review, replacing Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle.

Dispatch
Apr 2026

Won by Lab in its first election in 2024. Covers Kingston upon Hull, Willerby and Anlaby and Hessle. Population 106,363. Median income £26K (below average).

Emma Hardy is currently serving as a minister -- likely Parliamentary Under-Secretary -- with responsibility for water and flooding, and that portfolio dominates her recent profile. She has been directly credited with hitting a 10,000 target for water network health checks, announcing record £2.65 billion flood protection investment, and leading a crackdown on water companies that secured record environmental restoration funding. Her ministerial work generates consistent, positively-scored press coverage across environment and utilities issues, making her one of the more publicly active ministers in her brief.

In parliament, Hardy votes with Labour 98.1% of the time and her participation rate of 64% is below the Commons average -- typical for ministers, who spend more time in departments than the chamber. Her speech record reflects her brief: 479 contributions across 90 debates, heavily concentrated on environment, utilities, and agriculture. She scores notably low on "tough on crime" (32%) and "pro-parliamentary scrutiny" (26%) measures, and deviates significantly from Labour colleagues on armed forces welfare and NHS funding votes -- though her lower vote totals in those areas may reflect ministerial scheduling rather than active dissent.

312
Commons votes
This parliament
£26k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
73.3k
Electorate
2024 GE

A new constituency created in the 2023 boundary review.

Current Member of Parliament

Emma Hardy

Emma Hardy

Labour Party

Emma Hardy is the Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017. She currently holds the Government post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs).

Notable Votes

Vote on whether to prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the assisted dying bill solely because they have chosen to stop eating and drinking. The amendment would close a potential loophole where a person who is not otherwise terminally ill could meet the bill's eligibility criteria by voluntarily starving themselves.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

MPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dying legislation in its amended form. Passing Third Reading sends the Bill to the House of Lords.

MP voted NoAgainst party majority

Vote on whether to add a provision to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ensuring that if an independent doctor dies or becomes too ill to complete their assessment before signing off on an assisted dying request, a further referral can be made to another doctor — mirroring an existing provision in the Bill for the attending doctor.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

Won by Lab in its first election in 2024. Covers Kingston upon Hull, Willerby and Anlaby and Hessle. Population 106,363. Median income £26K (below average).

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Hardy’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.325 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Hardy has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
58
Economy
57
Employment
35
Crime & Policing
30
Education
25
Constitution and Democracy
22
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 2420 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading20 Jun 2025 · free vote
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 1220 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
§ 08The local picture.8 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
BoothferryAlison Jayne Collinson1,165Liberal
DerringhamGeorge Grozav1,251Labour P
HessleDavid Nolan1,414Liberal
HessleJohn Bovill1,373Liberal
HessleSimon Bruce Pickering1,376Liberal
Newington GipsyvilleTracy Marie Dearing1,050Labour P
PickeringMark Antonio Ieronimo1,102Liberal
St Andrews DocklandsDaren Russell Hale1,183Labour P
TranbyRoss Douglas Harrison958Liberal
Willerby Kirk EllaDavid John Tucker1,346Conserva
Willerby Kirk EllaGary Walter McMaster1,606Conserva
Willerby Kirk EllaZahra Saribal1,432Conserva
Population (2021 Census)
106,363
Electorate 73,252 · 2024 register
Median income
£25,500
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
23.3%
England average 20.0%
Schools
37
21 primary · 4 secondary
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