UK general elections2015 › Kingston upon Hull East

Kingston upon Hull East — 2015

Karl Turner (Labour Party) was elected with 18,180 votes51.7% of 35,144 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 35,144

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Karl Turner Labour Party 18,180+1.7 ptsElected
2Richard Barrett UK Independence Party 7,861
3Christine Mackay Conservative Party 5,593
4David Nolan Liberal Democrats 2,294
5Sarah Walpole Green Party 806
6Martin Clayton Yorkshire First 270
7Mike Cooper National Front 86
8Val Hoodless Social Democratic Party 54

Electorate 65,710 · Turnout 53.5% · Majority 10,319 · Back to 2015 overview

Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.