Riding profile

Kingston upon Hull East

UK constituency — England · Urban · yorkshire and the humber

The question

Kingston upon Hull East: will Independent lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Kingston upon Hull East, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 13-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 43% vote share, against 26% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Karl Turner

Sits with Independent

Since
2010-05-06
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
18.7
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 43.2%
  • Labour 26.4%
  • Lib Dems 12.9%
  • Green 8.7%
  • Conservative 7.5%
  • Other 1.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Lib Dems Green
HereKingston upon Hull East 43.2%26.4%12.9%8.7%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +17.9 21.7% +4.7 11.6% +1.3 11.8% −3.1

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
13.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+5.5 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Karl Turner Elected Labour 13,047 43.8
Neil Hunter Reform UK 9,127 30.6
Bob Morgan Lib Dems 3,252 10.9
Kieran Persand Conservative 2,715 9.1
Julia Brown Green 1,675 5.6

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
103,118
Median age
38
Employment rate
66.1%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029