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is a

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in the

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. Until 1 April 1996 it was a

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. A third of the

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is elected each year with no election every four years. Since the boundary changes in 2002 until 2018, 59

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s are elected from 23

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with each ward electing either 2 or 3 councillors. Following a review, in 2017, by the Local Government Boundary Commission this was reduced to 57 councillors from 21 wards effective from the 2018 elections. Due to boundary changes every ward and every council seat were up for election on 3 May 2018, new wards "East Carr" and "West Carr" replace East Bransholme and West

Bransholme Bransholme is an area and a housing estate on the north side of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The name Bransholme comes from an old Scandinavian word meaning Brand's water meadow (''brand'' or ''brandt'' meant 'wild boa ...

and include part of Sutton Park estate too. Labour, Lib Dems and Conservatives are standing candidates for every seat,

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have 9 standing and

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five.

Political control

Prior to 1974, Hull was a

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, independent from any county council. Under the

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it became a

, with

Humberside County Council Humberside County Council was the county council of the non-metropolitan county of Humberside in northern England. History Humberside was a non-metropolitan county governed by Humberside County Council and nine non-metropolitan district councils. ...

providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted city council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. Humberside County Council was abolished in 1996 and Hull became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties: Non-metropolitan district Unitary authority

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2007 have been:

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

* 1973 Hull City Council election * 1976 Hull City Council election * 1979 Hull City Council election * 1983 Hull City Council election (New ward boundaries) * 1984 Hull City Council election * 1986 Hull City Council election * 1987 Hull City Council election * 1988 Hull City Council election * 1990 Hull City Council election * 1991 Hull City Council election * 1992 Hull City Council election * 1994 Hull City Council election

Unitary authority elections

* 1995 Hull City Council election * 1998 Hull City Council election * 1999 Hull City Council election * 2000 Hull City Council election * 2002 Hull City Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by one) * 2003 Hull City Council election * 2004 Hull City Council election * 2006 Hull City Council election *

2007 Hull City Council election The 2007 Hull City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control. ...

2008 Hull City Council election The 2008 Hull City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats retained control of the council with an increased majority from ...

2010 Hull City Council election The 2010 Hull City Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and Liberal Democrats retained control of the council. After the election, the compositi ...

* 2011 Hull City Council election *

2012 Hull City Council election The 2012 Hull City Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. This was held on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the council was up for election and Labour re ...

2014 Hull City Council election The 2014 Hull City Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and Labour retained control of the council. A total of 46,205 people voted from a regist ...

2015 Hull City Council election The 2015 Hull City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election and Labour retained control of the co ...

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2018 Hull City Council election The 2018 Hull City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections. Following a review of Ward boundaries by the Local Government Boundary Com ...

(New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by two) *

2019 Hull City Council election The 2019 Hull City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. This was on the same day as other 2019 United Kingdom local elections, nationwide local elections. Following a review of Ward boundar ...

*2020 Hull City Council election (postponed because of

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2021 Hull City Council election The 2021 Hull City Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. This was on the same day as other 2021 United Kingdom local elections, nationwide local elections. In March 2020 the government announ ...

2022 Hull City Council election The 2022 Hull City Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Hull City Council (Kingston upon) Hull City Council is the governing body for the unitary authority and city of Kingston upon Hull. It was created in 1972 as the ...

Wards

2002–2018

Kingston upon Hull UK ward map 2010 annotated

2018–

By-election results

1997–2004

2005–present

References

External links

Hull City Council
{{Unitary authorities of England Elections in Kingston upon Hull Council elections in the East Riding of Yorkshire Council elections in Humberside Local government in Kingston upon Hull Unitary authority elections in England