Hull North
Pearson Park
Hull is a dynamic university city, a maritime port and gateway to Europe with strong traditions and proud people.
The constituency of Hull North consists of leafy avenues in the south of the constituency, filled with students and academics from the university, up to the council estates at Bransholme and Orchard Park, bordering the East Riding. Despite the economic blows of the 1980s, a strong community spirit survives in many of the people who moved from the fishing area in Hull to the new council estates in the 1970s.
University of Hull
The student area that exists around the university is buzzing with a dynamic and unique atmosphere. Café bars, coffee houses, pubs, clubs, restaurants and housing in these neighbourhoods have been developed around the thousands of young people who flood into Hull every year to live and study.
As a port city and a gateway to Europe, Hull has always maintained international links and these reflect the outward-looking nature of many Hull people.
Cottingham Road
The Liberal Democrats have a history of winning council seats in Hull North for the last 20 years. The party registered victories in all but three wards in May 2002 and has held onto these at all subsequent local elections.
At the local elections in May 2006, the Liberal Democrats became the largest party on Hull City Council and subsequently took control of the council.
The current political make-up of the Hull North councillors is:
| Liberal Democrat | 11 |
| Labour | 4 |
| Conservative | 2 |
| Independent | 3 |
Newland Avenue
In General Elections, the Liberal Democrats have made steady progress pushing the Conservatives into third place for the first time in 2001, before Denis Healy closed the gap on Labour considerably in 2005 with a 6.3% swing and strong second place.
David Cameron's Conservatives continue to be an irrelevance in Hull, only managing around 12% of the total vote at the 2005 General Election and the 2006 local elections.
