Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham is a constituency located in the
East Riding of Yorkshire. It covers the northern area of the city of
Kingston upon Hull—more commonly known as Hull—including the neighbourhoods of
the Avenues,
Sculcoates,
Newland,
Inglemire,
Orchard Park,
Kingswood and most of
Bransholme. The constituency also includes the large village of
Cottingham, which lies outside the city's boundaries. Kingston-upon-Hull is an industrial city based at the confluence of the
River Hull and the
Humber estuary and has been an important
port city for around 800 years. The city has been described as an "up and coming" place to live. The constituency contains the
University of Hull, which has around 15,000 students. The constituency is divided in terms of wealth; Orchard Park, Bransholme and the areas close to the city centre contain much
social housing and fall within the top 10% most-deprived areas in
England, whilst Newland, Kingswood and Cottingham are generally affluent and
suburban in character. The average house price in the constituency is lower than the rest of
Yorkshire and around half the national average. In general, residents of the constituency are young, have average levels of education and low rates of homeownership. Household income is low and residents are less likely to work in professional occupations compared to the rest of the country.
White people made up 90% of the population at the
2021 census. At the local council level, the more deprived neighbourhoods are represented by
Labour Party councillors whilst the more affluent areas elected
Liberal Democrats. An estimated 58% of voters supported leaving the
European Union in the
2016 referendum, higher than the nationwide figure of 52%. ==Boundaries==