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Cottingham, in the Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham constituency

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Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham

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Photograph shows Cottingham. The constituency reaches beyond the village itself.

Your member of parliament

Dame Diana Johnson

Labour

Labour won Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham at the 2024 general election with a majority of 10,679 votes, or 27.9 points. A swing of 13.9 points to Reform UK would take it. That makes it safer than 537 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 113.

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How safe is this seat?

Safe

Knife-edgeMedian seatFortress

A majority of 27.9 points, which is larger than 537 of the 650 seats with a published margin.

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Labour finished ahead of Reform UK by 10,679 votes.

Majority

10,679

27.9% of votes cast.

Turnout

50.8%

-8.9 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.

Candidates

9

38,228 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesSharevs UK
Diana JohnsonElectedLabour18,48048.3%+14.6
Martin BakerReform UK7,80120.4%+6.1
Callum ProcterConservative4,89712.8%-10.9
Craig WoolmerLiberal Democrat3,2468.5%-3.7
Kerry HarrisonGreen Party2,3226.1%-0.3
Ahmet CinalpIndependent7201.9%-0.2
Rowan HalsteadThe Yorkshire Party3390.9%+0.8
Mike WhaleTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition2620.7%+0.6
Pauline PeacheyIndependent1610.4%-1.6

Safe. A comfortable margin. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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