2016 Hull City Council election

The 2016 Hull City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections. One third of the council was up for election with Labour defending overall control of the council.^[1] The Green Party did not field any candidates after the local party failed to submit nomination papers in time.^[2]

2016 local election results in Hull

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	New council	+/-
	Labour	40	39	–1
	Liberal Democrats	15	17	+2
	Conservatives	2	2
	UKIP	1	1
	Independent	1	0	–1
Total		59	59
Working majority		21	19

Ward results

No elections were held in Bransholme East, Bransholme West and University wards.

Avenue

Avenue

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Robinson	1,852	50.0	+30.1
	Labour	Rosie Nicola	1,537	41.5	+1.8
	UKIP	Dave Rutter	224	6.0	−3.7
	Conservative	Alexander David Hayward	93	2.5	−6.2
Majority			315	8.5
Turnout			3,706	40.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Beverley

Beverley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Mathieson	1,628	67.4
	Labour	Matthew Kay	485	20.1
	UKIP	Danny Ross	239	9.9
	Conservative	Lars Kascha	64	2.6
Majority			1,143	47.3
Turnout			2,416	37.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Boothferry

Boothferry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Coward	1,385
	Labour	Paula Michelle Baxter	800
	UKIP	Bill Palfreman	529
	Conservative	Daniel Mark Bond	146
Majority			585
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bricknell

Bricknell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Francis Abbott	967
	Labour	Shane McMurray	960
	UKIP	Phil Fussey	271
	Liberal Democrats	Sarita Robinson	117
	National Front	Nick Walsh	7
Majority			7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Derringham

Derringham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Langley	967
	Labour	Simon Bruce Pickering	742
	UKIP	James Stephen Chapman	568
	Conservative	Andrew Neil Forster	106
Majority			225
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Drypool

Drypool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Williams	1,718
	Labour	Steven Thomas Graham	770
	UKIP	Ben Fuller	410
	Conservative	Joshua James McMullan	77
	SDP	Val Hoodless	30
Majority			948
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Holderness

Holderness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Tock	1,461
	Labour	Deborah Matthews	929
	UKIP	Sergi Singh	677
	Conservative	Jonathan Downs	71
Majority			532
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Ings

Ings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Thompson	1,336
	UKIP	Rob Hudson	565
	Liberal Democrats	Allen Healand	279
	Conservative	Matthew Peter Keneth Shotton	185
Majority			771
	Labour hold		Swing

Kings Park

Kings Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Quinn	1,402
	Labour	Theresa Vaughan	576
	UKIP	Glenn Brown	270
	Conservative	Dehenna Sheridan Davison	133
Majority			826
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Longhill

Longhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Allen Hewitt	1,007
	UKIP	Sophie Fairburn	431
	Conservative	Les Fisher	120
	Liberal Democrats	Will Fielding	109
Majority			576
	Labour hold		Swing

Marfleet

Marfleet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Valerie Belcher	993
	UKIP	Jason Shillito	420
	Conservative	Richard James Munslow	95
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Chambers	92
Majority			573
	Labour hold		Swing

Myton

Myton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Inglis	1,005
	Liberal Democrats	Motokin Ali	204
	UKIP	Paul Adams	132
	TUSC	Paul Spooner	127
	Conservative	Jack Michael Davis	125
Majority			801
	Labour hold		Swing

Newington

Newington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helena Jane Spencer	792
	UKIP	John Kitchener	375
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Carter	204
	Conservative	Stephanie Anne Bond	132
Majority			417
	Labour hold		Swing

Newland

Newland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Ross	922
	Labour	Phil Pocknee	613
	UKIP	Chris d'Andilly	140
	Conservative	Lewis Alexander Worrow	22
Majority			309
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Orchard Park and Greenwood

Orchard Park and Greenwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven James Bayes	968
	UKIP	Paul Barlow	396
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Anderson	129
	Conservative	Charlie Prothero	64
Majority			572
	Labour hold		Swing

Pickering

Pickering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Thomas*	1,618
	Labour	Matt Redmore	627
	UKIP	Macauley James Chapman	275
	Conservative	Jay Honeywood	58
Majority			991
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Southcoates East

Southcoates East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helster Bridges	673
	UKIP	David Bond	365
	Liberal Democrats	Maggie Tompsett	50
	Conservative	Colin Robert Baxter	47
Majority			308
	Labour hold		Swing

Southcoates West

Southcoates West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Elizabeth Glew*	851
	UKIP	Mark Fox	408
	Conservative	William Edward Sharpe	62
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Tompsett	54
Majority			443
	Labour hold		Swing

St Andrews

St Andrews

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daren Russell Hale*	641
	UKIP	Ken Fairburn	250
	Liberal Democrats	Tracey Henry	63
	Conservative	Bob Cook	53
Majority			391
	Labour hold		Swing

Sutton

Sutton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Turner*	1,154
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Keal	662
	UKIP	Anthony Mount	414
	Conservative	Grant Clark	146
Majority			492
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "Local elections". Hull City Council. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
2. "Green party's Martin Deane misses Hull election deadline". BBC. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.