Editing Kingston upon Hull (section)

==Governance==
{{see also|Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority}}

===Municipal===
{{main|Hull City Council}}
{| class="wikitable" 
! colspan=2 | County
! colspan=4 | Borough/ district
! rowspan=2 | Notes
|-
! Name !! Type !! Type !! Dependent on county !! From !! Until
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Yorkshire]]
|Ancient
|[[Borough]]
|{{tick}}
|1299||1440
|rowspan=3|Town status from 1299
|-
|County-at-large
|[[County Corporate]]
|{{cross}}
|1440||1835
|-
|[[Historic counties of England|Historic]]
|[[Boroughs incorporated in England and Wales 1835–1882|Municipal borough]]
|{{tick}}
|1835||1889
|-
|[[East Riding of Yorkshire]]
|Geographic
|[[County borough]]
|{{cross}}
|1889||1974
|rowspan=3|City status from 1897
|-
|[[Humberside]]
|[[Non-metropolitan counties of England|Non-metropolitan]]
|[[Shire district]]
|{{tick}}
|1974||1996
|-
|East Riding of Yorkshire
|[[Ceremonial counties of England|Ceremonial]]
|[[Unitary authorities of England|Unitary authority]]
|{{cross}}
|1996||Current
|}
[[File:Guildhall Lowgate, Kingston upon Hull, Jun23 (cropped).jpg |thumb|upright|right|The [[Guildhall, Kingston upon Hull|Guildhall]]]]
Following the [[Local Government Act 1888]], Hull became a [[county borough]], a local government district independent of the East Riding of Yorkshire. This district was dissolved under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], on 1 April 1974 when it became a [[non-metropolitan district]] of the newly created [[shire county]] of Humberside. Humberside (and its [[county council]]) was abolished on 1 April 1996 and Hull was made a [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authority area]].<ref name="VCHULL"/><ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Hull/HullHistory/HullHistory6.html
 |title       = A History of Kingston on Hull from Bulmer's Gazetteer (1892)
 |access-date  = 4 July 2008
 |publisher   = GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy
 |url-status  = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090120201119/http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Hull/HullHistory/HullHistory6.html
 |archive-date = 20 January 2009
}}
</ref>

The single-tier local authority of the city is now [[Hull City Council]] (officially Kingston upon Hull City Council), headquartered in the [[Guildhall, Kingston upon Hull|Guildhall]] in the city centre.<ref name="hcchq">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,75255&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
 |title = Contact us
 |access-date = 16 September 2007
 |publisher = Hull City Council
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070915150731/http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,75255&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
 |archive-date = 15 September 2007
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref> The council was designated as the UK's worst performing authority in both 2004 and 2005, but in 2006 was rated as a two star 'improving adequate' council and in 2007 it retained its two stars with an 'improving well' status.<ref>{{cite news
 |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/4099063.stm
 |title = Council is worst in the country
 |access-date = 9 November 2006
 |date = 16 December 2004
 |work = BBC News}}
</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,93203&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_id=898&p_mode=result&p_theme=3&p_theme_name=Council%20government%20and%20democracy
 |title        = Audit Commission Comprehensive Performance Assessment – Two stars for Hull
 |publisher    = Hull City Council
 |access-date   = 1 October 2007
 |date         = 22 February 2007
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516112644/http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,93203&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_id=898&p_mode=result&p_theme=3&p_theme_name=Council%20government%20and%20democracy
 |archive-date  = 16 May 2008
 |url-status     = dead
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,93203&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_id=1514&p_month=Feb-08&p_page_number=1
 |title        = CPA 2007 – Hull on the move again, as Council now judged to be "improving well"
 |access-date   = 8 February 2008
 |date         = 7 February 2008
 |publisher    = Hull City Council
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080208035848/http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,93203&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_id=1514&p_month=Feb-08&p_page_number=1
 |archive-date  = 8 February 2008
 |url-status     = dead
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 |title = Two Stars For City Council
 |work = [[Hull Daily Mail]]
 |date = 7 February 2008
}}
</ref> In the 2008 corporate performance assessment the city retained its "improving well" status but was upgraded to a three star rating.<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,93203&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_id=2145&p_month=Mar-09&p_page_number=1
 |title        = New star brings a twinkle to the City Council
 |publisher    = Hull City Council
 |date         = 5 March 2009
 |access-date   = 6 March 2009
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090822124144/http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,93203&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_id=2145&p_month=Mar-09&p_page_number=1
 |archive-date  = 22 August 2009
 |url-status     = dead
 }}</ref>

The [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] won overall control of the City Council in the [[2007 Hull City Council election|2007 local elections]], ending several years in which no single party had a majority.<ref>{{cite news
 |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/6622017.stm
 |title = Lib Dems take Hull with big swing
 |access-date = 4 May 2007
 |date = 4 May 2007
 |work = BBC News
 }}
</ref> They retained control in the [[2008 Hull City Council election|2008 local elections]] by an increased majority<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2008/04/02/local_elections08_feature.shtml
 |title = Local Elections 2008 – Kingston Upon Hull City Council
 |access-date = 8 May 2008
 |date = 2 May 2008
 |work = BBC Humber
 }}
</ref> and in the [[2010 Hull City Council election|2010 local elections]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = https://web5.hullcc.gov.uk/akshullerps/election/2010/ataglance.html
 |title       = Election results at a glance
 |date        = May 2010
 |publisher   = Hull City Council
 |access-date  = 13 May 2010
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20111004071745/https://web5.hullcc.gov.uk/akshullerps/election/2010/ataglance.html
 |archive-date = 4 October 2011
}}
</ref> Following the UK's [[2011 United Kingdom local elections|local elections of 2011]], the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] gained control of the council,<ref name="BBC2011">{{cite news
 |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/fa.stm
 |title = Kingston-upon-Hull seats at a glance
 |work = BBC News
 |publisher = BBC
 |access-date =7 May 2011}}
</ref> increasing their majority in the [[2012 Hull City Council election|2012]]<ref>{{cite web
 |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E06000010.stm
 |title = Kingston upon Hull
 |date = 4 May 2012
 |work = Vote 2012
 |publisher = BBC
 |access-date = 4 May 2012}}</ref> and retained this following the [[2014 Hull City Council election|2014 local elections]].<ref name="HCC2014">{{cite news
 |url        = http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,949883&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140527182302/http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,949883&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
 |url-status   = dead
 |archive-date = 27 May 2014
 |title      = Local election results 2014
 |date       = 23 May 2014
 |publisher  = Hull City Council
 |access-date = 6 June 2014
}}</ref> They increased their majority by one in the [[2015 Hull City Council election|2015 local elections]],<ref name="HCC2015">{{cite news
 |url        = http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,1365772&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210225194114/http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,1365772&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
 |url-status   = dead
 |archive-date = 25 February 2021
 |title      = Local election results 2015
 |access-date = 15 May 2015
 |publisher  = Hull City Council
 |year       = 2015
}}</ref> but lost it in the 
[[2016 Hull City Council election|2016 local elections]].<ref>{{cite news
 |url = http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page-_pageid=221,1515093&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
 |title = Local election results 2016
 |date = 6 May 2016
 |publisher = Hull City Council
 |access-date = 11 October 2018
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181011060740/http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page-_pageid%3D221%2C1515093%26_dad%3Dportal%26_schema%3DPORTAL
 |archive-date = 11 October 2018
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref> In the [[2018 Hull City Council election|2018 local elections]] all of the council was up for election following boundary changes that reduced the number of seats by 2.<ref name="Review">{{cite web
 |url = https://cmis.hullcc.gov.uk/cmis/Elections/WardBoundaryChanges.aspx
 |title = Ward Boundary Changes
 |publisher = Hull City Council
 |access-date = 13 May 2019
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190513225948/https://cmis.hullcc.gov.uk/cmis/Elections/WardBoundaryChanges.aspx
 |archive-date = 13 May 2019
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref> Labour retained control of the council but with a much reduced majority, while in the [[2019 Hull City Council election|2019 local elections]] there was no change to the make-up of the council.<ref>{{cite news
 |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-48144114
 |title = Election results: Tories win North East Lincolnshire
 |date = 3 May 2019
 |work = BBC News
 |publisher = BBC
 |access-date = 13 May 2019}}</ref> In the [[2021 Hull City Council election|2021 local elections]] the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] gained a couple of seats but Labour retained control by just three seats.<ref>{{cite web
 | url = https://www.hullccnews.co.uk/07/05/2021/hull-local-elections-live-follow-the-results-here/
 | title = Hull local elections 2021: as it happened
 | date = 7 May 2021
 | work = HullCCNews
 | publisher = Hull City Council
 | accessdate = 9 May 2021}}</ref> On 3 March 2022, Labour councillor Julia Conner defected to the Liberal Democrats, reducing the Labour majority to one.<ref>{{cite news
 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-60604712
 | title = Hull Labour councillor Julia Conner defects to Liberal Democrats
 | date = 3 March 2022
 | work = BBC News
 | accessdate = 3 March 2022}}</ref> The [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] won overall control of the City Council in the [[2022 Hull City Council election|2022 local elections]] to end ten years of Labour rule,<ref>{{cite news |date=6 May 2022 |title=Election results 2022: Hull Lib Dems end Labour's 10-year rule |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-61343655 |accessdate=6 May 2022}}</ref> increasing their majority in the [[2023 Hull City Council election|2023 local elections]].<ref>{{cite news
 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2023/england/councils/E06000010
 | title = Hull election result
 | date = 5 May 2023
 | work = Elections 2023
 | publisher = BBC
 | accessdate = 5 May 2023}}</ref>

===Parliament===
[[File:Hull from Paull.jpg|thumb|upright=3.2|center|Panorama of Hull from further along the north bank of the [[Humber]] near [[Paull]], with the [[Yorkshire Wolds]] rising behind the city]]
[[File:Kingston upon Hull general election results, 1918–2019.gif|thumb|258x258px|Hull constituencies' general election results, 1918–2019]]
The city returned three members of parliament to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] and at the last general election, in [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]], elected three Labour MPs: [[Emma Hardy (politician)|Emma Hardy]],<ref>{{cite news
 |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000773
 |title =  Hull West & Hessle Parliamentary constituency
 |date = 13 December 2019
 |work = Election 2019
 |publisher = BBC
 |access-date = 31 January 2020}}
</ref> [[Diana Johnson]]<ref>{{cite news
 |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000772
 |title =  Hull North Parliamentary constituency
 |date = 13 December 2019
 |work = Election 2019
 |publisher = BBC
 |access-date = 31 January 2020}}
</ref> and [[Karl Turner (British politician)|Karl Turner]].<ref>{{cite news
 |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000771
 |title =  Hull East Parliamentary constituency
 |date = 13 December 2019
 |work = Election 2019
 |publisher = BBC
 |access-date = 31 January 2020}}
</ref>

[[William Wilberforce]] is the most celebrated of Hull's former MPs. He was a native of the city and the member for [[Kingston upon Hull (UK Parliament constituency)|Hull]] from 1780 to 1784 when he was elected as an Independent member for [[Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Yorkshire]].<ref name=WW/><ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.historyhome.co.uk/c-eight/people/wilberf.htm
 |title = William Wilberforce (1759–1833)
 |access-date = 28 November 2009
 |date = 21 August 2007
 |publisher = A Web of English History
 |archive-date = 16 April 2008
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080416005314/http://www.historyhome.co.uk/c-eight/people/wilberf.htm}}
</ref>