Kensington and Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kensington and Chelsea Borough constituency

Kensington and Chelsea shown within Greater London
Created:	1997
MP:	Sir Malcolm Rifkind
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Kensington and Chelsea is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is one of the safest Conservative seats in the United Kingdom.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also
6 References

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the central and southern portions of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, covering the centres of both Kensington and Chelsea.

Following their review into parliamentary boundaries in North London, the Boundary Commission have created two new constituencies based on the existing Kensington & Chelsea.

The northern section (namely Earl's Court, South Kensington, High Street Kensington and Holland Park) will be combined with the southern section of the current Regent's Park & Kensington North constituency (including Ladbroke Grove and Notting Hill) to create a new Kensington constituency whilst the southern part (namely Chelsea) will be combined with the southern half of the current Hammersmith & Fulham constituency to create a new Chelsea and Fulham seat.

[edit] History

The seat first came into existence at the 1997 general election.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1997 — 1999: Alan Clark, Conservative (died)
1999 — 2005: Michael Portillo, Conservative
2005 — present: Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Kensington and Chelsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Rifkind	18,144	57.9	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Kingsley	5,726	18.3	+2.5
	Labour	Catherine Atkinson	5,521	17.6	−5.6
	Green	Julia Stephenson	1,342	4.3	+0.2
	UK Independence	Mildred Eiloart	395	1.3	−0.2
	Independent	Alfred Bovill	107	0.3	N/A
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Eddie Adams	101	0.3	N/A
Majority			12,418	39.6
Turnout			31,336	50.0	+6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.5

General Election 2001: Kensington and Chelsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Portillo	15,270	54.5	+0.8
	Labour	Simon Stanley	6,499	23.2	-4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kishwer Falkner	4,416	15.8	+0.5
	Green	Julia Stephenson	1,158	4.1	n/a
	UK Independence	Damian Hockney	416	1.5	n/a
	ProLife Alliance	Josephine Quintavalle	179	0.6	n/a
	Jam Wrestling Party	Ginger Crab	100	0.4	n/a
Majority			8,771	31.3
Turnout			28,038	43.3	-11.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

1999 by-election: Kensington and Chelsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Portillo	11,004	56.4	+2.8
	Labour	Robert Atkinson	4,298	22.0	-5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Woodthorpe Browne	1,831	9.4	-5.9
	Pro-Euro Conservative	John Stevens	740	3.8
	UK Independence	Damian Hockney	450	2.3	+0.9
	Green	Hugo Charlton	446	2.3
	Democratic Party	The Earl of Burford	182	0.9
	Legalise Cannabis	Colin Paisley	141	0.7
	Independent	Dr. Michael Irwin	97	0.5
	UK Pensioners Party	Paul Oliver	75	0.4	-0.1
	Independent Referendum Party	Stephen Scott-Fawcett	57	0.3
	Independent	Louise Hodges	48	0.3
	Natural Law	Ged Valente	35	0.2	0.1
	ProLife Alliance	Lisa Lovebucket	26	0.1
	Independent	John Davies	24	0.1
	Independent	Peter May	24	0.1
	Monster Raving Loony	Alan Hope	20	0.1
	Independent	Tony Samuelson	15	0.1
Majority			6,706	34.4
Turnout				29.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Kensington and Chelsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Clark	19,887	53.6	-14.6
	Labour	Robert Atkinson	10,368	27.9	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Woodthorpe Browne	5,668	15.3	+2.1
	Independent	Edward Bear	218	0.6
	United Kingdom Pensioners Party	Paul Oliver	176	0.5
	Natural Law	Susan Hamza	122	0.3
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Paul Sullivan	65	0.2
	Independent	Pete Parliament	44	0.1
Majority			9,519	25.7
Turnout					54.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

[edit] References

BBC News (2005). Election 2005 - Kensington & Chelsea. Retrieved May 3, 2005.

Constituencies in Greater London
Labour	Barking \| Battersea \| Brent North \| Brent South \| Brentford and Isleworth \| Camberwell and Peckham \| Croydon North \| Dagenham \| Dulwich and West Norwood \| Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush \| Ealing North \| Ealing Southall \| East Ham \| Edmonton \| Eltham \| Enfield North \| Erith and Thamesmead \| Feltham and Heston \| Finchley and Golders Green \| Greenwich and Woolwich \| Hackney North and Stoke Newington \| Hackney South and Shoreditch \| Hampstead and Highgate \| Harrow East \| Harrow West \| Hayes and Harlington \| Hendon \| Holborn and St. Pancras \| Ilford South \| Islington North \| Islington South and Finsbury \| Lewisham Deptford \| Lewisham East \| Lewisham West \| Leyton and Wanstead \| Mitcham and Morden \| Poplar and Canning Town \| Regent's Park and Kensington North \| Streatham \| Tooting \| Tottenham \| Vauxhall \| Walthamstow \| West Ham
Conservative	Beckenham \| Bexleyheath and Crayford \| Bromley and Chislehurst \| Chingford and Woodford Green \| Chipping Barnet \| Cities of London and Westminster \| Croydon Central \| Croydon South \| Enfield Southgate \| Hammersmith and Fulham \| Hornchurch \| Ilford North \| Kensington and Chelsea \| Old Bexley and Sidcup \| Orpington \| Putney \| Romford \| Ruislip-Northwood \| Upminster \| Uxbridge \| Wimbledon
Liberal Democrat	Brent East \| Carshalton and Wallington \| Hornsey and Wood Green \| Kingston and Surbiton \| Richmond Park \| North Southwark and Bermondsey \| Sutton and Cheam \| Twickenham
Respect	Bethnal Green and Bow
London European constituency: Conservative (3) \| Labour (3) \| Liberal Democrats (1) \| UKIP (1) \| Green (1)