Kensington (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Kensington Borough constituency |
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| Kensington shown within Greater London | |
| Created: | in time for the next general election |
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| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater London |
| EP constituency: | London |
Kensington is a former Parliamentary constituency in the Parliament of the United Kingdom in West London, comprising the northern and central parts of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around Kensington. It existed between 1974 and 1997; it is to be reestablished by the Boundary Commission at the next UK General Election from parts of the Kensington and Chelsea and Regent's Park and Kensington North constituencies.
Following their Fifth Periodic review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England have recreated the Kensington seat using the following electoral wards. This recreated seat will be fought at the next UK general election.
- Abingdon, Brompton, Campden, Colville, Courtfield, Earl's Court, Golborne, Holland, Norland, Notting Barns, Pembridge, Queen's Gate, and St Charles.
The remaining electoral wards of Cremorne, Hans Town,Redcliffe, Royal Hospital, and Stanley are used in the cross-borough creation of Chelsea and Fulham
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[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1974)
- 1974-1988: Sir Brandon Meredith Rhys-Williams, Conservative
- 1988-1997: John Dudley Fishburn, Conservative
- Constituency abolished (1997)
[edit] Election results
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Sam Gurney | ||||
| Conservative | Malcolm Rifkind | ||||
| General Election 1992: Kensington | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Dudley Fishburn | 15,540 | 50.3 | +2.8 | |
| Labour | P.A. Holmes | 11,992 | 38.8 | +5.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | C.K. Shirley | 2,770 | 9.0 | −8.3 | |
| Green | A. Burlingham-Johnson | 415 | 1.3 | −1.4 | |
| Natural Law | A.J.W. Hardy | 90 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| ALP | A. Bulloch | 71 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,548 | 11.5 | |||
| Turnout | 30,878 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −1.4 | |||
| 1987 General Election:Kensington | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Brandon Rhys-Williams | 14,818 | 47.51 | ||
| Labour | BT Bousquet | 10,371 | 33.25 | ||
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | William Goodhart | 5,379 | 17.25 | ||
| Green | R Shorter | 528 | 1.69 | ||
| Humanist Party | L Carrick | 65 | 0.21 | ||
| PIP | M Hughes | 30 | 0.10 | ||
| Majority | 4,447 | 14.26 | |||
| Turnout | 31,191 | 64.70 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Kensington, UKPollingReport
