Kingston-upon-Thames (UK Parliament constituency)
Kingston-upon-Thames | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County |
1885–1965: Surrey 1965–1997: Greater London |
Major settlements | Kingston upon Thames |
1918–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by |
Kingston & Surbiton Richmond Park |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | East Surrey |
Kingston-upon-Thames was a parliamentary constituency in the South-West London suburb of Kingston upon Thames which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
History
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election as a county division called Kingston from part of the East Surrey constituency. It became a borough constituency at the 1918 general election, when it was renamed as Kingston-upon-Thames.
It was abolished for the 1997 general election. Its territory was then divided between the new constituencies of Kingston and Surbiton and Richmond Park.
The constituency's most high-profile MP was the Conservative Norman Lamont, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1990 to 1993.
Boundaries
The constituency consisted of the town of Kingston upon Thames and the surrounding areas.
From 1983 to 1997 it consisted of eleven electoral wards of the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames: Burlington; Cambridge; Canbury; Coombe; Grove; Hill; Malden Manor; Norbiton; Norbiton Park; St James; and Tudor.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member [1] | Party [2][3] | |
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1885 | Sir John Ellis, Bt. | Conservative | |
1892 | Sir Richard Temple | Conservative | |
1895 | Sir Thomas Skewes-Cox | Conservative | |
1906 | Sir George Cave | Conservative | |
1918 | John Campbell | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | Sir Frederick Penny | Conservative | |
1937 by-election | Sir Percy Royds | Conservative | |
1945 | John Boyd-Carpenter | Conservative | |
1972 by-election | Norman Lamont | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Kingston & Surbiton and Richmond Park
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Elections
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1918: Kingston upon Thames[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | 13,596 | 73.8 | |||
Labour | Thomas Henry Dumper | 2,502 | 13.6 | ||
Liberal | Arnold Ellis Ely | 2,325 | 12.6 | ||
Majority | 11,094 | 60.2 | |||
Turnout | 51.7 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
- endorsed by the Coalition Government.
Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1922: Kingston upon Thames[5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Frederick George Penny | 15,136 | 66.7 | ||
Independent Labour | Harry Day | 7,563 | 33.3 | ||
Majority | 7,573 | 33.4 | |||
Turnout | 53.9 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1923: Kingston upon Thames[6] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Frederick George Penny | 12,968 | 61.6 | ||
Liberal | William Freeman | 8,095 | 38.4 | ||
Majority | 4,873 | 23.2 | |||
Turnout | 53.9 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1924: Kingston upon Thames[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Frederick George Penny | 19,933 | 70.2 | ||
Labour | Arthur Balfour Bishop | 5,640 | 19.8 | ||
Liberal | William Freeman | 2,850 | 10.0 | ||
Majority | 14,293 | 50.4 | |||
Turnout | 71.3 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1929: Kingston upon Thames[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Frederick George Penny | 20,911 | 54.1 | -16.1 | |
Labour | John William Fawcett | 8,903 | 23.1 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Frank John Powell | 8,796 | 22.8 | +12.8 | |
Majority | 12,008 | 31.0 | |||
Turnout | 68.9 | -2.4 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -9.7 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1931: Kingston upon Thames | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Sir Frederick George Penny | 35,925 | 82.5 | ||
Labour | John William Fawcett | 7,613 | 17.5 | ||
Majority | 28,312 | 65.0 | |||
Turnout | 69.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1935: Kingston upon Thames[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Sir Frederick George Penny | 32,953 | 67.5 | ||
Labour | George Henry Loman | 10,014 | 20.5 | ||
Liberal | Frank John Powell | 5,832 | 12.0 | ||
Majority | 22,939 | 47.0 | |||
Turnout | 65.5 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Kingston-upon-Thames by-election, 1937[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Percy Molyneux Rawson Royds | 19,887 | 66.6 | ||
Labour | George Henry Loman | 9,972 | 33.4 | ||
Majority | 9,915 | 33.2 | |||
Turnout | 38.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1939/40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Sir Percy Molyneux Rawson Royds
- Liberal: Henry Cecil Banting[9]
Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Kingston upon Thames | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter | 37,085 | 56.5 | ||
Labour | George Henry Elvin | 28,516 | 43.5 | ||
Majority | 8,569 | 13.0 | |||
Turnout | 74.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1992: Kingston upon Thames[10] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont | 20,675 | 51.6 | −4.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Derek Richard Osbourne | 10,522 | 26.3 | −3.9 | |
Labour | Robert Harold Markless | 7,748 | 19.3 | +6.2 | |
Liberal | Adrian Charles Amer | 771 | 1.9 | −28.3 | |
Monster Raving Loony | David John Beaupré | 212 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Natural Law | Graham Douglas Woollcoombe | 81 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Anti-Federalist League | Anthony John Edward Scholefield | 42 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 10,153 | 25.4 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 40,051 | 78.4 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.3 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1987: Kingston upon Thames | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont | 24,198 | 56.19 | ||
Liberal | Roger Mark Hayes | 13,012 | 30.22 | ||
Labour | Robert Harold Markless | 5,676 | 13.18 | ||
CPWSML | Jack Baker | 175 | 0.41 | ||
Majority | 11,186 | 25.98 | |||
Turnout | 78.52 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1983: Kingston upon Thames | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont | 22,094 | 54.10 | ||
Liberal | Roger Mark Hayes | 13,222 | 32.37 | ||
Labour | P.J. Smith | 4,977 | 12.19 | ||
Ecology | Alexandra Presant-Collins | 290 | 0.71 | ||
Loony Society | Peter Dodd | 259 | 0.63 | ||
Majority | 8,872 | 21.72 | |||
Turnout | 71.91 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1979: Kingston upon Thames | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont | 24,944 | 57.85 | ||
Labour | J.A. Torode | 11,400 | 26.44 | ||
Liberal | D. Terry | 6,771 | 15.70 | ||
Majority | 13,544 | 31.41 | |||
Turnout | 74.89 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election October 1974: Kingston upon Thames | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont | 20,680 | 48.63 | ||
Labour | A. Quick | 12,266 | 28.84 | ||
Liberal | Stephen J. Wells | 9,580 | 22.53 | ||
Majority | 8,414 | 19.79 | |||
Turnout | 71.77 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election February 1974: Kingston upon Thames | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont | 23,006 | 48.57 | ||
Liberal | Stephen J. Wells | 12,699 | 28.81 | ||
Labour | Christopher John Mullin | 11,369 | 24.00 | ||
Anti-Common Market Conservative | M.J. Christie | 288 | 0.61 | ||
Majority | 10,307 | 21.76 | |||
Turnout | 80.53 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Kingston-upon-Thames by-election, 1972 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont | 16,679 | 52.32 | -4.25 | |
Labour | Anthony Judge | 9,892 | 31.03 | -0.64 | |
Liberal | Stephen J. Wells | 3,601 | 11.3 | -0.36 | |
Anti-Common Market Conservative | Edgar Scruby | 1,705 | 5.35 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,787 | ||||
Turnout | 31,877 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1970: Kingston-Upon Thames | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter | 23,426 | 56.67 | ||
Labour | RH Crockett | 13,090 | 31.67 | ||
Liberal | Stephen J. Wells | 4,822 | 11.66 | ||
Majority | 10,336 | 25.0 | |||
Turnout | 41,338 | 69.13 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1966: Kingston upon Thames | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter | 22,781 | 51.29 | ||
Labour | James S Cook | 14,915 | 33.58 | ||
Liberal | Michael F Burns | 6,722 | 15.13 | ||
Majority | 7,866 | 17.71 | |||
Turnout | 76.97 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1964: Kingston upon Thames | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter | 23,973 | 52.79 | ||
Labour | Thomas Braddock | 13,611 | 29.97 | ||
Liberal | Stanley Rundle | 7,827 | 17.24 | ||
Majority | 10,362 | 22.82 | |||
Turnout | 77.12 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1959: Kingston upon Thames | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter | 31,649 | 67.26 | ||
Labour | Thomas Braddock | 15,408 | 32.74 | ||
Majority | 16,241 | 34.51 | |||
Turnout | 77.91 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1955: Kingston upon Thames | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter | 31,069 | 65.86 | ||
Labour | George H Loman | 16,104 | 34.14 | ||
Majority | 14,965 | 31.72 | |||
Turnout | 76.38 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1951: Kingston upon Thames | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter | 38,516 | 63.52 | ||
Labour | R. Hesketh | 22,117 | 36.48 | ||
Majority | 16,399 | 27.05 | |||
Turnout | 81.14 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1950: Kingston upon Thames | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter | 36,886 | 58.98 | ||
Labour | NM Johns | 21,229 | 33.94 | ||
Liberal | Donald George Maskrey | 4,429 | 7.08 | ||
Majority | 15,657 | 25.03 | |||
Turnout | 85.24 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Notes and references
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 366. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 399. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F. W. S.
- ↑ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Huntingdon |
Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1990 – 1993 |
Succeeded by Rushcliffe |