Kensington (UK Parliament constituency)

Kensington
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Kensington in Greater London
CountyGreater London
Electorate64,609 (December 2019)[1]
2010–2024
Created fromKensington and Chelsea;
Regent's Park and
Kensington North
Replaced byKensington and Bayswater
1974–1997
Created fromKensington North;
Kensington South
Replaced byKensington and Chelsea;
Regent's Park and
Kensington North

Kensington is a former constituency[n 1] in Greater London which first existed between 1974 and 1997 and was recreated in 2010.[n 2] It was replaced by the Kensington and Bayswater constituency,[2] first contested at the 2024 general election.

At the 2017 general election, Emma Dent Coad gained the seat for Labour from incumbent Conservative Victoria Borwick by the slenderest margin in England, 20 votes, the first time Kensington had been represented by a Labour MP.[3] Dent Coad was defeated by Felicity Buchan for the Conservatives at the 2019 United Kingdom general election by a narrow margin of 150 votes.

Kensington was known as the wealthiest parliamentary constituency in the whole of the United Kingdom.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference CBP-8749b was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Labour wins Kensington seat for first time ever". The Independent. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  4. ^ "London's Richest Neighborhood Just Voted Labour. That's Astounding". Bloomberg.com. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  5. ^ Obordo, Rachel (12 June 2017). "Labour's win in Kensington reflects the area's huge disparities of wealth". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  6. ^ "The Poshest Neighborhood in Britain Just Voted for Labour". Time. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2023.


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