Kensington South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Template:Infobox UK constituency Kensington South was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Kensington district of west London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Kensington South in the Metropolitan area 1885-1918
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Kensington South in the Parliamentary County of London 1918-50
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Kensington South in the Parliamentary County of London 1950-74
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Kensington Metropolitan Borough wards in 1916

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election. In every postwar election until its abolition, it was the safest Conservative seat (excluding Northern Irish constituencies) in the country.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1885 Sir Algernon Borthwick Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1895 by-election Lord Warkworth (known as Earl Percy from 1899) Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1910 Lord Claud Hamilton Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1918 Sir William Davison Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1945 by-election Richard Law Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1950 Sir Patrick Spens Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1959 William Roots Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1968 by-election Sir Brandon Rhys-Williams Conservative
Feb 1974 constituency abolished

Boundaries

Prior to 1885, the area was originally part of the Chelsea constituency. Following the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the new Kensington South seat was a single-member constituency consisting of all of the parliamentary borough of Kensington south of the Uxbridge Road.

Following boundary changes under the Representation of the People Act 1918, the constituency was defined as consisting of the Royal Borough of Kensington wards of Brompton, Earl's Court, Holland, Queen's Gate, and Redcliffe.

In the 1950 redistribution, Brompton ward was transferred to the Chelsea constituency. The constituency was thus now defined as consisting of the Royal Borough of Kensington wards of Earl's Court, Holland, Queen's Gate, and Redcliffe. It then remained unchanged until its abolition in 1974.

In 1965, under major local government boundary changes, the London County Council area was absorbed by the new Greater London Council, and the constituency was included in a new London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. This did not affect parliamentary boundaries for another nine years, however.

In the 1974 redistribution, this constituency disappeared. Earl's Court and Redcliffe wards became part of the redrawn Chelsea constituency, while Holland and Queen's Gate wards became part of the new Kensington constituency.

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1885: Kensington, South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Montagu Hughes Cookson 2,138 31.7
Majority 2,464 36.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 6,740 76.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 8,859 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". win (new seat)

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1886: Kensington, South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Henry Fearnside Speed 1,022 19.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,134 60.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 5,178 58.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 8,859 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +12.0

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1892: Kensington, South[1]
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1895: Kensington, South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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By-election: 28 November 1895[1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Kensington, South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1906: Kensington, South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Edward O'Malley 1,624 25.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,211 49.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 6,459 70.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 9,223 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing N/A

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1910s

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General election January 1910: Kensington, South
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". George Stanford MacIlwaine 1,301 18.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 4,470 63.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 9,159 77.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election December 1910: Kensington, South
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". George Rodhouse Reid 1,033 16.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 4,060 66.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 9,159 66.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918Template:Election box end 1918

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1918: Kensington South
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ernest Makins 5,306 33.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 5,387 33.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 15,999 51.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 30,888 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −16.3
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General election 1922: Kensington South
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". * Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck 4,964 24.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 10,796 52.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 20,724 58.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 35,684 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +9.2

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

*Cavendish-Bentinck was incorrectly labelled by the media as a National Liberal but corrected this label as 'anti-Conservative'.

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General election 1923: Kensington South
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1924: Kensington South
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1929: Kensington South
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Hugh Seely 7,570 18.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Rayner Goddard 6,354 15.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 20,479 48.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 41,973 59.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 70,593 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing N/A

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Kensington South
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Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing N/A

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1935: Kensington South
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Charles Henry Hartwell 4,779 11.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 33,518 77.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 69,520 62.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing N/A

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Kensington South
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Patricia Strauss 6,014 18.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Francis N Beaufort-Palmer 3,586 11.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 16,152 50.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 46,727 67.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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By-election, 20 November 1945
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Lancelot Spicer 3,559 18.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 12,287 68.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 52,750 36.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Kensington South
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Marcel Philip Picard 8,002 17.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Frankenburg 4,079 9.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 24,868 55.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 63,319 71.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1951: Kensington South
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Michael Clynes Parker 8,894 20.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 25,698 59.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 63,419 68.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1955: Kensington South
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Marjorie Macrae Crane 6,804 17.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 25,247 65.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 62,724 62.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1959: Kensington South
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Gurth Hoyer-Millar 4,666 13.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ivor Richard 4,525 12.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 21,940 61.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 58,023 61.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Kensington South
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Barrington J Stead 5,300 16.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Anthony A W Dix 4,916 15.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 16,368 51.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 56,157 56.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1966: Kensington South
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jonathan V Rosenhead 6,419 19.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas Kellock 4,871 15.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 14,631 45.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 55,660 58.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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By-election of 14 March 1968[2]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas Kellock 2,742 12.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Clive Bradley (executive) 1,874 8.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sinclair Eustace 675 3.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Gold 59 0.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 13,747 62.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 21,839 40.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Kensington South
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Faith M Bridges 6,928 24.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 14,663 51.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 57,182 49.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

References

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