Kingston-upon-Thames (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Infobox UK constituency main Kingston or Kingston-upon-Thames was a parliamentary constituency which covered the emerging southwest, outer London suburb of Kingston upon Thames (until 1965 in Surrey) and which existed between 1885 and 1997 and returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The Conservative candidate won each election during its 112-year existence.

History

The seated was created for the 1885 general election as a county division called Kingston equivalent to the northwest corner of the former two-seat Mid Surrey division. It became a borough constituency for the present purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer at the 1918 general election, when it was formally renamed 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

1950–1955: The boroughs of Kingston upon Thames, and Surbiton.

1955–1983: The boroughs of Kingston upon Thames, and Malden and Coombe.

1983–1997: The London Borough of Kingston upon Thames wards of Burlington, Cambridge, Canbury, Coombe, Grove, Hill, Malden, Manor, Norbiton, Norbiton Park, St James, and Tudor.

The seat since 1950 omitted all southern wards of Kingston upon Thames. These fell into the 1950-established seat of Surbiton, which replicated its own borough that merged with Kingston's borough in 1965.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Senior Frontbench positions
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1885	Sir John Ellis	Conservative	none
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1892	Sir Richard Temple	Conservative	none
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1895	Thomas Skewes-Cox	Conservative	none
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1906	George Cave	Conservative	Home Secretary (1916-1919) Later Lord (High) Chancellor
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1918	John Campbell	Unionist	none
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1922	Sir Frederick Penny	Unionist	none
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1937 b-e	Sir Percy Royds	Conservative	none
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1945	John Boyd-Carpenter	Conservative	Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1962-1964)
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1972 b-e	Norman Lamont	Conservative	Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1989-1990) Chancellor of the Exchequer (1990-1993)
	1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Kingston-upon-Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Whittaker Ellis	Template:Replace	60.5
		Charles Duncan Hodgson	3,206	39.5
Majority			1,709	21.0
Turnout			8,121	73.1
Registered electors			11,102
	win (new seat)

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General election 1886: Kingston-upon-Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1892: Kingston-upon-Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Richard Temple	Template:Replace	53.9
		Charles Duncan Hodgson	4,357	46.1
Majority			743	7.8
Turnout			9,457	73.7
Registered electors			12,825
	hold		Swing	N/A

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T. Skewes-Cox

General election 1895: Kingston-upon-Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Skewes-Cox	Template:Replace	61.5
		Charles Burt	3,600	38.5
Majority			2,145	23.0
Turnout			9,345	68.6
Registered electors			13,631
	hold		Swing	+7.6

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Kingston-upon-Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

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George Cave

General election 1906: Kingston-upon-Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Cave	Template:Replace	53.6
		Robert Whyte	6,637	46.4
Majority			1,019	7.2
Turnout			14,293	82.8
Registered electors			17,270
	hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

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Holzapfel

General election January 1910: Kingston-upon-Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Cave	Template:Replace	65.3
		Albert George Holzapfel	5,814	34.7
Majority			5,104	30.6
Turnout			16,732	85.2
Registered electors			19,647
	hold		Swing	+11.7

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General election December 1910: Kingston-upon-Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and, by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected:

• Unionist: George Cave
• Liberal:

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By-election, 1915: Kingston-upon-Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

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Elections in the 1920s

General election 1918: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Henry Dumper	2,502	13.6
		Arnold Ellis Ely	2,325	12.6
Majority			11,094	60.2
Turnout			18,423	51.7
Registered electors			35,656
	hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1922: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Penny	Template:Replace	66.7
		* Harry Day	7,563	33.3
Majority			7,573	33.4
Turnout			22,699	59.3
Registered electors			38,265
	hold		Swing	−7.1

* Day was supported by the local Labour and Liberal parties.

General election 1923: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Penny	Template:Replace	61.6
		William Freeman	8,095	38.4
Majority			4,873	23.2
Turnout			21,063	53.9
Registered electors			39,044
	hold		Swing	−5.1

General election 1924: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Penny	Template:Replace	70.2
		Arthur Balfour Bishop	5,640	19.8
		William Freeman	2,850	10.0
Majority			14,293	50.4
Turnout			28,423	71.3
Registered electors			39,868
	hold		Swing	+18.5

General election 1929: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Penny	Template:Replace	54.1
		John William Fawcett	8,903	23.1
		Frank John Powell	8,796	22.8
Majority			12,008	31.0
Turnout			38,610	68.9
Registered electors			56,004
	hold		Swing	−9.7

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Penny	Template:Replace	82.5
		John William Fawcett	7,613	17.5
Majority			28,312	65.0
Turnout			43,538	69.2
	hold		Swing

General election 1935: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Penny	Template:Replace	67.5
		George Henry Loman	10,014	20.5
		Frank John Powell	5,832	12.0
Majority			22,939	47.0
Turnout			48,799	65.5
	hold		Swing

1937 Kingston-upon-Thames by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Percy Royds	Template:Replace	66.6
		George Henry Loman	9,972	33.4
Majority			9,915	33.2
Turnout			29,859	38.1
	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: Percy Royds
• Labour: Dennis Gordon
• Liberal: Henry Cecil Banting

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Boyd-Carpenter	Template:Replace	56.5
		George Elvin	28,516	43.5
Majority			8,569	13.0
Turnout			65,601	74.0
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Boyd-Carpenter	Template:Replace	58.98
		Nora M Johns	21,229	33.94
		Donald George Maskrey	4,429	7.08
Majority			15,657	25.04
Turnout			62,544	85.24
	hold		Swing

General election 1951: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Boyd-Carpenter	Template:Replace	63.52
		Ray Hesketh	22,117	36.48
Majority			16,399	27.04
Turnout			60,633	81.14
	hold		Swing

General election 1955: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Boyd-Carpenter	Template:Replace	65.86
		George Henry Loman	16,104	34.14
Majority			14,965	31.72
Turnout			47,173	76.38
	hold		Swing

General election 1959: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Boyd-Carpenter	Template:Replace	67.26
		Tom Braddock	15,408	32.74
Majority			16,241	34.52
Turnout			47,057	77.91
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Boyd-Carpenter	Template:Replace	52.79
		Tom Braddock	13,611	29.97
		Stanley Rundle	7,827	17.24
Majority			10,362	22.82
Turnout			45,411	77.12
	hold		Swing

General election 1966: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Boyd-Carpenter	Template:Replace	51.29
		James Stewart Cook	14,915	33.58
		Michael F Burns	6,722	15.13
Majority			7,866	17.71
Turnout			44,418	76.97
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Kingston-Upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Boyd-Carpenter	Template:Replace	56.67
		Robin H Crockett	13,090	31.67
		Stephen J. Wells	4,822	11.66
Majority			10,336	25.00
Turnout			41,338	69.13
	hold		Swing

1972 Kingston-upon-Thames by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Norman Lamont	Template:Replace	52.32
		Anthony Judge	9,892	31.03
		Stephen J. Wells	3,601	11.30
	Anti-Common Market Conservative	Edgar Scruby	1,705	5.35
Majority			6,787	21.29
Turnout			31,877
	hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Norman Lamont	Template:Replace	48.57
		Stephen J. Wells	12,699	28.81
		Chris Mullin	11,369	24.00
	Anti-Common Market Conservative	M.J. Christie	288	0.61
Majority			10,307	21.76
Turnout			47,362	80.53
	hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Norman Lamont	Template:Replace	48.63
		A. Quick	12,266	28.84
		Stephen J. Wells	9,580	22.53
Majority			8,414	19.79
Turnout			42,526	71.77
	hold		Swing

General election 1979: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Norman Lamont	Template:Replace	57.85
		John A. Torode	11,400	26.44
		Declan Terry	6,771	15.70
Majority			13,544	31.41
Turnout			43,115	74.89
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Norman Lamont	Template:Replace	54.1
		Roger Hayes	13,222	32.4
		Peter J. Smith	4,977	12.2
		Alexandra Presant-Collins	290	0.7
	Loony Society	Peter Dodd	259	0.6
Majority			8,872	21.7
Turnout			40,842	71.9
	hold		Swing

General election 1987: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Norman Lamont	Template:Replace	56.2
		Roger Hayes	13,012	30.2
		Robert Markless	5,676	13.2
	CPWSML	Jack Baker	175	0.4
Majority			11,186	26.0
Turnout			43,061	78.5
	hold		Swing	+2.2

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Norman Lamont	Template:Replace	51.6
		Derek Osbourne	10,522	26.3
		Robert Markless	7,748	19.3
		Adrian Amer	771	1.9
		David Beaupré	212	0.5
		Graham Woollcoombe	81	0.2
		Anthony Scholefield	42	0.1
Majority			10,153	25.3
Turnout			40,051	78.4
	hold		Swing	−0.3