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title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccf;"><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a>–February 1974</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">one</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Created from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)">Chelsea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Replaced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kensington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kensington (UK Parliament constituency)">Kensington</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kensington South</b> was a <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_constituencies" title="United Kingdom constituencies">parliamentary constituency</a> centred on the <a href="/wiki/Kensington" title="Kensington">Kensington</a> district of west <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. It returned one <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KensingtonSouth1885.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/KensingtonSouth1885.png/260px-KensingtonSouth1885.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/KensingtonSouth1885.png/390px-KensingtonSouth1885.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/KensingtonSouth1885.png/520px-KensingtonSouth1885.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="577" /></a><figcaption>Kensington South in the Metropolitan area 1885-1918</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KensingtonSouth1918.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/KensingtonSouth1918.png/260px-KensingtonSouth1918.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/KensingtonSouth1918.png/390px-KensingtonSouth1918.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/KensingtonSouth1918.png/520px-KensingtonSouth1918.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="550" /></a><figcaption>Kensington South in the Parliamentary County of London 1918-50</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KensingtonSouth1950.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/KensingtonSouth1950.png/260px-KensingtonSouth1950.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/KensingtonSouth1950.png/390px-KensingtonSouth1950.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/KensingtonSouth1950.png/520px-KensingtonSouth1950.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="550" /></a><figcaption>Kensington South in the Parliamentary County of London 1950-74</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kensington_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Kensington_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg/220px-Kensington_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Kensington_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg/330px-Kensington_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Kensington_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg/440px-Kensington_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="868" data-file-height="1120" /></a><figcaption>Kensington Metropolitan Borough wards in 1916</figcaption></figure> <p>The constituency was created for the <a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885 general election</a>, and abolished for the <a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">February 1974 general election</a>. In every postwar election until its abolition, it was the safest Conservative seat (excluding Northern Irish constituencies) in the country. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members_of_Parliament">Members of Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kensington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Members of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Election</th> <th>Member</th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Algernon_Borthwick,_1st_Baron_Glenesk" title="Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk">Sir Algernon Borthwick</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1895_Kensington_South_by-election" title="1895 Kensington South by-election">1895 by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Percy,_Earl_Percy" title="Henry Percy, Earl Percy">Lord Warkworth</a> (known as Earl Percy from 1899) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">1910</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lord_Claud_Hamilton_(1843%E2%80%931925)" title="Lord Claud Hamilton (1843–1925)">Lord Claud Hamilton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918</a> </td> <td>Sir <a href="/wiki/William_Davison,_1st_Baron_Broughshane" title="William Davison, 1st Baron Broughshane">William Davison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1945_Kensington_South_by-election" title="1945 Kensington South by-election">1945 by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Law,_1st_Baron_Coleraine" title="Richard Law, 1st Baron Coleraine">Richard Law</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a> </td> <td>Sir <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Spens,_1st_Baron_Spens" title="Patrick Spens, 1st Baron Spens">Patrick Spens</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">1959</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Roots" title="William Roots">William Roots</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1968_Kensington_South_by-election" title="1968 Kensington South by-election">1968 by-election</a> </td> <td>Sir <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Rhys-Williams" title="Brandon Rhys-Williams">Brandon Rhys-Williams</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="right"><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">Feb 1974</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><i>constituency abolished</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boundaries">Boundaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kensington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Boundaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to 1885, the area was originally part of the <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)">Chelsea</a> constituency. Following the <a href="/wiki/Redistribution_of_Seats_Act_1885" title="Redistribution of Seats Act 1885">Redistribution of Seats Act 1885</a>, the new Kensington South seat was a single-member constituency consisting of all of the parliamentary borough of <a href="/wiki/Kensington" title="Kensington">Kensington</a> south of the <a href="/wiki/Uxbridge_Road" title="Uxbridge Road">Uxbridge Road</a>. </p><p>Following boundary changes under the <a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1918" title="Representation of the People Act 1918">Representation of the People Act 1918</a>, the constituency was defined as consisting of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Kensington" title="Metropolitan Borough of Kensington">Royal Borough of Kensington</a> wards of Brompton, Earl's Court, Holland, Queen's Gate, and Redcliffe. </p><p>In the 1950 redistribution, Brompton ward was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)">Chelsea</a> constituency. The constituency was thus now defined as consisting of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Kensington" title="Metropolitan Borough of Kensington">Royal Borough of Kensington</a> wards of Earl's Court, Holland, Queen's Gate, and Redcliffe. It then remained unchanged until its abolition in 1974. </p><p>In 1965, under major local government boundary changes, the <a href="/wiki/London_County_Council" title="London County Council">London County Council</a> area was absorbed by the new <a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Council" title="Greater London Council">Greater London Council</a>, and the constituency was included in a new <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Kensington_and_Chelsea" class="mw-redirect" title="London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea">London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea</a>. This did not affect parliamentary boundaries for another nine years, however. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Kensington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kensington (UK Parliament constituency)">Kensington</a> constituency. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_results">Election results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kensington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1880s">Elections in the 1880s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kensington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1880s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">General election 1885</a>: Kensington, South<sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Algernon_Borthwick,_1st_Baron_Glenesk" title="Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk">Algernon Borthwick</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>4,602 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>68.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Montagu Hughes Cookson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,138 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.7 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,464 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,740 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">76.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">8,859 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1886 United Kingdom general election">General election 1886</a>: Kensington, South<sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Algernon_Borthwick,_1st_Baron_Glenesk" title="Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk">Algernon Borthwick</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>4,156 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>80.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+12.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Henry Fearnside Speed </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,022 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−12.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,134 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">60.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+24.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,178 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">58.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−17.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">8,859 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+12.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1890s">Elections in the 1890s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kensington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1890s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1892 United Kingdom general election">General election 1892</a>: Kensington, South<sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Algernon_Borthwick,_1st_Baron_Glenesk" title="Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk">Algernon Borthwick</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1895_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1895 United Kingdom general election">General election 1895</a>: Kensington, South<sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Algernon_Borthwick,_1st_Baron_Glenesk" title="Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk">Algernon Borthwick</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1895_Kensington_South_by-election" title="1895 Kensington South by-election">By-election</a>: 28 November 1895<sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Percy,_Earl_Percy" title="Henry Percy, Earl Percy">Henry Percy</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1900s">Elections in the 1900s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kensington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1900s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1900 United Kingdom general election">General election 1900</a>: Kensington, South<sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Percy,_Earl_Percy" title="Henry Percy, Earl Percy">Henry Percy</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1906 United Kingdom general election">General election 1906</a>: Kensington, South<sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Percy,_Earl_Percy" title="Henry Percy, Earl Percy">Henry Percy</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>4,835 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>74.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Loughlin_O%27Malley" title="Edward Loughlin O'Malley">Edward O'Malley</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,624 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,211 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,459 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">70.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">9,223 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1910s">Elections in the 1910s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kensington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1910s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">General election January 1910</a>: Kensington, South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Lord_Claud_Hamilton_(1843%E2%80%931925)" title="Lord Claud Hamilton (1843–1925)">Claud Hamilton</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>5,771 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>81.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+6.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">George Stanford MacIlwaine </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,301 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,470 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">63.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+13.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,159 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">77.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election">General election December 1910</a>: Kensington, South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Lord_Claud_Hamilton_(1843%E2%80%931925)" title="Lord Claud Hamilton (1843–1925)">Claud Hamilton</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>5,093 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>83.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+1.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">George Rodhouse Reid </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,033 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,060 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">66.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,159 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">66.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−10.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">General election 1918</a>: Kensington South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px"><b><a href="/wiki/Coalition_Coupon" title="Coalition Coupon"><span style="color:white">C</span></a></b> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Davison,_1st_Baron_Broughshane" title="William Davison, 1st Baron Broughshane">William Davison</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>10,693</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>66.8</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>−16.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #327; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/National_Party_(UK,_1917)" title="National Party (UK, 1917)">National</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Makins" title="Ernest Makins">Ernest Makins</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,306 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,387 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−32.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,999 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">51.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−15.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">30,888 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−16.3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><b>C</b> <small>indicates <a href="/wiki/Coalition_Coupon" title="Coalition Coupon">candidate endorsed by the coalition government</a>.</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1920s">Elections in the 1920s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kensington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1920s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">General election 1922</a>: Kensington South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Davison,_1st_Baron_Broughshane" title="William Davison, 1st Baron Broughshane">William Davison</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>15,760 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>76.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+9.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">* <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Cavendish-Bentinck,_8th_Duke_of_Portland" title="Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck, 8th Duke of Portland">Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,964 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,796 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">52.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+18.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,724 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">58.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">35,684 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+9.2 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>*Cavendish-Bentinck was incorrectly labelled by the media as a <a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1922)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)">National Liberal</a> but corrected this label as 'anti-Conservative'. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1923 United Kingdom general election">General election 1923</a>: Kensington South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Davison,_1st_Baron_Broughshane" title="William Davison, 1st Baron Broughshane">William Davison</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1924 United Kingdom general election">General election 1924</a>: Kensington South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Davison,_1st_Baron_Broughshane" title="William Davison, 1st Baron Broughshane">William Davison</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">General election 1929</a>: Kensington South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Davison,_1st_Baron_Broughshane" title="William Davison, 1st Baron Broughshane">William Davison</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>28,049 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>66.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Seely,_1st_Baron_Sherwood" title="Hugh Seely, 1st Baron Sherwood">Hugh Seely</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,570 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #aadfff; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Ind. Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rayner_Goddard" class="mw-redirect" title="Rayner Goddard">Rayner Goddard</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,354 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,479 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41,973 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">59.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">70,593 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1930s">Elections in the 1930s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kensington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1930s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">General election 1931</a>: Kensington South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Davison,_1st_Baron_Broughshane" title="William Davison, 1st Baron Broughshane">William Davison</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>Unopposed</i> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">General election 1935</a>: Kensington South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Davison,_1st_Baron_Broughshane" title="William Davison, 1st Baron Broughshane">William Davison</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>38,297 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>88.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Charles Henry Hartwell </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,779 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33,518 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">77.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">69,520 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">62.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1940s">Elections in the 1940s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kensington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1940s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">General election 1945</a>: Kensington South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Davison,_1st_Baron_Broughshane" title="William Davison, 1st Baron Broughshane">William Davison</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>22,166 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>69.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−19.1 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Strauss" title="Patricia Strauss">Patricia Strauss</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,014 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+8.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Francis N Beaufort-Palmer </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,586 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,152 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">50.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−26.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46,727 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">67.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1945_Kensington_South_by-election" title="1945 Kensington South by-election">By-election, 20 November 1945</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Richard_Law,_1st_Baron_Coleraine" title="Richard Law, 1st Baron Coleraine">Richard Law</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>15,846 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>81.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+11.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lancelot_Spicer" title="Lancelot Spicer">Lancelot Spicer</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,559 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,287 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">68.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+17.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">52,750 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−29.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1950s">Elections in the 1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kensington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">General election 1950</a>: Kensington South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Spens,_1st_Baron_Spens" title="Patrick Spens, 1st Baron Spens">Patrick Spens</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>32,870 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>73.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+3.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Marcel Philip Picard </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,002 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Beeching_Frankenburg" title="John Beeching Frankenburg">John Frankenburg</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,079 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24,868 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">55.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">63,319 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">71.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">General election 1951</a>: Kensington South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Spens,_1st_Baron_Spens" title="Patrick Spens, 1st Baron Spens">Patrick Spens</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>34,592 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>79.5 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+6.4 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael Clynes Parker </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,894 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25,698 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">59.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">63,419 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">68.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1955 United Kingdom general election">General election 1955</a>: Kensington South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Spens,_1st_Baron_Spens" title="Patrick Spens, 1st Baron Spens">Patrick Spens</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>32,051 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>82.5 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+3.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Marjorie Macrae Crane </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,804 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25,247 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">65.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">62,724 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">62.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">General election 1959</a>: Kensington South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Roots" title="William Roots">William Roots</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>26,606 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>74.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−8.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gurth_Hoyer-Millar" title="Gurth Hoyer-Millar">Gurth Hoyer-Millar</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,666 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Richard,_Baron_Richard" class="mw-redirect" title="Ivor Richard, Baron Richard">Ivor Richard</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,525 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21,940 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">61.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">58,023 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">61.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1960s">Elections in the 1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kensington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">General election 1964</a>: Kensington South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Roots" title="William Roots">William Roots</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>21,668 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>68.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−3.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Barrington J Stead </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,300 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Anthony A W Dix </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,916 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,368 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">51.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−10.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">56,157 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">56.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">General election 1966</a>: Kensington South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Roots" title="William Roots">William Roots</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>21,050 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>65.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−2.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Rosenhead" title="Jonathan Rosenhead">Jonathan V Rosenhead</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,419 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Kellock" title="Thomas Kellock">Thomas Kellock</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,871 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,631 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">45.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">55,660 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">58.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1968_Kensington_South_by-election" title="1968 Kensington South by-election">By-election of 14 March 1968</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Rhys-Williams" title="Brandon Rhys-Williams">Brandon Rhys-Williams</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>16,489 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>75.5 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+10.4 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Kellock" title="Thomas Kellock">Thomas Kellock</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,742 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Clive Bradley (executive) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,874 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−11.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sinclair Eustace </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">675 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">William Gold </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">59 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13,747 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">62.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+17.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21,839 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−18.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1970s">Elections in the 1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kensington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">General election 1970</a>: Kensington South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Rhys-Williams" title="Brandon Rhys-Williams">Brandon Rhys-Williams</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>21,591 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>75.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+10.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Faith M Bridges </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,928 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,663 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">51.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">57,182 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−8.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="/wiki/Haggerston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Haggerston (UK Parliament constituency)">Haggerston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hammersmith (UK Parliament constituency)">Hammersmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hampstead (UK Parliament constituency)">Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holborn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Holborn (UK Parliament constituency)">Holborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoxton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hoxton (UK Parliament constituency)">Hoxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington East (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington South (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington West (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kennington (UK Parliament constituency)">Kennington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Kensington North</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kensington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambeth_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lambeth North (UK Parliament constituency)">Lambeth North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limehouse_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)">Limehouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marylebone_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Marylebone East (UK Parliament constituency)">Marylebone East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marylebone_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Marylebone West (UK Parliament constituency)">Marylebone West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mile_End_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mile End (UK Parliament constituency)">Mile End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newington_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newington West (UK Parliament constituency)">Newington West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paddington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Paddington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paddington South (UK Parliament constituency)">Paddington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peckham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Peckham (UK Parliament constituency)">Peckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poplar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Poplar (UK Parliament constituency)">Poplar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotherhithe_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rotherhithe (UK Parliament constituency)">Rotherhithe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwark_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Southwark West (UK Parliament constituency)">Southwark West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_George_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St George (UK Parliament constituency)">St George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_St_George%27s_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Westminster St George's (UK Parliament constituency)">St George's Hanover Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Pancras East (UK Parliament constituency)">St Pancras East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Pancras North (UK Parliament constituency)">St Pancras North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Pancras South (UK Parliament constituency)">St Pancras South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Pancras West (UK Parliament constituency)">St Pancras West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stepney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stepney (UK Parliament constituency)">Stepney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strand_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Strand (UK Parliament constituency)">Strand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walworth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Walworth (UK Parliament constituency)">Walworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wandsworth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wandsworth (UK Parliament constituency)">Wandsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)">Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitechapel_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Whitechapel (UK Parliament constituency)">Whitechapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Woolwich</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1918</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balham_and_Tooting_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Balham and Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)">Balham and Tooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Battersea North (UK Parliament constituency)">Battersea North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Battersea South (UK Parliament constituency)">Battersea South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermondsey_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bermondsey West (UK Parliament constituency)">Bermondsey West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green_North_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bethnal Green North East (UK Parliament constituency)">Bethnal Green North East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green_South_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bethnal Green South West (UK Parliament constituency)">Bethnal Green South West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bow_and_Bromley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bow and Bromley (UK Parliament constituency)">Bow and Bromley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brixton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brixton (UK Parliament constituency)">Brixton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camberwell_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Camberwell North (UK Parliament constituency)">Camberwell North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camberwell_North_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Camberwell North West (UK Parliament constituency)">Camberwell North West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clapham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clapham (UK Parliament constituency)">Clapham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Dulwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_London_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="City of London (UK Parliament constituency)">City of London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deptford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)">Deptford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finsbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Finsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Fulham East (UK Parliament constituency)">Fulham East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Fulham West (UK Parliament constituency)">Fulham West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney North (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney South (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hammersmith North (UK Parliament constituency)">Hammersmith North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hammersmith South (UK Parliament constituency)">Hammersmith South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hampstead (UK Parliament constituency)">Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holborn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Holborn (UK Parliament constituency)">Holborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington East (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington South (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington West (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kennington (UK Parliament constituency)">Kennington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Kensington North</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kensington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambeth_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lambeth North (UK Parliament constituency)">Lambeth North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham East (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham West (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limehouse_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)">Limehouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mile_End_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mile End (UK Parliament constituency)">Mile End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paddington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Paddington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paddington South (UK Parliament constituency)">Paddington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peckham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Peckham (UK Parliament constituency)">Peckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poplar_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Poplar South (UK Parliament constituency)">Poplar South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Putney (UK Parliament constituency)">Putney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotherhithe_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rotherhithe (UK Parliament constituency)">Rotherhithe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Marylebone_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency)">St Marylebone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Pancras North (UK Parliament constituency)">St Pancras North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_South_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Pancras South East (UK Parliament constituency)">St Pancras South East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_South_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Pancras South West (UK Parliament constituency)">St Pancras South West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoreditch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)">Shoreditch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwark_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Southwark Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Southwark Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwark_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Southwark North (UK Parliament constituency)">Southwark North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwark_South_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Southwark South East (UK Parliament constituency)">Southwark South East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_Newington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke Newington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streatham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Streatham (UK Parliament constituency)">Streatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wandsworth_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wandsworth Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Wandsworth Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Westminster Abbey (UK Parliament constituency)">Westminster Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_St_George%27s_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Westminster St George's (UK Parliament constituency)">Westminster St George's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitechapel_and_St_Georges_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Whitechapel and St Georges (UK Parliament constituency)">Whitechapel and St George's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Woolwich East (UK Parliament constituency)">Woolwich East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Woolwich West (UK Parliament constituency)">Woolwich West</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Battersea North (UK Parliament constituency)">Battersea North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Battersea South (UK Parliament constituency)">Battersea South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermondsey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bermondsey (UK Parliament constituency)">Bermondsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bethnal Green (UK Parliament constituency)">Bethnal Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brixton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brixton (UK Parliament constituency)">Brixton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_London_and_Westminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)">Cities of London and Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clapham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clapham (UK Parliament constituency)">Clapham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deptford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)">Deptford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Dulwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Fulham East (UK Parliament constituency)">Fulham East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Fulham West (UK Parliament constituency)">Fulham West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney South (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hammersmith North (UK Parliament constituency)">Hammersmith North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hammersmith South (UK Parliament constituency)">Hammersmith South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hampstead (UK Parliament constituency)">Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holborn_and_St_Pancras_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Holborn and St Pancras South (UK Parliament constituency)">Holborn and St Pancras South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington East (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_South_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington South West (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington South West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Kensington North</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kensington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham North (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham South (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham West (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paddington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Paddington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paddington South (UK Parliament constituency)">Paddington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peckham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Peckham (UK Parliament constituency)">Peckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poplar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Poplar (UK Parliament constituency)">Poplar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Putney (UK Parliament constituency)">Putney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Marylebone_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency)">St Marylebone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Pancras North (UK Parliament constituency)">St Pancras North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streatham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Streatham (UK Parliament constituency)">Streatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoreditch_and_Finsbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Shoreditch and Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Shoreditch and Finsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwark_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Southwark (UK Parliament constituency)">Southwark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stepney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stepney (UK Parliament constituency)">Stepney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_North_and_Stoke_Newington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke Newington and Hackney North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency)">Vauxhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wandsworth_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wandsworth Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Wandsworth Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Woolwich East (UK Parliament constituency)">Woolwich East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Woolwich West (UK Parliament constituency)">Woolwich West</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1955</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barons_Court_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Barons Court (UK Parliament constituency)">Barons Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Battersea North (UK Parliament constituency)">Battersea North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Battersea South (UK Parliament constituency)">Battersea South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermondsey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bermondsey (UK Parliament constituency)">Bermondsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bethnal Green (UK Parliament constituency)">Bethnal Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brixton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brixton (UK Parliament constituency)">Brixton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_London_and_Westminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)">Cities of London and Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clapham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clapham (UK Parliament constituency)">Clapham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deptford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)">Deptford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Dulwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Greenwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Hackney Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hammersmith North (UK Parliament constituency)">Hammersmith North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hampstead (UK Parliament constituency)">Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holborn_and_St_Pancras_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Holborn and St Pancras South (UK Parliament constituency)">Holborn and St Pancras South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington East (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islington_South_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Islington South West (UK Parliament constituency)">Islington South West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Kensington North</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kensington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham North (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham South (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham West (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddington_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paddington North (UK Parliament constituency)">Paddington North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddington_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paddington South (UK Parliament constituency)">Paddington South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peckham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Peckham (UK Parliament constituency)">Peckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poplar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Poplar (UK Parliament constituency)">Poplar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Putney (UK Parliament constituency)">Putney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Marylebone_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency)">St Marylebone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="St Pancras North (UK Parliament constituency)">St Pancras North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoreditch_and_Finsbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Shoreditch and Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Shoreditch and Finsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwark_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Southwark (UK Parliament constituency)">Southwark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stepney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stepney (UK Parliament constituency)">Stepney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackney_North_and_Stoke_Newington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke Newington and Hackney North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streatham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Streatham (UK Parliament constituency)">Streatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency)">Vauxhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wandsworth_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wandsworth Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Wandsworth Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Woolwich East (UK Parliament constituency)">Woolwich East</a></li> <li><a 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