London · Former constituency (1974–2019) · E14000768
Kensington
Every general election in Kensington since 1974 (until 2019). Latest: Felicity Buchan, Conservative, majority 150.
2019 general election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Share bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felicity Buchan Elected | Conservative | 16,768 | 38.3% | |
| Emma Dent Coad sitting MP | Labour | 16,618 | 38.0% | |
| Samuel Gyimah sitting MP | Liberal Democrats | 9,312 | 21.3% | |
| Vivien Lichtenstein | Green | 535 | 1.2% | |
| Jay Aston Colquhoun | Brexit Party The Brexit Party | 384 | 0.9% | |
| Roger Phillips | Christian Peoples Alliance | 70 | 0.2% | |
| Harriet Gore | Touch Love Worldwide (UK) | 47 | 0.1% | |
| Scott Dore | Workers Revolutionary Party | 28 | 0.06% | |
| Valid votes | 43,762 | |||
| Majority | 150 | 0.3% | ||
Con gain from Lab Turnout 67.7% of 64,609 electors. Full result →
Boundary changes in 2024
Where the voters of the old Kensington (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:
Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.
Every result
Download CSV| Election | Winner | Runner-up | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Con Felicity Buchan | Lab | 150 | 0.3 | 67.7% | Con gain from Lab |
| 2017 | Lab Emma Dent Coad | Con | 20 | 0.1 | 63.8% | Lab gain from Con |
| 2015 | Con Victoria Borwick | Lab | 7,361 | 21.1 | 57.0% | Con hold |
| 2010 | Con Malcolm Rifkind | Lab | 8,616 | 24.5 | 53.3% | Con hold |
| 1992 | Con | Lab | 3,548 | 11.5 | 73.3% | Con hold |
| 1987 | Con | Lab | 4,447 | 14.3 | 64.7% | Con hold |
| 1983 | Con | Lab | 5,101 | 16.4 | 62.0% | |
| 1979 | Con | Lab | 5,463 | 16.1 | 64.6% | Con hold |
| October 1974 | Con | Lab | 1,917 | 5.6 | 56.4% | Con hold |
| February 1974 | Con | Lab | 5,132 | 12.8 | 65.8% |
Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.
Questions and answers
Who last won Kensington?
Felicity Buchan (Conservative) won Kensington at the 2019 general election with a majority of 150.
Which parties have won Kensington?
At the 10 general elections held under this name since 1974: Conservative 9, Labour 1.
Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data