Skip to content

London · Former constituency (1918–1951)

Kent Chislehurst

Every general election in Kent Chislehurst since 1918 (until 1951). Latest: Conservative, majority 980.

1951 general election

PartyVotesShareShare bar
Conservative Won31,67950.8%
Labour30,69949.2%
Valid votes62,378
Majority9801.6%

Con hold Turnout 88.0% of 70,906 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%1918192219231924192919311935194519501951Conservative, 1918: 76.8%Conservative, 1922: 65.4%Conservative, 1923: 55.5%Conservative, 1924: 66.1%Conservative, 1929: 53.9%Conservative, 1931: 85.0%Conservative, 1935: 68.9%Conservative, 1945: 37.3%Conservative, 1950: 44.8%Conservative, 1951: 50.8%Labour, 1924: 17.2%Labour, 1929: 17.4%Labour, 1931: 15.0%Labour, 1935: 21.8%Labour, 1945: 49.5%Labour, 1950: 44.5%Labour, 1951: 49.2%Liberal, 1922: 34.7%Liberal, 1923: 44.5%Liberal, 1924: 16.7%Liberal, 1929: 28.8%Liberal, 1935: 9.3%Liberal, 1945: 13.2%Liberal, 1950: 10.7%National, 1918: 23.2%
Vote share in Kent Chislehurst at each general election Con Lab Lib Nat

Every result

Download CSV
ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
1951ConLab9801.688.0%Con hold
1950ConLab1670.386.3%
1945LabCon6,27912.272.4%
1935ConLab26,47847.166.1%Con hold
1931ConLab26,64069.969.8%Con hold
1929ConLib7,88425.169.6%Con hold
1924ConLab10,68348.972.7%Con hold
1923ConLib1,91911.060.5%Con hold
1922ConLib5,54530.763.7%Con hold
1918ConNat5,80753.740.4%

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 Kent Chislehurst?

The Conservatives won Kent Chislehurst at the 1951 general election with a majority of 980.

Which parties have won Kent Chislehurst?

At the 10 general elections held under this name since 1918: 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

Report an error on this page