Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Kensington North
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–February 1974
Seats	One
Created from	Chelsea
Replaced by	Kensington

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

Kensington North in the Metropolitan area from 1885 to 1918

Kensington North in London from 1918 to 1950

Kensington North in London from 1950 to 1974

wards of Kensington Metropolitan Borough in 1916

1918–1974: The Royal Borough of Kensington wards of Golborne, Norland, Pembridge, and St Charles.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Sir Roper Lethbridge	Conservative
	1892	Frederick Frye	Liberal
	1895	William Edward Thompson Sharpe	Conservative
	1906	Henry Yorke Stanger	Liberal
	Jan. 1910	Alan Hughes Burgoyne	Conservative
	1922	Percy George Gates	Conservative
	1929	Fielding West	Labour
	1931	James Duncan	Conservative
	1945	George Rogers	Labour
	1970	Bruce Douglas-Mann	Labour
Feb 1974		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Kensington, North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roper Lethbridge	3,619	54.6
	Liberal	Joseph Bottomley Firth	3,011	45.4
Majority			608	9.2
Turnout			6,630	79.9
Registered electors			8,297
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1886: Kensington, North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roper Lethbridge	3,394	58.1	+3.5
	Liberal	Edmund Routledge	2,443	41.9	−3.5
Majority			951	16.2	+7.0
Turnout			5,837	70.4	−9.5
Registered electors			8,297
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.5

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Kensington, North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Frye	3,503	51.5	+9.6
	Conservative	William Edward Thompson Sharpe	3,293	48.5	−9.6
Majority			210	3.0	N/A
Turnout			6,796	75.4	+5.0
Registered electors			9,017
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.6

General election 1895: Kensington, North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Edward Thompson Sharpe	3,829	56.8	+8.3
	Liberal	Frederick Frye	2,913	43.2	−8.3
Majority			916	13.6	N/A
Turnout			6,742	71.1	−4.3
Registered electors			9,482
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.3

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Kensington, North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Edward Thompson Sharpe	3,257	56.3	−0.5
	Liberal	Rufus Isaacs	2,527	43.7	+0.5
Majority			730	12.6	−1.0
Turnout			5,784	62.0	−9.1
Registered electors			9,323
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.5

Stanger

General election 1906: Kensington, North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Yorke Stanger	4,416	56.8	+13.1
	Conservative	Ellis Hume-Williams	3,358	43.2	−13.1
Majority			1,058	13.6	N/A
Turnout			7,774	75.7	+13.7
Registered electors			10,270
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+13.1

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Kensington, North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Burgoyne	4,611	53.1	+9.9
	Liberal	Henry Robson	4079	46.9	−9.9
Majority			532	6.2	N/A
Turnout			10,100	86.0	+10.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

General election December 1910: Kensington, North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Burgoyne	4,223	54.7	1.6
	Liberal	Frank Murray Carson	3494	45.3	−1.6
Majority			729	9.4	+3.2
Turnout			10,100	76.4	−9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1918: Kensington, North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Alan Burgoyne	13,176	78.3	+23.6
	Labour	William Joseph Jarrett	3,653	21.7	New
Majority			9,523	56.6	+11.2
Turnout			38,045	44.2	−32.2
	Unionist hold		Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election in the 1920s

General election 1922: Kensington, North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Percy George Gates	12,328	53.1	−25.2
	Labour	William Joseph Jarrett	6,225	26.8	+5.1
	Liberal	Charles William Hayward	4,666	20.1	New
Majority			6,103	26.3	−30.3
Turnout			42,328	54.9	+10.7
	Unionist hold		Swing	-15.2

General election 1923: Kensington North ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Percy George Gates	9,458	39.4	−13.7
	Labour	William Joseph Jarrett	8,888	37.0	+10.2
	Liberal	Leonard Stein	5,672	23.6	+3.5
Majority			570	2.4	−23.9
Turnout			43,050	55.8	+0.9
	Unionist hold		Swing	-12.0

General election 1924: Kensington, North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Percy George Gates	16,255	53.0	+13.6
	Labour	Fielding West	14,401	47.0	+10.0
Majority			1,854	6.0	+3.6
Turnout			44,015	69.6	+13.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.6

General election 1929: Kensington North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fielding West	19,701	48.4	+1.4
	Unionist	Percy George Gates	15,511	38.1	−14.9
	Liberal	Frances Stewart	5,516	13.5	New
Majority			4,190	10.3	N/A
Turnout			59,500	68.5	−1.1
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+8.1

Election in the 1930s

General election 1931: Kensington, North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Duncan	27,860	63.7	+25.6
	Labour	Fielding West	15,843	36.3	−12.1
Majority			12,017	27.4	N/A
Turnout			60,821	71.9	+3.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+18.8

General election 1935: Kensington, North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Duncan	18,907	53.2	−10.5
	Labour	Frank Carter	15,309	43.1	+6.8
	Liberal	John Seymour Spon	1,323	3.7	New
Majority			3,598	10.1	−17.3
Turnout			58,691	60.6	−11.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.7

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Kensington, North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Rogers	16,838	56.6	+13.5
	Conservative	James Duncan	10,699	36.0	−17.2
	Liberal	John Richard Colclough	2,212	7.4	+3.7
Majority			6,139	20.6	N/A
Turnout			42,365	70.2	+9.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+15.4

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Kensington North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Rogers	21,615	50.65
	Conservative	Leonard Caplan[3]	17,991	42.15
	Liberal	Robert Rufus Carey Evans	2,522	5.91
	Communist	M.J. Eyre	551	1.29	New
Majority			3,624	8.50
Turnout			54,480	78.34
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1951: Kensington, North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Rogers	22,686	52.99
	Conservative	Leonard Caplan[3]	18,543	43.31
	Liberal	Anthony Graeme Gamble	1,583	3.70
Majority			4,143	9.68
Turnout			54,083	79.16
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1955: Kensington, North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Rogers	20,226	53.92
	Conservative	Robert Bulbrook	17,283	46.08
Majority			2,943	7.84
Turnout			53,789	69.73
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1959: Kensington, North^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Rogers	14,925	42.75	−11.17
	Conservative	Robert Bulbrook	14,048	40.24	−5.84
	Liberal	Michael Louis Hydleman	3,118	8.93	New
	Union Movement	Oswald Mosley	2,821	8.08	New
Majority			877	2.51	−5.33
Turnout			34,912	67.83	−1.90
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.7

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Kensington North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Rogers	15,283	49.50
	Conservative	Andrew Bowden	12,771	41.37
	Liberal	Yvonne C Richardson	2,819	9.13
Majority			2,512	8.13
Turnout			30,873	61.32
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1966: Kensington North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Rogers	16,012	54.79
	Conservative	Leon Brittan	10,749	36.78
	Liberal	Anthony Clive S Thomas	2,462	8.42
Majority			5,263	18.01
Turnout			29,223	62.07
	Labour hold		Swing

Election in the 1970s

General election 1970: Kensington North^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bruce Douglas-Mann	13,175	52.8	−2.0
	Conservative	Leon Brittan	9,792	39.2	+2.4
	Liberal	Patrick Spencer	1,990	7.9	−0.5
Majority			3,383	13.6	−4.4
Turnout			24,957	57.4	−4.7
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
2. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
3. "Obituary: Leonard Caplan". The Daily Telegraph. 8 February 2001. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
4. "UK General Election results, 1959". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
5. "General Election Results Supplement". The Times. 20 June 1970. p. ix.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
• British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
• Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
• Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901
• Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918