Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)

Kensington North
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)–February 1974 (February 1974)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Kensington
Created from	Chelsea

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

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

Boundaries

Kensington North in the Metropolitan area, showing boundaries used from 1885 to 1918.

Kensington North in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1950.

Kensington North in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used from 1950 to 1974.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Sir Roper Lethbridge	Conservative
	1892	Frederick Charlwood 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 Reginald West	Labour
	1931	James Duncan	Conservative
	1945	George Rogers	Labour
	1970	Bruce Douglas-Mann	Labour
Feb 1974		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 18 June 1970: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 31 March 1966: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout

General Election 15 October 1964: constituency of Composed of the wards of Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 8 October 1959: Kensington, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Rogers	14,925	43.0	−11.2
	Conservative	R. Bulbrook	14,048	40.5	−5.8
	Liberal	Michael Hydleman	3,118	9.0	N/A
	Union Movement	Sir Oswald Mosley	2,621	7.5	N/A
Majority			877	2.5	−5.3
Turnout			34,912	67.8	−1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.7

General Election 26 May 1955: Kensington, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Rogers	20,226	53.92
	Conservative	Bob Bulbrook	17,283	46.08
Majority			2,943	7.85
Turnout			53,789	69.73
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 25 October 1951: Kensington, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Rogers	22,686	52.99
	Conservative	L. Caplan	18,543	43.31
	Liberal	A.G. Gamble	1,583	3.70
Majority			4,143	9.68
Turnout			54,083	79.16
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 23 February 1950: Kensington, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Rogers	21,615	50.65
	Conservative	L. Caplan	17,991	42.15
	Liberal	R. Carey Evans	2,522	5.91
	Communist	M.J. Eyre	551	1.29
Majority			3,624	8.49
Turnout			54,480	78.34
	Labour hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election, 5 July 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	J.R. Colclough	2,212	7.4	+3.7
Majority			6,139	20.6
Turnout			42,365	70.2	+9.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+15.4

Election in the 1930s

General Election 14 November 1935: Kensington, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Duncan	18,907	53.2	-10.5
	Labour	F. Carter	15,309	43.1	+6.8
	Liberal	J.S. Spon	1,323	3.7	N/A
Majority			3,598	10.1
Turnout			58,691	60.6	-11.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.7

General Election 27 October 1931: Kensington, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Duncan	27,860	63.7	+25.6
	Labour	Fielding Reginald West	15,843	36.3	-12.1
Majority			12,017	27.4
Turnout			60,821	71.9	+3.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+18.8

Election in the 1920s

General Election 30 May 1929: Kensington, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fielding Reginald West	19,701	48.4	+1.4
	Conservative	Percy George Gates	15,511	38.1	-14.9
	Liberal	Lady Frances Henrietta Stewart	5,516	13.5	N/A
Majority			4,190	10.3
Turnout			59,500	68.5	-1.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.2

General Election 29 October 1924: Kensington, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Percy George Gates	16,255	53.0	+13.6
	Labour	Fielding Reginald West	14,401	47.0	+10.0
Majority			1,854	6.0
Turnout			44,015	69.6	+13.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.6

General Election 6 December 1923: Kensington, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Percy George Gates	9,458	39.4	-13.7
	Labour	W.J. Jarrett	8,888	37.0	+10.2
	Liberal	L.J. Stein	5,672	23.6	+3.5
Majority			570	2.4
Turnout			43,050	55.8	+0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-12.0

General Election 15 November 1922: Kensington, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Percy George Gates	12,328	53.1	-25.2
	Labour	W.J. Jarrett	6,225	26.8	+5.1
	Liberal	Dr. C.W. Hayward	4,666	20.1	N/A
Majority			6,103	26.3
Turnout			42,328	54.9	+10.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-15.2

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918: Kensington, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Conservative	Lt-Col. Alan Hughes Burgoyne	13,176	78.3
	Labour	William Joseph Jarrett	3,653	21.7
Majority			9,523	56.6
Turnout			38,045	44.2
	Coalition Conservative hold		Swing

December 1910 General Election: Kensington, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Hughes Burgoyne	4223	54.7	1.6
	Liberal	Frank Murray Carson	3494	45.3	-1.6
Majority			729	9.4
Turnout			10,100	76.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

January 1910 General Election: Kensington, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Hughes Burgoyne	4,611	53.1	9.9
	Liberal	Sir Henry Robson	4079	46.9	-9.9
Majority			532	6.2
Turnout			10,100	86.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1906 General Election: Kensington, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Yorke Stanger	4,416	56.8	13.1
	Conservative	William Ellis Hume-Williams	3,358	43.2	-13.1
Majority			1,058	13.6
Turnout			10,270	75.7
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

1900 General Election: Kensington, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Edward Thompson Sharpe	3257	56.3	-0.5
	Liberal	Rufus Daniel Isaacs	2527	43.7	0.5
Majority			730	12.6
Turnout			9,323	62.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

1895 General Election: Kensington, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Edward Thompson Sharpe	3,829	56.8	8.3
	Liberal	Frederick Charlwood Frye	2,913	43.2	-8.3
Majority			916	13.6
Turnout			9,482	71.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

1892 General Election: Kensington, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Charlwood Frye	3,503	51.5	9.6
	Conservative	William Edward Thompson Sharpe	3,293	48.5	-9.6
Majority			210	3.0
Turnout			9,017	75.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

1886 General Election: Kensington, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Roper Lethbridge	3,394	58.1	3.5
	Liberal	Edmund Routledge	2,443	41.9	-3.5
Majority			951	16.2
Turnout			8,297	70.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

1885 General Election: Kensington, North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Roper Lethbridge	3,619	54.6
	Liberal	Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth	3,011	45.4
Majority			608	9.2
Turnout			8,297	79.9
	Conservative gain from new seat		Swing

References

• 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