Kensington and Bayswater (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kensington and Bayswater
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Kensington and Bayswater (UK Parliament constituency)
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Location within Greater London
County Greater London
Electorate 75,980 (2023) [1]
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Joe Powell (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Kensington, Cities of London and Westminster & Chelsea and Fulham

Kensington and Bayswater is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Created by the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, [2] it was first contested at the 2024 general election. It is represented by Joe Powell of the Labour Party.

Contents

The constituency name comes from the Central London areas of Kensington and Bayswater.

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following electoral wards: [3]

It covers nearly all the former constituency of Kensington, two wards primarily from the abolished Westminster North constituency, and the southern half of the Brompton & Hans Town ward, which was transferred from the Chelsea and Fulham constituency. [4]

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Kensington and Bayswater [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joe Powell 17,025 40.6 +1.6
Conservative Felicity Buchan 14,12233.7−4.6
Liberal Democrats William Houngbo2,9106.9−13.3
Green Mona Adam2,7326.5+5.1
Reform UK Marc Burca2,5146.0+5.2
Independent Emma Dent Coad 1,8244.4N/A
Rejoin EU John Stevens 4861.2N/A
Party of Women Una O'Mahony1160.3N/A
CPA Roger Phillips1140.3+0.2
Independent Emperor of India Prince Ankit Love 650.2N/A
Majority 2,9036.9
Turnout 41,90854.2−17.9
Registered electors 77,306
Labour hold Swing +3.1

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [7]
PartyVote%
Labour 21,39439.0
Conservative 21,00438.2
Liberal Democrats 11,04820.2
Green 7691.4
Brexit Party 4530.8
Others1450.3
Turnout54,81372.1
Electorate75,980

References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "London | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  3. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2023/1230, retrieved 12 December 2023
  4. ↑ "New Seat Details – Kensington and Bayswater". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  5. ↑ "Election results for Kensington and Bayswater Constituency, 4 July 2024". Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council . 5 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  6. ↑ "Kensington and Bayswater results". BBC News . 5 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  7. ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.


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