Kensington (UK Parliament constituency)
Kensington is a former constituency in Greater London which first existed between 1974 and 1997 and was recreated in 2010. Since 2019, it has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Felicity Buchan of the Conservative Party. On 29 November 2023, it was replaced by the Kensington and Bayswater constituency, and will be first contested at the next general election.
| Kensington | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Kensington in Greater London | |
| County | Greater London |
| Electorate | 64,609 (December 2019) |
| 2010–2023 | |
| Created from | Kensington and Chelsea; Regent's Park and Kensington North |
| Replaced by | Kensington and Bayswater |
| 1974–1997 | |
| Created from | Kensington North; Kensington South |
| Replaced by | Kensington and Chelsea; Regent's Park and Kensington North |
At the 2017 general election, Emma Dent Coad gained the seat from incumbent Conservative Victoria Borwick by the slenderest margin in England, 20 votes, the first time Kensington had been represented by a Labour MP. Dent Coad was defeated by Buchan at the 2019 United Kingdom general election by a narrow margin of 150 votes.
Kensington was known as the wealthiest parliamentary constituency in the whole of the United Kingdom.