Kensington and Bayswater (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards

Kensington and Bayswater
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Location within Greater London
County	Greater London
Electorate	75,980 (2023)
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Joe Powell (Labour)
Seats	One
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 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. It is represented by Joe Powell of the Labour Party.

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

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following electoral wards:

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea wards of Abingdon, Brompton & Hans Town, Campden, Colville, Courtfield, Dalgarno, Earl's Court, Golborne, Holland, Norland, Notting Dale, Pembridge, Queen's Gate, and St Helen's.
The City of Westminster wards of Bayswater and Lancaster Gate.

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.

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Kensington and Bayswater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Powell	17,025	40.6	+1.6
	Conservative	Felicity Buchan	14,122	33.7	–4.6
	Liberal Democrats	William Houngbo	2,910	6.9	–13.3
	Green	Mona Adam	2,732	6.5	+5.1
	Reform UK	Marc Burca	2,514	6.0	+5.2
	Independent	Emma Dent Coad	1,824	4.4	N/A
	Rejoin EU	John Stevens	486	1.2	N/A
	Party of Women	Una O'Mahony	116	0.3	N/A
	CPA	Roger Phillips	114	0.3	+0.2
	Independent	Emperor of India Prince Ankit Love	65	0.2	N/A
Majority			2,903	6.9	N/A
Turnout			41,908	54.2	–17.9
Registered electors			77,306
	Labour hold		Swing	3.1

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	21,394	39.0
	Conservative	21,004	38.2
	Liberal Democrats	11,048	20.2
	Green	769	1.4
	Brexit Party	453	0.8
	Others	145	0.3

Turnout		54,813	72.1
Electorate		75,980

References

"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.
"London | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
"The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/1230, retrieved 12 December 2023
"New Seat Details – Kensington and Bayswater". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
"Election results for Kensington and Bayswater Constituency, 4 July 2024". Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
"Kensington and Bayswater results". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
"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.

External links

Kensington and Bayswater UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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Conservative (9)	Bromley and Biggin Hill Chingford and Woodford Green Croydon South Harrow East Hornchurch and Upminster Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Liberal Democrats (6)	Carshalton and Wallington Kingston and Surbiton Richmond Park Sutton and Cheam Twickenham Wimbledon
Independent (3)	Hayes and Harlington Islington North Poplar and Limehouse

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