Kingston-upon-Thames (UK Parliament constituency)
Kingston-upon-Thames | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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County | 1885–1965: Surrey 1965–1997: Greater London |
Major settlements | Kingston upon Thames |
1918–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Kingston & Surbiton Richmond Park |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | East Surrey |
Kingston-upon-Thames was a parliamentary constituency in the South-West London suburb of Kingston upon Thames which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Contents
- 1 History
- 2 Boundaries
- 3 Members of Parliament
- 4 Elections
- 4.1 Elections in the 1880s
- 4.2 Elections in the 1890s
- 4.3 Elections in the 1900s
- 4.4 Elections in the 1910s
- 4.5 Elections in the 1920s
- 4.6 Elections in the 1930s
- 4.7 Elections in the 1940s
- 4.8 Elections in the 1950s
- 4.9 Elections in the 1960s
- 4.10 Elections in the 1970s
- 4.11 Elections in the 1980s
- 4.12 Elections in the 1990s
- 5 References
History
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election as a county division called Kingston from part of the East Surrey constituency. It became a borough constituency at the 1918 general election, when it was renamed as Kingston-upon-Thames.
It was abolished for the 1997 general election. Its territory was then divided between the new constituencies of Kingston and Surbiton and Richmond Park.
The constituency's most high-profile MP was the Conservative Norman Lamont, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1990 to 1993.
Boundaries
The constituency consisted of the town of Kingston upon Thames and the surrounding areas.
From 1983 to 1997 it consisted of the following electoral wards of the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames: Burlington; Cambridge; Canbury; Coombe; Grove; Hill; Malden; Manor; Norbiton; Norbiton Park; St James; and Tudor.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member [1] | Party [2][3] | |
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1885 | Sir John Ellis | Conservative | |
1892 | Sir Richard Temple | Conservative | |
1895 | Thomas Skewes-Cox | Conservative | |
1906 | George Cave | Conservative | |
1918 | John Campbell | Unionist | |
1922 | Sir Frederick Penny | Unionist | |
1937 b-e | Sir Percy Royds | Conservative | |
1945 | John Boyd-Carpenter | Conservative | |
1972 b-e | Norman Lamont | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir John Whittaker Ellis | 4,915 | n/a | ||
Liberal | C D Hodgson | 3,206 | n/a | ||
Majority | 1,709 | n/a | |||
Turnout | n/a | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir John Whittaker Ellis | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Richard Temple | 5,100 | |||
Liberal | C D Hodgson | 4,357 | |||
Majority | 743 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Skewes-Cox | 5,745 | |||
Liberal | Charles Burt | 3,595 | |||
Majority | 2,145 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Skewes-Cox | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Cave | 7,656 | |||
Liberal | R Whyte | 6,637 | |||
Majority | 1,019 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Cave | 10,918 | |||
Liberal | Albert George Holzapfel | 5,814 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Cave | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: George Cave
- Liberal:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | 13,596 | 73.8 | |||
Labour | Thomas Henry Dumper | 2,502 | 13.6 | ||
Liberal | Arnold Ellis Ely | 2,325 | 12.6 | ||
Majority | 11,094 | 60.2 | |||
Turnout | 51.7 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
- endorsed by the Coalition Government.
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Frederick George Penny | 15,136 | 66.7 | ||
Independent Labour | Harry Day | 7,563 | 33.3 | ||
Majority | 7,573 | 33.4 | |||
Turnout | 59.3 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Frederick George Penny | 12,968 | 61.6 | -5.1 | |
Liberal | William Freeman | 8,095 | 38.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 4,873 | 23.2 | -10.2 | ||
Turnout | 53.9 | -5.4 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Frederick George Penny | 19,933 | 70.2 | ||
Labour | Arthur Balfour Bishop | 5,640 | 19.8 | ||
Liberal | William Freeman | 2,850 | 10.0 | ||
Majority | 14,293 | 50.4 | |||
Turnout | 71.3 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Frederick George Penny | 20,911 | 54.1 | -16.1 | |
Labour | John William Fawcett | 8,903 | 23.1 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Frank John Powell | 8,796 | 22.8 | +12.8 | |
Majority | 12,008 | 31.0 | -19.4 | ||
Turnout | 68.9 | -2.4 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -9.7 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Frederick George Penny | 35,925 | 82.5 | ||
Labour | John William Fawcett | 7,613 | 17.5 | ||
Majority | 28,312 | 65.0 | |||
Turnout | 69.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Frederick George Penny | 32,953 | 67.5 | ||
Labour | George Henry Loman | 10,014 | 20.5 | ||
Liberal | Frank John Powell | 5,832 | 12.0 | ||
Majority | 22,939 | 47.0 | |||
Turnout | 65.5 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Percy Molyneux Rawson Royds | 19,887 | 66.6 | ||
Labour | George Henry Loman | 9,972 | 33.4 | ||
Majority | 9,915 | 33.2 | |||
Turnout | 38.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1939/40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Sir Percy Molyneux Rawson Royds
- Liberal: Henry Cecil Banting[17]
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter | 37,085 | 56.5 | ||
Labour | George Henry Elvin | 28,516 | 43.5 | ||
Majority | 8,569 | 13.0 | |||
Turnout | 74.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter | 36,886 | 58.98 | ||
Labour | NM Johns | 21,229 | 33.94 | ||
Liberal | Donald George Maskrey | 4,429 | 7.08 | ||
Majority | 15,657 | 25.03 | |||
Turnout | 85.24 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter | 38,516 | 63.52 | ||
Labour | R. Hesketh | 22,117 | 36.48 | ||
Majority | 16,399 | 27.05 | |||
Turnout | 81.14 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter | 31,069 | 65.86 | ||
Labour | George Henry Loman | 16,104 | 34.14 | ||
Majority | 14,965 | 31.72 | |||
Turnout | 76.38 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter | 31,649 | 67.26 | ||
Labour | Thomas Braddock | 15,408 | 32.74 | ||
Majority | 16,241 | 34.51 | |||
Turnout | 77.91 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter | 23,973 | 52.79 | ||
Labour | Thomas Braddock | 13,611 | 29.97 | ||
Liberal | Stanley Rundle | 7,827 | 17.24 | ||
Majority | 10,362 | 22.82 | |||
Turnout | 77.12 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter | 22,781 | 51.29 | ||
Labour | James Stewart Cook | 14,915 | 33.58 | ||
Liberal | Michael F Burns | 6,722 | 15.13 | ||
Majority | 7,866 | 17.71 | |||
Turnout | 76.97 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter | 23,426 | 56.67 | ||
Labour | RH Crockett | 13,090 | 31.67 | ||
Liberal | Stephen J. Wells | 4,822 | 11.66 | ||
Majority | 10,336 | 25.0 | |||
Turnout | 41,338 | 69.13 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont | 16,679 | 52.32 | -4.25 | |
Labour | Anthony Judge | 9,892 | 31.03 | -0.64 | |
Liberal | Stephen J. Wells | 3,601 | 11.3 | -0.36 | |
Anti-Common Market Conservative | Edgar Scruby | 1,705 | 5.35 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,787 | ||||
Turnout | 31,877 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont | 23,006 | 48.57 | ||
Liberal | Stephen J. Wells | 12,699 | 28.81 | ||
Labour | Christopher John Mullin | 11,369 | 24.00 | ||
Anti-Common Market Conservative | M.J. Christie | 288 | 0.61 | ||
Majority | 10,307 | 21.76 | |||
Turnout | 80.53 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont | 20,680 | 48.63 | ||
Labour | A. Quick | 12,266 | 28.84 | ||
Liberal | Stephen J. Wells | 9,580 | 22.53 | ||
Majority | 8,414 | 19.79 | |||
Turnout | 71.77 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont | 24,944 | 57.85 | ||
Labour | J.A. Torode | 11,400 | 26.44 | ||
Liberal | D. Terry | 6,771 | 15.70 | ||
Majority | 13,544 | 31.41 | |||
Turnout | 74.89 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont | 22,094 | 54.10 | ||
Liberal | Roger Mark Hayes | 13,222 | 32.37 | ||
Labour | P.J. Smith | 4,977 | 12.19 | ||
Ecology | Alexandra Presant-Collins | 290 | 0.71 | ||
Loony Society | Peter Dodd | 259 | 0.63 | ||
Majority | 8,872 | 21.72 | |||
Turnout | 71.91 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont | 24,198 | 56.19 | ||
Liberal | Roger Mark Hayes | 13,012 | 30.22 | ||
Labour | Robert Harold Markless | 5,676 | 13.18 | ||
CPWSML | Jack Baker | 175 | 0.41 | ||
Majority | 11,186 | 25.98 | |||
Turnout | 78.52 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont | 20,675 | 51.6 | −4.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Derek Richard Osbourne | 10,522 | 26.3 | −3.9 | |
Labour | Robert Harold Markless | 7,748 | 19.3 | +6.2 | |
Liberal | Adrian Charles Amer | 771 | 1.9 | −28.3 | |
Monster Raving Loony | David John Beaupré | 212 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Natural Law | Graham Douglas Woollcoombe | 81 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Anti-Federalist League | Anthony John Edward Scholefield | 42 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 10,153 | 25.4 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 40,051 | 78.4 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.3 |
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F. W. S.
- ↑ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1990 – 1993 |
Succeeded by Rushcliffe |
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