Kensington and Bayswater | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Kensington and Bayswater in Greater London | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 75,980 (2023) [1] |
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 new constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Proposed in 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies,[2] which was made into law on 29 November 2023,[3] it was first contested at the 2024 general election.
The constituency name comes from the Central London areas of Kensington and Bayswater.
The constituency comprises the following wards: [4]
This means that it consists of 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.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joe Powell | 17,025 | 40.6 | ||
Conservative | Felicity Buchan | 14,122 | 33.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | William Houngbo | 2,910 | 6.9 | ||
Green | Mona Adam | 2,732 | 6.5 | ||
Reform UK | Marc Burca | 2,514 | 6.0 | ||
Independent | Emma Dent Coad | 1,824 | 4.4 | ||
Rejoin EU | John Stevens | 486 | 1.2 | ||
Party of Women | Una O'Mahony | 116 | 0.3 | ||
CPA | Roger Phillips | 114 | 0.3 | ||
Independent | Emperor of India Prince Ankit Love | 65 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 2,903 | 6.9 | |||
Turnout | 41,908 | 54.2% | |||
Registered electors | 77,306 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |