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Kingston or Kingston-upon-Thames was a parliamentary constituency which covered the emerging southwest, outer London suburb of Kingston upon Thames (until 1965 in Surrey) and which existed between 1885 and 1997 and returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The Conservative candidate won each election during its 112-year existence.
History
The seated was created for the 1885 general election as a county division called Kingston equivalent to the northwest corner of the former two-seat Mid Surrey division. It became a borough constituency for the present purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer at the 1918 general election, when it was formally renamed 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
1950–1955: The boroughs of Kingston upon Thames, and Surbiton.
1955–1983: The boroughs of Kingston upon Thames, and Malden and Coombe.
1983–1997: The London Borough of Kingston upon Thames wards of Burlington, Cambridge, Canbury, Coombe, Grove, Hill, Malden, Manor, Norbiton, Norbiton Park, St James, and Tudor.
The seat since 1950 omitted all southern wards of Kingston upon Thames. These fell into the 1950-established seat of Surbiton, which replicated its own borough that merged with Kingston's borough in 1965.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected:
- Unionist: George Cave
- Liberal:
By-election, 1915: Kingston-upon-Thames |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
George Cave |
Unopposed |
|
Unionist hold |
Elections in the 1920s
General election 1922: Kingston upon Thames |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
George Penny |
15,136 |
66.7 |
−7.1 |
|
Independent Labour |
* Harry Day |
7,563 |
33.3 |
New |
Majority |
7,573 |
33.4 |
−36.8 |
Turnout |
22,699 |
59.3 |
+7.6 |
Registered electors |
38,265 |
|
|
|
Unionist hold |
Swing |
−7.1 |
|
* Day was supported by the local Labour and Liberal parties.
General election 1923: Kingston upon Thames |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
George Penny |
12,968 |
61.6 |
−5.1 |
|
Liberal |
William Freeman |
8,095 |
38.4 |
New |
Majority |
4,873 |
23.2 |
−10.2 |
Turnout |
21,063 |
53.9 |
−5.4 |
Registered electors |
39,044 |
|
|
|
Unionist hold |
Swing |
−5.1 |
|
General election 1924: Kingston upon Thames |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
George Penny |
19,933 |
70.2 |
+8.6 |
|
Labour |
Arthur Balfour Bishop |
5,640 |
19.8 |
New |
|
Liberal |
William Freeman |
2,850 |
10.0 |
−28.4 |
Majority |
14,293 |
50.4 |
+27.2 |
Turnout |
28,423 |
71.3 |
+17.4 |
Registered electors |
39,868 |
|
|
|
Unionist hold |
Swing |
+18.5 |
|
General election 1929: Kingston upon Thames |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Unionist |
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 |
38,610 |
68.9 |
−2.4 |
Registered electors |
56,004 |
|
|
|
Unionist hold |
Swing |
−9.7 |
|
Elections in the 1930s
General election 1931: Kingston upon Thames |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
George Penny |
35,925 |
82.5 |
+28.4 |
|
Labour |
John William Fawcett |
7,613 |
17.5 |
-5.6 |
Majority |
28,312 |
65.0 |
+34.0 |
Turnout |
43,538 |
69.2 |
+0.3 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1935: Kingston upon Thames |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
George Penny |
32,953 |
67.5 |
-15.0 |
|
Labour |
George Henry Loman |
10,014 |
20.5 |
+3.0 |
|
Liberal |
Frank John Powell |
5,832 |
12.0 |
New |
Majority |
22,939 |
47.0 |
-18.0 |
Turnout |
48,799 |
65.5 |
-3.7 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
1937 Kingston-upon-Thames by-election |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Percy Royds |
19,887 |
66.6 |
-0.9 |
|
Labour |
George Henry Loman |
9,972 |
33.4 |
+12.9 |
Majority |
9,915 |
33.2 |
-13.8 |
Turnout |
29,859 |
38.1 |
-27.4 |
|
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: Percy Royds
- Labour: Dennis Gordon
- Liberal: Henry Cecil Banting
Elections in the 1940s
General election 1945: Kingston upon Thames |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Boyd-Carpenter |
37,085 |
56.5 |
-10.1 |
|
Labour |
George Elvin |
28,516 |
43.5 |
+10.1 |
Majority |
8,569 |
13.0 |
-20.2 |
Turnout |
65,601 |
74.0 |
+35.9 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1950s
General election 1951: Kingston upon Thames |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Boyd-Carpenter |
38,516 |
63.52 |
|
|
Labour |
Ray Hesketh |
22,117 |
36.48 |
|
Majority |
16,399 |
27.04 |
|
Turnout |
60,633 |
81.14 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1955: Kingston upon Thames |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Boyd-Carpenter |
31,069 |
65.86 |
|
|
Labour |
George Henry Loman |
16,104 |
34.14 |
|
Majority |
14,965 |
31.72 |
|
Turnout |
47,173 |
76.38 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1959: Kingston upon Thames |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Boyd-Carpenter |
31,649 |
67.26 |
|
|
Labour |
Tom Braddock |
15,408 |
32.74 |
|
Majority |
16,241 |
34.52 |
|
Turnout |
47,057 |
77.91 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1960s
General election 1964: Kingston upon Thames |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Boyd-Carpenter |
23,973 |
52.79 |
|
|
Labour |
Tom Braddock |
13,611 |
29.97 |
|
|
Liberal |
Stanley Rundle |
7,827 |
17.24 |
|
Majority |
10,362 |
22.82 |
|
Turnout |
45,411 |
77.12 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1966: Kingston upon Thames |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John 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 |
44,418 |
76.97 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1970s
1972 Kingston-upon-Thames by-election |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Norman Lamont |
16,679 |
52.32 |
-4.35 |
|
Labour |
Anthony Judge |
9,892 |
31.03 |
-0.64 |
|
Liberal |
Stephen J. Wells |
3,601 |
11.30 |
-0.36 |
|
Anti-Common Market Conservative |
Edgar Scruby |
1,705 |
5.35 |
New |
Majority |
6,787 |
21.29 |
|
Turnout |
31,877 |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1990s
General election 1992: Kingston upon Thames |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Norman Lamont |
20,675 |
51.6 |
−4.6 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Derek Osbourne |
10,522 |
26.3 |
−3.9 |
|
Labour |
Robert Markless |
7,748 |
19.3 |
+6.1 |
|
Liberal |
Adrian Amer |
771 |
1.9 |
New |
|
Monster Raving Loony |
David Beaupré |
212 |
0.5 |
New |
|
Natural Law |
Graham Woollcoombe |
81 |
0.2 |
New |
|
Anti-Federalist League |
Anthony Scholefield |
42 |
0.1 |
New |
Majority |
10,153 |
25.3 |
−0.7 |
Turnout |
40,051 |
78.4 |
−0.1 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
−0.3 |
|