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 [ ]
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 [ ]
General election 1892 : Kingston-upon-Thames [4] [5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Richard Temple
5,100
53.9
N/A
Liberal
Charles Duncan Hodgson
4,357
46.1
New
Majority
743
7.8
N/A
Turnout
9,457
73.7
N/A
Registered electors
12,825
Conservative hold
Swing
N/A
Elections in the 1900s [ ]
General election 1906 : Kingston-upon-Thames [4] [5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
George Cave
7,656
53.6
N/A
Liberal
Robert Whyte
6,637
46.4
New
Majority
1,019
7.2
N/A
Turnout
14,293
82.8
N/A
Registered electors
17,270
Conservative hold
Swing
N/A
Elections in the 1910s [ ]
General election January 1910 : Kingston-upon-Thames [7] [5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
George Cave
10,918
65.3
+11.7
Liberal
Albert George Holzapfel
5,814
34.7
−11.7
Majority
5,104
30.6
+23.4
Turnout
16,732
85.2
+2.4
Registered electors
19,647
Conservative hold
Swing
+11.7
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 [5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Unionist
George Cave
Unopposed
Unionist hold
Elections in the 1920s [ ]
General election 1922 : Kingston upon Thames[8]
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[8]
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[8]
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[9]
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[9]
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
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;
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 1950 : Kingston upon Thames
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
John Boyd-Carpenter
36,886
58.98
Labour
NM Johns
21,229
33.94
Liberal
Donald George Maskrey
4,429
7.08
New
Majority
15,657
25.04
Turnout
62,544
85.24
Conservative hold
Swing
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
Elections in the 1960s [ ]
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 [ ]
General election 1970 : Kingston-Upon Thames
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
John Boyd-Carpenter
23,426
56.67
Labour
Robin H Crockett
13,090
31.67
Liberal
Stephen J. Wells
4,822
11.66
Majority
10,336
25.00
Turnout
41,338
69.13
Conservative hold
Swing
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
General election February 1974 : Kingston upon Thames
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Norman Lamont
23,006
48.57
Liberal
Stephen J. Wells
12,699
28.81
Labour
Chris Mullin
11,369
24.00
Anti-Common Market Conservative
M.J. Christie
288
0.61
Majority
10,307
21.76
Turnout
47,362
80.53
Conservative hold
Swing
General election October 1974 : Kingston upon Thames
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Norman 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
42,526
71.77
Conservative hold
Swing
General election 1979 : Kingston upon Thames
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Norman Lamont
24,944
57.85
Labour
John A. Torode
11,400
26.44
Liberal
Declan Terry
6,771
15.70
Majority
13,544
31.41
Turnout
43,115
74.89
Conservative hold
Swing
Elections in the 1980s [ ]
General election 1983 : Kingston upon Thames[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Norman Lamont
22,094
54.10
Liberal
Roger Hayes
13,222
32.37
Labour
Peter J. Smith
4,977
12.19
Ecology
Alexandra Presant-Collins
290
0.71
New
Loony Society
Peter Dodd
259
0.63
New
Majority
8,872
21.73
Turnout
40,842
71.91
Conservative hold
Swing
General election 1987 : Kingston upon Thames[13]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Norman Lamont
24,198
56.19
Liberal
Roger Hayes
13,012
30.22
Labour
Robert Markless
5,676
13.18
CPWSML
Jack Baker
175
0.41
New
Majority
11,186
25.97
Turnout
43,061
78.52
Conservative hold
Swing
Elections in the 1990s [ ]
References [ ]
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 366. ISBN 0-900178-26-4 .
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 399. ISBN 0-900178-06-X .
^ Jump up to: a b c d The Liberal Year Book, 1907
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918 . London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984 .
^ Jump up to: a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
^ Jump up to: a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
^ Jump up to: a b c d British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
^ Jump up to: a b c British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, Craig, F. W. S.
^ "Parliamentary candidates' protest", The Times , 6 April 1939
^ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
^ "Election Data 1983" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017 .
^ "Election Data 1987" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017 .
^ "Election Data 1992" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017 .
^ "Politics Resources" . Election 1992 . Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010 .
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byHuntingdon
Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1990–1993
Succeeded byRushcliffe
hide 1955
1955-1974 + into the new county 1965-1974 (or mostly)
1974 1983
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