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Kensington

Shows the general election results for Kensington, which is a constituency in Greater London. In 2019 it had a total electorate of 64,609 and a turnout of 67.7%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2019 general election.

CON
Conservative Gain
Majority
150
Electorate
64,609
Turnout
67.7%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2019
Con 38.3%
Lab 38.0%
LD 21.3%
Green 1.2%
BRX 0.9%
CPA 0.2%
TLW 0.1%
WRP 0.1%

Party results and changes 2017 - 2019

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Felicity Buchan  Con 16,768 38.3 -3.9
Emma Dent Coad  Lab 16,618 38.0 -4.3
Samuel Gyimah  LD 9,312 21.3 9.1
Vivien Lichtenstein * Green 535 1.2 -0.8
Jay Aston Colquhoun * BRX 384 0.9 0.9
Roger Phillips * CPA 70 0.2 0.2
Harriet Gore * TLW 47 0.1 0.1
Scott Dore * WRP 28 0.1 0.1
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2019

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con Lab LD Green BRX CPA TLW WRP Ind AGS UKIP CSA ANWP NIC Oth
2005 43.8% 29.7% 20.1% 4.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
2010 50.1% 25.5% 19.6% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 52.3% 31.1% 5.6% 5.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 4.5% 0.6% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0%
2017 42.2% 42.2% 12.2% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 38.3% 38.0% 21.3% 1.2% 0.9% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2019

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 25.4%
1 Liverpool, Walton 74.8%
646 Kensington 0.3%
650 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 0.1%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 54.7%
1 Liverpool, Walton 84.7%
637 Kensington 38.3%
650 South Down 32.4%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 67.3%
1 East Dunbartonshire 80.3%
317 Kensington 67.7%
650 Kingston upon Hull East 49.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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