Kingston-upon-Thames (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston-upon-Thames
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
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.

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

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 constituency consisted of the town of Kingston upon Thames and the surrounding areas.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [1]	Party [2][3]
	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

General Election 1885: Kingston-upon-Thames [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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)

General Election 1886: Kingston-upon-Thames [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir John Whittaker Ellis	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Kingston-upon-Thames [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Richard Temple	5,100
	Liberal	C D Hodgson	4,357
Majority			743
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

T. Skewes-Cox

General Election 1895: Kingston-upon-Thames [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Skewes-Cox	5,745
	Liberal	Charles Burt	3,595
Majority			2,145
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Kingston-upon-Thames [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Skewes-Cox	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

George Cave

General Election 1906: Kingston-upon-Thames [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Cave	7,656
	Liberal	R Whyte	6,637
Majority			1,019
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Kingston-upon-Thames [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Cave	10,918
	Liberal	Albert George Holzapfel	5,814
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election December 1910: Kingston-upon-Thames [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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:

General Election 1918: Kingston upon Thames[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Gordon Drummond Campbell	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

General Election 1922: Kingston upon Thames[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1923: Kingston upon Thames[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1924: Kingston upon Thames[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1929: Kingston upon Thames[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1931: Kingston upon Thames
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1935: Kingston upon Thames[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Kingston-upon-Thames by-election, 1937[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1945: Kingston upon Thames
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1950: Kingston upon Thames
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1951: Kingston upon Thames
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1955: Kingston upon Thames
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1959: Kingston upon Thames
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1964: Kingston upon Thames
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1966: Kingston upon Thames
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1970: Kingston-Upon Thames
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Kingston-upon-Thames by-election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election February 1974: Kingston upon Thames
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election October 1974: Kingston upon Thames
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1979: Kingston upon Thames
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1983: Kingston upon Thames
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1987: Kingston upon Thames
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1992: Kingston upon Thames[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

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