Kensington North was a

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centred on the

Kensington Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...

district of west

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. It returned one

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(MP) to the House of Commons of the

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. The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

1918–1974: The Royal Borough of Kensington wards of Golborne, Norland, Pembridge, and St Charles.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

Election in the 1920s

Election in the 1930s

Election in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Election in the 1970s

References

* * ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886

Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901

Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kensington North (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1974