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Kennington — UK General Election Results

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Kennington was won by Labour at the 1945 general election, with a majority of 7,439 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Kennington from 1885 to 1945.

Full Election History, 1885–1945

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Robert Gent-Davis (Conservative) 3,351 52.6% John O'Connor Power (Liberal) 360 (5.7 pts) 76.7%
1886 Robert Gent-Davis (Conservative) 3,222 53.6% Mark Hanbury Beaufoy (Liberal) 430 (7.1 pts) 72.3%
1892 Mark Hanbury Beaufoy (Liberal) 3,860 54.3% Ferdinand Faithfull Begg (Conservative) 607 (8.5 pts) 76.1%
1895 Frederick Lucas Cook (Conservative) 3,764 51.8% Mark Hanbury Beaufoy (Liberal) 995 (13.7 pts) 71.8%
1900 Frederick Lucas Cook (Conservative) 4,195 64.5% Richard Walter Essex (Liberal) 1,886 (29.0 pts) 62.3%
1906 Stephen Collins (Liberal) 4,639 60.3% Frederick Lucas Cook (Conservative) 1,585 (20.6 pts) 74.1%
Jan 1910 Stephen Collins (Liberal) 4,246 52.3% Francis Alfred Lucas (Conservative) 381 (4.7 pts) 80.4%
Dec 1910 Stephen Collins (Liberal) 3,565 47.6% Francis Alfred Lucas (Conservative) 55 (0.7 pts) 74.2%
1918 Henry George Purchase (Liberal) 4,705 42.4% Alice Lucas (Unionist) 1,132 (10.2 pts) 29.7%
1922 Francis Capel Harrison (Unionist) 10,081 47.4% Harry Gosling (Labour) 2,411 (11.3 pts) 58.4%
1923 Thomas Samuel Beauchamp Williams (Labour) 8,292 39.2% Reginald Blair (Unionist) 510 (2.4 pts) 57.6%
1924 George Harvey (Unionist) 14,898 56.3% Thomas Samuel Beauchamp Williams (Labour) 3,326 (12.6 pts) 70.3%
1929 Leonard Warburton Matters (Labour) 15,477 55.7% George Harvey (Unionist) 3,149 (11.3 pts) 60.1%
1931 George Harvey (Conservative) 18,371 64.3% Leonard Warburton Matters (Labour) 8,183 (28.6 pts) 61.3%
1935 George Harvey (Conservative) 12,401 51.1% Leonard Warburton Matters (Labour) 545 (2.2 pts) 55.7%
1945 Charles William Gibson (Labour) 12,910 70.2% Sydney Herbert Stanley (Conservative) 7,439 (40.5 pts) 62.2%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Gent-Davis Conservative 3,35152.6% Yes
John O'Connor Power Liberal 2,99146.9% No
John Fielding Social Democratic Federation 320.5% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Gent-Davis Conservative 3,22253.6% Yes
Mark Hanbury Beaufoy Liberal 2,79246.4% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Hanbury Beaufoy Liberal 3,86054.3% Yes
Ferdinand Faithfull Begg Conservative 3,25345.7% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Lucas Cook Conservative 3,76451.8% Yes
Mark Hanbury Beaufoy Liberal 2,76938.1% No
William Wightman Independent Liberal 73010.1% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Lucas Cook Conservative 4,19564.5% Yes
Richard Walter Essex Liberal 2,30935.5% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Collins Liberal 4,63960.3% Yes
Frederick Lucas Cook Conservative 3,05439.7% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Collins Liberal 4,24652.3% Yes
Francis Alfred Lucas Conservative 3,86547.7% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Collins Liberal 3,56547.6% Yes
Francis Alfred Lucas Conservative 3,51046.9% No
Albert Victor Grayson Independent Labour 4085.5% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry George Purchase Liberal 4,70542.4% Yes
Alice Lucas Unionist 3,57332.2% No
William Glennie Labour 2,81725.4% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Capel Harrison Unionist 10,08147.4% Yes
Harry Gosling Labour 7,67036.1% No
Henry George Purchase National Liberal 3,52216.6% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Samuel Beauchamp Williams Labour 8,29239.2% Yes
Reginald Blair Unionist 7,78236.8% No
Thomas Owen Jacobsen Liberal 5,07524.0% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Harvey Unionist 14,89856.3% Yes
Thomas Samuel Beauchamp Williams Labour 11,57243.7% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leonard Warburton Matters Labour 15,47755.7% Yes
George Harvey Unionist 12,32844.3% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Harvey Conservative 18,37164.3% Yes
Leonard Warburton Matters Labour 10,18835.7% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Harvey Conservative 12,40151.1% Yes
Leonard Warburton Matters Labour 11,85648.9% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles William Gibson Labour 12,91070.2% Yes
Sydney Herbert Stanley Conservative 5,47129.8% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Conservative margin 5.7 pts 1886: Conservative margin 7.1 pts 1892: Liberal margin 8.5 pts 1895: Conservative margin 13.7 pts 1900: Conservative margin 29.0 pts 1906: Liberal margin 20.6 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 4.7 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 0.7 pts 1918: Liberal margin 10.2 pts 1922: Unionist margin 11.3 pts 1923: Labour margin 2.4 pts 1924: Unionist margin 12.6 pts 1929: Labour margin 11.3 pts 1931: Conservative margin 28.6 pts 1935: Conservative margin 2.2 pts 1945: Labour margin 40.5 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945

Trend

Kennington has been contested at 16 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Liberal, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Kennington in the 1945 general election?

Labour won Kennington in 1945 with 12,910 votes (70.2%), a majority of 7,439 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Kennington since 1885?

Since 1885, Kennington has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Kennington?

The closest result on record for Kennington was Dec 1910, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 55 votes (0.7 percentage points).

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