Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Kensington was won by Conservative at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 150 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Kensington from Oct 1974 to 2019.
Full Election History, Oct 1974–2019
Election
Elected
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Majority
Turnout
Oct 1974
Brandon Rhys-Williams (Conservative)
15,562
45.2%
John Tilley (Labour)
1,917 (5.6 pts)
56.4%
Feb 1974
Brandon Rhys-Williams (Conservative)
18,425
46.1%
John Tilley (Labour)
5,132 (12.8 pts)
65.7%
1979
Brandon Rhys-Williams (Conservative)
17,361
51.3%
Patricia Ann Holmes (Labour)
5,463 (16.1 pts)
64.6%
1983
Brandon Rhys-Williams (Conservative)
14,274
46.0%
Benjamin Bousquet (Labour)
5,101 (16.4 pts)
62.3%
1987
Brandon Rhys-Williams (Conservative)
14,818
47.5%
Benjamin Bousquet (Labour)
4,447 (14.3 pts)
64.7%
1992
Dudley Fishburn (Conservative)
15,540
50.3%
Patricia Holmes (Labour)
3,548 (11.5 pts)
73.3%
2010
Malcolm Rifkind (Conservative)
17,595
50.1%
Sam Gurney (Labour)
8,616 (24.5 pts)
53.7%
2015
Victoria Borwick (Conservative)
18,199
52.3%
Rodwan Abouharb (Labour)
7,361 (21.1 pts)
57.2%
2017
Emma Dent Coad (Labour)
16,333
42.2%
Victoria Borwick (Conservative)
20 (0.1 pts)
64.0%
2019
Felicity Buchan (Conservative)
16,768
38.3%
Emma Dent Coad (Labour)
150 (0.3 pts)
67.9%
Full Result Breakdown by Election
Oct 1974
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Brandon Rhys-Williams
Conservative
15,562
45.2%
Yes
John Tilley
Labour
13,645
39.6%
No
Ronald Mourad Cohen
Liberal
5,236
15.2%
No
Feb 1974
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Brandon Rhys-Williams
Conservative
18,425
46.1%
Yes
John Tilley
Labour
13,293
33.2%
No
Robert LeFever
Liberal
8,270
20.7%
No
1979
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Brandon Rhys-Williams
Conservative
17,361
51.3%
Yes
Patricia Ann Holmes
Labour
11,898
35.1%
No
Bobbie Maureen Mary Vincent-Emery
Liberal
3,537
10.4%
No
Nicholas Albery
Green
698
2.1%
No
Christopher David Hopewell
National Front
356
1.1%
No
1983
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Brandon Rhys-Williams
Conservative
14,274
46.0%
Yes
Benjamin Bousquet
Labour
9,173
29.5%
No
William Goodhart
Social Democratic Party
6,873
22.1%
No
Jonathon Porritt
Green
649
2.1%
No
Terence Frank Knight
Independent
86
0.3%
No
1987
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Brandon Rhys-Williams
Conservative
14,818
47.5%
Yes
Benjamin Bousquet
Labour
10,371
33.2%
No
William Goodhart
Social Democratic Party
5,379
17.2%
No
Roger Shorter
Green
528
1.7%
No
Lana Carrick
Humanist
65
0.2%
No
Muriel Hughes
Public Independent Plaintiff Party
30
0.1%
No
1992
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Dudley Fishburn
Conservative
15,540
50.3%
Yes
Patricia Holmes
Labour
11,992
38.8%
No
Chris Shirley
Liberal Democrat
2,770
9.0%
No
Ajay Burlingham-Johnson
Green
415
1.3%
No
Anthony Hardy
Natural Law
90
0.3%
No
Anne Bulloch
Anti-Federalist League
71
0.2%
No
2010
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Malcolm Rifkind
Conservative
17,595
50.1%
Yes
Sam Gurney
Labour
8,979
25.5%
No
Robin Meltzer
Liberal Democrat
6,872
19.6%
No
Caroline Pearson
UKIP
754
2.1%
No
Melan-Zahra Ebrahimi-Fardouee
Green
753
2.1%
No
Eddie Adams
Alliance For Green Socialism
197
0.6%
No
2015
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Victoria Borwick
Conservative
18,199
52.3%
Yes
Rodwan Abouharb
Labour
10,838
31.1%
No
Robin McGhee
Liberal Democrat
1,962
5.6%
No
Robina Rose
Green
1,765
5.1%
No
Jack Bovill
UKIP
1,557
4.5%
No
Tony Auguste
Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol
211
0.6%
No
Andrew Knight
Animal Welfare Party
158
0.5%
No
Toby Abse
Alliance For Green Socialism
115
0.3%
No
Roland Courtenay
New Independent Centralists
23
0.1%
No
2017
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Emma Dent Coad
Labour
16,333
42.2%
Yes
Victoria Borwick
Conservative
16,313
42.2%
No
Annabel Mullin
Liberal Democrat
4,724
12.2%
No
Jennifer Nadel
Green
767
2.0%
No
James Torrance
Independent
393
1.0%
No
Peter Marshall
Independent
98
0.3%
No
John Lloyd
Alliance For Green Socialism
49
0.1%
No
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Felicity Buchan
Conservative
16,768
38.3%
Yes
Emma Dent Coad
Labour
16,618
38.0%
No
Samuel Gyimah
Liberal Democrat
9,312
21.3%
No
Vivien Lichtenstein
Green
535
1.2%
No
Jay Aston Colquhoun
Brexit Party
384
0.9%
No
Roger Phillips
Christian Peoples Alliance
70
0.2%
No
Harriet Gore
Touch Love Worldwide (UK)
47
0.1%
No
Scott Dore
Workers Revolutionary Party
28
0.1%
No
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.
Trend
Kensington has been contested at 10 general elections on record since Oct 1974. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Labour.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Kensington in the 2019 general election?
Conservative won Kensington in 2019 with 16,768 votes (38.3%), a majority of 150 votes over Labour in second place.
Which parties have won Kensington since Oct 1974?
Since Oct 1974, Kensington has been won by: Conservative, Labour.
What was the closest result in Kensington?
The closest result on record for Kensington was 2017, when Labour beat Conservative by just 20 votes (0.1 percentage points).