Home General Elections 3 May 1979 Kensington

UK Polling History: Election of 3 May 1979 – Kensington

Result summary

Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal Other
Votes 17,361 11,898 3,537 1,054
Votes gained +1,799 -1,747 -1,699 –
Share of votes 51.3% 35.1% 10.4% 3.1%
Share of eligible voters 33.1% 22.7% 6.8% 2.0%
Gain in share of votes +6.1% -4.5% -4.8% –
Gain in share of eligible voters +7.7% +0.4% -1.8% –
Total votes: 33,850
Electorate: 52,396
Turnout: 64.6%
Outcome: Conservative hold
Swing: 5.4% Conservative from Liberal

Polling history

Plot

List of contests

« Constituency formed from
Kensington and Chelsea
6 May 2010
Date Type Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal
Democrat		 Liberal Alliance Green Other UKIP SDP Others Brexit
Date Type Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal
Democrat		 Liberal Alliance Green Other UKIP SDP Others Brexit
12 December 2019 General Election 16,768 16,618 9,312 535 145 0 384
8 June 2017 General Election 16,313 16,333 4,724 767 540 0
7 May 2015 General Election 18,199 10,838 1,962 1,765 507 1,557 0
6 May 2010 General Election 17,595 8,979 6,872 753 197 754 0
9 April 1992 General Election 15,540 11,992 2,770 576 0
14 July 1988 By Election 9,829 9,014 2,546 572 1,190 482
11 June 1987 General Election 14,818 10,371 5,379 623 0
9 June 1983 General Election 14,274 9,173 6,873 735 0
3 May 1979 General Election 17,361 11,898 3,537 1,054 0
10 October 1974 General Election 15,562 13,645 5,236 0
28 February 1974 General Election 18,425 13,293 8,270 0

© Dominic Ford 2021–2025.

Our privacy policy is here.
Our data reuse policy is here.
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License.
Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.