Kensington and Bayswater (UK Parliament constituency)

Kensington and Bayswater is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Created by the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies,^[2] it was first contested at the 2024 general election. It is represented by Joe Powell of the Labour Party.

Kensington and Bayswater
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Location within Greater London
County	Greater London
Electorate	75,980 (2023)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Joe Powell (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Kensington, Cities of London and Westminster & Chelsea and Fulham

The constituency name comes from the Central London areas of Kensington and Bayswater.

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following electoral wards:^[3]

• The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea wards of Abingdon, Brompton & Hans Town, Campden, Colville, Courtfield, Dalgarno, Earl's Court, Golborne, Holland, Norland, Notting Dale, Pembridge, Queen's Gate, and St Helen's.
• The City of Westminster wards of Bayswater and Lancaster Gate.

It covers nearly all the former constituency of Kensington, two wards primarily from the abolished Westminster North constituency, and the southern half of the Brompton & Hans Town ward, which was transferred from the Chelsea and Fulham constituency.^[4]

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Kensington and Bayswater^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Powell	17,025	40.6	+1.6
	Conservative	Felicity Buchan	14,122	33.7	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	William Houngbo	2,910	6.9	−13.3
	Green	Mona Adam	2,732	6.5	+5.1
	Reform UK	Marc Burca	2,514	6.0	+5.2
	Independent	Emma Dent Coad	1,824	4.4	N/A
	Rejoin EU	John Stevens	486	1.2	N/A
	Party of Women	Una O'Mahony	116	0.3	N/A
	CPA	Roger Phillips	114	0.3	+0.2
	Independent	Emperor of India Prince Ankit Love	65	0.2	N/A
Majority			2,903	6.9
Turnout			41,908	54.2	−17.9
Registered electors			77,306
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.1

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	21,394	39.0
	Conservative	21,004	38.2
	Liberal Democrats	11,048	20.2
	Green	769	1.4
	Brexit Party	453	0.8
	Others	145	0.3
Turnout		54,813	72.1
Electorate		75,980