Kensington and Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency) Totally Explained

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Kensington and Chelsea is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is one of the safest Conservative seats in the United Kingdom, and since its creation in 1997, has become a prestigious seat, with the notorious MP Alan Clark, the former Defence Secretary Michael Portillo and the former Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind all holding the seat for the Conservatives.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the central and southern portions of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, covering the centres of both Kensington and Chelsea.
Following their review into parliamentary boundaries in North London, the Boundary Commission have created two new constituencies based on the existing Kensington & Chelsea.
The northern section (namely Earl's Court, South Kensington, High Street Kensington and Holland Park) will be combined with the southern section of the current Regent's Park & Kensington North constituency (including Ladbroke Grove and Notting Hill) to create a new Kensington constituency whilst the southern part (namely Chelsea) will be combined with the southern half of the current Hammersmith & Fulham constituency to create a new Chelsea and Fulham seat.

History

The seat first came into existence at the 1997 general election. Notional calculations indicated that it would be one of the safest Conservative seats in the country and so the Conservative nomination has been much sought. In the run up to the 1997 election the nomination was initially won by Nicholas Scott, MP for the Chelsea constituency, but following allegations of alcoholism he was deselected. Tabloids reported that he was "found kissing the pavement".
The nomination was subsequently secured by Alan Clark, the former minister and diarist who was seeking to return to the Commons after standing down at the 1992 general election. Clark was elected, but died after only two years. As a safe Conservative seat in London there was much speculation that former Defence Secretary and widely-predicted future Conservative leader Michael Portillo would seek to return to the Commons after losing the Enfield Southgate constituency in the 1997 election. Portillo was elected in a by-election but his subsequent career stalled and he crashed out of the 2001 Conservative Party leadership election and withdrew to the backbenches. In 2003 he announced that he was going to retire from politics and seek a career in the media. Another former Cabinet Minister, Sir Malcolm Rifkind was nominated and elected in the 2005 general election.
In October 2007 former Labour minister Tony Benn announced that he wanted to come out of retirement and return to the Commons, offering himself to the Kensington and Chelsea constituency Labour Party to challenge Rifkind for his seat in the next general election. Though it's important to note that Tony Benn hasn't yet been selected for this seat and the process has attracted other high quality potential candidates.

Members of Parliament

1997 — 1999: Alan Clark, Conservative (died)
1999 — 2005: Michael Portillo, Conservative
2005 — present: Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Conservative

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 2000s

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