General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in...Kensington and Bayswater
Millions of voters across London went to the polls on July 4 to elect the new Government. The Standard looked at key battleground seats in the capital, and published an interactive map of the results. Here we turn the spotlight on:KENSINGTON AND BAYSWATER
WINNER: JOE POWELL
Top five candidates (in alphabetical order):
Mona Abdulla Ishag Adam - Green Party (2,732 votes)
Felicity Buchan - Conservatives (14,122 votes)
Marc Burcha - Reform UK (2,514 votes)
William Houngbo - Liberal Democrats (2,910 votes)
Joe Powell - Labour (17,025 votes)
Wards: This constituency includes 14 Kensington and Chelsea wards, including Abingdon, Brompton & Hans Town, Campden, Colville, Courtfield, Dalgarno, Earl’s Court, Golborne, Holland, Norland, Notting Dale, Pembridge, Queen’s Gate, and St. Helen’s, as well as two in Westminster, Bayswater and Lancaster Gate.
Boundary changes impact (Thrasher and Rallings analysis): Boundary changes effectively turn this knife-edge seat from very light blue to very light red. In 2019, it was 38.3 per cent Conservative, 38 per cent Labour and 21.3 per cent Lib Dem. The new constituency would have been 39 cent Labour, 38.3 per cent Tory and 20.2 per cent Lib Dem.
