Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1997}}
{{other uses|Chelsea (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox UK constituency
|name = Chelsea
|type = Borough
|parliament = uk
|image=File:Chelsea1868.png
|caption=Chelsea 1868–1885
|year = 1868
|abolished = 1997
|elects_howmany = Two (1868–1885):
One (1885–1997)
|previous = Middlesex
|next = Kensington and Chelsea
|}}
Chelsea was a borough constituency, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1867 for the 1868 general election, when it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system of election.
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, with effect from the 1885 general election, its representation was reduced to one MP, elected by the first past the post system.
Boundaries and boundary changes
1868–1885: The parishes of Chelsea, Fulham, Hammersmith, and Kensington.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1867/102/pdfs/ukpga_18670102_en.pdf?view=extent|title= Representation of the People Act 1867.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
1885–1918: The parish of St Luke, Chelsea.{{cite book |author= |title=The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/publicgeneralac01walegoog/page/n113/mode/2up |location=London |publisher=Eyre and Spottiswoode |pages=111–198 |date=1885 |chapter=Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 }}
Chelsea (after the local government changes in 1965) is a district of Inner London, comprising for administrative purposes the southern part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Its southern boundary is on the north bank of the River Thames. It adjoins Westminster to the east, Fulham to the west and Kensington to the north.
Before 1868 the area was represented in Parliament as part of the county constituency of Middlesex.
With the expansion westwards of the urban area around Westminster, the former village of Chelsea and neighbouring areas had by 1868 developed enough to be made a Parliamentary borough and given two seats in the House of Commons. The parliamentary borough comprised four civil parishes: Chelsea, Fulham, Hammersmith and Kensington.{{cite book|last=Youngs|first=Frederic A|title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England|year=1979|publisher=Royal Historical Society|location=London|isbn=0901050679|page=749}}
In 1885, the existing parliamentary borough was divided into five single-member constituencies. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 defined the redrawn Chelsea seat as comprising the parish of St Luke, Chelsea. The constituency had a detached outlier, the Kensal Green area, because of its history as a detached part of St Luke parish.{{cite book|title=Survey of London. Volume 37: Northern Kensington|year=1973|pages=333–339|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=49882|editor=F. H. W. Sheppard|access-date=21 January 2013|chapter=Kensal Green}} (The remaining parishes became the constituencies of Fulham, Hammersmith, Kensington North and Kensington South.)
In 1889, the historic county of Middlesex was divided for administrative purposes. Chelsea became part of the County of London. No changes were made to parliamentary boundaries, however.
In the 1918 redistribution of Parliamentary seats, the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea (created as a local government unit in 1900) was represented by one MP.
In the redistribution which took effect in 1950, the then Brompton ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Kensington was added to the existing area of the constituency.
In 1965, the London County Council area was absorbed by the new Greater London Council. The constituency was included in a new London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, although the Parliamentary boundaries were not altered immediately.
In the redistribution that took effect in 1974, the Kensington and Chelsea, Chelsea constituency consisted of the then Brompton, Cheyne, Church, Earls Court, Hans Town, North Stanley, Redcliffe, Royal Hospital and South Stanley wards of Kensington and Chelsea.
The constituency shared boundaries with the Chelsea electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.
From the 1983 redistribution, Chelsea consisted of Abingdon, Brompton, Cheyne, Church, Courtfield, Earls Court, Hans Town, North Stanley, Redcliffe, Royal Hospital and South Stanley wards of Kensington and Chelsea.
98.5% of the constituency had been in the pre-1983 Chelsea and 1.5% had been part of Kensington.
In the 1997 redistribution, Chelsea ceased to exist as a constituency. The area was included in the Kensington and Chelsea constituency, which covered the central and southern portions of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, including the centres of both Kensington and Chelsea.
Members of Parliament
=MPs 1868–1885=
| class="wikitable" | ||||
| Election | colspan="2"|First member | First party | colspan="2"|Second member | Second party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan="3"| Sir Charles Dilke, Bt. |rowspan="3"| Liberal |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | Liberal | ||||
| 1874
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | ||||
| 1880
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | Liberal | ||||
| 1885
|colspan="6"| Redistribution of Seats Act: representation reduced to one member |
=MPs 1885–1997=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Election | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| 1885 | Sir Charles Dilke, Bt. | Liberal | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|1886 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|1906 | Liberal | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Jan 1910 |rowspan="3"| Samuel Hoare | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Coalition Conservative}}" |
| 1918 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1922 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1945 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1959 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1966 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Oct 1974 | Sir Nicholas Scott | ||
| | 1997
|colspan="2"| constituency abolished: see Kensington & Chelsea |
Elections
=Elections in the 1990s=
- Constituency abolished 1997
{{Election box begin |title=General election 1992: Chelsea{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Nicholas Scott
|votes = 17,471
|percentage = 65.1
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =Rima Horton
|votes = 4,682
|percentage = 17.5
|change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Susan N. Broidy
|votes = 4,101
|percentage = 15.3
|change = -2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Niki Kortvelyessy
|votes = 485
|percentage = 1.8
|change = -0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Anti-Federalist League
|candidate = Douglas Armstrong
|votes = 88
|percentage = 0.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 12,789
|percentage = 47.6
|change = +0.9
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 26,827
|percentage = 63.3
|change = +5.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1980s=
{{Election box begin |title=General election 1987: Chelsea{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Nicholas Scott
|votes = 18,443
|percentage = 64.6
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Jennifer Ware
|votes = 5,124
|percentage = 17.9
|change = -5.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Ward
|votes = 4,406
|percentage = 15.4
|change = +2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party (UK)
|candidate = Niki Kortvelyessy
|votes = 587
|percentage = 2.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 13,319
|percentage = 46.7
|change = +7.0
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 28,560
|percentage = 57.7
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=General election 1983: Chelsea{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Nicholas Scott
|votes = 19,122
|percentage = 63.2
|change = -2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Jonathan Fryer
|votes = 7,101
|percentage = 23.5
|change = +9.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Nick Palmer
|votes = 3,876
|percentage = 12.8
|change = -5.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Amanda Feilding
|votes = 139
|percentage = 0.5
|change = +0.3
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 12,021
|percentage = 39.7
|change = -7.7
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 30,238
|percentage = 56.1
|change = -1.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Minor boundary change affecting less than 5% of electors
=Elections in the 1970s=
{{Election box begin |title=General election 1979: Kensington and Chelsea, Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Nicholas Scott
|votes = 21,782
|percentage = 66.1
|change = +5.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = R. M. Pandy
|votes = 6,092
|percentage = 18.5
|change = -1.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Driver
|votes = 4,544
|percentage = 13.8
|change = -4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = National Front (UK)
|candidate = A. Reeve
|votes = 342
|percentage = 1.0
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = B. Fellowes
|votes = 146
|percentage = 0.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Amanda Feilding
|votes = 49
|percentage = 0.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 15,690
|percentage = 47.6
|change = +6.8
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 57,515
|percentage = 57.3
|change = +7.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +3.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=General election October 1974: Kensington and Chelsea, Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Nicholas Scott
|votes = 19,674
|percentage = 61.0
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = G. A. Colerick
|votes = 6,507
|percentage = 20.2
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = N. L. Clarke
|votes = 5,758
|percentage = 17.9
|change = -2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = R. E. Byron
|votes = 321
|percentage = 1.0
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 13,167
|percentage = 40.8
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 64,548
|percentage = 50.0
|change = -10.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=General election February 1974: Kensington and Chelsea, Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Marcus Worsley
|votes = 23,320
|percentage = 60.4
|change = -5.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = N. L. Clarke
|votes = 8,012
|percentage = 20.8
|change = +12.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = S. K. Ward
|votes = 6,839
|percentage = 17.7
|change = -6.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent Conservative
|candidate = A. J. E. Barclay
|votes = 416
|percentage = 1.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 15,308
|percentage = 39.7
|change = -2.0
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 64,338
|percentage = 60.0
|change = +5.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=General election 1970: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =Marcus Worsley
|votes = 15,852
|percentage = 65.4
|change = +5.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =Richard John Madeley
|votes = 5,737
|percentage = 23.7
|change = -4.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =Anthony Hugh Shirley Beavan
|votes = 2,136
|percentage = 8.8
|change = -3.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Nicholas Luard
|votes = 514
|percentage = 2.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 10,115
|percentage = 41.7
|change = +9.9
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 44,038
|percentage = 55.0
|change = -8.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +5.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Boundary change
=Elections in the 1960s=
{{Election box begin |title=General election 1966: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =Marcus Worsley
|votes = 16,337
|percentage = 59.9
|change = -1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =Roderick N. Tyler
|votes = 7,674
|percentage = 28.1
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =Paul Smith
|votes = 3,285
|percentage = 12.0
|change = -1.3
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 8,663
|percentage = 31.8
|change = -4.5
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 43,336
|percentage = 63.0
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = -2.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=General election 1964: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =John Litchfield
|votes = 16,802
|percentage = 61.5
|change = -6.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =James Dickens
|votes = 6,868
|percentage = 25.2
|change = +4.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =Anthony Clive S. Thomas
|votes = 3,635
|percentage = 13.3
|change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 9,934
|percentage = 36.3
|change = -10.9
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 43,515
|percentage = 62.8
|change = -3.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = -5.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1950s=
{{Election box begin |title=General election 1959: Chelsea }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Litchfield
|votes = 20,985
|percentage = 67.8
|change = -5.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Leo Goldstone
|votes = 6,308
|percentage = 20.4
|change = -6.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Kenneth Grenville Wellings
|votes = 3,662
|percentage = 11.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 14,677
|percentage = 47.4
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 47,077
|percentage = 65.8
|change = +0.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +5.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=General election 1955: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =Allan Noble
|votes = 23,598
|percentage = 73.4
|change = +3.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =Stewart Fordyce
|votes = 8,546
|percentage = 26.6
|change = -3.5
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 15,052
|percentage = 46.8
|change = +7.0
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 49,049
|percentage = 65.5
|change = -4.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +3.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=General election 1951: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =Allan Noble
|votes = 25,034
|percentage = 69.9
|change = +5.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =Frederick Lionel Tonge
|votes = 10,784
|percentage = 30.1
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 14,250
|percentage = 39.8
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 51,433
|percentage = 69.6
|change = -1.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +4.23
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=General election 1950: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =Allan Noble
|votes = 23,471
|percentage = 64.2
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =Frederick Lionel Tonge
|votes = 9,987
|percentage = 27.3
|change = -3.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Leo Cayley Robertson
|votes = 3,116
|percentage = 8.5
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 13,484
|percentage = 36.9
|change = +4.3
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes =36,574
|percentage = 70.6
|change = +7.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1940s=
{{Election box begin |title=General election 1945: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =Allan Noble
|votes = 12,043
|percentage = 63.7
|change = -11.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Douglas Shufeldt
|votes = 5,874
|percentage = 31.1
|change = +6.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Common Wealth Party
|candidate =Dorothy Anderton Sharpe
|votes = 984
|percentage = 5.2
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 6,169
|percentage = 32.6
|change = -17.3
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 30,095
|percentage = 62.8
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = -8.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Note 1 (1945): Changes and swing calculated from 1935 to 1945.
- Note 2 (1945): Counting of votes took place on 26 July 1945
- Boundary change
- Creation of Hoare as 1st Viscount Templewood
{{Election box begin
|title=By-election 11 October 1944: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Sidney
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1930s=
{{Election box begin |title=General election 14 November 1935: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Hoare
|votes = 18,992
|percentage = 75.0
|change = -8.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Somerville Sandilands
|votes = 6,348
|percentage = 25.1
|change = +8.1
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 12,644
|percentage = 49.9
|change = -16.1
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 41,061
|percentage = 61.7
|change = -3.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = -8.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=General election 27 October 1931: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Hoare
|votes = 23,015
|percentage = 83.0
|change = +24.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gilbert Foan
|votes = 4,726
|percentage = 17.0
|change = -8.1
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 18,289
|percentage = 66.0
|change = +32.6
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 42,531
|percentage = 65.2
|change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +16.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1920s=
{{Election box begin |title=General election 30 May 1929: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Hoare
|votes = 15,480
|percentage = 58.4
|change = -7.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alfred George Prichard
|votes = 6,645
|percentage = 25.1
|change = -0.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Iolo Aneurin Williams
|votes = 4,360
|percentage = 16.5
|change = +9.1
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 8,835
|percentage = 33.4
|change = -5.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 41,945
|percentage = 63.1
|change = -8.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = -4.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=General election 1924: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Hoare
|votes = 13,816
|percentage = 65.7
|change = +8.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Dora Russell
|votes = 5,661
|percentage = 26.0
|change = -1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Iolo Aneurin Williams
|votes = 1,557
|percentage = 7.4
|change = -8.1
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 8,155
|percentage = 38.8
|change = +9.3
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 29,582
|percentage = 71.1
|change = +7.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = +5.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=General election 6 December 1923: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Hoare
|votes = 10,461
|percentage = 57.0
|change = -17.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Bertrand Russell
|votes = 5,047
|percentage = 27.5
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Harry Westbury Preston
|votes = 2,846
|percentage = 15.5
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 5,414
|percentage = 29.5
|change = -20.3
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 28,755
|percentage = 63.8
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = -10.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=General election 15 November 1922: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Hoare
|votes = 13,437
|percentage = 74.9
|change = -4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Bertrand Russell
|votes = 4,513
|percentage = 25.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 8,924
|percentage = 49.8
|change = +8.6
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 28,453
|percentage = 63.1
|change = +16.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = -14.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1910s=
{{Election box begin |title=General election 1918: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918
|party =Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate =Samuel Hoare
|votes = 9,159
|percentage = 79.1
|change = +18.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent Progressive
|candidate = Emily Phipps
|votes = 2,419
|percentage = 20.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 6,740
|percentage = 58.2
|change = +37.3
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 24,822
|percentage = 46.6
|change = -26.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end 1918}}
{{Election box begin |title=General election December 1910: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =Samuel Hoare
|votes = 4,968
|percentage = 60.5
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Hugh Hoare
|votes = 3,249
|percentage = 39.5
|change = -2.4
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,719
|percentage = 20.9
|change = +4.7
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 11,257
|percentage = 73.0
|change = -12.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=General election January 1910: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =Samuel Hoare
|votes = 5,610
|percentage = 58.1
|change = +11.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Emslie Horniman
|votes = 4,048
|percentage = 41.9
|change = -11.7
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,562
|percentage = 16.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 11,257
|percentage = 85.8
|change = +10.5
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +11.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1900s=
{{Election box begin |title=General election 16 January 1906: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Emslie Horniman
|votes = 4,660
|percentage = 53.6
|change = +12.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Algernon Whitmore
|votes = 4,031
|percentage = 46.4
|change = -12.0
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 629
|percentage = 7.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 8,691
|percentage = 75.3
|change = +12.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 11,536
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = -12.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=General election 1900: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Algernon Whitmore
|votes = 4,637
|percentage = 58.4
|change = -2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = James Jeffery
|votes = 3,306
|percentage = 41.6
|change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,331
|percentage = 16.8
|change = -4.2
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 7,943
|percentage = 62.4
|change = -5.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 12,736
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = -2.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1890s=
{{Election box begin |title=General election 1895: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Algernon Whitmore
|votes = 5,524
|percentage = 60.5
|change = +7.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =Octavius Holmes Beatty
|votes = 3,604
|percentage = 39.5
|change = -7.5
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,920
|percentage = 21.0
|change = +15.0
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 9,128
|percentage = 68.1
|change = -6.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 13,408
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +7.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=General election 1892: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Algernon Whitmore
|votes = 4,993
|percentage = 53.0
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe
|votes = 4,427
|percentage = 47.0
|change = -2.0
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 566
|percentage = 6.0
|change = +4.0
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 9,420
|percentage = 74.9
|change = -1.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 12,585
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1880s=
{{Election box begin |title=General election 5 July 1886: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Algernon Whitmore
|votes = 4,304
|percentage = 51.0
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Dilke
|votes = 4,128
|percentage = 49.0
|change = -2.0
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 176
|percentage = 2.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 8,432
|percentage = 75.9
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 11,104
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +2.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=General election 25 November 1885: Chelsea{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Dilke
|votes = 4,291
|percentage = 51.0
|change = −5.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Algernon Whitmore
|votes = 4,116
|percentage = 49.0
|change = +5.0
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 175
|percentage = 2.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 8,407
|percentage = 75.7
|change = +5.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 11,104
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Constituency reduced to one seat.
- Swing: For 1885–1910 the swing figure given is the Butler Swing, defined as the average of the Conservative % gain and Liberal % loss between two elections, with the percentages being calculated on the basis of the total number of votes (including those cast for candidates other than Conservative or Liberal). A positive figure is a swing to Conservative and a negative one to Liberal.
{{Election box begin
|title=By-election 11 January 1883: Chelsea}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Dilke
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Caused by the appointment of Dilke as President of the Local Government Board''
{{Election box begin
|title=General election 12 February 1880: Chelsea (2 seats){{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Dilke
|votes = 12,406
|percentage = 28.5
|change = −2.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Bottomley Firth
|votes = 12,046
|percentage = 27.6
|change = −1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Algernon Keith-Falconer
|votes = 9,666
|percentage = 22.2
|change = −8.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Browne
|votes = 9,488
|percentage = 21.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2,380
|percentage = 5.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 21,803 (est)
|percentage = 70.4 (est)
|change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 30,951
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +0.8
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +1.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1870s=
{{Election box begin
|title=General election 10 February 1874: Chelsea (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Dilke
|votes = 7,217
|percentage = 31.3
|change = −1.2
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Gordon
|votes = 7,172
|percentage = 31.1
|change = −4.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Hoare
|votes = 6,701
|percentage = 29.1
|change = −2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = George Middleton Keill{{cite news|title=Chelsea|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000076/18731113/016/0005|access-date=28 December 2017|work=Leeds Mercury|date=13 November 1873|page=5|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 1,967
|percentage = 8.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 16,098 (est)
|percentage = 68.3 (est)
|change = +3.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 23,560
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 45
|percentage = 0.2
|change = −13.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +0.6
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 471
|percentage = 2.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +0.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1860s=
{{Election box begin
|title=General election 17 November 1868: Chelsea (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Dilke
|votes = 7,374
|percentage = 32.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Hoare
|votes = 7,183
|percentage = 31.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Howard Russell{{cite news|title=Election Intelligence|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18681028/014/0003|access-date=4 February 2018|work=London Evening Standard|date=28 October 1868|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 4,177
|percentage = 18.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles James Freake
|votes = 3,929
|percentage = 17.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 3,006
|percentage = 13.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 11,332 (est)
|percentage = 65.1 (est)
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 17,408
}}
{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
{{reflist}}
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1974-1983, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1984)
- Britain Votes 4: British Parliamentary Election Results 1983-1987, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1988)
- Britain Votes 5: British Parliamentary Election Results 1988-1992, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher (Parliamentary Research Services/Dartmouth Publishing 1993)
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1972)
- British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium, by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber 1984)
- {{Rayment-hc|c|3|date=March 2012}}
{{Historic constituencies in London
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| 1868 = y
| 1885 = y
| 1918 = y
| 1950 = y
| 1955 = y
| 1974 = y
| 1983 = y
| 1997 = n
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Category:Politics of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1868
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