KENSINGTON and CHELSEA
[Three Seats]
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % | Ch.% |
|---|
| 1964 | 149,519 | 38.1 |
| Sir E.P. Rugg
R.L. Vigars
S. Forbes-Cockell
Mrs. A.L. Grieves
Mrs. O.M. Wilson
T.W. Ives
Miss M. Neilson
P.C. Boucher
J.H. Crowhurst
H.B. Collins | C
C
C
Lab
Lab
Lab
L
L
L
Com | 34,683
34,130
34,114
15,824
15,598
15,001
5,352
5,060
4,981
2,153
18,290 |
| 60.1
27.1
9.0
3.8
32.0 |
|
|
| 1967 | 143,100 | 32.7 |
| Sir E.P. Rugg
S. Forbes-Cockell
R.L. Vigars
T.M. Cox
T.W. Ives
T. Ponsonby
D.W. Berry
P.D. Spencer
D. Currie
H.B. Collins | C
C
C
Lab
Lab
Lab
L
L
L
Com | 32,173
31,871
31,590
9,220
8,995
8,731
4,492
4,292
3,959
1,458
22,370 |
| 68.5
19.3
9.1
3.1
48.0 | +8.3
-7.8
+0.1
-0.6 |
|
| 1970 | 144,537 | 27.0 |
| S. Forbes-Cockell
W.A.O.J. Bell
R.L. Vigars
B.L.H. Douglas-Mann
R. Pope
J.F.S. Keys
Lady Ogmore
L. Spicer
T.J.T. Metcalf
T. Bendixson
A. Ritchie
D. Wiggins
E.S. Adams
A.E. Brown | C
C
C
Lab
Lab
Lab
L
L
L
HBR
HBR
HBR
Com
UM | 25,320
25,267
25,049
9,180
9,175
9,148
2,457
2,333
2,253
1,163
1,003
952
771
215
15,869 |
| 65.1
23.7
6.0
2.7
2.0
0.5
40.9 | -3.4
+4.4
-3.1
-1.1 |
|
| [Death of Forbes-Cockell] |
1971
(2/12) | 140,190 | 10.5 |
| Mrs. M. Gumbel
J.F.S. Keys
R.E.G. Simmerson
A.F. Gloak | C
Lab
Ind C
Ind R | 9,839
4,353
333
195
5,486 |
| 66.8
29.6
2.3
1.3
37.2 | +1.8
+5.9 |
|
| Note:— |
| 1971: | Simmerson opposed British membership of the EC (Common Market). |
|
| Gloak was a founder member of the Kensington and Chelsea Ratepayers and Residents Association and sought election in order to promote its aims. |
|
|
KENSINGTON and CHELSEA, CHELSEA [55] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % | Ch.% |
|---|
| 1973 | 68,305 | 25.4 |
| W.A.O.J. Bell
S.H. Shapro | C
Lab | 12,811
4,531
8,280 |
| 73.9
26.1
47.8 |
|
|
| 1977 | 61,260 | 32.9 |
| W.A.O.J. Bell
Mrs. R.A. Banton
P.G. Driver
O.P. Stutchbury
Mrs. E.V. French | C
Lab
L
AGLC
NF | 14,525
3,030
1,354
817
437
11,495 |
| 72.0
15.0
6.7
4.1
2.2
57.0 | -1.8
-11.1 |
|
| 1981 | 54,008 | 35.3 |
| W.A.O.J. Bell
Hon. S.M.W. Benn
Mrs. J.M. Ware
Mrs. M.P.W. Colmore | C
Lab
L
SLAG | 12,131
3,810
2,793
316
8,321 |
| 63.7
20.0
14.6
1.7
43.7 | -8.4
+5.0
+7.9 |
|
KENSINGTON and CHELSEA, KENSINGTON [56] |
| Election | Electors | T'out |
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| % | Ch.% |
|---|
| 1973 | 63,306 | 33.7 |
| R.L. Vigars
D.J. Scott
K. Rason
E.S. Adams | C
Lab
L
Com | 9,388
8,736
2,855
366
652 |
| 44.0
40.9
13.4
1.7
3.1 |
|
|
| 1977 | 56,849 | 34.7 |
| R.L. Vigars
P.A. Sweeney
Mrs. D.M. Gorsky
Mrs. E.G. Martin
E.S. Adams
R. Fuchs
L.E. Green | C
Lab
L
NF
Com
AGLC
ENP | 11,914
5,005
1,576
498
349
250
147
6,909 |
| 60.4
25.3
8.0
2.5
1.8
1.3
0.7
35.1 | +16.4
-15.6
-5.4
+0.1 |
|
| 1981 | 51,862 | 39.0 |
| R.L. Vigars
S.P. Hoier
E.R. Tudway
L.E. Green
R.E. Shorter
E.S. Adams
Mrs. L.E. Gould
Mrs. N.V.M. Cornwall | C
Lab
L
SDA
EP
Com
WRP
SLAG | 9,579
7,317
1,907
650
427
161
101
97
2,262 |
| 47.3
36.2
9.4
3.2
2.1
0.8
0.5
0.5
11.1 | -13.0
+10.8
+1.4
-1.0 |
|
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