| Kingston-upon-Thames | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1997 |
| Type: | Borough |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Region: | England |
| Towns: | Kingston upon Thames |
| Year2: | 1885 |
| Abolished2: | 1918 |
| Type2: | County |
| Elects Howmany2: | One |
Kingston or Kingston-upon-Thames was a parliamentary constituency which covered the emerging southwest, outer London suburb of Kingston upon Thames (until 1965 in Surrey) and which existed between 1885 and 1997 and returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The Conservative candidate won each election during its 112-year existence.
The seated was created for the 1885 general election as a county division called Kingston equivalent to the northwest corner of the former two-seat Mid Surrey division. It became a borough constituency for the present purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer at the 1918 general election, when it was formally renamed Kingston-upon-Thames.
It was abolished for the 1997 general election. Its territory was then divided between the new constituencies of Kingston and Surbiton and Richmond Park.
The constituency's most high-profile MP was the Conservative Norman Lamont, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1990 to 1993.
1950–1955: The boroughs of Kingston upon Thames, and Surbiton.[1]
1955–1983: The boroughs of Kingston upon Thames, and Malden and Coombe.[2]
1983–1997: The London Borough of Kingston upon Thames wards of Burlington, Cambridge, Canbury, Coombe, Grove, Hill, Malden, Manor, Norbiton, Norbiton Park, St James, and Tudor.
The seat since 1950 omitted all southern wards of Kingston upon Thames. These fell into the 1950-established seat of Surbiton, which replicated its own borough that merged with Kingston's borough in 1965.
| Election | Member | Party [3] [4] | Senior Frontbench positions | |
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| none | ||||
| none | ||||
| none | ||||
| Home Secretary (1916-1919) Later Lord (High) Chancellor | ||||
| none | ||||
| none | ||||
| none | ||||
| Conservative | Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1962-1964) | |||
| Conservative | Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1989-1990) Chancellor of the Exchequer (1990-1993) | |||
| 1997 | constituency abolished | |||
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and, by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected: