UK general elections › 2017 › Kensington
Kensington — 2017
Emma Dent Coad (Labour Party) was elected with 16,333 votes— 42.2% of 38,677 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 42.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,677
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma Dent Coad | Labour Party | 16,333 | 42.2% | −7.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Victoria Borwick | Conservative Party | 16,313 | 42.2% | — | |
| 3 | Annabel Mullin | Liberal Democrats | 4,724 | 12.2% | — | |
| 4 | Jennifer Nadel | Green Party | 767 | 2.0% | — | |
| 5 | James Torrance | Independent | 393 | 1.0% | — | |
| 6 | Peter Marshall | Independent | 98 | 0.3% | — | |
| 7 | John Lloyd | Alliance for Green Socialism | 49 | 0.1% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.