Kingston (UK Parliament constituency)
| Kingston-upon-Thames | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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| County | 1885–1965: Surrey 1965–1997: Greater London |
| Major settlements | Kingston upon Thames |
| 1918–1997 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by |
Kingston & Surbiton Richmond Park |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Type of constituency | County constituency |
| Created from | Mid Surrey |
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 a northern part 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.
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