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Regent's Park and Kensington North; Borough constituency
Regent's Park and Kensington North shown within Greater London
Created:	1997
MP:	Karen Buck
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Regent's Park and Kensington North is a constituency in Central London and West London represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the former seats of Westminster North & Kensington.

It covers the areas of Saint John's Wood, Maida Vale, the Harrow Road, Westbourne Green, Maida Hill, Little Venice, parts of Queen's Park, parts of Ladbroke Grove and Notting Hill as well as North Kensington.

With its stark contrasts between prosperity and deprivation, the constituency should be highly competitive marginal between the Conservative Party and Labour Party in an even year, although for the period of its existence it has been firmly won by Labour for the last three consecutive general elections. Before its creation it was considered a constituency likely to produce low swings which would be won on differential turnout, similar to its predecessor seats. However, in the political climate of the late 1990s and early 2000s this has proven not to be the case.

[edit] Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission has proposed that the City of Westminster together with the sparsely populated City of London receive two seats in its own right from the next General Election. As a result, Regent's Park and Kensington North will be disbanded with its Westminster section going into a reformed Westminster North and its Kensington and Chelsea section going into a reformed Kensington seat.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Karen Buck	Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Regent's Park and Kensington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Buck	18,196	44.7	−9.9
	Conservative	Jeremy Bradshaw	12,065	29.7	+2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Rabi Martins	7,569	18.6	+6.0
	Green	Paul Miller	1,985	4.9	+1.5
	UKIP	Pamela Perrin	456	1.1	+0.1
	Civilisation Party	Rezouk Boufas	227	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Abby Dharamsey	182	0.4	N/A
Majority			6,131	15.1
Turnout			40,680	51.5	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.3

General Election 2001: Regent's Park and Kensington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Buck	20,247	54.6	-5.3
	Conservative	Peter Wilson	9,981	26.9	-2.0
	Liberal Democrat	David Boyle	4,669	12.6	+4.1
	Green	Paul Miller	1,268	3.4	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	China Miéville	459	1.2	N/A
	UKIP	Alan Crisp	354	1.0	N/A
	Independent	Charlotte Regan	74	0.2	N/A
Majority			10,266	27.7
Turnout			37,052	48.8	-19.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.7

General Election 1997: Regent's Park and Kensington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Buck	28,367	59.9	+11.6
	Conservative	Paul McGuinness	13,710	29.0	-12.1
	Liberal Democrat	Emily Gasson	4,041	8.5	+0.6
	Referendum Party	Sandra Dangoor	867	1.8	N/A
	Natural Law	Jonathan Hinde	192	0.4	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Debbie Sadowitz	167	0.4	N/A
Majority			14,657	30.9
Turnout				68.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.9