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Regent's Park and Kensington North was a constituency in Central London and west London represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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History
The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the former seats of Westminster North & Kensington. It was abolished at the 2010 general election.
With its stark contrasts between prosperity and deprivation, the constituency should have been highly competitive marginal between the Conservative Party and Labour Party in an even year, although for the three general elections of its existence it was won firmly by Labour. 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 proved not to be the case.
Boundaries
The constituency covered the areas of St 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.
The electoral wards of the constituency were:
Despite the name, the seat did not include the area in the Regent's Park ward of the London Borough of Camden.
Abolition
The Boundary Commission proposed that the City of Westminster together with the sparsely populated City of London receive two seats in its own right from the 2010 general election. As a result, Regent's Park and Kensington North was abolished with the Westminster section going into a reformed Westminster North seat and the Kensington and Chelsea section going into a reformed Kensington seat. These changes were implemented in 2010.