Kensington and Bayswater is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Created by the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. It is represented by Joseph Powell of the Labour Party.
The constituency name comes from the Central London areas of Kensington and Bayswater.
The Kensington and Bayswater constituency is located in Greater London, around west of the centre of London. It includes the areas of Kensington, Bayswater, Brompton, Earl's Court and Notting Hill. The constituency is densely-populated with many Georgian and Victorian townhouses. Kensington is highly affluent and features some of the most expensive properties in the country; the constituency's average house price is over ã2 million, more than three times the London average and six times the national average. North Kensington, meanwhile, has high levels of deprivation and social housing. Notting Hill is a cosmopolitan and ethnically-diverse area known for its annual Caribbean carnival.
In general, residents of the constituency are young, very well-educated and likely to live in rented accommodation. They have high rates of household income, and a high proportion work in the accommodation, arts and technology sectors. White people made up 61% of residents at the 2021 census, a higher percentage than the rest of London. Around half of the White population were of non-British origin, including large American, Italian and French communities. Asians made up 13% of residentsâÂÂmany of Filipino originâÂÂBlack people were 8% and other ethnic groups were 11%. At the local borough council level, the constituency's affluent south is represented by Conservatives whilst the more deprived northern Kensington neighbourhoods elected Labour Party councillors. Voters overwhelmingly supported remaining in the European Union in the 2016 referendum, with an estimated 70% voting to remain compared the nationwide figure of 48%.
The constituency is composed of the following electoral wards:
It covers nearly all the former constituency of Kensington, two wards primarily from the abolished Westminster North constituency, and the southern half of the Brompton & Hans Town ward, which was transferred from the Chelsea and Fulham constituency.