Kingston-upon-Thames (UK Parliament constituency)
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Kingston-upon-Thames was a parliamentary constituency in the South-West London suburb of Kingston upon Thames. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.
Its territory was then divided between the new Kingston and Surbiton constituency and the new Richmond Park constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Sir John Whittaker Ellis | ||
| 1892 | Sir Richard Temple | ||
| 1895 | Sir Thomas Skewes-Cox | ||
| 1906 | Sir George Cave, later Viscount Cave | Conservative | |
| 1918 | John Gordon Drummond Campbell | ||
| 1922 | Sir Frederick Penny, later Baron Marchwood | Conservative | |
| 1937 | Sir Percy Royds | Conservative | |
| 1945 | John Boyd-Carpenter | Conservative | |
| 1972 | Norman Lamont | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished | ||
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
