European Parliamentary Election 2019; European Parliamentary Election 2019. Ousted Labour MP reveals breast cancer diagnosis, Politician underwent cancer surgery days before losing seat, Angry words between candidates at Kensington, Conservatives gain Kensington from Labour. Dent Coad does not want yet more pain inflicted on families that have, "already lost so much" in the Grenfell fire. After Grenfell, a Tory MP for Kensington is a bitter pill This article is more than 8 months old. Felicity Buchan has been elected as the MP for Kensington, beating Labour's Emma Dent Coad by just 150 votes. Felicity Buchan has been elected as the MP for Kensington, beating Labour's Emma Dent Coad by just 150 votes. They need to be kept within Kensington. Voter turnout was up by 3.9 percentage points since the last general election. The community around the tower is … [15] Dent Coad considers the fire an "entirely preventable" tragedy. Kensington and Chelsea is perhaps best known today for two events that demonstrate both their traditional and modern aspects. In a 2014/15 report, in which Dent Coad's name appears, it is reported that the housing scrutiny committee looked at the refurbishment. [citation needed] She has lived in North Kensington since 1986. Where? People want to stay near their networks where their children go to school, where their families are.”[15] Poverty in Kensington and the fire were the subjects of her maiden speech in the House of Commons on 22 June 2017. I, Barry Quirk, being the Acting Returning Officer at the above election, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each Candidate at the said election is as follows: Total votes: 43,856Total electorate: 64,609. Voters in Chelsea and Fulham have gone to the ballot box to elect their MP in the General Election 2019. [38][39] She later said that her remarks had been "a joke" which had been "taken the wrong way". Kensington, home to some of London's richest and poorest, is returned to the Tories by 150 votes. [42] She wrote that Bailey was being “used” by the Conservative Party and asked "Who can say where this man will ever fit in, however hard he tries?” She proceeded to state that if Bailey were to win his seat “he will no longer be welcome in North Ken[sington]”. Dent Coad stated that she had not announced her diagnosis earlier as she did not want to impact her re-election campaign. Mr Gyimah was Conservative MP for East Surrey before he was removed from the parliamentary Conservative Party for voting against the government over Brexit and joined the Liberal Democrats. [30], On 29 June 2017, Dent Coad voted against the Labour party whip and for an amendment to the Queen's Speech calling for the UK's continued membership of the Single Market and the Customs Union following Brexit. [3] She went to Sacred Heart High School, a selective grammar school in Hammersmith, London. [23] It is often used[by whom?] When? Claimants must wait five weeks for the first payment which Dent Coad maintains is unacceptable. Emma Dent Coad (born Margaret Mary Dent, 2 November 1954) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament ( Subscribe to our enewsletters to get updates and information direct to your inbox. [26], Dent Coad was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kensington at the 2017 snap election when she defeated the sitting Conservative MP Victoria Borwick, with a majority of 20 votes, overturning a 7,361 majority from the previous election two years earlier. "[32], Dent Coad is a republican: she joined pressure group Republic in 2005 and is a former board member. Felicity Buchan MP. The Conservative Party overturned Labour's 20 vote majority at the the last election to retake the seat. [20][dead link] However, Dent Coad has asked Borwick to retract this claim, arguing that she supported refurbishment in principle to respond to complaints about conditions, but left the TMO around the time that the broad principles of the refurbishment were agreed. [19] Her predecessor, Victoria Borwick, has claimed she shares "collective responsibility" for the Grenfell Tower refurbishment, since Dent Coad had (until October 2012) sat on the board of the Kensington and Chelsea TMO which managed the tower.