Kensington is a parliamentary constituency in the Parliament of the United Kingdom in west London, comprising the northern and central parts of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around Kensington. It was first created for the February 1974 general election and abolished for the 1997 general election when it was partly replaced by the new constituencies of Kensington and Chelsea and Regent's Park and Kensington North. The constituency was re-created by the Boundary Commission for England at the 2010 general election from parts of the aforementioned constituencies.