Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Past Constituencies (K)

Kensington and Chelsea | Kidderminster | Kilmarnock Burghs | King’s Lynn | Kingston upon Hull | Kingston-upon-Thames | Kinross and Western Perthshire | Knaresborough.


Kensington and Chelsea

Member of Parliament for Kensington and Chelsea
Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1953.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Michael Portillo.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/187/career.

Conservative Party

November 25 1999 – April 11 2005


Kidderminster

Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Kidderminster

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Robert Lowe

Date of birth/date of death:

Born December 4 1811. Died July 27 1892.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Robert Lowe,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed August 2, 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-robert-lowe/index.html.

Whig Party

July 7 1852 – April 28 1859


Kilmarnock Burghs

Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock Burghs
John Bowring

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1792; d. November 23 1872.

Radicals

1835 – 1837

William Glynne Charles “Will” Gladstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 14 1885; d. April 13 1915.

Liberal Party

1911 – 1915


King’s Lynn

Members of the Parliament of England for King’s Lynn

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Robert Walpole

Date of birth/date of death:

Born August 26 1676. Died March 18 1745.

Whig Party

1702 – April 30 1707

Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for King’s Lynn

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Robert Walpole

Date of birth/date of death:

Born August 26 1676. Died March 18 1745.

Whig Party

May 1 1707 – January 17 1712

Robert Walpole

Date of birth/date of death:

Born August 26 1676. Died March 18 1745.

Whig Party

February 11 1712 – March 6 1712

Sir Robert Walpole

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1676; d. March 18 1745.

Whig Party

1713 – February 6 1742

Horatio Walpole

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 12 1723; d. February 24 1809.

Whig Party

1747 – 1757

Horatio “Horace” Walpole

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1717; d. March 2 1797.

Whig Party

1757 – 1768

Horatio Walpole, Lord Walpole

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 13/24 1752; d. June 15 1822.

Tory Party

1784 – 1809

Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for King’s Lynn

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1800; d. December 6 1879.

Tory Party

1824 – 1826

Lieutenant-General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1774; d. June 17 1839.

Whig Party

1826 – 1828

Lord William George Frederick Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 27 1802; d. September 21 1848.

Whig Party (1828 – 1835); Conservative Party (1835 – 1848)

1828 – 1848

Stratford Canning

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1786; d. August 14 1880.

Conservative Party

1835 – 1842

Lord Edward Henry Stanley

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1826; d. April 21 1893

Titles of nobility: Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1869 – 1893)

Conservative Party

1848 – 1869


Kingston upon Hull

Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull
Philip Henry Stanhope, Viscount Mahon

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 7 1781; d. March 2 1855.

Whig Party

1807 – 1812

James Robert George Graham

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1792; d. October 25 1861.

Whig Party

1818 – 1820

Matthew Talbot Baines

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 17 1799; d. January 22 1860.

Whig Party

1847 – 1852


Kingston-upon-Thames

Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Kingston-upon-Thames

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont

Date of birth/date of death:

Born May 8 1942.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Lamont of Lerwick.” Accessed July 31, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/895/career.

Conservative Party

May 4 1972 – April 8 1997


Kinross and Western Perthshire

Member of Parliament for Kinross and Western Perthshire
Sir Alexander Frederick “Alec” Douglas-Home

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1903; d. October 9 1995.

Honours:

Given the courtesy title Lord Dunglass, April 30 1918.1 Succeeded to the Peerage of Scotland as the 14th Earl of Home, July 11 1951.1 Created a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, October 16 1962.2 Created Baron Home of the Hirsel, December 19 1974.3

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Alec Douglas-Home,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 20 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-alec-douglas-home/index.html.

[2] “No. 42815,” The London Gazette, October 23 1962, 8275, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/42815/page/8275.

[3] “No. 46441,” The London Gazette, December 24 1974, 13203, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46441/page/.

Conservative Party

November 7 1963 – September 20 1974


Knaresborough

Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Knaresborough

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Lord John Cavendish

Date of birth/date of death:

Born October 22 1732. Died December 18 1796.

Non-Partisan

1761 – 1768

Lord George Cavendish

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 31 1754; d. May 9 1834.

Non-Partisan

1775 – 1780

Lord John Townshend

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 19 1757; d. February 23 1833.

Whig Party

1793 – 1818

Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Knaresborough

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

John William Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1781; d. May 16 1847.

Whig Party

1805 – 1806

George Tierney

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1761; d. January 25 1830.

Whig Party

1818 – 1830

Henry Peter Brougham

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 19 1778; d. May 7 1868.

Whig Party

1830

William Saunders Sebright Lascelles

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1798; d. July 2 1851

Whig Party

1847 – 1851