I would think so. I won't be of much help to you because I'm from the U.S., where voltage is 120V at 60 cycles.
My limited knowledge says the first Kirby to be sold in the U.K. with the higher 2nd speed was the Heritage 1HD. There is a video of it on YouTube by twocvbloke.
~Ben
[MEDIA=youtube]ACd5LDKTK-Y[/MEDIA]
