Chelsea and Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)
| Chelsea and Fulham | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Chelsea and Fulham in Greater London | |
| County | Greater London |
| Population | 105,697 (2011 census)[1] |
| Electorate | 62,958 (December 2010)[2] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Greg Hands (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham |
Chelsea and Fulham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Greg Hands of the Conservative Party.
Boundaries
Chelsea and Fulham constituency is made up of the following electoral wards:[3]
- From the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham: Fulham Broadway; Munster; Palace Riverside; Parsons Green and Walham; Sands End; Town.
- From the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Cremorne; Hans Town; Redcliffe; Royal Hospital; Stanley.
Latest boundary review
Following the review of parliamentary representation to seek equal representation in London, the boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham were paired for constituency allocation purposes and allocated three seats between them.
This broke the previous pairings of Kensington and Chelsea with the City of Westminster, and of Hammersmith and Fulham with the London Borough of Ealing, and therefore abolished the mainstay but not comprehensive seats Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea as the "spillover" cross-boundary seats of Regents Park and Kensington North and Ealing Acton and Shepherds Bush.
Kensington was recreated, having previously been a constituency historically — equally the Hammersmith seat was revived.
Constituency profile
Containing some of the most affluent areas in London, this is the safest Conservative seat in the capital, and the safest urban Conservative seat in the country, with only one Labour ward at local level. At the 2010 election, only five areas voted more strongly towards the Conservative Party: Richmond (Yorks) foremost followed by Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, Windsor, Hampshire North East and Chesham and Amersham in Buckinghamshire.[4]
The Premiership football grounds at Stamford Bridge and Craven Cottage are in the seat which is the chosen home of many of London's elite footballers as well as other wealthy celebrities.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[5] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2010 | Greg Hands | Conservative |
Elections
For results of predecessor seats, see Kensington and Chelsea, and Hammersmith and Fulham.
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Greg Hands[9] | 25,322 | 62.9 | +2.5 | |
| Labour | Alexandra Sanderson[10] | 9,300 | 23.1 | +4.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Bailey | 2,091 | 5.2 | −11 | |
| UKIP | Adrian Noble[10] | 2,039 | 5.1 | +3.9 | |
| Green | Guy Rubin[11] | 1,474 | 3.7 | +2 | |
| Majority | 16,022 | 39.8 | |||
| Turnout | 40,226 | 63.4 | +3.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -1.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Greg Hands | 24,093 | 60.5 | +5.2 | |
| Labour | Alex Hilton | 7,371 | 18.5 | −6.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dirk Hazell | 6,473 | 16.2 | +2.2 | |
| Green | Julia Stephenson | 671 | 1.7 | −2.5 | |
| UKIP | Tim Gittos | 478 | 1.2 | −0.1 | |
| BNP | Brian McDonald | 388 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| New Independent Conservative | Roland Courtenay | 196 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| English Democrat | George Roseman | 169 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Blue Environment | Godfrey Spickernell | 17 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 16,722 | 42.0 | +7.5 | ||
| Turnout | 39,856 | 60.1 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
- * Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament
The new seat of Chelsea and Fulham was fought for the first time at the 2010 general election, when it had a notional Conservative majority of over 10,000 based on 2005 election results.[13]
See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Chelsea and Fulham: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Boundary Commission for England[permanent dead link]
- ^ Electoral Calculus columns
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ election result http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/Council_and_Democracy/Democracy_and_Elections/Electoral_services/Useful_links/195233_General_Election_7_May_2015_results.asp 3Aug15
- ^ Chelsea and Fulham parliamentary constituency, BBC
- ^ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/chelsea-fulham-2015.html
- ^ a b http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/chelseaandfulham/
- ^ http://wcl.greenparty.org.uk/elections1/23-01-2015-ge-candidate-guy-rubin.html
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Times Online guide to the Chelsea and Fulham constituency Archived 2010-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- nomis Constituency Profile for Chelsea and Fulham — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.