Chelsea and Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010 onwards

Chelsea and Fulham
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Location within Greater London
County	Greater London
Population	105,697 (2011 census)
Electorate	76,481 (2023)
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of Parliament	Ben Coleman (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham

Chelsea and Fulham is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Ben Coleman of the Labour Party.

Boundaries

2010–2024

Following the review of parliamentary 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 seats Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea with their "spillover" cross-boundary seats of Regents Park and Kensington North and Ealing Acton and Shepherds Bush.

The historical constituency of Kensington was recreated, and the Hammersmith seat was also revived.

The new constituency of Chelsea and Fulham was made up of the following electoral wards:

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: Brompton and Hans Town, Chelsea Riverside, Redcliffe, Royal Hospital, Stanley.

2024-present

Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of:

The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham wards of Fulham Reach, Fulham Town, Lillie, Munster, Palace & Hurlingham, Parsons Green & Sandford, Sands End, Walham Green, and West Kensington.

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea wards of Chelsea Riverside, Redcliffe, Royal Hospital, and Stanley.

The new boundaries reflect revised local authority ward structures. To bring the electorate within the permitted range, the Hammersmith and Fulham wards of Fulham Reach and West Kensington were transferred in from the abolished constituency of Hammersmith. The whole of the Kensington and Chelsea ward of Brompton and Hans Town is now included in the new constituency of Kensington and Bayswater.

Political history

The constituency includes affluent areas and opulent private housing. The small amount of social housing in the constituency is concentrated in the smaller than ward-size Worlds End Estate. An alternative in-depth analysis, of local elections, confirms one ward has seen opposition members in elections since the 1980s, of 11 wards forming the seat. At the 2010 election, only five other constituencies voted more strongly for the Conservative Party: Richmond (Yorkshire), Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, Windsor (Berkshire), Hampshire North East and Chesham and Amersham also in Buckinghamshire.

Somewhat surprisingly, however, in the 2017 United Kingdom general election the Conservative majority in Chelsea and Fulham was almost halved from 16,022 to 8,188, making it only the eighth-safest Conservative seat in Greater London (with several other seats such as Romford and Bexleyheath and Crayford proving safer for the Tories despite previously electing Labour MPs in the Blair era, whilst Chelsea never did).

In the early 1960s the Chelsea Labour Party (old boundaries) created the National Campaign for the Young Chronic Sick, led by constituency member (Mr) Marsh Dickson, which generated national TV and newspaper coverage leading to the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 promoted as a Private Members Bill by Alf Morris MP.

Constituency profile

The 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. The constituency includes the fashionable King's Road thoroughfare, a key destination for shopping and culture.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
2010	Greg Hands		Conservative
2024	Ben Coleman		Labour

Elections

For results of predecessor seats, see Kensington and Chelsea, and Hammersmith and Fulham.

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Chelsea and Fulham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Coleman	18,556	39.4	+10.3
	Conservative	Greg Hands	18,404	39.1	–6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Blaise Baquiche	3,611	7.7	–16.1
	Reform UK	Anthony Goodwin	3,144	6.7	+6.4
	Green	Mona Crocker	2,798	5.9	+5.5
	Workers Party	Sabi Patwary	538	1.1	N/A
	Heritage	David Poulden	65	0.1	N/A
Majority			152	0.3	N/A
Turnout			47,116	60.1	−11.6
Registered electors			78,468
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	8.4

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	24,909	45.5
	Labour	15,916	29.1
	Liberal Democrats	13,053	23.8
	Others	500	0.9
	Green	228	0.4
	Brexit Party	175	0.3

Turnout		54,781	71.6
Electorate		76,481

General election 2019: Chelsea and Fulham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Greg Hands	23,345	49.9	–2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Horlick	12,104	25.9	+14.9
	Labour	Matt Uberoi	10,872	23.2	–10.0
	Animal Welfare	Sam Morland	500	1.0	N/A
Majority			11,241	24.0	+4.6
Turnout			46,821	69.8	+3.7
Registered electors			67,110
	Conservative hold		Swing	–8.8

General election 2017: Chelsea and Fulham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Greg Hands	22,179	52.6	–10.3
	Labour	Alan De'Ath	13,991	33.2	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Rowntree	4,627	11.0	+5.8
	Green	Bill Cashmore	807	1.9	–1.8
	UKIP	Alasdair Seton-Marsden	524	1.2	–3.9
Majority			8,188	19.4	–20.4
Turnout			42,128	66.1	+2.7
Registered electors			63,728
	Conservative hold		Swing	–10.3

General election 2015: Chelsea and Fulham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Greg Hands	25,322	62.9	+2.4
	Labour	Alexandra Sanderson	9,300	23.1	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Bailey	2,091	5.2	–11.0
	UKIP	Adrian Noble	2,039	5.1	+3.9
	Green	Guy Rubin	1,474	3.7	+2.0
Majority			16,022	39.8	–2.2
Turnout			40,226	63.4	+3.3
Registered electors			63,478
	Conservative hold		Swing	–1.1

General election 2010: Chelsea and Fulham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Greg Hands	24,093	60.5
	Labour	Alex Hilton	7,371	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dirk Hazell	6,473	16.2
	Green	Julia Stephenson	671	1.7
	UKIP	Tim Gittos	478	1.2
	BNP	Brian McDonald	388	1.0
	New Independent Conservative	Roland Courtenay	196	0.5
	English Democrat	George Roseman	169	0.4
	Blue Environment	Godfrey Spickernell	17	0.0
Majority			16,722	42.0
Turnout			39,856	60.1
Registered electors			66,257
	Conservative win (new seat)

* 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.

References

"Chelsea and Fulham: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
"The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
"Seat Details". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
"The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
"Majority Sorted Seats". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
"Statement of Person Nominated and Notice of Poll: Chelsea and Fulham Constituency" (PDF). Hammersmith and Fulham Council. 7 June 2024.
"Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
"Candidates for Chelsea and Fulham Constituency 2019 general election" (PDF). London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
"Candidates for Chelsea and Fulham Constituency 2017 general election". Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
"Chelsea and Fulham Parliamentary constituency". BBC. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015.
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
election result "General Election 7 May 2015 - Hammersmith & Fulham". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015. 3Aug15
"Chelsea & Fulham parliamentary constituency - Election 2017". Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
"Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
Times Online guide to the Chelsea and Fulham constituency Archived April 29, 2010, 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.
Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
Chelsea and Fulham UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
Chelsea and Fulham UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

v t e Constituencies in London (75)
Labour (57)	Barking Battersea Beckenham and Penge Bermondsey and Old Southwark Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent East Brent West Brentford and Isleworth Chelsea and Fulham Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Clapham and Brixton Hill Croydon East Croydon West Dagenham and Rainham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing Central and Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton and Winchmore Hill Eltham and Chislehurst Enfield North Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith and Chiswick Hampstead and Highgate Harrow West Hendon Holborn and St. Pancras Hornsey and Friern Barnet Ilford North Ilford South Islington South and Finsbury Kensington and Bayswater Lewisham East Lewisham North Lewisham West and East Dulwich Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden Peckham Putney Queen's Park and Maida Vale Southgate and Wood Green Stratford and Bow Streatham and Croydon North Tooting Tottenham Uxbridge and South Ruislip Vauxhall and Camberwell Green Walthamstow West Ham and Beckton
Conservative (9)	Bromley and Biggin Hill Chingford and Woodford Green Croydon South Harrow East Hornchurch and Upminster Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Liberal Democrats (6)	Carshalton and Wallington Kingston and Surbiton Richmond Park Sutton and Cheam Twickenham Wimbledon
Independent (3)	Hayes and Harlington Islington North Poplar and Limehouse

v t e Historic constituencies in London
2010	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bermondsey and Old Southwark Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent Central Brent North Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Camberwell and Peckham Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea and Fulham Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon North Croydon South Dagenham and Rainham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing Central and Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Kilburn Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon Holborn and St. Pancras Hornchurch and Upminster Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston and Surbiton Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West and Penge Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Poplar and Limehouse Putney Richmond Park Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Streatham Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Uxbridge and South Ruislip Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Westminster North Wimbledon

Historic constituencies in London

2010

51°29′N 0°11′W / 51.48°N 0.19°W / 51.48; -0.19

Categories:

Misplaced Pages