Chelsea and Fulham
Notional 2005 Results:
Conservative: 19786 (55.8%)
Labour: 9062 (25.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 4717 (13.3%)
Other: 1910 (5.4%)
Majority: 10725 (30.2%)
New seat: combines Chelsea from the old Kensington & Chelsea and Fulham from the old Hammersmith & Fulham seat into one new constituency, leaving stand alone Hammersmith and Kensington constituencues.
Profile: The combination of affluent Chelsea and the gentified Fulham should make Chelsea and Fulham an unassailable Conservative stronghold, perhaps at the expense of making both Hammersmith and Kensington more favourable to Labour.
Candidates:
Greg Hands (Conservative) born 1965 in New York to British parents. Educated at Dr Challoner`s Grammar School and Cambridge University. Former banker. Former Hammersmith & Fulham councillor and Conservative group leader. MP for Hammersmith & Fulham since 2005. 
Alex Hilton (Labour) born 1976. Author of `Recess Monkey` blog and founder of LabourHome. Redbridge councillor until 2006. Contested Canterbury 2005.
Dirk Hazell (Liberal Democrat) Chief Executive of the Environmental Services Association. Former Merton councillor for the Conservative party.
Julia Stephenson (Green) author and journalist. Contested Kensington and Chelsea 2001, 2005. Contested West Central 2004, 2008 London elections.
Tim Gittos (UKIP)George Roseman (English Democrat)
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 99749
Male: 47.1%
Female: 52.9%
Under 18: 16.6%
Over 60: 16.9%
Born outside UK: 35.6%
White: 84.8%
Black: 5.5%
Asian: 3.5%
Mixed: 3.1%
Other: 3.1%
Christian: 67.8%
Hindu: 0.8%
Jewish: 1.5%
Muslim: 5%
Full time students: 5.8%
Graduates 16-74: 49.8%
No Qualifications 16-74: 14.1%
Owner-Occupied: 48.7%
Social Housing: 24.4% (Council: 13.6%, Housing Ass.: 10.8%)
Privately Rented: 22.1%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 10.2%
“Does anyone have a revolver I can borrow?”
Just saw that Pete – brilliant !!!
Alex Hilton in trouble;
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-blogger-admits-creating-fake-website-to-smear-tories-1778960.html
Pete W says that Earls Court ‘was in Kensington South from 1885 to 1974′. Was it in the Chelsea constituency or the Kensington constituency until 1997, because I think I read on another thread about adjacent areas being annexed to Chelsea or somesuch. (This may have been in local government and not parliamentary terms)
The 1974 – 1997 Kensington constituency was really the old Kensington North.
The Kensington South constituency ran between Notting Hill Gate/ Holland Park Avenue and Fulham Road.
The 1974 – 1997 partition was generally along Kensington High Street but with one ward south of the High Street in Kensington (Queens Gate).
Earls Court and South Kensington were in Chelsea from 1974 – 1997.
The Lib Dems have selected Dirk Hazell here
From 1918 to 1955 was Fulham town centre in Fulham E or Fulham W?
I’m guessing East – happens I drove through there today
It must be disappointing for the Tories to see Dirk Hazell standing for the Lib Dems since he was Cons London Regional Chair in 2005. Not a vote of confidence for Team Cameron!