Chelsea and Fulham
2010 Results:
Conservative: 24093 (60.45%)
Labour: 7371 (18.49%)
Liberal Democrat: 6473 (16.24%)
BNP: 388 (0.97%)
UKIP: 478 (1.2%)
Green: 671 (1.68%)
English Democrat: 169 (0.42%)
Others: 213 (0.53%)
Majority: 16722 (41.96%)
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.
Current MP: 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.
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)
Brian McDonald (BNP)George Roseman (English Democrat)Roland Courtenay (New Independent Conservative Chelsea and Fulham)Godfrey Spickernell (Blue Environment)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%
Paul D –
And an Independent calling himself “We Beat the Scum 1-0? stood in Leeds Central. If I lived there I’d have voted for him
I’d just like to put it on record that I am a Scum member .
I thus would have voted for Hilary Benn.
Greg Hands was a treasury spokesman before the election, but missed out on becoming a treasury minister.
However, as a consolation prize he is now PPS to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Member for Tatton.
I saw Mr Hands was sitting on the second row directly behind George Osborne, as his boss unveiled the details of the Budget to the House last week.
Chelsea has now been represented by 5 different MPs within 15 years. An extraordinarily high turnover.
Somone might even go so far as to say that the position of Member of Parliament for Chelsea is cursed
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However, I expect Greg Hands will remain MP for a good few years yet… A period of stability is no bad thing for constituents, and for the local Conservative association.
With 585 seats there’s a chance the boundaries could be changed yet again in this area. Malcolm Rifkind might yet end up once again as MP for Chelsea in 5 years time.
Heh… what fun, eh?
Though Malcolm Rifkind will turn 69 in 2015 (if that is indeed when the election is). He may not stand again.
Just for a bit of fun, imagine Chelsea and Fulham are divided for the next election in some concoction the boundary commission comes up with – which way would Mr Hands go? Maybe he’d fight the more familier Fulham part, rather than following the Chelsea part.
Yes, boundary changes could indeed result in yet another change in MP for Chelsea, without a change in party.
The wards in Kensington and Chelsea seem to be some of the smallest in area in the country, especially in the south of the borough. I think Islington is more densely populated but the average electorate of wards in K&C are smaller.