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%
I was hoping last night’s result meant we were out already.
I care more about the Australia v England rugby match yesterday.
But I suppose football is a vital business for this country.
I have absolutely no interest in club football. I’m slightly more interested in international football but I prefer tennis and cricket.
…..and Grimsby Town play in Cleethorpes. There are some other examples too.
Frank Lampard to stand here for the Hopeless & Abject Party.
As are Gerard and Rooney
Although Grimsby and Cleethorpes are both in the borough of NE Lincolnshire now.
I’ve read that at the 1999 Champions League final there was a big dispute between the grandees of Manchester and Trafford councils as to who should get the free complimentary tickets.
The Chelsea – ManU final might have extended that dispute to those in Hammersmith and Chelsea councils.
A football team did stand at the Hamilton South by-election in 1999 if I recall correctly, and got about a thousand votes.
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
IIRC a group of Portsmouth fans stood in Portsmouth S in 1987 and claimed afterwards that they had caused the LibDem defeat.
‘a group of Portsmouth fans stood in Portsmouth S in 1987 and claimed afterwards that they had caused the LibDem defeat’
That was in fact the year before the Lib Dems were formed, and the defeated incumbent on that occasion Mike Hancock (now of course returned to the seat as a Lib Dem) was a member of the SDP at the time
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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.
Boundaries of the old Chelsea constituency:
1885-1918: The Parish of St Luke, Chelsea.
1918-50: The Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea.
1950-74: The Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea and the Metropolitan Borough of Kensington ward of Brompton.
1974-83: The Kensington and Chelsea Borough wards of Brompton, Cheyne, Church, Earls Court, Hans Town, North Stanley, Redcliffe, Royal Hospital and South Stanley.
1983-97: The Kensington and Chelsea Borough wards of Abingdon, Brompton, Cheyne, Church, Courtfield, Earls Court, Hans Town, North Stanley, Redcliffe, Royal Hospital and South Stanley.
What were the wards of the old Fulham constituency from 1955 to 1997?
What were the wards of the old Fulham seat from 1955 to 1997?
I do remember that at the time of the 1986 by-election (in which I was very active) they were Avonmore, Gibbs Green, Normand, Crabtree, Sherbrooke, Colehill, Palace, Sulivan, Eel Brook, Sands End, Walham, Town and Margravine. At the time Margravine, Gibbs Green, Sands End and Normand were regarded as pretty safe Labour, Palace, Town & Sulivan safe Conservative (though Labour went quite close in Sulivan that year) and all the rest marginal. How times have changed, with only 1 Labour councillor nowadays in what was the Fulham seat – indeed there were none at all between 2006 and 2010.
If Barnaby is referring to the 1986 by-election then the wards he mentions must have been the 1983-97 makeup of the seat. Avonmore is now part of Avonmore and Brook Green ward which is in the Hammersmith constituency. Nick Raynsford of course won the by-election in question but was beaten by Matthew Carrington in the national Conservative landslide a year later (Carrington was the Conservative candidate in the by-election).
Is Matthew Carrington still around?
He was extremely right wing I remember – to the point where he refused to be paired with a Labour MP
Actually Carrington didn’t have a reputation as a right-winger at all. I’m sure he is still around.
Harry you’re right – the Crabtree, Margravine, Normand, Gibbs Green & Avonmore wards as they used to be are all now either wholly or predominantly in the Hammersmith constituency.
‘Is Matthew Carrington still around?’
He is still alive if that is what you mean, but on the matter of what he is doing now Wikipedia is silent
‘the Crabtree, Margravine, Normand, Gibbs Green & Avonmore wards as they used to be are all now either wholly or predominantly in the Hammersmith constituency’
The first four wards I believe don’t exist now (if not in area then certainly in name) but of course Avonmore is as I said upthread now part of a larger ward
Here’s something recent which mentions Matthew Carrington:
h ttp://bowenblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/13/feltham-heston-conservative-association-agm/
I’m aware of that Harry – basically the 4 wards which used to be Gibbs Green, Normand, Margravine & Crabtree are now reduced to just two, Fulham Reach & North End.
FULHAM
1955: The following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham-Hurlingham, Munster, Sands End, Town, Walham.
1974: The following wards of the London Borough of Hammersmith-Avonmore, Colehill, Crabtree, Gibbs Green, Helford, Margravine, Parsons Green, Sandford, Sherbrooke, Sulivan, Town.
1983: The following wards of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham-Avonmore, Colehill, Crabtree, Eel Brook, Gibbs Green, Margravine, Normand, Palace, Sands End, Sherbrooke, Sulivan, Town, Walham.
Harry, I’ve been off this blog for months but you’re still at this game. Why don’t you buy a few Times’ Guides? If you want I can send you GLC result books which give the ward make-up for London seats from the 1974 and 1983 elections. Let me know.
WHS: I’d be interested in getting hold of that book. Is it available on any internet booksellers?
Someone has updated the Chelsea constituency page on Wikipedia.
“In the redistribution which took effect in 1950, the then Brompton ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Kensington was added to the existing area of the constituency.”
Given the Brompton Ward was essentially ‘South Kensington’, it could have been logical to re-name ‘Chelsea’ as ‘Chelsea & South Kensington’ and ‘Kensington South’ as ‘Kensington Central’ in 1950.
This is what occurred with Bethnal Green and Hackney. Bethanl Green was too wee to have an MP for it included part of Hackney, therefore Hackney South became Hackney Central.
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@AndyJS
The 1949 and 55 redistributions will be in the 50 and 55 Times Guides, available via http://www.abebooks.co.uk
The 73 and 83 redistributions in London are clear from the GLC guides to the 74 and 82 London Borough elections, which I can send to you of you post your email address here.
‘the Brompton Ward was essentially ‘South Kensington’
As I have said on another thread, present-day Brompton ward (in Kensington constituency) includes the museum district (probably South Kensington’s most well-known component), although I believe not all of South Kensington itself. I would guess the museum district has always been in Brompton ward regardless of local boundary redistributions.
@AndyJS
In fact, if I have your email address over this thread, I could probably email you scans of the pages of the 1950 and 1955 Times Guides dealing with redistributions.
Thanks, WHS – my email address is [email protected]
I see that Sir Simon Milton is AGAIN being pursued re his expense claims.
I hadn’t realised he earned 127ka pa as an advisor to Boris.
He claimed over a grand for Conservative Party Conference accomodation at taxpayers’ expense!
http://www.london.gov.uk/who-runs-london/mayor/mayoral-team/sir-simon-milton/expenses
Minder was set in Fulham, was it actually filmed there?
If so in which wards?
I think part of it was. If not it certainly wasn’t far away – I remember spotting the Duke’s Head pub on Putney riverside in one episode in which Arfur & Tel were having a drink together, so very close to Fulham.
Thats interesting. I’ve seen a couple of episodes again recently and the area does look quite shabby still compared with now. In simialr vein I believe Festive Road where Mr Benn lived was also in Putney – based on the real Festing Road which appears to have gentrified heavily since Mr Benn’s day
Mr Benn! I loved that….
So, which of the numerous Acacia Roads was it that Eric (aka Bananaman) lived on?
h ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbPxRAeClJA
Chelsea & Fulham is one of those rare Conservative seats that has a full slate of Conservative Councillors.
One would imagine Labour will be working hard to change that fact, at least on the H&F side where they realistically need to gain wards to take back the Council.
The 3 vulnerable wards are Cremorne (K&C), Fulham Broadway (H&F) and Sands End (H&F). The rest are all very safe Conservative now.
They aren’t that rare in London. the neighbouring seat of Cities of London & Westminster (at least the Westminster part – the city doesn’t count) is another. There is also Romford, Ruislip Northwood & Pinner, Croydon South, Beckenham, Bromley & Chislehurst, Old Bexley & Sidcup
I can’t believe the current proposals are to include Hans Town in Westminster & Kensington.
Hans Town is one of the 4 wards in Kensington & Chelsea that would be considered to be Chelsea and not Kensington.
While I appreciate the adding of Earls Court to C & F may be down to a feeling that it is similar to areas on the Fulham side Earls Court is nether the less Kensington and not Chelsea.
Why not swap Hans Town for Earls Court so that Hans Town remains in Chelsea & Fulham?