Hammersmith
2010 Results:
Conservative: 17261 (36.38%)
Labour: 20810 (43.85%)
Liberal Democrat: 7567 (15.95%)
BNP: 432 (0.91%)
UKIP: 551 (1.16%)
Green: 696 (1.47%)
Independent: 135 (0.28%)
Majority: 3549 (7.47%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 18662 (44.6%)
Conservative: 13015 (31.1%)
Liberal Democrat: 8044 (19.2%)
Other: 2127 (5.1%)
Majority: 5646 (13.5%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 22407 (45.4%)
Labour: 17378 (35.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 7116 (14.4%)
Green: 1933 (3.9%)
UKIP: 493 (1%)
Majority: 5029 (10.2%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 17786 (39.8%)
Labour: 19801 (44.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 5294 (11.8%)
UKIP: 375 (0.8%)
Green: 1444 (3.2%)
Majority: 2015 (4.5%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 21420 (39.6%)
Labour: 25262 (46.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 4728 (8.8%)
Referendum: 1023 (1.9%)
Other: 1593 (2.9%)
Majority: 3842 (7.1%)
Boundary changes: Major. The borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is paired with Kensington, rather than Ealing. This means the creation of a new Chelsea and Fulham seat, taking half of the old Hammersmith and Fulham. and the addition of the areas of Hammersmith and Fulham that had previously been in the Ealing Acton and Shepherds Bush seat.
Profile: A west London seat consisting of the western part of the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, stretching from Wormwood Scrubs in the north down to the Thames and up to the West Cross Route (the former M41) in the east. The seat covers the successful commerical and business hub of Hammersmith itself, the western part of Earl`s Court (the exhibition centre itself straddles the border between this and Westminster North), West Kensington, Shepherds Bush and White City, site of the BBC Television Centre.
The south of this seat is comparatively Conservative – it includes run down areas like West Kensington and council estates like Lytton, but at a local level the Conservatives swept dramatically to power in 2006. However, there are major boundary changes with the Fulham half of the old Hammersmith and Fulham pairing forming part of the new Chelsea and Fulham seat (and taking with it the current Conservative MP Greg Hands) and the seat gaining the the north part of Hammersmith and Fulham from the old Ealing Acton and Shepherd`s Bush seat (and bringing with it Labour MP and former Hammersmith and Fulham council leader Andy Slaughter). The northern part of this seat is far more Labour, including as it does a large ethnic population and council estates like White City and the Edward Woods Estate. The norther part of the seat also includes HMP Wormwood Scrubs, Hammersmith Hospital and the Linford Christie Stadium.
Current MP: Andrew Slaughter (Labour) born 1960, London. Barrister specialising in criminal law. Former leader of Hammersmith and Fulham council. Contested Uxbridge by-election in 1997, First elected in 2005. Currently the MP for Ealing Acton and Shepherd`s Bush.
Shaun Bailey (Conservative) born in North Kensington into a black working class family. Educated at Henry Compton School and South Bank University. Director of MyGeneration, a youth charity, and a research fellow for the CPS.Andrew Slaughter (Labour) born 1960, London. Barrister specialising in criminal law. Former leader of Hammersmith and Fulham council. Contested Uxbridge by-election in 1997, First elected in 2005. Currently the MP for Ealing Acton and Shepherd`s Bush.
Merlene Emerson (Liberal Democrat) born Singapore. Educated at Kings College. Former corporate lawyer. Contested West Central in 2008 GLA elections.
Rollo Miles (Green) Born 1974, London. Educated at Chelsea school of Art. Works in property.
Vanessa Chrichton (UKIP)
Lawrence Searle (BNP)Stephen Brennan (Independent)2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 107934
Male: 48.3%
Female: 51.7%
Under 18: 18.6%
Over 60: 14%
Born outside UK: 35%
White: 74.3%
Black: 13.4%
Asian: 5.1%
Mixed: 4.2%
Other: 3.1%
Christian: 60.9%
Hindu: 1.3%
Jewish: 0.7%
Muslim: 8.2%
Full time students: 7.4%
Graduates 16-74: 43.6%
No Qualifications 16-74: 19%
Owner-Occupied: 41.1%
Social Housing: 35.6% (Council: 20.3%, Housing Ass.: 15.4%)
Privately Rented: 19.6%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 11.9%
I think only Barking, Hillingdon and Kingston are unrepresnted in that list. Interesting that there are as many Tory ex-councillors from Lambeth and Haringey sitting in the Commons as there are current Tory counillors sitting in the combined council chambers of those boroughs
I remember Edward Leigh being the Tory GLC member for (lol) Richmond-upon-Thames, Richmond, but I have no recollection of him being on the Borough Council. Perhaps he was though.
Barnaby, he was a councillor between 1974 and 1978 (according to the Commons website)
When the new London boroughs were created in 1965 -
17 adopted the name of a current borough over the rest.
9 adopted a new name / not one of the constituenct former boroughs.
2 remained unchanged with no name change.
Only one (Kensington & Chelsea) adopted both constituent borough names, though Hammersmith became Hammersmith & Fulham in 1978.
The Fulham identity was perhaps strongest because Chelsea next door had not been lost in Kensington. Was there any attempt in a London borough to re-name the borough in the late 70′s to reflect historical?
New Name (not taken from any borough)
Brent
Camden
Haringey
Havering
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Redbridge
Tower Hamlets
Waltham Forest
One Old Borough Name (others ignored)
Barnet
Bromley
City of Westminster
Croydon
Ealing
Enfield
Greenwich
Hackney
Hammersmith (renamed H & F in 1978)
Kingston Upon Thames
Islington
Lewisham
* Merton (Merton & Mordon)
Richmond Upon Thames
Southwark
Sutton
Wandsworth
Combined Borough Named
Kensington & Chelsea
Borough Boundaries Unchanges
City of London
Harrow
Barking & Dagenham ?
Newham is also missing