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{{Short description|UK Parliament constituency since 2010}}
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| population = 105,697 (2011 census)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6507813&c=&d=27&e=62&g=6430187&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1422104706393&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473 |title=Chelsea and Fulham: Usual Resident Population, 2011 |website=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=21 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221194239/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6507813&c=&d=27&e=62&g=6430187&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1422104706393&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473 |archive-date=21 February 2015}}</ref>
| population = 105,697 (2011 census)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6507813&c=&d=27&e=62&g=6430187&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1422104706393&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473 |title=Chelsea and Fulham: Usual Resident Population, 2011 |website=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=21 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221194239/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6507813&c=&d=27&e=62&g=6430187&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1422104706393&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473 |archive-date=21 February 2015}}</ref>
|electorate = 76,481 (2023)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/2023-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-london/#lg_chelsea-and-fulham-bc-76481
|electorate = 62,958 (December 2010)<ref>{{cite web
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'''Chelsea and Fulham''' is a [[constituency]] represented in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]] since its [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] creation. It is currently represented by [[Greg Hands]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]. He was the MP for the former neighbouring constituency of [[Hammersmith and Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)|Hammersmith and Fulham]] from 2005 to 2010 before it was abolished. He is currently the [[Chairman of the Conservative Party]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64552127 |title=Sunak reshuffle: Shapps named energy secretary in department shake-up |work=BBC News |date=7 February 2023 |access-date=7 February 2023}}</ref>
'''Chelsea and Fulham''' is a [[Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom|constituency]] in [[Greater London]] represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]] by [[Ben Coleman (politician)|Ben Coleman]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].


==Boundaries==
==Boundaries==
=== 2010–2024 ===
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Chelsea and Fulham constituency is made up of the following electoral wards:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/cgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Chelsea%20and%20Fulham|title=Seat Details|website=Electoral Calculus|access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref>

*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.

===2010 boundary change===
Following the review of parliamentary representation in [[London]], the boroughs of [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea|Kensington and Chelsea]] and [[Hammersmith and Fulham]] were paired for constituency allocation purposes and allocated three seats between them.
Following the review of parliamentary representation in [[London]], the boroughs of [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea|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 mainstay{{clarify|date=October 2019}} but not comprehensive{{clarify|date=October 2019}} seats [[Hammersmith and Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)|Hammersmith and Fulham]] and [[Kensington and Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)|Kensington and Chelsea]] with their "spillover" cross-boundary seats of [[Regent's Park and Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Regents Park and Kensington North]] and [[Ealing Acton and Shepherds Bush (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing Acton and Shepherds Bush]].
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 (UK Parliament constituency)|Hammersmith and Fulham]] and [[Kensington and Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)|Kensington and Chelsea]] with their "spillover" cross-boundary seats of [[Regent's Park and Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Regents Park and Kensington North]] and [[Ealing Acton and Shepherds Bush (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing Acton and Shepherds Bush]].


The historical constituency of [[Kensington (UK Parliament constituency)|Kensington]] was recreated, and the [[Hammersmith (UK Parliament constituency)|Hammersmith]] seat was also revived.
The historical constituency of [[Kensington (UK Parliament constituency)|Kensington]] was recreated, and the [[Hammersmith (UK Parliament constituency)|Hammersmith]] seat was also revived.

The new constituency of Chelsea and Fulham was made up of the following electoral wards:<ref>{{cite web |title=Seat Details |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/cgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Chelsea%20and%20Fulham |access-date=9 April 2019 |website=Electoral Calculus}}</ref>

*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 United Kingdom general election|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 3 London region}}</ref>

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 (UK Parliament constituency)|Hammersmith]]. The whole of the Kensington and Chelsea ward of [[Brompton, London|Brompton]] and Hans Town is now included in the new constituency of [[Kensington and Bayswater (UK Parliament constituency)|Kensington and Bayswater]].


==Political history==
==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. This is the safest urban Conservative seat in the country based on length of tenure{{Fix|text=seems unlikely as the seat has recently been created}} and size of majorities. An alternative in-depth analysis, of local elections, confirms one [[wards of the United Kingdom|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 (UK)|Conservative Party]]: [[Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond (Yorkshire)]], [[Beaconsfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Beaconsfield]] in [[Buckinghamshire]], [[Windsor (UK Parliament constituency)|Windsor]] ([[Berkshire]]), [[Hampshire North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Hampshire North East]] and [[Chesham and Amersham (UK Parliament constituency)|Chesham and Amersham]] also in Buckinghamshire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/orderedseats.html|title=Majority Sorted Seats|website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk|access-date=24 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409214546/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/orderedseats.html|archive-date=9 April 2016}}</ref>
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 [[wards of the United Kingdom|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 (UK)|Conservative Party]]: [[Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond (Yorkshire)]], [[Beaconsfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Beaconsfield]] in [[Buckinghamshire]], [[Windsor (UK Parliament constituency)|Windsor]] ([[Berkshire]]), [[Hampshire North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Hampshire North East]] and [[Chesham and Amersham (UK Parliament constituency)|Chesham and Amersham]] also in Buckinghamshire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/orderedseats.html|title=Majority Sorted Seats|website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk|access-date=24 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409214546/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/orderedseats.html|archive-date=9 April 2016}}</ref>


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 (UK Parliament constituency)|Romford]] and [[Bexleyheath and Crayford (UK Parliament constituency)|Bexleyheath and Crayford]] proving safer for the Tories despite previously electing Labour MPs in the Blair era, whilst Chelsea never did).
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 (UK Parliament constituency)|Romford]] and [[Bexleyheath and Crayford (UK Parliament constituency)|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.
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.

==Proposed boundary expansion==
To return to a reduced the number of MPs (600 nationally) it was proposed that the Chelsea and Fulham constituency would be abolished and merged into two constituencies of Hammersmith & Fulham, a notional Labour seat, and Kensington & Chelsea, a notional Conservative seat.<ref>{{cite web |title=Interactive map of proposed New Boundary Seats 2018 |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/openseatmap.html?seats=2018 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk |access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref>


==Constituency profile==
==Constituency profile==
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| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
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| [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]]
| [[Ben Coleman (politician)|Ben Coleman]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|}
|}


==Elections==
==Elections==
For results of predecessor seats, see [[Kensington and Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)|Kensington and Chelsea]], and [[Hammersmith and Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)|Hammersmith and Fulham]].
For results of predecessor seats, see [[Kensington and Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)|Kensington and Chelsea]], and [[Hammersmith and Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)|Hammersmith and Fulham]].

=== Elections in the 2020s ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2024 United Kingdom general election|General election 2024]]: Chelsea and Fulham<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/Statement-of-Persons-Nominated-Chelsea-and-Fulham-final-web02.pdf |title=Statement of Person Nominated and Notice of Poll: Chelsea and Fulham Constituency |publisher=Hammersmith and Fulham Council|date=7 June 2024}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[Ben Coleman (politician)|Ben Coleman]]|votes=18,556|percentage=39.4|change=+10.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Greg Hands]]|votes=18,404|percentage=39.1|change=–6.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Blaise Baquiche|votes=3,611|percentage=7.7|change=–16.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Anthony Goodwin|votes=3,144|percentage=6.7|change=+6.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Mona Crocker|votes=2,798|percentage=5.9|change=+5.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Workers Party of Britain
|candidate=Sabi Patwary
|votes=538
|percentage=1.1
|change=''N/A''
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Heritage Party (UK)
|candidate=David Poulden
|votes=65
|percentage=0.1
|change=''N/A''
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{{Election box majority
|votes=152
|percentage= 0.3
|change=''N/A''
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{{Election box turnout
|votes=47,116
|percentage=60.1
|change=-11.6
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{{Election box registered electors
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner=Labour Party (UK)
|loser=Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = {{increase}}8.4
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===Elections in the 2010s===
===Elections in the 2010s===

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! colspan="4" | [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]] [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies|notional result]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/5 |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 |date= |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=[[UK Parliament]]}}</ref>
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| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] ||align=right| 15,916 ||align=right| 29.1
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| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] ||align=right| 13,053 ||align=right| 23.8
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| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
| Others ||align=right| 500 ||align=right| 0.9
|-
| {{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}}
| [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]] ||align=right| 228 ||align=right| 0.4
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| {{party color cell|Brexit Party}}
| [[Brexit Party]] ||align=right| 175 ||align=right| 0.3
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|colspan="2"|'''Turnout'''
|align=right|54,781
|align=right|71.6
|-
|colspan="2"|'''Electorate'''
|align=right|76,481
|}


{{Election box begin|title=[[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: Chelsea and Fulham<ref>{{cite web|title=Candidates for Chelsea and Fulham Constituency 2019 general election|url=https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/sites/default/files/section_attachments/chelsea_and_fulham_statement_of_persons_nominated_general_election_2019.pdf|website=London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham|access-date=15 Nov 2019}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: Chelsea and Fulham<ref>{{cite web|title=Candidates for Chelsea and Fulham Constituency 2019 general election|url=https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/sites/default/files/section_attachments/chelsea_and_fulham_statement_of_persons_nominated_general_election_2019.pdf|website=London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham|access-date=15 Nov 2019}}</ref>
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180216152334/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/edates.htm Politics Resources] (Election results from 1922 onwards)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180216152334/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/edates.htm Politics Resources] (Election results from 1922 onwards)
*[http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/flatfile.html Electoral Calculus] (Election results from 1955 onwards)
*[http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/flatfile.html Electoral Calculus] (Election results from 1955 onwards)
*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65818.html Chelsea and Fulham UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK''
*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168570.html Chelsea and Fulham UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK''


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Latest revision as of 16:49, 3 August 2024

Chelsea and Fulham
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Location within Greater London
CountyGreater London
Population105,697 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate76,481 (2023)[2]
Current constituency
Created2010
Member of ParliamentBen Coleman (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromKensington 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

[edit]

2010–2024

[edit]

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:[3]

2024-present

[edit]

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.[4]

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

[edit]

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.[5]

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

[edit]

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

[edit]
Election Member[6] Party
2010 Greg Hands Conservative
2024 Ben Coleman Labour

Elections

[edit]

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

Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Chelsea and Fulham[7]
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 Increase8.4

Elections in the 2010s

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2019 notional result[8]
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[9]
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[10][11][12]
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[13][14][15]
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[16]
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.[17]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Seat Details". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  4. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
  5. ^ "Majority Sorted Seats". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  6. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
  7. ^ "Statement of Person Nominated and Notice of Poll: Chelsea and Fulham Constituency" (PDF). Hammersmith and Fulham Council. 7 June 2024.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Candidates for Chelsea and Fulham Constituency 2019 general election" (PDF). London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Chelsea and Fulham Parliamentary constituency". BBC. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015.
  12. ^ "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)
  13. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  14. ^ election result "General Election 7 May 2015 - Hammersmith & Fulham". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015. 3Aug15
  15. ^ "Chelsea & Fulham parliamentary constituency - Election 2017". Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  16. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  17. ^ Times Online guide to the Chelsea and Fulham constituency Archived April 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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