Electorate 62,958 (December 2010) Number of members 1 | Population 105,697 (2011 census) Created 2010 | |
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Chelsea and Fulham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Greg Hands of the Conservative Party.
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Boundaries
Chelsea and Fulham constituency is made up of the following electoral wards:
2010 boundary change
Following the review of parliamentary representation to seek equal 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 mainstay but not comprehensive seats Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea as the "spillover" cross-boundary seats of Regents Park and Kensington North and Ealing Acton and Shepherds Bush.
Kensington was recreated, having previously been a constituency historically — equally the Hammersmith seat was revived.
Political history
Comprising affluent areas and opulent private housing in London with the little social housing in this division concentrated at the smaller than ward-size Worlds End Estate, this is the safest urban Conservative seat in the country based on length of tenure, size of majorities. 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, five areas voted more strongly towards the Conservative Party: Richmond (Yorks), Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire (Bucks), Windsor, Hampshire North East and Chesham and Amersham also in Bucks.
Proposed boundary expansion
To return to a reduced the number of MPs (600 nationally) it is proposed to have a general expansion on all boundaries to the north away from the River Thames southern boundary and to create a straighter northern boundary, this introduces the more marginal wards Earls Court and North End, and a safer ward for the incumbent party, Courtfield partially within South Kensington.
Constituency profile
The Premiership 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.
Elections
For results of predecessor seats, see Kensington and Chelsea, and Hammersmith and Fulham.
Elections in the 2010s
* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 ParliamentThe 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.