Hammersmith is a constituency[n 1] in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 recreation by Andy Slaughter of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Boundaries
Boundaries 1885–1918
The parliamentary borough of Hammersmith was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and consisted of the civil parish of Hammersmith (in Middlesex only until 1889 when it fell within the approximately 30,000 acres (120 km2) that became part of the County of London under the Local Government Act 1888). Like almost all seats created from 1885 it returned one Member of Parliament.[1] This was the first parliamentary constituency to be based on the town, which from 1868–1885 was at the westernmost part of Chelsea and previously had been part of the parliamentary county of Middlesex. In 1900 the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith was formed, but this did not affect the constituency's boundaries.[2]
The seat bordered to the west the Ealing seat, to the north the large Harrow division of Middlesex seat, to the east Kensington North and Kensington South and to the south the large Kingston division of Surrey and, to the southeast, Fulham. In 1918 the Hammersmith constituency was divided into Hammersmith North and Hammersmith South constituencies.
Boundaries 1983–1997
The second parliamentary borough constituency of Hammersmith was created in 1983.[3] By then the area was part of Greater London and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (both created in 1965). The constituency consisted of ten wards of the London borough, namely Addison, Broadway, Brook Green, College Park and Old Oak, Coningham, Grove, Ravenscourt, Starch Green, White City and Shepherd's Bush, and Wormholt. The seat was entirely formed from the previous Hammersmith North constituency.
BBC Television Centre, Shepherd's Bush Market and the Hammersmith Apollo was in this version of the constituency for its 14-year existence, however Westfield London shopping centre had not yet been built.
The constituency was abolished in 1997 and mostly replaced by Hammersmith and Fulham. A northern slice of the seat became part of Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush. The new Hammersmith and Fulham constituency included the town centres of both Hammersmith and Fulham.[4]
Boundaries from 2010
Following a review of parliamentary boundaries in North London, the Boundary Commission for England created a new Hammersmith constituency for the 2010 general election, following major changes in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The review also created new seats of Chelsea and Fulham and Kensington.
The current Hammersmith constituency is made up of ten electoral wards of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham:
- Addison
- Askew
- Avonmore and Brook Green
- College Park and Old Oak
- Fulham Reach
- Hammersmith Broadway
- North End
- Ravenscourt Park
- Shepherd's Bush Green
- Wormholt and White City
The 2005 notional result was Labour 44.6%, Conservative 31.1% and Liberal Democrat 19.2%.[5]
Constituency profile
The constituency includes the western part of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, stretching from Wormwood Scrubs down to the River Thames. It takes in the commercial and business hub of Hammersmith itself, parts of northwestern Fulham, the western part of Earl's Court (the Exhibition Centre itself straddles the boundary between this constituency and the Kensington seat), West Kensington, Shepherd's Bush, and White City. The seat has northern areas with a much higher proportion of social housing dependency than the London average and overall this leads to the seat having slightly higher rates of unemployment and underemployment.[6]
Members of Parliament
MPs 1885–1918
MPs 1983–1997
MPs 2010–
Elections
Election results since 2010
The percentage change values were based on the 2005 notional results because this was a newly created seat.
- * Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament for the seat of Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush
Election results 1983–1992
- Both Starks and Knott were official candidates of their respective local parties and both supported the Alliance between the Liberals and the SDP, however Starks was given endorsement by the both national parties.
Elections in the 1910s
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Sir W.J. Bull
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1890s
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W.C. Steadman
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Frank Smith
Elections in the 1880s
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- References
- ↑ Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, (48 & 49 Vict.) c. 23, Schedule 4
- ↑ F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England, London, 1979
- ↑ The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983 No. 417)
- ↑ The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995 No. 1626)
- ↑ Hammersmith UK Polling Report
- ↑ 2001 Census
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/Council_and_Democracy/Democracy_and_Elections/Electoral_services/Useful_links/195233_General_Election_7_May_2015_results.asp 3Aug15
- ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/hammersmith-2015.html
- ↑ http://millicentscottlibdem.weebly.com/
- ↑ http://london.greenparty.org.uk/elections/2015-general-election.html
- ↑ "9a0". Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ Election 2010 – Hammersmith BBC News
- ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
- ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
Sources
Coordinates: 51°31′N 0°14′W / 51.51°N 0.23°W / 51.51; -0.23