Hammersmith (UK Parliament constituency)

Hammersmith
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hammersmith in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	70,008 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of parliament	Andy Slaughter (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Hammersmith and Fulham & Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush
1983–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Hammersmith and Fulham & Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush
Created from	Hammersmith North
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Hammersmith North, Hammersmith South
Created from	Chelsea
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

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

	Member	Party
1885	Walter Tuckfield Goldsworthy	Conservative
1900	William James Bull	Conservative
1918	Constituency abolished: see Hammersmith North and Hammersmith South

MPs 1983–1997

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1983	Clive Soley	Labour	later Baron Soley
	1997	Constituency abolished: see Hammersmith and Fulham

MPs 2010–

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	2010	Andy Slaughter	Labour	previously MP for Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush 2005–2010

Elections

Election results since 2010

General Election 2015: Hammersmith^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Slaughter	23,981	50.0	+6.1
	Conservative	Charlie Dewhirst^[9]	17,463	36.4	0.0
	Liberal Democrat	Millicent Scott^[10]	2,224	4.6	-11.3
	Green	David Akan^[11]	2,105	4.4	+2.9
	UKIP	Richard Wood^[12]	2,105	4.4	+3.2
	Independent	Stephen Brennan	82	0.2	+0.2
Majority			6,518	13.6	+6.1
Turnout			47,960	66.4	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.0

The percentage change values were based on the 2005 notional results because this was a newly created seat.

General Election 2010: Hammersmith^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Slaughter*	20,810	43.9	+1.5
	Conservative	Shaun Bailey	17,261	36.4	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Merlene Emerson	7,567	15.9	-3.0
	Green	Rollo Miles	696	1.5	-2.6
	UKIP	Vanessa Crichton	551	1.2	+0.6
	BNP	James Searle	432	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Stephen Brennan	135	0.3	+0.3
Majority			3,549	7.5
Turnout			47,452	65.6	+7.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.5

* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament for the seat of Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush

Election results 1983–1992

General Election 1992: Hammersmith^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Soley	17,329	51.0	+6.0
	Conservative	JA Hennessy	12,575	37.0	−1.1
	Liberal Democrat	JH Bates	3,380	10.0	−5.0
	Green	RS Crosskey	546	1.6	+0.3
	Natural Law	KA Turner	89	0.3	+0.3
	Anti-Federalist League	Miss H Szamuely	41	0.1	+0.1
Majority			4,754	14.0	+7.1
Turnout			33,960	71.5	−1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.6

General Election 1987: Hammersmith^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Soley	15,811	45.01
	Conservative	Nirj Deva	13,396	38.14
	Liberal	Simon Harold John Arthur Knott	5,241	14.92
	Green	D.P. Kirk	453	1.29
	Red Front	P.J.F. Fitzpatrick	125	0.36
	Humanist	M.M.A Carrick	98	0.28
Majority			2,415	6.88
Turnout				72.74
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Hammersmith^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Soley	13,645	41.47
	Conservative	N. Mansfield	11,691	35.53
	Social Democratic	M. Starks	4,925	14.97
	Liberal	Simon Harold John Arthur Knott	1,912	5.81
	Ecology	D. Sutherland	325	0.99
	National Front	L. Bennett	250	0.76
	Workers Revolutionary	C. Dixon	81	0.25
	Independent	P. Dick	73	0.22
Majority			1,954	5.94
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

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

William Bull

December 1910 General Election: Hammersmith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William James Bull	5,807	55.6	1.0
	Liberal	George Blaiklock	4,645	44.4	-1.0
Majority			1,162
Turnout			14,362	72.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

January 1910 General Election: Hammersmith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William James Bull	6,668	54.6	6.2
	Liberal	George Blaiklock	5,542	45.4	2.2
Majority			1,126
Turnout			14,362	85.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

1906 General Election: Hammersmith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William James Bull	5,111	48.4	-23.2
	Liberal	George Blaiklock	4,562	43.2	14.8
	Independent Labour	G. Belt	885	8.4
Majority			549
Turnout			14,007	75.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

1900 General Election: Hammersmith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William James Bull	5,458	71.6	10.8
	Liberal	Michael Emil Lange	2,166	28.4	-10.8
Majority			3,292
Turnout			13,064	58.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

1895 General Election: Hammersmith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Tuckfield Goldsworthy	5,017	60.8	6.7
	Lib-Lab	William Charles Steadman	3,238	39.2	-6.7
Majority			1,779
Turnout			12,378	66.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

1892 General Election: Hammersmith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Tuckfield Goldsworthy	4,387	54.1	-8.7
	Lib-Lab	Frank Samuel Smith	3,718	45.9	8.7
Majority			669
Turnout			11,534	70.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

1886 General Election: Hammersmith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Major-Gen. Walter Tuckfield Goldsworthy	3,991	62.8	4.9
	Liberal	F. Dethridge	2,362	37.2	-4.9
Majority			1,629
Turnout			9,611	66.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

1885 General Election: Hammersmith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Major-Gen. Walter Tuckfield Goldsworthy	4,264	57.9
	Liberal	Thomas Chatfeild Clarke	3,095	42.1
Majority			1,169
Turnout			9,611	76.6
	Conservative gain from new seat		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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 17 October 2015. 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.

Sources

British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901
Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918
Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium, by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber 1984)
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)

Constituencies in London (73)

Labour (45)	Barking Bermondsey and Old Southwark Bethnal Green and Bow Brent Central Brentford and Isleworth Brent North Camberwell and Peckham Croydon North Dagenham and Rainham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing Central and Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hampstead and Kilburn Holborn and St. Pancras Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West and Penge Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden Poplar and Limehouse Streatham Tooting Tottenham Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Westminster North

Conservative (27)	Battersea Beckenham Bexleyheath and Crayford Bromley and Chislehurst Chelsea and Fulham Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon South Enfield Southgate Finchley and Golders Green Harrow East Hendon Hornchurch and Upminster Kensington Kingston and Surbiton Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Putney Richmond Park Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Sutton and Cheam Twickenham Uxbridge and South Ruislip Wimbledon

Liberal Democrats (1)	Carshalton and Wallington

London European constituency: Labour (4) Conservative (2) Green (1) UKIP (1)

Historic constituencies in London

1885	Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green South West Bow and Bromley Brixton Camberwell North Chelsea City of London Clapham Deptford Dulwich Finsbury Central Finsbury East Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North Hackney South Haggerston Hammersmith Hampstead Holborn Hoxton Islington East Islington North Islington South Islington West Kennington Kensington North Kensington South Lambeth North Lewisham Limehouse Marylebone East Marylebone West Mile End Newington West Norwood Paddington North Paddington South Peckham Poplar Rotherhithe Southwark West St George St George's Hanover Square St Pancras East St Pancras North St Pancras South St Pancras West Stepney Strand Walworth Wandsworth Westminster Whitechapel Woolwich

1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

Coordinates: 51°31′N 0°14′W / 51.51°N 0.23°W / 51.51; -0.23

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