Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council

Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council
Whole council elected every four years
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Type
Type	London borough council of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Structure
Labour	26 / 46
Conservatives	20 / 46
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	22 May 2014
Next election	2018
Meeting place
Hammersmith Town Hall
Website
www.lbhf.gov.uk

Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. Hammersmith and Fulham is divided into 16 wards, electing a total of 46 councillors.^[1] The borough council provides some shared services with Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster. The council was created by the London Government Act 1963 as the Hammersmith London Borough Council and replaced two local authorities: Hammersmith Metropolitan Borough Council and Fulham Metropolitan Borough Council. The council was renamed on 1 January 1980.

History

A map showing the wards of Hammersmith and Fulham since 2002

There have previously been a number of local authorities responsible for the Hammersmith and Fulham area. The current local authority was first elected in 1964, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the London Borough of Hammersmith on 1 April 1965. Hammersmith London Borough Council replaced Hammersmith Metropolitan Borough Council and Fulham Metropolitan Borough Council. Both had been created in 1900, replacing parish vestries. Fulham was an ancient parish covering broadly the same area as the current borough. Hammersmith was governed by a separate vestry from 1631 and was formally split off as a separate civil parish in 1834. They were joined for local government from 1855 to 1886 as the Fulham District of the Metropolis, governed by the Fulham District Board of Works.

It was envisaged through the London Government Act 1963 that Hammersmith as a London local authority would share power with the Greater London Council. The split of powers and functions meant that the Greater London Council was responsible for "wide area" services such as fire, ambulance, flood prevention, and refuse disposal; with the local authorities responsible for "personal" services such as social care, libraries, cemeteries and refuse collection. The council was renamed on 1 January 1979. The two tier arrangement lasted until 1986 when Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council gained responsibility for some services that had been provided by the Greater London Council, such as waste disposal. Hammersmith and Fulham became an education authority in 1990. Since 2000 the Greater London Authority has taken some responsibility for highways and planning control from the council, but within the English local government system the council remains a "most purpose" authority in terms of the available range of powers and functions.

Finances

Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council is the billing authority for Council Tax, and collects a precepts on behalf of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority the Greater London Authority and Transport for London.

Elections

Main article: Hammersmith and Fulham local elections

Overall control since inception.^[2]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1964 - 1968
Conservative	1968 - 1971
Labour	1971 - 1978
No overall control	1978 - 1986
Labour	1986 - 2006
Conservative	2006 - 2014
Labour	2014 - Present

References

↑ Councillors London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulhan
↑ "Local elections: Hammersmith & Fulham". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-10-16.

External links

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham website

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Leicestershire	LGC Council of the Year 2010	Succeeded by Blackburn with Darwen

Local authorities in London

Regional	Greater London Authority

City of London	Corporation of London Inner Temple Middle Temple

London borough councils	Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

Districts	Brook Green Chelsea Harbour (including Imperial Wharf) College Park East Acton Fulham Hammersmith Old Oak Common Parsons Green Sands End Shepherd's Bush Walham Green West Kensington White City

Attractions	BBC Television Centre Bush Theatre Craven Cottage football stadium Fulham Palace Hammersmith Apollo Linford Christie Stadium Loftus Road (football stadium) Lyric Theatre Olympia Leighton House Museum O2 Shepherds Bush Empire Queen's Club Stamford Bridge (stadium)

Parks and open spaces	Bishops Park Eel Brook Common Hurlingham Park Normand Park Ravenscourt Park Shepherd's Bush Common South Park Wormholt Park Wormwood Scrubs

Constituencies	Chelsea and Fulham Hammersmith

Bridges	Battersea Railway Bridge Fulham Railway Bridge Hammersmith Bridge Putney Bridge Wandsworth Bridge

Tube and rail stations	Barons Court East Acton Fulham Broadway Goldhawk Road Hammersmith (Hammersmith & City and Circle lines) Hammersmith (Piccadilly and District lines) Imperial Wharf railway station Parsons Green Putney Bridge Ravenscourt Park Shepherd's Bush Shepherd's Bush railway station Shepherd's Bush Market West Kensington White City Wood Lane

Pubs	Aragon House The Black Lion The Blue Anchor The Cock The Cross Keys The Dove Duke of Cumberland Eight Bells, Fulham The George, Hammersmith Golden Lion Hampshire Hog The Hop Poles Hope and Anchor The King's Head Laurie Arms Queen's Head, Brook Green Rutland Arms Salutation The Swan Temperance Billiard Hall, Fulham The White Horse former Coachmakers Arms, Hammersmith former The Favourite former Seven Stars, West Kensington

Other topics	Coat of arms Council Grade I and II* listed buildings People Public art Schools

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