Hammersmith (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Hammersmith Borough constituency |
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| Hammersmith shown within Greater London | |
| Created: | in time for 2007 to 2010 election |
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| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater London |
| EP constituency: | London |
Hammersmith was in the past and will be again a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It will elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
[edit] 1885-1918 incarnation
The parliamentary borough of Hammersmith was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and consisted of the civil parish of Hammersmith, Middlesex. It returned one member of parliament.[1] This was the first parliamentary constituency to be based on the town, which previously had been part of the parliamentary county of Middlesex. In 1889 Hammersmith was transferred to the County of London and in 1900 the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith was formed, but this did not effect the constituency's boundaries.[2]
The parliamentary constituency bordered to the west the Ealing seat, to the north the Harrow division of Middlesex, to the east Kensington North and Kensington South and to the south the Kingston division of Surrey as well as Fulham. In 1918 the Hammersmith constituency was divided into Hammersmith North and Hammersmith South constituencies.
[edit] 1983-1997 incarnation
The second parliamentary borough 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 Shepherds Bush and Wormholt. The seat was entirely formed from the previous Hammersmith North constituency.
The constituency was abolished in 1997 and replaced by Hammersmith and Fulham. The new constituency included the town centres of both Hammersmith and Fulham.[4]
[edit] From the next election
Following a review of parliamentary boundaries in North London, the Boundary Commission for England has created a new Hammersmith constituency, following major changes in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The review has created new seats for both Chelsea and Fulham and Kensington. Hammersmith constituency is formed from the following electoral wards;
- Addison (ward)
- Askew (ward)
- Avonmore and Brook Green (ward)
- College Park and Old Oak (ward)
- Fulham Reach (ward)
- Hammersmith Broadway (ward)
- North End (Hammershith and Fulham ward)
- Ravenscourt Park (ward)
- Shepherd's Bush Green (ward)
- Wormholt (ward)
- White City (ward)
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | constituency created | ||
| 1885 | Walter Tuckfield Goldsworthy | Conservative | |
| 1900 | Sir William James Bull | Conservative | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished - subsequently see Hammersmith North and Hammersmith South | ||
| 1983 | constituency created | ||
| 1983 | Clive Stafford Soley | Labour | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished - subsequently see Hammersmith and Fulham | ||
Previous versions of the Hammersmith constituency existed from 1885 to 1918 and 1983 to 1997. The more recent one was held by Clive Soley of Labour for its entire existence.
[edit] Election results
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [5] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Shaun Bailey | ||||
| Labour | Andrew Slaughter | ||||
[edit] 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, UKPollingReport
[edit] See also
- Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London
- Hammersmith and Fulham
[edit] References
- 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)
