1885–1918 1885–1918: The parishes of St Peter and St Paul, Hammersmith. 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 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. This was the first parliamentary constituency to be based on the town, which from 1868 to 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. 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.
1983–1997 The second parliamentary borough constituency of Hammersmith was created in 1983. 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. 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.
2010–2024 Following a review of parliamentary boundaries in
North London, the
Boundary Commission for England recreated the 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 2010 Hammersmith constituency was made up of the following 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, Shepherds Bush Green, and Wormholt and White City. The 2005 notional result was
Labour 44.6%,
Conservative 31.1% and
Liberal Democrat 19.2%. == Constituency profile ==