Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)

Fulham
Fulham
Former borough constituency; for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	One
Created from	Chelsea
Replaced by	Fulham East and Fulham West
1955–1997
Created from	Fulham East and Fulham West
Replaced by	Hammersmith and Fulham

Fulham was a borough constituency centred on the London district of Fulham. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1918 and from 1955 to 1997.

Fulham in the Metropolitan area, boundaries 1885-1918

Fulham in the County of London, boundaries 1955-74

Between 1918 and 1955 it was divided into two constituencies, Fulham East and Fulham West. At the 1997 general election it was replaced by Hammersmith and Fulham.

History

Boundaries

1885–1918: The parish of Fulham.^[1]

1955–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Fulham wards of Hurlingham, Munster, Sands End, Town, and Walham.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Hammersmith wards of Avonmore, Colehill, Crabtree, Gibbs Green, Helford, Margravine, Parsons Green, Sandford, Sherbrooke, Sulivan, and Town.

1983–1997: The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham wards of Avonmore, Colehill, Crabtree, Eel Brook, Gibbs Green, Margravine, Normand, Palace, Sands End, Sherbrooke, Sulivan, Town, and Walham.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

	Member	Party
1885	William Fisher	Conservative
1906	Timothy Davies	Liberal
1910	William Fisher	Conservative
1918	constituency abolished: see Fulham East and Fulham West

MPs 1955–1997

	Member	Party
1955	Michael Stewart	Labour
1979	Martin Stevens^[a]	Conservative
1986 by-election	Nick Raynsford	Labour
1987	Matthew Carrington	Conservative
1997	constituency abolished: see Hammersmith and Fulham

^ died 1986

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Fulham^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Fisher	2,642	50.5
	Liberal	George W. E. Russell	2,590	49.5
Majority			52	1.0
Turnout			5,232	80.5
Registered electors			6,499
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1886: Fulham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Fisher	2,557	53.2	+2.7
	Liberal	George W. E. Russell	2,247	46.8	−2.7
Majority			310	6.4	+5.4
Turnout			4,804	73.9	−6.6
Registered electors			6,499
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.7

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Fulham^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Fisher	4,365	51.2	−2.0
	Liberal	William David Barnett	4,154	48.8	+2.0
Majority			211	2.4	−4.0
Turnout			8,519	75.6	+1.7
Registered electors			11,266
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.0

General election 1895: Fulham^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Fisher	5,378	56.7	+5.5
	Liberal	Edwin Cornwall	3,915	41.2	−7.6
	Ind. Labour Party	William Parnell	196	2.1	New
Majority			1,463	15.5	+13.1
Turnout			9,489	74.6	−1.0
Registered electors			12,716
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.6

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Fulham^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Fisher	6,541	60.6	+3.9
	Liberal	Edwin Cornwall	4,247	39.4	−1.8
Majority			2,294	21.2	+5.7
Turnout			10,788	65.0	−9.6
Registered electors			16,600
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.8

General election 1906: Fulham^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Timothy Davies	8,037	52.0	+12.6
	Conservative	William Fisher	7,407	48.0	−12.6
Majority			630	4.0	N/A
Turnout			15,444	74.9	+9.9
Registered electors			20,620
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.6

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Fulham^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Fisher	9,690	55.5	+7.5
	Liberal	Fitzroy Hemphill	7,761	44.5	−7.5
Majority			1,929	11.0	N/A
Turnout			17,451	83.1	+8.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.5

General election December 1910: Fulham^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Fisher	8,252	55.8	+0.3
	Liberal	Sylvain Mayer	6,526	44.2	−0.3
Majority			1,726	11.6	+0.6
Turnout			14,778	70.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.3

1917 Fulham by-election^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Fisher	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1955: Fulham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Stewart	23,972	55.04
	Conservative	Mabel Lilian de la Motte	19,578	44.96
Majority			4,394	10.08
Turnout			43,550	78.65
	Labour win

General election 1959: Fulham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Stewart	21,525	53.67
	Conservative	Mabel Lilian de la Motte	18,581	46.33
Majority			2,944	7.34
Turnout			40,106	77.00
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Fulham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Stewart	19,788	56.11
	Conservative	Michael Grylls	14,842	42.09
	Patriotic Party	Arthur Rossi Braybrooke	632	1.80	New
Majority			4,946	14.26
Turnout			35,262	73.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1966: Fulham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Stewart	20,080	58.31
	Conservative	Michael Grylls	13,094	38.03
	Independent Liberal	Elisa Sheriff	716	2.08	New
	Communist	Peter Robson	256	0.74	New
	Radical Alliance	Pat Arrowsmith	163	0.47	New
	Patriotic Party	Arthur Rossi Braybrooke	126	0.37	−1.43
Majority			6,986	20.28
Turnout			34,435	76.38
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Fulham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Stewart	16,312	55.0	−3.3
	Conservative	Ian Mactaggart	12,807	43.2	+5.2
	Radical Alliance	Pat Arrowsmith	421	1.4	+0.9
	Anti-Election	Roger Moody	112	0.4	New
Majority			3,505	11.8	−8.5
Turnout			29,652	68.8	−7.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Fulham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Stewart	20,995	46.13
	Conservative	Martin Stevens	17,446	38.33
	Liberal	Gerald Arthur Dowden	6,105	13.41
	National Front	H Smithies	966	2.12	New
Majority			3,549	7.80
Turnout			45,512	78.53
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Fulham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Stewart	20,616	49.87
	Conservative	Martin Stevens	15,295	37.00
	Liberal	GA Dowden	4,577	11.07
	National Front	J Cordrey	855	2.07
Majority			5,321	12.87
Turnout			41,343	71.44
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1979: Fulham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Martin Stevens	20,249	46.68
	Labour	Barrington Stead^[11]	18,750	43.22
	Liberal	David Rendel	3,882	8.95
	National Front	R Pearce	478	0.99
Majority			1,499	3.46
Turnout			43,359	76.05
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Fulham^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Stevens	18,204	46.18	−0.52
	Labour	Anthony Powell	13,415	34.03	−9.19
	Liberal	David Rendel	9,174	18.25	+9.30
	Ecology	Janet Grimes	277	0.70	New
	National Front	R Pearce	229	0.58	−0.57
	Independent Liberal	J Keats	102	0.26	New
Majority			4,798	12.15	+8.69
Turnout			39,421	76.05	−0.03
	Conservative hold		Swing

1986 Fulham by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Raynsford	16,451	43.20	+9.17
	Conservative	Matthew Carrington	12,948	34.00	−12.18
	SDP	Roger Liddle	6,953	18.26	+0.01
	England Demands Repatriation	Jane Birdwood	226	0.59	New
	Monster Raving Loony	David Sutch	134	0.35	New
	Connoisseur Wine Party	John Creighton	127	0.33	New
	Democratic Rights for Northern Ireland	James Black	98	0.26	New
	Fellowship	Geoffrey Rolph	39	0.1	New
	Humanist	Jon Swinden	38	0.1	New
	Captain Rainbows Universal Party	Liza Duke	37	0.1	New
	All Party Anti-Common Market	Reginald Simmerson	33	0.09	New
Majority			3,503	9.20
Turnout			38,084
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1987: Fulham^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Carrington	21,752	51.78	+5.60
	Labour	Nick Raynsford	15,430	36.73	+2.70
	SDP	Paul Marshall	4,365	10.39	−7.86
	Green	Janet Grimes	465	1.11	+0.41
Majority			6,322	15.05	+2.90
Turnout			42,012	77.09	+1.04
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Fulham^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Carrington	21,438	53.4	+1.6
	Labour	Nick P. Moore	14,859	37.0	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter M. Crystal	3,339	8.3	−2.1
	Green	Elizabeth G.A. Streeter	443	1.1	0.0
	Natural Law	John V. Darby	91	0.2	New
Majority			6,579	16.4	+1.4
Turnout			40,170	75.9	−1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.7

References

^ "Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885". The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1885. pp. 111–198.
^ 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
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
^ Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 13. ISBN 0102374805.
^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
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

[2] 1986

[1] "Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885". The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1885. pp. 111–198.

[3] British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig

[4] British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig

[5] British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig

[6] British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig

[7] British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig

[8] British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig

[9] British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig

[10] British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig

[11] British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig

[ee79-12] Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 13. ISBN 0102374805.

[electoralcalculus1983-13] "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[electoralcalculus1987-14] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[electoralcalculus1992-15] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[16] "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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