| Fulham | |
|---|---|
| Formerborough constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Chelsea |
| Replaced by | Fulham East andFulham West |
| 1955–1997 | |
| Created from | Fulham East andFulham West |
| Replaced by | Hammersmith and Fulham |
Fulham was aborough constituency centred on theLondon district ofFulham. It was represented in theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom from1885 until1918 and from1955 to1997.


Between1918 and1955 it was divided into two constituencies,Fulham East andFulham West. At the1997 general election it was replaced byHammersmith and Fulham.
Somewhat less affluent than itsWest London neighbourChelsea, Fulham nevertheless was predominantly a safe Conservative seat in its first incarnation between 1885-1918, aside from a brief period of Liberal representation between 1906-1910.
Fulham was then divided into two constituencies (East and West), which were initially Conservative until Labour started gradually reducing the majorities in both seats, firstly gaining Fulham East in a by-election in 1933, then Fulham West in another by-election in 1938, eventually holding both seats from 1945 until Fulham became a single constituency again in 1955.
The Labour Party held the seat until 1979, when the Conservative Party gained Fulham inMargaret Thatcher's first administration, the first time they had represented the area since theSecond World War, as the area became increasingly gentrified and more inclined to the Conservatives, although Labour gained the seat in a 1986 by-election. The Conservatives regained the seat in the following year's General Election and held the seat until 1997, when the Fulham constituency was abolished, becoming part of the newHammersmith and Fulham constituency, gained by Labour in their landslide victory underTony Blair.
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.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | William Fisher | Conservative | |
| 1906 | Timothy Davies | Liberal | |
| 1910 | William Fisher | Conservative | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished: seeFulham East andFulham West | ||
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Michael Stewart | Labour | |
| 1979 | Martin Stevens[a] | Conservative | |
| 1986 by-election | Nick Raynsford | Labour | |
| 1987 | Matthew Carrington | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: seeHammersmith and Fulham | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||

| 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 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +2.7 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -2.0 | |||

| 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 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +6.6 | |||

| 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 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +2.8 | |||

| 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 | ||||
| Liberalgain fromConservative | Swing | +12.6 | |||

| 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 | ||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal | Swing | +7.5 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | William Fisher | Unopposed | |||
| Unionisthold | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Labourwin | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 38,084 | ||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +0.7 | |||