Wyvill Richard Nicolls Raynsford,known as Nick Raynsford,is a British politician who served as a government minister from 1997 to 2005. A member of the Labour Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Greenwich and Woolwich,formerly Greenwich,from 1992 to 2015,having previously been MP for Fulham from 1986 to 1987.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is an Inner London borough with royal status. It is the smallest borough in London and the second smallest district in England;it is one of the most densely populated administrative regions in the United Kingdom. It includes affluent areas such as Notting Hill,Kensington,South Kensington,Chelsea,and Knightsbridge.
The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is a London borough in West London and which also forms part of Inner London. The borough was formed in 1965 as the London Borough of Hammersmith from the merger of the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Fulham and Hammersmith. The name was changed to Hammersmith and Fulham in 1979. The borough borders Brent to the north,the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to the east,Wandsworth to the south,Richmond upon Thames to the south west,and Hounslow and Ealing to the west.
Fulham is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London,England,3.6 miles (5.8 km) southwest of Charing Cross. It lies in a loop on the north bank of the River Thames,bordering Hammersmith,Kensington and Chelsea,with which it shares the area known as West Brompton. Over the Thames Fulham faces Wandsworth,Putney,the London Wetland Centre in Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
Ivor Seward Richard,Baron Richard,was a British Labour politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1964 until 1974. He was also a member of the European Commission and latterly sat as a life peer in the House of Lords.
Gregory William Hands is a British politician who served as Minister for London and Minister of State for Trade Policy from November 2023 to July 2024. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelsea and Fulham,previously Hammersmith and Fulham,from 2005 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as its Chairman from February to November 2023. Hands has served as Minister of State for Trade Policy under four prime ministers,holding the office on four occasions,and also served as Minister of State for Business,Energy and Clean Growth from 2021 to 2022.
Hammersmith and Fulham was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was abolished at the 2010 general election with its wards being split between two new constituencies of Chelsea and Fulham &Hammersmith.
Kensington and Chelsea was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom 1997–2010. It was one of the safest Conservative seats in the United Kingdom,and since its creation in 1997 became a prestigious seat,with MP Alan Clark,the former Defence Secretary Michael Portillo and the former Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind all holding the seat for the Conservatives. The seat was abolished for the 2010 election,when the 1974–1997 Kensington constituency was recreated and Chelsea formed a new constituency together with the southern part of the former Hammersmith and Fulham constituency,called the Chelsea and Fulham constituency.
Regent's Park and Kensington North was a constituency in Central and West London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election from 1997 to 2010.
The region of Greater London,including the City of London,is divided into 75 parliamentary constituencies which are sub-classified as borough constituencies,affecting the type of electoral officer and level of expenses permitted. Since the general election of July 2024,59 are represented by Labour MPs,9 by Conservative MPs,6 by Liberal Democrat MPs,and 1 by an independent MP.
Kensington is a former constituency in Greater London which first existed between 1974 and 1997 and was recreated in 2010. It was replaced by the Kensington and Bayswater constituency,first contested at the 2024 general election.
West Kensington,formerly North End,is an area in the ancient parish of Fulham,in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham,England,3.4 miles (5.5 km) west of Charing Cross. It covers most of the London postal area of W14,including the area around Barons Court tube station,and is defined as the area between Lillie Road and Hammersmith Road to the west,Fulham Palace Road to the south,Hammersmith to the north and West Brompton and Earl's Court to the east. The area is bisected by the major London artery the A4,locally known as the Talgarth Road. Its main local thoroughfare is the North End Road.
Chelsea and Fulham is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Ben Coleman of the Labour Party.
Hammersmith was a parliamentary constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament represented from 2010 until its abolition for the 2024 general election by Andy Slaughter,a member of the Labour Party.
Chelsea was a borough constituency,represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
West Central is a constituency represented on the London Assembly. The seat is currently held by James Small-Edwards from the Labour Party.
John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan,Baron Reigate,,known as Sir John Vaughan-Morgan,Bt,between 1960 and 1970,was a British Conservative Party politician.
The 1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were officially announced in two supplements to The London Gazette of 1 August 1997 and marked the May 1997 resignation of the Prime Minister,John Major.
Sir Henry Foreman OBE was a British Conservative politician. He was the mayor of Hammersmith and he married twice. His second wife and mayoress,Lucy Beatrice,was the first President of Hammersmith Ladies Swimming Club.
Nicholas Byron "Nick" Botterill is a British businessman,company director,and Conservative politician.
