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.
Geoffrey William Hoon is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire from 1992 to 2010. He is a former Defence Secretary,Transport Secretary,Leader of the House of Commons and Government Chief Whip.
Iain Coleman was the Labour Member of Parliament for Hammersmith and Fulham in London from 1997 to 2005. He was elected as a councillor in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham for Shepherd's Bush Green ward in May 2010 but has since retired.
Clive Stanley Efford is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Eltham since 1997.
Barons Court is a London Underground station in West Kensington in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham,Greater London. This station serves the District line and the Piccadilly line. Barons Court is between West Kensington and Hammersmith on the District line,and between Earl's Court and Hammersmith on the Piccadilly line and is in Travelcard Zone 2. East of the station,the Piccadilly line descends into tunnel towards Earl's Court and the District line continues in a cutting to West Kensington. The station is the last open air stop for eastbound trains on the Piccadilly line until Arnos Grove and has cross-platform interchange with the District line.
Dick Taverne,Baron Taverne,is a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln from 1962 to 1974. A member of the Liberal Democrats,he was a Labour MP until his deselection in 1972,following which he resigned his seat and won the subsequent by-election in 1973 as a Democratic Labour candidate.
Robert Michael Maitland Stewart,Baron Stewart of Fulham,was a British Labour Party politician,life peer and Fabian Socialist who was a Member of Parliament for 34 years,and served twice as Foreign Secretary in the first cabinet of Harold Wilson.
Gregory William Hands is a British politician serving as Minister for London and Minister of State for Trade Policy since November 2023. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelsea and Fulham,previously Hammersmith and Fulham,since 2005. 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.
Andrew Francis Slaughter is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hammersmith,previously Ealing,Acton and Shepherd's Bush,since 2005. Prior to his election to Parliament,he had served as Leader of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Council. On 15 November 2023 Slaughter voted for an SNP amendment to the King's Speech,demanding an immediate Ceasefire in Gaza,contrary to the Labour Party's official stance to support HM Government line on the 2023 Israel-Hamas conflict. He was sacked by Sir Keir Starmer from his position as Shadow Solicitor General.
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.
Ealing,Acton and Shepherd's Bush was a parliamentary 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 when it was divided between the new seats of Ealing Central and Acton and Hammersmith,with then incumbent Andy Slaughter becoming MP for the latter seat.
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 since its 2010 creation by Greg Hands of the Conservative Party. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the former neighbouring constituency of Hammersmith and Fulham from 2005 until it was abolished at the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. He is currently Minister for London and Minister of State for Trade Policy.
Hammersmith is a parliamentary constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It is currently represented by Andy Slaughter,a member of the Labour Party,who has represented the seat since its recreation in 2010.
John Edward Tomlinson,Baron Tomlinson was a British Labour Co-operative politician. He served as a life peer in the House of Lords from 1998 until his death,and had previously been a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1979,and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1984 to 1999.
Matthew Hadrian Marshall Carrington,Baron Carrington of Fulham is a British politician. Formerly the Conservative Member of Parliament for Fulham from 1987 to 1997,in September 2013 Carrington was made a life peer and member of the House of Lords.
William John Molloy,Baron Molloy was a British Labour Party politician.
James McCulloch York Dickens was a British Labour Party politician.
John William Banfield was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician,who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wednesbury from 1932 until his death in 1945.
The statue of Mary Seacole stands in the grounds of St Thomas' Hospital,Lambeth,London. Sculpted by Martin Jennings,the statue was executed in 2016. It honours Mary Seacole,a British-Jamaican who established a "British Hotel" during the Crimean War and who was posthumously voted first in a poll of "100 Great Black Britons".
