London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

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London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

Shown within Greater London
Geography
Status London borough
Area
— Total Ranked 350th
1 E7 m²}}} km²
ONS coding system>ONS code 00AN
Demographics
Population
— Total ()
— Density
/ km²
Ethnicity 77.8% White
11.1% Afro-Caribbean
4.4% South Asian
Politics
Local government in England#Councils and councillors>Leadership Leader & Cabinet
Mayor —
Executive
MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005>MPs Greg Hands (Con)
Andrew Slaughter (Lab)
London Assembly
— Member West Central London
Angie Bray (Con)
Official website http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/

**London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham**
Shown within Greater London
Geography
Status	London borough
Area — Total	Ranked 350th 1 E7 m²}}} km²
ONS coding system>ONS code	00AN
Demographics
Population — Total () — Density	/ km²
Ethnicity	77.8% White 11.1% Afro-Caribbean 4.4% South Asian
Politics
Local government in England#Councils and councillors>Leadership	Leader & Cabinet
Mayor	—
Executive
MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005>MPs	Greg Hands (Con) Andrew Slaughter (Lab)
London Assembly — Member	West Central London Angie Bray (Con)
Official website	http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/

The front of Hammermith and Fulham town hall is an architect's nightmare, with a new block bolted on to, and obscuring, what would have once been quite an appealing red-brick portico. (September 2005)

Much more what the designers intended. The modest rear entrance to the town hall is guarded by Old Father Thames, Hammersmith's tutelary deity. (September 2005)

The Arms of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is a London borough in West London and forms part of Inner London.

It was formed in 1965 by merging the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith and the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham.

The borough includes the areas:

The borough is known internationally for the 1908 Olympics, hosted in White City, and for being home to the main facilities of the BBC at BBC Television Centre.

Traversed by the A4 Great West Road and the A40 Westway, many corporations have offices in the borough, and a large development is underway at White City with new transport links and a large shopping mall.

Contents

1 Demographics of Hammersmith and Fulham
2 Hammersmith & Fulham Council
3 Sport in the borough

3.1 Football clubs
3.2 Footballers
3.3 Athletes
3.4 Rowers
3.5 See also

4 External links

Demographics of Hammersmith and Fulham

According to the 2001 census Hammersmith and Fulham has a population of 165,242. 78% of the borough is white, 5% black Caribbean and 5% Black African. 44% of households are owner–occupiers. The borough comprises a patchwork of affluent as well as deprived neighbourhoods. There are also large Polish and Irish communities. See external links below.

Hammersmith & Fulham Council

Hammersmith & Fulham is administered by 46 councillors. The Conservative Party currently has an overall majority on the council, holding 33 seats, with Labour holding 13 seats. Until the May 2006 local elections Labour had had a majority on the council since 1986.

The borough is divided into 16 electoral wards, all bar two electing three councillors apiece. These are:

Addison: Councillors Helen Binmore (Con), Belinda Donovan (Con), Peter Tobias (Con)
Askew: Councillors Gill Dickenson (Labour), Rory Vaughan (Labour), Lisa Homan (Lab)
Avonmore & Brook Green: [
Fulham Broadway: Councillors Aidan Burley (Con), Victoria Brocklebank-Fowler (Con), Rachel Ford (Con)
Fulham Reach: [
Munster: [
Palace Riverside: [
Ravenscourt Park: [
Town: [

Sport in the borough

Considering its size, there are an extraordinary number of sporting successes based in the borough. They include:

Football clubs

Fulham and Chelsea Football Clubs are both based in the borough and play Premiership football. Queens Park Rangers currently play in the country's second level, the Championship, but still can contribute to the borough's claim of having three of the nation's top 44 football teams.

Footballers

Ex-Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United, West Ham, Manchester City & England international defender Stuart Pearce was born in Shepherd's Bush. Pearce is currently manager of Manchester City.

Much-travelled Charlton Athletic striker Marcus Bent was born in Hammersmith.

Sean Davis plays for Portsmouth FC and has been capped at Under-21 level.

Athletes

Linford Christie, Olympic gold medal winner at 100 metres, trained, lived and has a stadium named after him in the borough.

Rowers

There are a huge number of rowing clubs in the borough, the most famous being Tideway Scullers. Many of Britain's top rowers throughout modern history have trained along the Thames, including Matthew Pinsent and Steve Redgrave who between them have 9 Olympic Gold Medals. Much of the course of the Boat Race is along Hammersmith and Fulham's southern border, on the River Thames.

External links

[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham official website]
[Greg Hands MP] - Website of the Member of Parliament for Hammersmith and Fulham
[Local Listings Magazine]
[Local Conservative Party]
[Local Labour Party]
[Borough Profile]

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