Meet the Candidates in the Upcoming Election

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Three new faces and one familiar one

In the coming general election, Fulham will be part of a brand new constituency, Chelsea and Fulham, with one familiar face and three new ones standing for election.

Following a review of the parliamentary representation in West London, the old constituencies of Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea have disappeared. Hammersmith and Kensington are both stand alone constituencies, while Chelsea and Fulham has become a new seat, with a notional Conservative majority of 10,700.

So far, four parties have declared their candidates:

Conservative Party: Greg Hands is well known in the local area as the current MP representing Hammersmith and Fulham, and the Shadow Treasury Minister.

 

 

Labour: Alex Hilton made his name as a political blogger, with his website Recess Monkey. He was Labour councillor for Newbury in the London Borough of Redbridge until 2006, and also stood as the Labour parliamentary candidate in 2005.

 

Liberal Democrats: Dirk Hazell was the chairman of the London Tory Party, until he defected to the LibDems in 2008 to support Brian Paddick's campaign for Mayor. He also runs the industry body championing recycling and future green economic growth.

 

Green Party: Julia Stephenson has stood as parliamentary candidate for the Green Party in Kensington and Chelsea during the last two general elections and three council elections. She is well known in the green world, writing on the subject for several newspapers. She has also written two books with a third, The Green Goddess Diaries on the way