UK Explained

Chelsea and Fulham

Represented in Parliament by Ben Coleman (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Ben Coleman, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Chelsea and Fulham compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 18 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £992£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 378 areas and lower than 270.

UK 3.9%This area 3.5%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Chelsea and Fulham£9923.5%
Battersea£1,0163.6%
Kensington and Bayswater£1,0203.5%
Beckenham and Penge£9673.8%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Chelsea and Fulham

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people119,51959,597,740 in total
Aged under 1615%18%4 points lower
Aged 65 and over12%19%6 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher61%34%27 points higher
Households that own their home37%62%26 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association25%17%8 points higher
Households renting privately38%20%18 points higher

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Ben Coleman

Labour

MAJORITY
152

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
60%

of people who could vote did

Ben Coleman won with 39% of the votes, and Greg Hands (Conservative) came second with 39%.

Votes for each party

Labour39% · 18,556
Conservative39% · 18,404
Liberal Democrat8% · 3,611
Reform UK7% · 3,144
Green Party6% · 2,798
Workers Party of Britain1% · 538
Everyone else0% · 65
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ben ColemanLabour18,55639.4%
Greg HandsConservative18,40439.1%
Blaise BaquicheLiberal Democrat3,6117.7%
Anthony GoodwinReform UK3,1446.7%
Mona CrockerGreen Party2,7985.9%
Sabi PatwaryWorkers Party of Britain5381.1%
David PouldenHeritage Party650.1%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£992 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.5%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026