Chelsea and Fulham: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Ben Coleman (Labour) is the MP for Chelsea and Fulham, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. The 2024 count gave Ben Coleman (Labour) 18,556 votes and Greg Hands (Conservative) 18,404, a majority of 152. 47,116 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 78,468, 60.0% of those registered.
Key figures
What the figures show
On the official figures, Chelsea and Fulham has the 5th highest median house price of the 575 constituencies with this figure (£849,000), and the 6th highest share working mainly from home (2021) of the 575 constituencies with this figure (57.3%).
HM Land Registry sales put the middle house price at £849,000 for the year to March 2026. Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £900,000. The highest March-year median in the series was £1,000,000, in the year to March 2024. It ranks 5th highest of 575 constituencies. 1,280 sales were registered in the period, against 2,030 in the year to March 2025.
Residents of Chelsea and Fulham earned more than jobs based there paid in April 2025: median full-time pay was £43,328 for workplace jobs and £51,208 for residents. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £46,889. The residents' figure ranks 20th highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
In mid-2024 the ONS put the number of residents at 122,271; the estimate for 2014 was 125,826. The estimate peaked at 126,143 in 2015. 16,234 were aged 65 or over and 17,597 were under 16.
Workplaces in Chelsea and Fulham accounted for 79,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 9,620 local units for March 2026.
The Annual Population Survey puts the employment rate for 16 to 64 year olds at 66.8% for April 2025 to March 2026, give or take 6.9 points. 29.7% were economically inactive.
Census 2021: 54,395 households, 12,790.5 people per square kilometre, 57.3% of workers based at home, 11.7% of adults retired.
DWP figures count 3,040 children under 16 in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, 17.3% of children here against 26.0% across the UK. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 8.8% in 2021/22 to 9.1% in 2024/25.
The number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits stood at 3,105 in September 2026, a claimant rate of 3.5%. A year earlier the count was 3,160.
MP
Ben Coleman, Labour
- MP for Chelsea and Fulham since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Ben Coleman on this site
In Parliament
Hansard records these as Ben Coleman's latest words in Parliament, from 7 September 2026 to 12 October 2026. Hansard search returns 196 spoken contributions by Ben Coleman since 4 July 2024.
I must apologise, Mrs Barker, if we look as if we are having a debate just with the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex. However, does the hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Dr Pinkerton) not find it strange how picky the hon.
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I have absolutely no reason to doubt what the hon. Member says. This does not just come down to GDP; it comes down to the detail—the minutiae—of the pain that we are going through as a country in all sorts of areas as a result of not being in the European Union.
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I congratulate the hon. Member for Leicester East (Shivani Raja) on securing the debate. My hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset (Sadik Al-Hassan) will be aware that measles outbreaks are increasing, not least because of a decline in measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations.
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This is a really tremendous statement—I welcome it, and congratulate and thank my right hon. Friend for it. We have touched on the tech companies. Sadly, we can expect them to push back, and they may get support on the other side of the Atlantic. I encourage my right hon.
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I am also a member of the APPG, and I was also at that meeting. On the Health Committee, we raised the point about these short-term pilots, and we managed to get an extra year’s funding.
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Read from the Hansard API on 27 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Coleman | Labour | 18,556 | 39.4% | +10.3 |
| Greg Hands | Conservative | 18,404 | 39.1% | −6.4 |
| Blaise Baquiche | Liberal Democrat | 3,611 | 7.7% | −16.2 |
| Anthony Goodwin | Reform UK | 3,144 | 6.7% | +6.4 |
| Mona Crocker | Green Party | 2,798 | 5.9% | +5.5 |
| Sabi Patwary | Workers Party of Britain | 538 | 1.1% | |
| David Poulden | Heritage Party | 65 | 0.1% |
Result summary as published: Lab gain from Con. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 39.4% | Conservative 39.1% | 152 | 60.0% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 45.5% | Labour 29.1% | 8,993 | 71.6% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Chelsea and Fulham covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
- Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013
- Kensington and Chelsea E09000020
Who has power over Chelsea and Fulham
Every body that makes decisions for Chelsea and Fulham, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Chelsea and Fulham this page: Ben Coleman (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Chelsea and Fulham?
Ben Coleman (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Chelsea and Fulham?
The House of Commons Library records 18,556 votes for Ben Coleman of Labour and a majority of 152; 60.0% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Chelsea and Fulham?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 3,105, 3.5% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Chelsea and Fulham?
£849,000: the middle price of homes sold in the year to March 2026, published by the ONS from Land Registry records.
What is the average salary in Chelsea and Fulham?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £51,208 (April 2025).
How many children in Chelsea and Fulham live in low income families?
3,040 children under 16, 17.3%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Chelsea and Fulham?
122,271 in mid-2024, the latest ONS estimate.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.