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54-613: Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council , which styles itself Hammersmith and Fulham Council , is the local authority for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in Greater London , England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in London . The council has been under Labour majority control since 2014. The council's usual meeting place is at Hammersmith Town Hall . The London Borough of Hammersmith (as it
108-622: A local education authority in 1990 when the Inner London Education Authority was dissolved. Since 2000 the Greater London Authority has taken some responsibility for highways and planning control from the council, but within the English local government system the council remains a "most purpose" authority in terms of the available range of powers and functions. The council was involved in
162-554: A vote of no confidence in the leader. In addition, the compliance of councillors with their code of conduct may be overseen by a standards committee, although since the coming into effect of the Localism Act 2011 this can be dispensed with and its functions can be delegated to a monitoring officer. The elected mayor and cabinet model was introduced by the Local Government Act 2000. Councils currently operating
216-527: A landmark English administrative law case in 1991, Hazell v Hammersmith and Fulham LBC , which ruled that local authorities had no power to engage in interest rate swap agreements because they were beyond the council's borrowing powers. In 2021 the council was said by the Housing Ombudsman to be the worst performing landlord in the country with regard to damp and mould in its properties. The local authority derives its powers and functions from
270-749: A number of other major businesses. For a 15-year period Air France had its UK and Ireland office in Hammersmith. In 2006 the UK and Ireland office was moved to Hatton Cross , London Borough of Hounslow . Until 2013, Virgin Group Ltd. had its corporate headquarters at The School House, Brook Green . The office was moved to the Battleship Building, near the Westway in Paddington , in
324-538: A patchwork of extremely affluent as well as some less affluent neighbourhoods; The areas of Fulham, Parsons Green, Brackenbury Village, Brook Green, Ravenscourt Park and the Riverside compose of highly expensive Victorian and Edwardian houses, contrasting to the areas of White City and Shepherd's Bush. The unemployment rate is well below average at under 5%, although of these, 29% were listed as long-term unemployed. See external links below for more census information from
378-604: A theatre, an exhibition space, a library and archives as well as retail and dining facilities. It occasionally hosts other organisations in the borough, including the Fulham Symphony Orchestra. It is also the home of the Polish University Abroad . Public libraries in the borough include Askew Road Library, Avonmore Library, Fulham Library , Hammersmith Library , Sands End Library, and Shepherds Bush Library. The Borough Archives, open to
432-475: A third option for an elected mayor and council manager, which was only adopted by one authority and was later withdrawn. Additionally, lower tier authorities with a population under 85,000 were allowed to continue to use a committee system. The leader and cabinet model was introduced under the Local Government Act 2000 . It consists of the leader and the cabinet itself, which is usually formed by
486-483: A whole. These decisions are scrutinised by one or more "overview and scrutiny" committees, which may be dedicated to one or more service areas. The leader and cabinet are responsible for policies, plans, and strategies, which must be within the budget adopted by the full council. These will be reported to the overall "full" council, which is convened to bring together all elected members of the authority at regular meetings. One or more overview and scrutiny committees holds
540-526: Is a London borough in West London and which also forms part of Inner London . The borough was formed in 1965 as the London Borough of Hammersmith from the merger of the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Fulham and Hammersmith. The name was changed to Hammersmith and Fulham in 1979. The borough borders Brent to the north, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to the east, Wandsworth to
594-438: Is a local education authority and is also responsible for council housing , social services, libraries, waste collection and disposal, traffic, and most roads and environmental health. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2014. The first election was held in 1964, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until it came into its powers on 1 April 1965. Political control of
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#1732791491888648-460: Is exercised, alongside full council, by a number of committees, made up of councillors in proportion to their parties' representation on the council. Such councils may choose to nominate a councillor as Leader of the Council for the purposes of representing the political leadership of the council, particularly in relations with external bodies. If no leader is nominated, as was the case prior to 2000,
702-556: Is home to the world-governing body of Polo at The Hurlingham Club in Fulham and upholds the traditions of racketts and championship tennis at the Queen's Club , also in Fulham. The borough is home to a number of sports teams and athletes: Chelsea Football Club is based in the borough and plays Premier League football having won the English national championship on six occasions (1955, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2015 and 2017) as well as
756-632: The Boat Race course, which is known as the Championship Course, hosting hundreds of eights the weekend before and many other races, is on the borough's most obvious boundary: its section of the Tideway – the upper estuary of the Thames . The numerous London Overground and London Underground stations in the borough are: The London Overground line now connects the borough with
810-582: The City of Westminster . Also, TAP Portugal runs an administrative office in the Borough, near to Hammersmith Bus Station. The borough has a proud sporting heritage going back to at least the second half of the 19th-century when the fledgeling Amateur Athletic Association of England came to the Lillie Bridge Grounds , followed there by football, boxing and First-class cricket . The borough
864-799: The Godolphin and Latymer School , situated a few minutes' walk from Hammersmith Broadway . The London Oratory School is a leading Roman Catholic secondary school in East Fulham. Latymer Upper School , an independent co-educational school, is also in the borough, on King Street in Hammersmith . The exclusive independent girls' preparatory school Bute House is also in Brook Green . There are two notable independent French language primary schools: Ecole Jacques Prevert in Brook Green and
918-679: The North London Line via Willesden Junction station and direct services to Watford Junction station to the north and services to East Croydon station to the south, via Clapham Junction railway station . Two main road arteries, the A4 road and the A40 road cross the borough. Hammersmith bus station at Hammersmith Broadway, above the District and Piccadilly lines tube station, is an important bus hub to most parts of London. In March 2011,
972-691: The UEFA Champions League in 2012 and 2021. London's oldest professional football club, Fulham F.C. playing in the Premier League and Queens Park Rangers (playing in the Championship ) are also based in the borough. Hammersmith & Fulham RFC have been playing in the borough at Hurlingham Park for over 30 years. They boast four senior men's sides and one Ladies XV. The men's 1st XV currently compete in London's NE2 League with
1026-636: The Ecole Marie d'Orliac in Hurlingham. The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has formal twinning arrangements with: Below it is a plaque which reads: The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Leader of the council Council - Manager Executive leader elected by the council from among themselves Elected mayor and cabinet Executive mayor elected by
1080-614: The Greater London Council was responsible for "wide area" services such as fire, ambulance, flood prevention , and refuse disposal ; with the boroughs (including Hammersmith and Fulham) responsible for "personal" services such as social care, libraries, cemeteries and refuse collection . The Greater London Council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to the London Boroughs, with some services provided through joint committees. Hammersmith and Fulham became
1134-507: The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham with effect from 1 April 1979. Fulham saw industrialisation and urbanisation from the start of the 19th-century, with the establishment of the world's first energy utility company, at Sands End in 1824, followed by road and rail transport development to the east of the borough. Vacant land by the new railway sidings on the boundary with Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council led to
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#17327914918881188-482: The London Government Act 1963 and subsequent legislation, and has the powers and functions of a London borough council. It sets council tax and as a billing authority also collects precepts for Greater London Authority functions and business rates. It sets planning policies which complement Greater London Authority and national policies, and decides on almost all planning applications accordingly. It
1242-621: The South African Airways House. CE Europe, a subsidiary of Capcom , has its head office in the George House in Hammersmith in the borough. As of May 2011 it will be relocating to the Metro Building in Hammersmith. Iran Air 's London offices are also located in the borough. The airline moved there by Wednesday 4 January 2012. Disney and L'Oréal also all have UK headquarters in Hammersmith, as well as
1296-535: The United Kingdom, along with Kensington and Chelsea, the City of Westminster and Camden. The borough is unique in London in having three professional football clubs: Chelsea , Fulham and Queens Park Rangers . The area of the modern borough broadly corresponds to the ancient parish of Fulham , which was historically part of the county of Middlesex . The manor (estate) of Fulham can be traced back to
1350-726: The West End in London. The borough is also home to the Hammersmith Apollo and O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire , which play hosts to major concerts and stand-up comedy performances. Hammersmith has been the seat of the Polish Social and Cultural Centre , known as POSK in King Street, for several decades. It houses a number of organisations which serve Polish expatriates and others interested in Polish culture, including
1404-490: The borough forms part of the West Central constituency. According to the 2001 census Hammersmith and Fulham has a population of 165,242. 60% of the borough's population is White British , 20% white non-British (among which are large French, Polish, Portuguese and Irish communities), 5% black Caribbean , 8% black African with various other ethnicities (including Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Chinese ) making up
1458-472: The borough since 1977 and is now a museum. The borough has four theatres ( Riverside Studios , Bush Theatre , the Lyric Hammersmith and Curtains Up). LAMDA is based in the borough. There are several cinema complexes. Studio 106 Art Gallery holds regular exhibitions and workshops. The Lyric Hammersmith , on Lyric Square off King Street, is considered one of the most notable theatres outside
1512-520: The borough's from 'Hammersmith' to 'Hammersmith and Fulham' with effect from 1 April 1979. Since then, the council's full legal name has been "The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham", but it styles itself Hammersmith and Fulham Council. From 1965 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater London Council . The split of powers and functions meant that
1566-598: The borough. The following shows the religious identity of residents residing in Hammersmith and Fulham according to the 2001, 2011 and the 2021 censuses. Sony Mobile Communications has its headquarters in the borough. Iberia operates the Iberia House in the borough. All Nippon Airways operates the London Office on the fourth floor of Hythe House. South African Airways has its United Kingdom office in
1620-431: The cabinet to account for its decisions and is responsible that the democratic checks and balances are maintained. The principal executive decisions taken by the council as a whole are to appoint the leader, to approve the leader's budget, to adopt development plan documents, and to agree on the council's constitution. Beyond that, it may raise issues, urge the leader, cabinet, or cabinet members to take actions, or pass
1674-463: The chair of the council's main policy committee may be informally deemed to be the council's de facto leader. Some councils operate governance arrangements which have the characteristics of more than one formal governance option. For example, an authority operating under conventional executive arrangements but whose overview and scrutiny committees operate in a manner similar to those under the committee system (developing policy, taking an active part in
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1728-456: The committee system is used, executive power is exercised through various committees rather than being focussed on one person. Many councils which use the committee system still nominate one of the councillors to hold the title 'Leader of the Council', albeit without the same powers as a leader under the leader and cabinet model. From the establishment of elected local authorities in England in
1782-444: The council since 1965 has been as follows: The role of Mayor of Hammersmith and Fulham is largely ceremonial. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council . The leaders since 1965 have been: The council's usual meeting place is at Hammersmith Town Hall on King Street, which was completed in 1939 for the old Hammersmith Borough Council. The building has been closed since 2019 whilst being refurbished as part of
1836-599: The development of a new 'Civic Campus' around it, which has included the demolition of the council's former main offices which had been built in front of the Town Hall in 1974/5. The Town Hall is due to reopen in 2024. Since the last boundary changes in 2022 the council has comprised 50 councillors representing 21 wards , with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham ( pronunciation )
1890-665: The development of the Earls Court Exhibition Centre , visited by Queen Victoria in 1879 when she attended Bill Cody 's Wild West Show at West Brompton . There followed numerous international fairs and exhibitions for a century until the construction of Earls Court II in the borough in the 1980s. This was dismantled by developers in 2015. At the other end of today's borough, in 1908, the Franco-British Exhibition and Olympic Games were hosted in Hammersmith , at White City, London , but
1944-473: The elected mayor system, the mayor is directly elected by the electorate to provide political leadership for the council and has power to make executive decisions. In councils which use the leader and cabinet model (the most commonly used model), the elected councillors choose one of their number to be the Leader of the Council , and that person provides political leadership and can make executive decisions. Where
1998-512: The existence of a leader of the council, others did not. The role of Leader of the Council in that regard was similar to that of the British prime minister ; the post had not been explicitly created, but gradually emerged. The Local Government Act 2000 sought to strengthen public engagement with local democracy, and streamline the system of committees, introducing the models of directly elected mayors and cabinets, leaders and cabinets, as well as
2052-399: The leader of the controlling party as being the 'Leader of the Council'. It was also generally recognised that the most powerful political position on a council was the person who chaired the main policy-making committee, which in most councils was called the policy and resources committee. Usually, the leader of the largest party would chair that committee. Some councils explicitly acknowledged
2106-475: The lower tier of local government within the metropolis comprised various parish vestries and district boards . From 1856 until 1886 the two parishes of Fulham and Hammersmith were administered together as the Fulham District . The Fulham district was dissolved in 1886 when the vestries for its two parishes took on district functions. In 1900 the lower tier was reorganised into metropolitan boroughs ,
2160-463: The main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: underground, metro, light rail, tram, 26.8% of all residents aged 16–74; bus, minibus or coach, 8.8%; on foot, 8.8%; driving a car or van, 8.2%; bicycle, 5.1%; work mainly at or from home, 4.2%; train, 3.1%. The See of London has occupied the Fulham Palace riverside grounds for close on 900 years. The Palace is leased to
2214-403: The majority party in the local authority , where there is one, or by a coalition which comes together to elect a leader. The council elects the leader, and the leader appoints the other members of the cabinet. Each cabinet member holds a separate portfolio, such as housing, finance, economic development, or education. Decisions may be delegated to the individual members, or taken by the cabinet as
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2268-630: The mayoral model include: The elected mayor and council manager option was also introduced by the Local Government Act 2000, but withdrawn by the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 . The only local authority to adopt the model was Stoke-on-Trent City Council , reverting to leader and cabinet in 2008. Section 31 of the Local Government Act 2000 allowed district councils in two tier areas, with populations under 85,000, to propose alternative executive arrangements. This
2322-435: The nineteenth century until the Local Government Act 2000 , councils used a system of committees for decision making. There was no legislative requirement for any councillor to be declared the leader, with the principle being that all the elected councillors were equal in status. In practice, political groups had their own leaders, and when a council was under the control of a particular party, local media would commonly refer to
2376-424: The people Committee system Executive leader and executive committees elected by the council from among themselves In England, local authorities are required to adopt one of three types of executive arrangements , having an "elected mayor and cabinet ", a "leader and cabinet", or a "committee system". The type of arrangement used determines how decisions will be made within the council. In councils which use
2430-697: The public Mondays and Tuesdays, staffed mainly by volunteers, are accessed in Hammersmith Library. The borough is the home of an 1893 establishment, the Sacred Heart High School, Hammersmith on Hammersmith Broadway, and of Lady Margaret School (LMS) on Parsons Green , a school that welcomes girls of all academic abilities aged 11–17 years. It has been at the forefront of girls' education for over 95 years and has its origins in Whitelands College School which
2484-511: The remainder of the sides participating in the Middlesex Merit Tables. Public and private courts are available throughout the borough. Lower Mall hosted several rowing clubs at the end of the 19th century, of which there are two survivors and one founded slightly later. Among those who moved elsewhere or were disbanded were those in the headquarters of the national governing body, British Rowing, The Priory. The first half of
2538-510: The remaining 11 per cent. The borough has the second-highest proportion of single adults of any borough in England and Wales (55%), and a higher than average proportion for the London area of young adults aged 20–29 (24%). Around 50% of households are owner–occupiers , and 22% of households were listed as "other" – that is, not single persons living alone or families. These are generally two or more unrelated adults living together, such as students or cohabiting couples. The borough comprises
2592-675: The seventh century when it was granted to the Bishop of London. The chapelry of Hammersmith was given its own vestry in 1631, making it a separate civil parish from Fulham. From 1856 the area was governed by the Metropolitan Board of Works , which was established to provide services across the metropolis of London. In 1889 the Metropolitan Board of Works' area was made the County of London . From 1856 until 1900
2646-585: The site then took many decades to be redeveloped. In 1960, the BBC opened the BBC Television Centre . Westfield London opened in 1988, a large development with new transport links and a shopping centre. The borough includes the areas: The local authority is Hammersmith and Fulham Council, which usually meets at Hammersmith Town Hall . Since 2000, for elections to the London Assembly ,
2700-531: The south, Richmond upon Thames to the south west, and Hounslow and Ealing to the west. Traversed by the east–west main roads of the A4 Great West Road and the A40 Westway , many international corporations have offices in the borough. The local council is Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council . The borough is amongst the four most expensive boroughs for residential properties in
2754-543: The two parishes becoming the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham and the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith . The modern borough was formed in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963 , covering the combined area of the former metropolitan boroughs of Fulham and Hammersmith. The new borough was originally called the London Borough of Hammersmith, but the council changed the borough's name to
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#17327914918882808-459: Was founded in 1842. When that school was threatened with closure Lady Margaret was established in September 1917 by the redoubtable Miss Enid Moberly Bell. The borough is also home to two prestigious independent girls' schools – St Paul's Girls' School in Brook Green (often ranked in first place in the country in league tables, with nearly 50% of each year group gaining entry to Oxbridge), and
2862-462: Was originally named) and its council were created under the London Government Act 1963 , with the first election held in 1964 . For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's two outgoing authorities, being the metropolitan borough councils of Fulham and Hammersmith . The new council formally came into its powers on 1 April 1965, at which point the old districts and their councils were abolished. The council changed
2916-420: Was superseded by the changes made by the Localism Act 2011 and the renewed availability of the committee system to all local authorities. Under the Localism Act 2011, principal authorities (such as unitary authorities, county councils, and district councils) were allowed to return to decision-making by committees, the method of local government administration for all councils prior to 2000. Under this model power
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