Who’s making a stand in your ward?

ALL eyes will be on the general election result in Kensington which is Labour’s most marginal seat.

Labour’s Emma Dent Coad won the seat in 2017 by just 20 votes – a few days before the Grenfell Tower fire in the constituency.

The tragedy in the north of the constituency has had a profound impact and the first report of the public inquiry has recently published a damning report into the causes and responses to the fire.

The constituency was created in 2010 from the previous Kensington and Chelsea constituency and was held by the Conservative Victoria Borwick from 2015 to 2017.

She herself followed former cabinet minister Malcolm Rifkind.

Ms Borwick was Boris Johnson’s deputy at City Hall when he was mayor of London.

In 2017 she gained 16,313 votes, just 20 behind Ms Dent Coad’s 16,333, with a turnout of 63.8%.

The result made it the most marginal seat in England and was the last result to be declared the day after the election following three recounts.

Some pollsters predict it could return to the Conservatives, with the Liberal Democrats taking third place, while others say the Lib Dems could have it in their hands.

The constituency stretches from the more deprived North Kensington, which includes Grenfell and Notting Hill and hosts millions of revellers every August Bank Holiday at the Notting Hill Carnival.

It is also home to some of the capital’s most affluent residents and world class museums, including the Natural History, Victoria and Albert and Science museums at South Kensington.

Residents voted to remain in the EU in the referendum in 2016.

Hammersmith has been held by the Labour party since the constituency was formed in 1983.

The Conservatives’ best result in the constituency, which stretches up to White City and Shepherd’s Bush, was in 2010 when they came second by 3,500 votes, but since 2016, the area’s residents have consistently voted for remain-supporting candidates.

In this year’s European Parliament elections, the Lib Dems earned the most votes in Hammersmith and Fulham.

The party has never finished higher than third in Hammersmith, but the Euro elections suggest they could be the party to challenge Labour on December 12.

The Chelsea and Fulham constituency is as pro-remain as they come, with 71% of residents voting to stay in the EU in 2016.

On that basis, Labour and the Lib polling day,

Dems are both hoping to topple the Conservatives, who have comfortably held the seat since it was created in 2010. The Brexit Party is also fielding a candidate, meaning there are twohorse races to gather votes from both remainers and leavers.