The  Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith and Metropolitan Borough of Fulham were combined to form the new London Borough of Hammersmith by the London Government Act 1963, where 143 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 21 wards.
The Local Government Act 1972 provided a mechanism for councils to change their names: the London Borough of Hammersmith and the London Borough of Barking changed their names after their creation to contain a second locality, to form the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. 
