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Merton and Wandsworth (London Assembly constituency)

Merton and Wandsworth is a constituency in the London Assembly. Since the 2016 election, it has been represented by Labour's Leonie Cooper.

Merton and Wandsworth
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
Merton and Wandsworth shown within London
Created2000 (2000)
Number of membersOne
MemberLeonie Cooper
PartyLabour
Last election2024
Next election2028

As its name suggests, the constituency consists of the combined area of the London Borough of Merton and the London Borough of Wandsworth.

Constituency profile

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Created in 2000, Merton and Wandsworth had elected only Conservative AMs until 2016, when current AM Leonie Cooper of the Labour Party was elected.

Assembly members

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Election Member Party
2000 Elizabeth Howlett Conservative
2008 Richard Tracey Conservative
2016 Leonie Cooper Labour

Mayoral election results

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Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the constituency at each mayoral election.

Year Member Party
2000 Ken Livingstone Independent
2004 Ken Livingstone Labour
2008 Boris Johnson Conservative
2012 Boris Johnson Conservative
2016 Sadiq Khan Labour
2021 Sadiq Khan Labour
2024 Sadiq Khan Labour

Assembly election results

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2024 London Assembly election: Merton and Wandsworth[1][2]
Party Candidate Constituency List
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Leonie Cooper 77,235 43.7   2.0 70,995 40.4
Conservative Ellie Cox 49,812 28.2   5.5 44,769 25.5
Liberal Democrats Sue Wixley 21,418 12.1   1.7 19,372 11.0
Green Pippa Maslin 19,124 10.8   1.8 19,473 11.1
Reform UK Tania Marszalek 8,063 4.6   2.9 7,247 4.1
Rejoin EU 4,622 2.6
Animal Welfare 2,842 1.6
SDP 1,457 0.8
Britain First 1,396 0.8
CPA 1,339 0.8
Independent Laurence Fox 876 0.5
Communist 568 0.3
Independent Farah London 380 0.2
Heritage 369 0.2
Independent Gabe Romualdo 69 0.0
Majority 27,423 15.5   7.5
Valid Votes 175,652 175,774
Invalid Votes 1,171 1,071
Turnout 176,823 46.0   1.0 176,845 46.0
Labour hold Swing  3.8
2021 London Assembly election: Merton and Wandsworth [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leonie Cooper 75,468 41.7  0.0
Conservative Louise Calland 60,968 33.7  5.7
Green Pippa Maslin 22,793 12.6  4.7
Liberal Democrats Sue Wixley 18,818 10.4  4.6
Reform UK Roger Gravett 3,080 1.7 New
Majority 14,500 8.0  5.7
Total formal votes 181,127
Informal votes 2,417
Turnout 183,544 47.0   3.0
Labour hold Swing  2.8
2016 London Assembly election: Merton and Wandsworth[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leonie Cooper 77,340 41.71  5.17
Conservative David Dean 73,039 39.39  3.75
Green Esther Obiri-Darko 14,682 7.92  0.44
Liberal Democrats Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett 10,732 5.79  2.09
UKIP Elizabeth Jones 8,478 4.57  2.11
Independent Thamilini Kulendran 1,142 0.62  0.99
Majority 4,301 2.3 N/A
Total formal votes 185,413 98.9  0.6
Informal votes 2,042 1.1  0.6
Turnout 187,455 50.0  9.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing  4.5
2012 London Assembly election: Merton and Wandsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Tracey 65,197 43.1  1.8
Labour Leonie Cooper 55,216 36.5  7.3
Liberal Democrats Lisa Smart 11,904 7.9  2.4
Green Roy Vickery 11,307 7.5  0.9
UKIP Mazhar Manzoor 3,717 2.5  0.1
Independent Thamilini Kulendran 2,424  1.6 New
Socialist (GB) Bill Martin 1,343  0.9 New
Majority 9,981 6.6  9.1
Total formal votes 151,108 98.3
Informal votes 2,677 1.7
Turnout 153,785 40.9  5.3
Conservative hold Swing  4.6
2008 London Assembly election: Merton and Wandsworth[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Tracey 75,103 44.9  8.1
Labour Leonie Cooper 48,810 29.2  5.2
Liberal Democrats Shas Sheehan 17,187 10.3  3.3
Green Roy Vickery 14,124 8.4  0.7
UKIP Strachen McDonald 4,286 2.6  3.8
Christian (CPA) Ellen Greco 4,053 2.4  0.3
English Democrat Steve Scott 2,160 1.3 New
Left List Kris Stewart 1,714 1.0 New
Majority 26,293 15.7  2.2
Turnout 167,437 46.2  9.7
Conservative hold Swing  1.5
2004 London Assembly election: Merton and Wandsworth[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Howlett 48,295 38.8 –0.7
Labour Kathryn Smith 31,417 25.3 –3.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Martin 17,864 14.4 +3.5
Green Roy Vickery 10,163 8.2 +0.8
UKIP Adrian Roberts 8,327 6.7 New
Respect Ruairidh Maclean 4,297 3.4 New
CPA Ellen Greco 2,782 2.2 New
Independent Rathy Alagaratnam 1,240 1.0 New
Majority 16,878 13.5 +2.3
Turnout 124,385 36.5 +2.4
Conservative hold Swing
2000 London Assembly election: Merton and Wandsworth[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Howlett 45,023 39.5 N/A
Labour Maggie Cosin 32,438 28.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Siobhan Vitelli 12,496 10.9 N/A
Independent Labour Mark Thompson 11,918 10.4 N/A
Green Rajeev Thacker 8,491 7.4 N/A
Independent Syed Manzoor 1,465 1.3 N/A
London Socialist Sarbani Mazumdar 1,450 1.3 N/A
Independent Terence Sullivan 1,049 0.9 N/A
Majority 12,870 11.2 N/A
Turnout 114,330 34.1 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "GLA 2024 Elections, Constituency Member of the London Assembly Results, Merton and Wandsworth" (PDF). London Elects.
  2. ^ "GLA 2024 Elections, London Wide Assembly, Merton and Wandsworth" (PDF). London Elects.
  3. ^ [1][dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "BBC NEWS | Election 2008 | London Elections: Merton & Wandsworth". news.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ^ "BBC NEWS | In Depth | Vote 2004 | London Elections: Merton & Wandsworth". news.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ^ London & Local Elections 2000: Merton and Wandsworth, BBC News

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