South West (London Assembly constituency)

South West is a constituency represented in the London Assembly. It is represented by Gareth Roberts of the Liberal Democrats.

South West
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
South West shown within London
Created2000 (2000)
Number of membersOne
MemberGareth Roberts
PartyLiberal Democrat
Last election2024
Next election2028

It covers the combined area of the London Borough of Hounslow, the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, and the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

Overlapping constituencies

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The equivalent seats in the House of Commons are:

Assembly members

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Election Member Party
2000 Tony Arbour Conservative
2021 Nick Rogers Conservative
2024 Gareth Roberts Liberal Democrats

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 Steven Norris Conservative
2008 Boris Johnson Conservative
2012 Boris Johnson Conservative
2016 Zac Goldsmith Conservative
2021 Shaun Bailey Conservative
2024 Sadiq Khan Labour

Assembly election results

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2024 London Assembly election: South West[1][2]
Party Candidate Constituency List
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gareth Roberts 66,675 32.6  4.4 47,461 23.2
Labour Marcela Benedetti 50,656 24.8  1.5 54,108 26.4
Conservative Ron Mushiso 49,981 24.4  7.5 53,042 25.9
Green Chas Warlow 17,696 8.6  2.1 19,980 9.8
Reform UK Steve Chilcott 14,450 7.1  5.5 11,950 5.8
Independent Abigail Dawn Hardy 5,205 2.5 New
Rejoin EU 5,165 2.5
Animal Welfare 3,618 1.8
Britain First 2,525 1.2
CPA 1,969 1.0
SDP 1,869 0.9
Independent Laurence Fox 1,220 0.6
Independent Farah London 731 0.4
Communist 672 0.3
Heritage 389 0.2
Independent Gabe Romualdo 127 0.1
Majority 16,019 7.8
Valid Votes 204,663 204,826
Invalid Votes 1,281 1,127
Turnout 205,944 45.2  2.6 205,953 45.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 6.0


2021 London Assembly election: South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Rogers 69,212 31.9 −7.6
Liberal Democrats Gareth Roberts 61,222 28.2 +13.9
Labour Co-op Candice Atterton 56,945 26.3 −3.1
Green Andree Frieze 23,135 10.7 +1.5
Reform UK Dominique Day 3,396 1.6 New
Let London Live Sylvia da Barca 2,836 1.3 New
Majority 7,990 3.7 −6.4
Total formal votes 216,746
Informal votes 2,840
Turnout 219,586 47.8
Conservative hold Swing
2016 London Assembly election: South West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Arbour 84,381 39.5 −0.3
Labour Martin Whelton 62,937 29.4 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Rosina Robson 30,654 14.3 −2.4
Green Andree Frieze 19,745 9.2 −0.6
UKIP Alan Craig 14,983 7.0 +2.1
Socialist (GB) Adam Buick 1,065 0.5 New
Majority 21,444 10.1 −1.0
Total formal votes
Informal votes
Turnout 213,765
Conservative hold Swing
2012 London Assembly election: South West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Arbour 69,151 39.8 −1.0
Labour Lisa Homan 49,889 28.7 +12.7
Liberal Democrats Munira Wilson 28,947 16.7 −9.8
Green Daniel Goldsmith 17,070 9.8 +3.0
UKIP Jeffrey Bolter 8,505 4.9 +2.9
Majority 19,262 11.1 −3.2
Total formal votes 173,562 98.6
Rejected ballots 2,518 1.4
Turnout 176,080 40.2 −5.2
Conservative hold Swing
2008 London Assembly election: South West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Arbour 76,913 40.8 +7.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Knight 49,985 26.5 –3.8
Labour Ansuya Sodha 30,190 16.0 –1.0
Green John Hunt 12,774 6.8 +0.1
National Front Andrew Cripps 4,754 2.5 New
UKIP Peter Dul 3,779 2.0 –6.4
Christian (CPA) Sue May 3,718 1.9 –0.1
Free England Party Andrew Constantine 2,908 1.5 New
English Democrat Roger Cooper 1,874 1.0 New
Left List Tansy Hoskins 1,526 0.8 New
Majority 26,928 14.3 +11.6
Turnout 188,421 45.4 +6.9
Conservative hold Swing +5.8
2004 London Assembly election: South West[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Arbour 48,858 33.0 –2.4
Liberal Democrats Dee Doocey 44,791 30.3 +0.1
Labour Seema Malhotra 25,225 17.0 –5.8
UKIP A. G. Hindle 12,477 8.4 New
Green Judy Maciejowska 9,866 6.7 –3.1
Respect O. M. Waraich 3,785 2.6 New
CPA P. J. Flower 3,008 2.0 New
Majority 4,067 2.7 –2.5
Turnout 148,010 38.5 +3.1
Conservative hold Swing –1.2
2000 London Assembly election: South West[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Arbour 48,248 35.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Geoff Pope 41,189 30.2 N/A
Labour Jagdish Sharma 31,065 22.8 N/A
Green Judy Maciejowska 13,426 9.8 N/A
London Socialist Danny Faith 2,319 1.7 N/A
Majority 7,059 5.2 N/A
Turnout 136,247 35.4 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "GLA 2024 Elections, Constituency Member of the London Assembly Results, South West" (PDF). London Elects.
  2. ^ "GLA 2024 Elections, London Wide Assembly, South West" (PDF). London Elects.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "South West London Constituency member".
  5. ^ "Election 2008 – London Elections: South West". BBC.
  6. ^ "Greater London Authority Election Results". election.demon.co.uk.
  7. ^ London & Local Elections 2000: South West, BBC News
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