Merton_and_Wandsworth_(London_Assembly_constituency)

Merton and Wandsworth
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
	Merton and Wandsworth shown within London
Created	2000
Number of members	One
Member	Leonie Cooper
Party	Labour
Last election	2021
Next election	2024

Merton and Wandsworth (London Assembly constituency)

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

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

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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
	Labour hold		Swing	2.8

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

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

Merton and Wandsworth (London Assembly constituency)

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

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

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)