Merton and Wandsworth (London Assembly constituency)

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

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

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

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

It has also proved to be a bellwether, voting for the winning Mayoral candidate in every election since the post was contested in 2000.

Assembly members

ElectionMemberParty
2000 Elizabeth Howlett Conservative
2008 Richard Tracey Conservative
2016 Leonie Cooper Labour

Mayoral election results

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

YearMemberParty
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

Elections in the 2020s

2024 London Assembly election: Merton and Wandsworth[1][2]
Party Candidate Constituency Londonwide
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Leonie Cooper[a] 77,235 43.97 Increase 2.30 70,995 40.39 Increase 3.14
Conservative Ellie Cox 49,812 28.36 Decrease 5.30 44,769 25.47 Decrease 5.34
Liberal Democrats Sue Wixley 21,418 12.19 Increase 1.80 19,372 11.02 Increase 2.24
Green Pippa Maslin 19,124 10.89 Decrease 1.70 19,473 11.08 Decrease 1.58
Reform Tania Marszalek 8,063 4.59 Increase 2.89 7,247 4.12 Increase 3.34
Rejoin EU 4,622 2.63 Increase 0.71
Animal Welfare 2,842 1.62 Decrease 0.02
SDP 1,457 0.83 Increase 0.56
Britain First 1,396 0.79 New
CPA 1,339 0.76 Decrease 0.13
Independent Laurence Fox 876 0.50 New
Communist 568 0.32 Increase 0.07
Independent Farah London 380 0.22 New
Heritage 369 0.21 Decrease 0.23
Independent Gabe Romualdo 69 0.04 New
Majority 27,423 15.5 Increase 7.5
Valid votes 175,652 175,774
Invalid votes 1,171 1,071
Turnout 176,823 46.0 Decrease 1.0 176,845 46.0
Registered electors 387,795
Labour hold Swing Increase3.8
2021 London Assembly election: Merton and Wandsworth[3]
Party Candidate Constituency Londonwide
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Leonie Cooper[a] 75,468 41.67 Decrease 0.04 67,251 37.25 Decrease 0.08
Conservative Louise Calland 60,968 33.66 Decrease 5.73 55,625 30.81 Decrease 4.93
Green Pippa Maslin 22,793 12.58 Increase 4.66 22,852 12.66 Increase 4.78
Liberal Democrats Sue Wixley 18,818 10.39 Increase 4.60 15,860 8.78 Increase 2.82
Women's Equality 3,985 2.21 Decrease 1.82
Rejoin EU 3,460 1.92 New
Reform Roger Gravett 3,080 1.70 New 1,421 0.79 New
Animal Welfare 2,959 1.64 Increase 0.67
CPA 1,608 0.89 Decrease 0.05
UKIP 1,184 0.66 Decrease 3.56
London Real 1,018 0.56 New
Let London Live 851 0.47 New
Heritage 802 0.44 New
SDP 482 0.27 New
Communist 462 0.26 New
TUSC 362 0.20 New
Londependence 251 0.14 New
National Liberal 130 0.07 New
Majority 14,500 8.00 Increase 5.7
Valid votes 181,127 180,563
Invalid votes 2,417 2,992
Turnout 183,544 47.0 Decrease 3.0 183,555 47.3
Registered electors 387,795
Labour hold Swing Increase 2.8

Elections in the 2010s

2016 London Assembly election: Merton and Wandsworth[4]
Party Candidate Constituency Londonwide
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Leonie Cooper 77,340 41.71 Increase 5.17 69,230 37.32 Increase 1.75
Conservative David Dean 73,039 39.39 Decrease 3.75 66,276 35.73 Decrease 4.79
Green Esther Obiri-Darko 14,682 7.92 Increase 0.44 14,607 7.88 Decrease 0.69
Liberal Democrats Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett 10,732 5.79 Decrease 2.09 11,068 5.97 Decrease 0.57
UKIP Elizabeth Jones 8,478 4.57 Increase 2.11 7,822 4.22 Increase 0.97
Women's Equality 7,467 4.03 New
Respect 2,027 1.09 New
Britain First 1,919 1.03 New
Animal Welfare 1,800 0.97 New
CPA 1,750 0.94 Decrease 0.87
Independent Thamilini Kulendran 1,142 0.62 Decrease 0.99
BNP 766 0.41 Decrease 0.93
The House Party 750 0.40 Increase 0.05
Majority 4,301 2.3 N/A
Valid votes 185,413 185,482
Invalid votes 2,042 1,982
Turnout 187,455 50.0 Increase 0.2 187,464 50.1 Increase 0.2
Registered electors 374,133
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase 4.5
2012 London Assembly election: Merton and Wandsworth[5][6]
Party Candidate Constituency Londonwide
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Tracey[a] 65,197 43.1 Decrease1.8 61,476 40.5 Steady
Labour Leonie Cooper 55,216 36.5 Increase7.3 53,978 35.6 Increase8.4
Liberal Democrats Lisa Smart 11,904 7.9 Decrease2.4 9,925 6.5 Decrease3.2
Green Roy Vickery 11,307 7.5 Decrease1.0 12,990 8.6 Decrease0.9
UKIP Mazhar Manzoor 3,717 2.5 Decrease0.1 4,927 3.2 Increase2.0
CPA 2,744 1.8 Decrease0.8
Independent Thamilini Kulendran 2,424 1.6 New
BNP 2,038 1.3 Decrease1.9
Socialist (GB) Bill Martin 1,343 0.9 New
English Democrat 1,021 0.7 Decrease0.1
TUSC 904 0.6 New
The House Party 536 0.4 New
Independent Rathy Alagratnam 428 0.3 Steady
Independent Ijaz Hayat 383 0.3 New
National Front 368 0.2 New
Majority 9,981 6.6 Decrease9.1
Valid votes 151,108 151,718
Invalid votes 2,677 2,131
Turnout 153,785 40.9 Decrease5.3 153,849 40.9 Decrease5.4
Registered electors 376,365
Conservative hold Swing Decrease4.6

Elections in the 2000s

2008 London Assembly election: Merton and Wandsworth[7][8][9]
Party Candidate Constituency Londonwide
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Tracey 75,103 44.9 Increase8.1 68,075 40.5 Increase7.0
Labour Leonie Cooper 48,810 29.2 Increase5.2 45,675 27.2 Increase1.1
Liberal Democrats Shas Sheehan 17,187 10.3 Decrease3.3 16,285 9.7 Decrease4.9
Green Roy Vickery 14,124 8.4 Increase0.7 15,859 9.4 Decrease0.4
BNP 5,437 3.2
UKIP Strachen McDonald 4,286 2.6 Decrease3.8 2,143 1.3 Decrease4.8
CPA Ellen Greco 4,053 2.4 Increase0.3 4,427 2.6 Decrease0.4
Abolish the Congestion Charge 4,049 2.4 New
Respect 2,445 1.5 Decrease2.0
English Democrat Steve Scott 2,160 1.3 New 1,351 0.8 New
Left List Kris Stewart 1,714 1.0 New 1,251 0.7 New
Independent Rathy Alagaratnam 409 0.2 New
Unity for Peace & Socialism 349 0.2 New
One London 187 0.1 New
Majority 26,293 15.7 Increase2.2
Valid votes 167,437 167,942
Invalid votes 6,649 5,377
Turnout 170,962 47.2 Increase8.6 170,841 46.3
Registered electors 362,542
Conservative hold Swing Increase1.5
2004 London Assembly election: Merton and Wandsworth[10][11]
Party Candidate Constituency Londonwide
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Howlett[a] 48,295 38.8 –0.7 42,984 33.5 +0.5
Labour Kathryn Smith 31,417 25.3 –3.0 33,428 26.1 –3.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Martin 17,864 14.4 +3.5 18,760 14.6 +2.3
Green Roy Vickery 10,163 8.2 +0.8 12,619 9.8 –2.0
UKIP Adrian Roberts 8,327 6.7 New 7,785 6.1 +4.2
Respect Ruairidh Maclean 4,297 3.4 New 4,439 3.5 New
BNP 4,200 3.3 +1.4
CPA Ellen Greco 2,782 2.2 New 3,795 3.0 –0.5
Independent Rathy Alagaratnam 1,240 1.0 New
Alliance for Diversity in Community 228 0.2 New
Majority 16,878 13.5 +2.3
Valid votes 124,379 128,238
Invalid votes 6,993 3,134
Turnout 131,372 38.6 +2.1
Registered electors 340,792
Conservative hold Swing
2000 London Assembly election: Merton and Wandsworth[12][13]
Party Candidate Constituency Londonwide
Votes % Votes %
Conservative Elizabeth Howlett 45,023 39.5 38,122 33.0
Labour Maggie Cosin 32,438 28.3 34,167 29.6
Liberal Democrats Siobhan Vitelli 12,496 10.9 14,199 12.3
Independent Labour Mark Thompson 11,918 10.4
Green Rajeev Thacker 8,491 7.4 13,631 11.8
CPA 3,969 3.4
BNP 2,176 1.9
UKIP 2,122 1.8
Independent Peter Tatchell 1,703 1.5
Independent Syed Manzoor 1,465 1.3
London Socialist Sarbani Mazumdar 1,450 1.3 1,264 1.1
Campaign Against Tube Privatisation 1,393 1.2
Independent Terence Sullivan 1,049 0.9
Socialist Labour 863 0.8
Pro-Motorist Small Shop 843 0.7
Natural Law 494 0.4
Communist 441 0.4
Majority 12,870 11.2
Turnout 114,615 34.1 115,387 34.3
Registered electors 335,934
Conservative win (new seat)

Note

  1. 1 2 3 4 Incumbent member for this constituency

References

  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. ↑ "Merton and Wandsworth 2021 results" (PDF). londonelects.org. London Elects. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  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. ↑ "Merton & Wandsworth - Constituency Member". londonelects.org.uk. London Elects. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Merton & Wandsworth - Mayor & London Member". londonelects.org.uk. London Elects. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "BBC NEWS | Election 2008 | London Elections: Merton & Wandsworth". news.bbc.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "London Assembly results for Merton and Wandsworth". londonelects.org.uk. London Elects. 5 May 2008. Archived from the original on 5 May 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "London-wide results by constituency". londonelects.org.uk. London Elects. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "BBC NEWS | In Depth | Vote 2004 | London Elections: Merton & Wandsworth". news.bbc.co.uk.
  11. ↑ "Londonwide Member results for constituency Merton and Wandsworth". londonelects.org.uk. London Elects. 10 June 2004. Archived from the original on 3 November 2005. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  12. ↑ London & Local Elections 2000: Merton and Wandsworth, BBC News
  13. ↑ Electoral Services (4 May 2000). "Greater London Authority Elections:London Borough of Merton Results and Statistics" (PDF). merton.gov.uk. London Borough of Merton. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2026.

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