Merton and Wandsworth (London Assembly constituency)

Merton and Wandsworth

Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
Merton and Wandsworth shown within London
Created	2000 (2000)
Number of members	One
Member	Richard Tracey
Party	Conservative
Last election	2024
Next election	2028

Merton and Wandsworth is a constituency represented in the London Assembly. Following the 2008 election, it is represented by Richard Tracey, a Conservative.

It consists of the combined area of the London Borough of Merton and the London Borough of Wandsworth.

Assembly Members

Year		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	2000	Elizabeth Howlett	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	2008	Richard Tracey	Conservative

Election results

London Assembly election, 2008: Merton and Wandsworth

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 Peoples Alliance/Christian Party Joint ticket	Ellen Greco	4,053	2.4	+0.3
	English Democrat	Steve Scott	2,160	1.3	N/A
	Left List	Kris Stewart	1,714	1.0	N/A
Majority			26,293	15.7	+2.2
Turnout				46.2	+9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.5

London Assembly election, 2004: Merton and Wandsworth

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	N/A
	Respect	Ruairidh Maclean	4,297	3.4	N/A
	CPA	Ellen Greco	2,782	2.2	N/A
	Independent	Rathy Alagaratnam	1,240	1.0	N/A
Majority			16,878	13.5	+2.3
Turnout				36.5	+2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

London Assembly election, 2000: Merton and Wandsworth

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				34.1	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A