South West (London Assembly constituency)
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| Territorial constituency for the London Assembly | |
 South West shown within London | |
| Created | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Number of members | One |
| Member | Tony Arbour |
| Party | Conservative |
| Last election | 2016 |
| Next election | 2021 |
South West is a constituency represented in the London Assembly. It has been represented, since its creation in 2000, by Tony Arbour, a Conservative from Richmond upon Thames.
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. Originally a marginal seat between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats upon creation, the seat has only elected Conservative AMs since creation and has been a safe seat for the party since the 2008 election.
Assembly members[edit]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Tony Arbour | Conservative | |
Election results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Tony Arbour | 84,381 | 39.47 | -0.37 | |
| Labour | Martin Whelton | 62,937 | 29.44 | +0.70 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rosina Robson | 30,654 | 14.34 | -2.34 | |
| Green | Andree Frieze | 19,745 | 9.23 | -0.51 | |
| UKIP | Alan Craig | 14,983 | 7.00 | +2.10 | |
| Socialist (GB) | Adam Buick | 1,065 | 0.49 | N/A | |
| Majority | 21,444 | 10.03 | |||
| Total formal votes | |||||
| Informal votes | |||||
| Turnout | 213,765 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Tony Arbour | 69,151 | 39.84 | -0.98 | |
| Labour | Lisa Homan | 49,889 | 28.74 | +12.72 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Munira Wilson | 28,947 | 16.68 | -9.85 | |
| Green | Daniel Goldsmith | 17,070 | 9.84 | +3.06 | |
| UKIP | Jeffrey Bolter | 8,505 | 4.90 | +2.89 | |
| Majority | 19,262 | 11.10 | -3.19 | ||
| Total formal votes | 173,562 | 98.6 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,518 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 176,080 | 40.2 | -5.2 | ||
| 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 | N/A | |
| 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 | N/A | |
| English Democrat | Roger Cooper | 1,874 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Left List | Tansy Hoskins | 1,526 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 26,928 | 14.3 | +11.6 | ||
| Turnout | 188,421 | 45.4 | +6.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +5.8 | |||
| 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 | N/A | |
| Green | Judy Maciejowska | 9,866 | 6.7 | –3.1 | |
| Respect | O. M. Waraich | 3,785 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| CPA | P. J. Flower | 3,008 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,067 | 2.7 | –2.5 | ||
| Turnout | 38.5 | +3.1 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –1.2 | |||
| 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 hold | Swing | N/A | |||
