Merton and Wandsworth (London Assembly constituency)

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Merton and Wandsworth

London Assembly constituency
Merton and Wandsworth shown within London
Created:	2000
Member:	Richard Tracey
Party:	Conservative
Region:	London
Assembly:	London Assembly

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.

[edit] Assembly Members

Year		Member	Party
	2000	Elizabeth Howlett	Conservative
	2008	Richard Tracey	Conservative

[edit] Election results

London Assembly election, 2008: Merton and Wandsworth[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Tracey	75,103	44.9	+8.1
	Labour	Leonie Cooper	48,810	29.2	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat	Shas Sheehan	17,187	10.3	–3.3
	Green	Roy Vickery	14,124	8.4	+0.7
	UK Independence	Strachen McDonald	4,286	2.6	–3.8
	Christian Choice	Ellen Greco	4,053	2.4	+0.3
	English Democrats	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[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Howlett	48,295	38.8	–0.7
	Labour	Kathryn Smith	31,417	25.3	–3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Martin	17,864	14.4	+3.5
	Green	Roy Vickery	10,163	8.2	+0.8
	UK Independence	Adrian Roberts	8,327	6.7	N/A
	Respect	Ruairidh Maclean	4,297	3.4	N/A
	Christian Peoples	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[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Howlett	45,023	39.5	N/A
	Labour	Maggie Cosin	32,438	28.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	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

[edit] References

1. ^ BBC Election 2008: results
2. ^ BBC Election 2004: results
3. ^ London & Local Elections 2000: Merton and Wandsworth, BBC News

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