Merton and Wandsworth

Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
Merton and Wandsworth shown within London
Created	2000 (2000)
Number of members	One
Member	Leonie Cooper
Party	Labour
Last election	2016
Next election	2021

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. The current AM is Leonie Cooper of the Labour Party, first elected in 2016.

Assembly members

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.

Assembly election results

2021 London Assembly election: Merton and Wandsworth ^[1]

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

2016 London Assembly election: Merton and Wandsworth^[2]

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

2012 London Assembly election: Merton and Wandsworth

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

2008 London Assembly election: Merton and Wandsworth^[3]

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

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