South West (London Assembly constituency)

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South West
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
South West shown within London.PNG
South West shown within London
Created2000 (2000)
Number of membersOne
Member Gareth Roberts
Party Liberal Democrat
Last election 2024
Next election2028

South West is a constituency represented in the London Assembly. It is represented by Gareth Roberts of the Liberal Democrats.

Contents

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.

Overlapping constituencies

The equivalent seats in the House of Commons are:

Assembly members

ElectionMemberParty
2000 Tony Arbour Conservative
2021 Nick Rogers Conservative
2024 Gareth Roberts Liberal Democrats

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 Steven Norris Conservative
2008 Boris Johnson Conservative
2012 Boris Johnson Conservative
2016 Zac Goldsmith Conservative
2021 Shaun Bailey Conservative
2024 Sadiq Khan Labour

Assembly election results

2024 London Assembly election: South West [1] [2]
PartyCandidateConstituencyList
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gareth Roberts 66,67532.6Increase2.svg4.447,46123.2
Labour Marcela Benedetti50,65624.8Decrease2.svg1.554,10826.4
Conservative Ron Mushiso49,98124.4Decrease2.svg7.553,04225.9
Green Chas Warlow17,6968.6Decrease2.svg2.119,9809.8
Reform UK Steve Chilcott14,4507.1Increase2.svg5.511,9505.8
Independent Abigail Dawn Hardy5,2052.5New
Rejoin EU 5,1652.5
Animal Welfare 3,6181.8
Britain First 2,5251.2
CPA 1,9691.0
SDP 1,8690.9
Independent Laurence Fox 1,2200.6
Independent Farah London7310.4
Communist 6720.3
Heritage 3890.2
Independent Gabe Romualdo1270.1
Majority16,0197.8
Valid Votes204,663204,826
Invalid Votes1,2811,127
Turnout 205,94445.2Decrease2.svg2.6205,95345.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 6.0


2021 London Assembly election: South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Rogers 69,212 31.9 −7.6
Liberal Democrats Gareth Roberts61,22228.2+13.9
Labour Co-op Candice Atterton56,94526.3−3.1
Green Andree Frieze23,13510.7+1.5
Reform UK Dominique Day3,3961.6New
Let London Live Sylvia da Barca2,8361.3New
Majority7,9903.7−6.4
Total formal votes216,746
Informal votes2,840
Turnout 219,58647.8
Conservative hold Swing
2016 London Assembly election: South West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Arbour 84,381 39.5 −0.3
Labour Martin Whelton62,93729.4+0.7
Liberal Democrats Rosina Robson30,65414.3−2.4
Green Andree Frieze19,7459.2−0.6
UKIP Alan Craig 14,9837.0+2.1
Socialist (GB) Adam Buick 1,0650.5New
Majority21,44410.1−1.0
Total formal votes
Informal votes
Turnout 213,765
Conservative hold Swing
2012 London Assembly election: South West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Arbour 69,151 39.8 −1.0
Labour Lisa Homan49,88928.7+12.7
Liberal Democrats Munira Wilson 28,94716.7−9.8
Green Daniel Goldsmith17,0709.8+3.0
UKIP Jeffrey Bolter8,5054.9+2.9
Majority19,26211.1−3.2
Total formal votes173,56298.6
Rejected ballots2,5181.4
Turnout 176,08040.2−5.2
Conservative hold Swing
2008 London Assembly election: South West [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Arbour 76,913 40.8 +7.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Knight 49,98526.5–3.8
Labour Ansuya Sodha30,19016.0–1.0
Green John Hunt12,7746.8+0.1
National Front Andrew Cripps4,7542.5New
UKIP Peter Dul3,7792.0–6.4
Christian (CPA)Sue May3,7181.9–0.1
Free England PartyAndrew Constantine2,9081.5New
English Democrat Roger Cooper1,8741.0New
Left List Tansy Hoskins1,5260.8New
Majority26,92814.3+11.6
Turnout 188,42145.4+6.9
Conservative hold Swing +5.8
2004 London Assembly election: South West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Arbour 48,858 33.0 –2.4
Liberal Democrats Dee Doocey 44,79130.3+0.1
Labour Seema Malhotra 25,22517.0–5.8
UKIP A. G. Hindle12,4778.4New
Green Judy Maciejowska9,8666.7–3.1
Respect O. M. Waraich3,7852.6New
CPA P. J. Flower3,0082.0New
Majority4,0672.7–2.5
Turnout 148,01038.5+3.1
Conservative hold Swing –1.2
2000 London Assembly election: South West [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Arbour 48,248 35.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Geoff Pope 41,18930.2N/A
Labour Jagdish Sharma31,06522.8N/A
Green Judy Maciejowska13,4269.8N/A
London Socialist Danny Faith2,3191.7N/A
Majority7,0595.2N/A
Turnout 136,24735.4N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ "GLA 2024 Elections, Constituency Member of the London Assembly Results, South West" (PDF). London Elects.
  2. ↑ "GLA 2024 Elections, London Wide Assembly, South West" (PDF). London Elects.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "South West London Constituency member".
  5. ↑ "Election 2008 – London Elections: South West". BBC.
  6. ↑ "Greater London Authority Election Results". election.demon.co.uk.
  7. ↑ London & Local Elections 2000: South West, BBC News
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