Greater London Authority - South West London Constituency


Voting for the Mayor of London and your local Assembly Member

Candidates clockwise from top left: Candice Atterton , Dominique Day, Sylvia da Barca, Nicholas Rogers, Gareth Roberts, Andree Frieze
Candidates clockwise from top left: Candice Atterton , Dominique Day, Sylvia da Barca, Nicholas Rogers, Gareth Roberts, Andree Frieze

The elections for the Mayor of London and the Greater London Assembly are being held on Thursday 6 May.

There are 20 candidates standing hoping to unseat the incumbent Sadiq Khan but he enjoys a substanital lead in the polls.

The Mayor of London is elected using the Supplementary Vote system. You make a first and second choice when you vote.

If no candidate gets more than 50% of the first choice votes, all except the top 2 candidates are eliminated. If your first choice candidate is eliminated, and your second choice is for one of the top 2, your second choice is counted.

London Assembly members are elected using the Additional Member system. You vote once for your constituency member and once for a London-wide representative.

There are 14 constituency members and 11 London-wide members.

Political party Assembly members
2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Labour 9 7 8 12 12
Conservative 9 9 11 9 8
Green 3 2 2 2 2
UKIP 0 2 0 0 2
Liberal Democrat 4 5 3 2 1
British National Party 0 0 1 0 0

This area is part of the South West London constituency which also includes the Boroughs of Kingston-upon-Thames and Richmond-on-Thames. It includes Brentford and much of Chiswick.

Tony Arbour was incumbent for over 20 years but he is retiring and not contesting the election in 2021 which was postponed due to the pandemic.

2021 London Assembly election: South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Candice Atterton
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Let London Live Sylvia da Barca
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Reform UK Dominique Day
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Green Andree Frieze
-
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Liberal Democrats Gareth Roberts
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Conservative Nicholas Rogers
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Majority
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Total
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Turnout
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2016 London Assembly election: South West
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
-
Turnout
213,765

Historic Results for the South West London Constituency

London Assembly election, 2012: South West
Party
Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Tony Arbour
69,151
39.84
-0.98
Labour
Lisa Homan
49,889
28.74
+12.72
Liberal Democrat
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

Greater London Assembly Elections (South West) 2008

Boris Johnson was the comfortable winner of the vote for Mayor in the constituency with 46% of the first choice vote. Ken Livingstone was second with 30% of the vote and the Brian Paddick only managed 13%

There were very different voting patterns in the other vote in the constituency. In the Greater London Assembly Tony Arbour retained his seat on behalf of the Conservatives for the second time.

The Liberal Democrats came second with Labour third gaining only 15% of the vote. This was a disappointment for both parties as some pundits had tipped the Lib Dems to take the seat due to their stronghold in the Richmond areas.

Mayoral results for South West Constituency

Candidate name
Party
1st choice votes
1st choice %
2nd choice votes
Total votes
Boris Johnson Conservative Party
90,061
46.93%
21,741
0
Ken Livingstone The Labour Party
57,938
30.19%
22,822
0
Brian Paddick Liberal Democrats
25,009
13.03%
57,588
0
Siân Berry Green Party
6,061
3.16%
25,411
0
Richard Barnbrook British National Party
4,491
2.34%
8,561
0
Alan Craig Christian Peoples Alliance and Christian Party
2,180
1.14%
5,187
0
Gerard Batten UK Independence Party
1,563
0.81%
9,207
0
Lindsey German Left List
961
0.50%
2,220
0
Matt O'Connor English Democrats
801
0.42%
5,982
0
Winston McKenzie Independent
299
0.16%
2,946
0

Voting for Greater London Assembly Member - 2008

Candidate
Party
Votes
Votes %
Majority
Tony Arbour Conservative Party
76,913
40.15%
26,928
Stephen Knight Liberal Democrats
49,985
26.09%
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Ansuya Sodha The Labour Party
30,190
15.76%
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John Hunt Green Party
12,774
6.67%
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Andrew Cripps National Front
4,754
2.48%
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Peter Dul UK Independence Party
3,779
1.97%
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Sue May Christian Peoples Alliance and Christian Party
3,718
1.94%
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Andrew Constantine Free England Party
2,908
1.52%
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Roger Cooper English Democrats
1,874
0.98%
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Tansy Hoskins Left List
1,526
0.80%
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Previous GLA Election results

South West Constituency Assembly Member results - June 2004
   Party Votes Votes % Majority 
Arbour, Tony   Conservative Party  48,858 31.53% 4067 
Doocey, Dee   Liberal Democrats  44,791 28.90%  
Malhotra, Seema   Labour Party  25,225 16.28%  
Hindle, Alan George   UK Independence Party  12,477 8.05%  
Maciejowska, Judy Sara   Green Party  9,866 6.37%  
Waraich, Omar Muddassir   Respect  3,785 2.44%  
Flower, Peter James   Christian Peoples Alliance  3,008 1.94%  

 

South West Constituency Assembly Member results - May 2000
Candidate Party Votes
Tony Arbour Conservative
48,248
Geoff Pope Liberal Democrat
41,189
Jagdish Sharma Labour
31,065
Judy Maciejowska Green Party
13,426
Danny Faith Socialist
2,319