South West (London Assembly constituency)

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.

South West
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
South West shown within London
Created2000 (2000)
Number of membersOne
MemberTony Arbour
PartyConservative
Last election2016
Next election2021

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
ElectionMemberParty
2000 Tony Arbour Conservative

Election results
2016 London Assembly election: South West[1]
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
2012 London Assembly election: South West[2]
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
2008 London Assembly election: South West[3]
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 (Christian Peoples Alliance) Sue May 3,718 1.9 –0.1
Free England 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
2004 London Assembly election: South West[4]
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
Christian Peoples Alliance 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
2000 London Assembly election: South West[5]
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
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References
  1. http://www.londonelects.org.uk/download/file/fid/477
  2. "South West London Constituency member".
  3. "Election 2008 – London Elections: South West". BBC.
  4. "Greater London Authority Election Results". election.demon.co.uk.
  5. London & Local Elections 2000: South West, BBC News
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