South West (London Assembly constituency)

South West

Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
South West shown within London
Created	2000 (2000)
Number of members	One
Member	Gareth Roberts
Party	Liberal Democrat
Last election	2024
Next election	2028

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

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:

• Brentford and Isleworth (Labour)
• Feltham and Heston (Labour)
• Hammersmith and Chiswick (Labour)
• Kingston and Surbiton (Liberal Democrats)
• Richmond Park (Liberal Democrats)
• Twickenham (Liberal Democrats)

Assembly members

Election	Member	Party
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.

Year		Member	Party
	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

Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Roberts	66,675	32.6	4.4	47,461	23.2
	Labour	Marcela Benedetti	50,656	24.8	1.5	54,108	26.4
	Conservative	Ron Mushiso	49,981	24.4	7.5	53,042	25.9
	Green	Chas Warlow	17,696	8.6	2.1	19,980	9.8
	Reform UK	Steve Chilcott	14,450	7.1	5.5	11,950	5.8
	Independent	Abigail Dawn Hardy	5,205	2.5	New
	Rejoin EU					5,165	2.5
	Animal Welfare					3,618	1.8
	Britain First					2,525	1.2
	CPA					1,969	1.0
	SDP					1,869	0.9
	Independent	Laurence Fox				1,220	0.6
	Independent	Farah London				731	0.4
	Communist					672	0.3
	Heritage					389	0.2
	Independent	Gabe Romualdo				127	0.1
Majority			16,019	7.8
Valid Votes			204,663			204,826
Invalid Votes			1,281			1,127
Turnout			205,944	45.2	2.6	205,953	45.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing		6.0

2021 London Assembly election: South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Rogers	69,212	31.9	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Roberts	61,222	28.2	+13.9
	Labour Co-op	Candice Atterton	56,945	26.3	−3.1
	Green	Andree Frieze	23,135	10.7	+1.5
	Reform UK	Dominique Day	3,396	1.6	New
	Let London Live	Sylvia da Barca	2,836	1.3	New
Majority			7,990	3.7	−6.4
Total formal votes			216,746
Informal votes			2,840
Turnout			219,586	47.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2016 London Assembly election: South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Arbour	84,381	39.5	−0.3
	Labour	Martin Whelton	62,937	29.4	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rosina Robson	30,654	14.3	−2.4
	Green	Andree Frieze	19,745	9.2	−0.6
	UKIP	Alan Craig	14,983	7.0	+2.1
	Socialist (GB)	Adam Buick	1,065	0.5	New
Majority			21,444	10.1	−1.0
Total formal votes
Informal votes
Turnout			213,765
	Conservative hold		Swing

2012 London Assembly election: South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Arbour	69,151	39.8	−1.0
	Labour	Lisa Homan	49,889	28.7	+12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Munira Wilson	28,947	16.7	−9.8
	Green	Daniel Goldsmith	17,070	9.8	+3.0
	UKIP	Jeffrey Bolter	8,505	4.9	+2.9
Majority			19,262	11.1	−3.2
Total formal votes			173,562	98.6
Rejected ballots			2,518	1.4
Turnout			176,080	40.2	−5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2008 London Assembly election: South West

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	New
	UKIP	Peter Dul	3,779	2.0	–6.4
	Christian (CPA)	Sue May	3,718	1.9	–0.1
	Free England Party	Andrew Constantine	2,908	1.5	New
	English Democrat	Roger Cooper	1,874	1.0	New
	Left List	Tansy Hoskins	1,526	0.8	New
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

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	New
	Green	Judy Maciejowska	9,866	6.7	–3.1
	Respect	O. M. Waraich	3,785	2.6	New
	CPA	P. J. Flower	3,008	2.0	New
Majority			4,067	2.7	–2.5
Turnout			148,010	38.5	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	–1.2

2000 London Assembly election: South West

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 win (new seat)

External links

• 2004 result