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West Central
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly |
West Central shown within London
|
Created |
2000 (2000) |
Number of members |
One |
Member |
James Small-Edwards |
Party |
Labour |
Last election |
2016 |
Next election |
2020 |
West Central is a constituency represented on the London Assembly. The seat is currently held by James Small-Edwards from the Labour Party.
It covers the combined area of the City of Westminster, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
History
Since the seat's creation in 2000, the elected Assembly Member (AM) has always been a Conservative candidate: three have represented the seat in succession. Its first AM was Angie Bray, who subsequently served as MP for Ealing Central and Acton. She was followed by Kit Malthouse in 2008, who was elected as MP for North West Hampshire in 2015, thus acting as an AM and MP for the remainder of his term on the London Assembly. He was succeeded in 2016 by Tony Devenish, who has been a councillor for Knightsbridge and Belgravia in Westminster (part of the GLA seat) since 2006.
At the time of the 2016 London Assembly elections, two of the MPs for the five parliamentary constituencies covered by this seat were members of the Labour Party, and the other three from the Conservatives; Labour have always been the main challenger in the corresponding GLA seat. It includes a number of affluent areas which have tended to vote for Conservative candidates in local and general elections, accounting for the results to date.
After the 2016 election, defeated candidate Mandy Richards lodged an election petition claiming that the results showed a discrepancy in turnout and that 15,000–20,000 postal votes were missing. The case was heard on 8 and 9 December 2016, with the result being all aspects of the petition were dismissed.
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.
Overlapping constituencies
The West Central Assembly constituency comprises all of the following UK Parliament constituencies:
- Chelsea and Fulham (Conservative)
- Hammersmith (Labour)
- Kensington (Conservative)
- Westminster North (Labour)
- Cities of London and Westminster (Conservative)
Assembly election results
2020s
2024 London Assembly election: West Central
Party |
Candidate |
Constituency |
List |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
James Small-Edwards |
46,831 |
37.7 |
+0.4 |
45,102 |
36.2 |
+3.5 |
|
Conservative |
Tony Devenish |
42,578 |
34.2 |
-4.6 |
39,049 |
31.3 |
-5.0 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Christophe Noblet |
14,505 |
11.7 |
+2.2 |
11,223 |
9.0 |
+1.4 |
|
Green |
Rajiv Rahul Sinha |
12,427 |
10.0 |
-1.6 |
11,717 |
9.4 |
-2.1 |
|
Reform UK |
Nicola Pateman |
8,040 |
6.5 |
+5.1 |
5,856 |
4.7 |
+3.8 |
|
Rejoin EU |
4,533 |
3.6 |
+1.1 |
|
Animal Welfare Party |
1,967 |
1.6 |
-0.1 |
|
Britain First |
1,147 |
0.9 |
New |
|
Christian Peoples Alliance |
1,014 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
|
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990-present) |
986 |
0.8 |
+0.5 |
|
Independent |
Laurence Fox |
838 |
0.7 |
New |
|
Communist Party of Britain |
528 |
0.4 |
+0.1 |
|
Independent |
Farah London |
312 |
0.3 |
New |
|
Heritage Party (UK) |
221 |
0.2 |
-0.4 |
|
Independent |
Gabe Romualdo |
61 |
0.1 |
New |
Majority |
4,253 |
|
|
Valid Votes |
124,381 |
|
124,554 |
|
Invalid Votes |
1,143 |
|
983 |
|
Turnout |
125,524 |
34.94 |
|
125,537 |
34.95 |
|
|
Labour gain from Conservative |
Swing |
|
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2021 London Assembly election: West Central
Party |
Candidate |
Constituency |
List |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Tony Devenish |
55,163 |
38.9 |
-5.3 |
51,435 |
36.3 |
|
|
Labour |
Rita Begum |
52,938 |
37.3 |
+2.6 |
46,364 |
32.7 |
|
|
Green |
Zack Polanski |
16,427 |
11.6 |
+2.4 |
16,320 |
11.5 |
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Ted Townsend |
13,462 |
9.5 |
+3.6 |
10,742 |
7.6 |
|
|
Rejoin EU |
3,591 |
2.5 |
|
|
Women's Equality Party |
2,630 |
1.9 |
|
|
Animal Welfare Party |
2,438 |
1.7 |
|
|
Reform UK |
Saradhi Rajan |
1,954 |
1.4 |
New |
1,332 |
0.9 |
|
|
Christian Peoples Alliance |
1,157 |
0.8 |
|
|
Let London Live |
Heiko Khoo |
1,977 |
1.4 |
New |
1,121 |
0.8 |
|
|
London Real Party |
1,082 |
0.7 |
|
|
UKIP |
998 |
0.7 |
|
|
Heritage Party (UK) |
903 |
0.6 |
|
|
Communist Party of Britain |
460 |
0.3 |
|
|
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990-present) |
423 |
0.3 |
|
|
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
312 |
0.2 |
|
|
Londependence Party |
268 |
0.2 |
|
|
National Liberal Party (UK, 1999) |
112 |
0.1 |
|
Majority |
2,225 |
1.6 |
-7.9 |
Turnout |
137,990 |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
2010s
2016 London Assembly election: West Central |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Tony Devenish |
67,775 |
44.2 |
-6.2 |
|
Labour |
Mandy Richards |
53,211 |
34.7 |
+4.2 |
|
Green |
Jennifer Nadel |
14,050 |
9.2 |
+0.5 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Annabel Mullin |
10,577 |
5.9 |
-1.0 |
|
UKIP |
Clive Egan |
7,708 |
5.0 |
+1.5 |
Majority |
14,564 |
9.5 |
-10.4 |
Turnout |
153,321 |
45.0 |
+5.8 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
-5.2 |
|
2008 London Assembly election: West Central |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Kit Malthouse |
86,651 |
52.1 |
+7.4 |
|
Labour |
Murad Qureshi |
35,270 |
21.2 |
+2.3 |
|
Green |
Julia Stephenson |
16,874 |
10.1 |
+0.8 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Merlene Emerson |
15,934 |
9.6 |
–5.5 |
|
UKIP |
Paul Wiffen |
3,060 |
1.8 |
–4.4 |
|
English Democrat |
Alex Vaughan |
1,858 |
1.1 |
New |
|
Left List |
Explo Nani-Kofi |
1,630 |
1.0 |
New |
|
Independent |
Abby Dharamsey |
962 |
0.6 |
New |
Majority |
51,381 |
30.9 |
+5.1 |
Turnout |
166,379 |
48.5 |
+15.6 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
+2.5 |
|
2004 London Assembly election: West Central |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Angie Bray |
51,884 |
44.7 |
+0.5 |
|
Labour |
Ansuya Sodha |
21,940 |
18.9 |
–8.1 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Francesco Fruzza |
17,478 |
15.1 |
+1.9 |
|
Green |
Julia Stephenson |
10,762 |
9.3 |
–2.2 |
|
UKIP |
Damian Hockney |
7,219 |
6.2 |
New |
|
Respect |
Kevin Cobham |
4,825 |
4.1 |
New |
|
CPA |
Jillian McLachlan |
1,993 |
1.7 |
New |
Majority |
29,944 |
25.8 |
+8.6 |
Turnout |
116,101 |
32.9 |
+2.0 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
+4.3 |
|
2000 London Assembly election: West Central |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Angie Bray |
47,117 |
44.2 |
|
|
Labour |
Kate Green |
28,838 |
27.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Jon Burden |
14,071 |
13.2 |
|
|
Green |
Julia Stephenson |
12,254 |
11.5 |
|
|
London Socialist |
Christine Blower |
2,720 |
2.6 |
|
|
Homeless and Addicted |
Stephen Smith |
1,600 |
1.5 |
|
Majority |
18,279 |
17.2 |
|
Turnout |
106,600 |
30.9 |
|
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Conservative win (new seat) |