Results from the 2008 Local Elections and the London Assembly
On May 1st 362,542 of the electorate turned out to vote this year in comparison with 340,792 four years ago.
Pictured right is the winning candidate for Richard Tracey who received just under 44% of the votes.
Mr Tracey's said of his objectives for Merton and Wandsworth:
"I am looking forward to the prospect of working within the Greater London Assembly from 2008. I believe the Mayor has to be held to account more strongly. Mayoral spending and City Hall bureaucracy are becoming seriously excessive, while more efficient management needs to be exerted over London transport services and overall policing in the capital. I was one of the team of Ministers involved in the abolition of the former GLC monster and I have a fear that the current Mayor has been trying to rebuild his old empire. It must be stopped."
Merton & Wandsworth results from the 2008 election:
| Candidate name | Party | Results | Votes % |
Majority |
| Richard Tracey | Conservative Party | 75,103 | 43.93 | 26,293 |
| Leonie Cooper | The Labour Party | 48,810 | 28.55 | |
| Shas Sheehan | Liberal Democrats | 17,187 | 10.05 | |
| Roy Vickery | Green Party | 14,124 | 8.26 | |
| Strachan McDonald | UK Independence Party | 4,286 | 2.51 | |
| Ellen Greco | Christian Peoples Alliance and Christian Party |
4,053 | 2.37 | |
| Steve Scott | English Democrats | 2,160 | 1.26 | |
| Kris Stewart | Left List | 1,714 | 1.00 |
How does this compare with four years ago?
Merton & Wandsworth results from the 2004 election:
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Votes % | Majority |
| Elizabeth Howlett | Conservative Party | 48,295 | 36.76% | 16,878 |
| Kathryn Smith | Labour Party | 31,417 | 23.91% | |
| Andrew Martin | Liberal Democrats | 17,864 | 13.60% | |
| Roy Vickery | Green Party | 10,163 | 7.74% | |
| Adrian Roberts | UK Independence Party | 8,327 | 6.34% | |
| Ruairidh Maclean | Respect | 4,291 | 3.27% | |
| Ellen Greco | Christian Peoples Alliance | 2,782 | 2.12% | |
| Rathy Alagaratnam | Independent | 1,240 | 0.94% |