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West Central (London Assembly constituency)

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West Central is a constituency represented on the London Assembly. The seat is currently held by James Small-Edwards from the Labour Party.

Created2000 (2000)
Number of membersOne
MemberJames Small-Edwards
PartyLabour
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West Central
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
West Central shown within London
Created2000 (2000)
Number of membersOne
MemberJames Small-Edwards
PartyLabour
Last election2024
Next election2028
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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, much larger than the West Central postcode area.

History

Since the seat's creation in 2000, the elected Assembly Member (AM) until 2024 had 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.[1] The case was heard on 8 and 9 December 2016; the result was that all aspects of the petition were dismissed.[2]

Overlapping constituencies

Since 2024, the West Central Assembly constituency comprises all of the following UK Parliament constituencies:

From 2010 to 2024, the West Central Assembly constituency comprised all of the following UK Parliament constituencies:

Assembly members

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ElectionMemberParty
2000 Angie Bray Conservative
2008 Kit Malthouse Conservative
2016 Tony Devenish Conservative
2024 James Small-Edwards Labour
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Assembly election results

2020s

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2024 London Assembly election: West Central[3][4]
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 Nicola Pateman 8,040 6.5 +5.1 5,856 4.7 +3.8
Rejoin EU 4,533 3.6 +1.1
Animal Welfare 1,967 1.6 -0.1
Britain First 1,147 0.9 New
CPA 1,014 0.8 0.0
SDP 986 0.8 +0.5
Independent Laurence Fox 838 0.7 New
Communist 528 0.4 +0.1
Independent Farah London 312 0.3 New
Heritage 221 0.2 -0.4
Independent Gabe Romualdo 61 0.1 New
Majority 4,253 3.5 N/A
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[5]
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 2,630 1.9
Animal Welfare 2,438 1.7
Reform Saradhi Rajan 1,954 1.4 New 1,332 0.9
CPA 1,157 0.8
Let London Live Heiko Khoo 1,977 1.4 New 1,121 0.8
London Real 1,082 0.7
UKIP 998 0.7
Heritage 903 0.6
Communist 460 0.3
SDP 423 0.3
TUSC 312 0.2
Londependence Party 268 0.2
National Liberal 112 0.1
Majority 2,225 1.6 −7.9
Turnout 137,990
Conservative hold Swing
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2010s

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2016 London Assembly election: West Central[6]
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
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2012 London Assembly election: West Central[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kit Malthouse 73,761 50.4 −1.7
Labour Todd Foreman 44,630 30.5 +9.3
Green Susanna Rustin 12,799 8.7 −1.4
Liberal Democrats Layla Moran 10,035 6.9 −2.7
UKIP Elizabeth Jones 5,161 3.5 +1.7
Majority 29,131 19.9 –11.0
Turnout 149,419 39.2 −9.3
Conservative hold Swing -5.5
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2000s

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2008 London Assembly election: West Central[8]
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
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2004 London Assembly election: West Central[9]
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
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2000 London Assembly election: West Central[10]
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
Conservative win (new seat)
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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.

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YearPartyCandidate
2000 Conservative Steve Norris
2004 Conservative Steve Norris
2008 Conservative Boris Johnson
2012 Conservative Boris Johnson
2016 Conservative Zac Goldsmith
2021 Conservative Shaun Bailey
2024 Labour Sadiq Khan
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2024 London mayoral election (West Central)[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sadiq Khan 54,481 43.6 N/A
Conservative Susan Hall 43,405 34.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Rob Blackie 7,663 6.13 N/A
Green Zoë Garbett 5,984 4.79 N/A
Reform Howard Cox 3,478 2.78 N/A
Independent Natalie Campbell 2,552 2.04 N/A
SDP Amy Gallagher 1,442 1.15 N/A
Animal Welfare Femy Amin 1,386 1.11 N/A
Count Binface for Mayor of London Count Binface 1,260 1.01 N/A
Independent Tarun Ghulati 1,100 0.88 N/A
Britain First Nick Scanlon 964 0.771 N/A
Independent Andreas Michli 901 0.721 N/A
London Real Brian Rose 350 0.28 N/A
Turnout 125,645 35% −4.62%
Rejected ballots 679
Registered electors 359,208 +1.71%
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2021 London mayoral election (West Central)[12]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Shaun Bailey 53,713 38.5%
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Labour Sadiq Khan 51,508 36.9%
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Green Siân Berry 10,239 7.34%
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Liberal Democrats Luisa Porritt 6,507 4.66%
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Reclaim Laurence Fox 3,858 2.76%
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Independent Niko Omilana 1,893 1.36%
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London Real Brian Rose 1,813 1.3%
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Rejoin EU Richard Hewison 1,811 1.3%
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Count Binface for Mayor of London Count Binface 1,301 0.932%
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Let London Live Piers Corbyn 1,299 0.931%
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Women's Equality Mandu Reid 1,026 0.735%
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Animal Welfare Vanessa Hudson 875 0.627%
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Heritage David Kurten 662 0.474%
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Independent Max Fosh 575 0.412%
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UKIP Peter John Gammons 513 0.368%
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Independent Farah London 504 0.361%
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Renew Kam Balayev 427 0.306%
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SDP Steve Kelleher 413 0.296%
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Independent Nims Obunge 370 0.265%
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Burning Pink Valerie Brown 247 0.177%
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Turnout 144,698 39.6%
Registered electors 365,443
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2016 London mayoral election (West Central)[13]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Zac Goldsmith 70,490 46%
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Labour Sadiq Khan 55,329 36.1%
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Green Siân Berry 7,989 5.21%
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Liberal Democrats Caroline Pidgeon 6,480 4.23%
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Women's Equality Sophie Walker 3,583 2.34%
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UKIP Peter Whittle 3,228 2.11%
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Respect George Galloway 2,508 1.64%
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Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol Lee Eli Harris 1,268 0.828%
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Britain First Paul Golding 1,155 0.754%
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BNP David Furness 515 0.336%
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Independent Prince Zylinski 450 0.294%
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One Love Ankit Love 221 0.144%
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Turnout 155,862 44.7%
Registered electors 349,058
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More information 2012 London mayoral election, Party ...
2012 London mayoral election (West Central)
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Boris Johnson 87,449 59.4%
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Labour Ken Livingstone 40,741 27.7%
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Green Jenny Jones 5,855 3.97%
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Liberal Democrats Brian Paddick 5,247 3.56%
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Independent Siobhan Benita 5,126 3.48%
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UKIP Lawrence Webb 1,838 1.25%
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BNP Carlos Cortiglia 1,066 0.724%
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Turnout 149,768 39.3%
Registered electors 381,101
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2008 London mayoral election (West Central)[14]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Boris Johnson 91,515 55.6%
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Labour Ken Livingstone 47,705 29%
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Liberal Democrats Brian Paddick 13,829 8.41%
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Green Siân Berry 5,438 3.31%
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BNP Richard Barnbrook 1,883 1.14%
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Christian Choice Alan Craig 1,591 0.967%
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UKIP Gerard Batten 912 0.555%
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Left List Lindsey German 900 0.547%
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English Democrat Matt O'Connor 426 0.259%
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Independent Winston McKenzie 260 0.158%
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Turnout 166,895 48.6%
Registered electors 343,182
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2004 London mayoral election (West Central)[15]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Steve Norris 50,242 41.5%
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Labour Ken Livingstone 38,678 31.9%
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Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes 16,204 13.4%
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UKIP Frank Maloney 4,202 3.47%
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Green Darren Johnson 4,020 3.32%
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Respect Lindsey German 3,240 2.67%
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BNP Julian Leppert 1,931 1.59%
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CPA Ram Gidoomal 1,898 1.57%
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Independent Working Class Action Lorna Reid 461 0.38%
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Independent Tammy Nagalingam 300 0.248%
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Turnout 124,515 35.3%
Registered electors 352,687
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2000 London mayoral election (West Central)[16]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Steve Norris 44,954 38.8%
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Independent Ken Livingstone 40,176 34.7%
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Liberal Democrats Susan Kramer 11,609 10%
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Labour Frank Dobson 11,070 9.56%
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Green Darren Johnson 2,680 2.31%
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CPA Ram Gidoomal 2,229 1.92%
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BNP Michael Newland 999 0.863%
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UKIP Damian Hockney 850 0.734%
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Pro-Motorist Small Shop Geoffrey Ben-Nathan 495 0.427%
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Natural Law Geoffrey Clements 396 0.342%
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Independent Ashwin Kumar 337 0.291%
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Turnout 118,191 34.2%
Registered electors 345,174
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