West Central (London Assembly constituency)

West Central

Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
West Central shown within London
Created	2000
Number of members	One
Member	Kit Malthouse
Party	Conservative
Last election	2012
Next election	2016

West Central is a constituency represented on the London Assembly. The seat is currently held by Kit Malthouse, a Conservative from Westminster.

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.

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	2000	Angie Bray	Conservative
	2008	Kit Malthouse	Conservative

Election results

London Assembly election, 2016: West Central[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Devenish	67775	44.20
	Labour	Mandy Richards	53211	34.71
	Liberal Democrat	Annabel Mullin	10577	5.90
	UKIP	Clive Egan	7708	5.03
	Green	Jennifer Nadel	14050	9.16
Majority
Total formal votes
Informal votes
Turnout

London Assembly election, 2012: West Central[2]
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 Democrat	Layla Moran	10,035	6.9%	-2.7%
	UKIP	Elizabeth Jones	5,161	3.5%	+1.7%
Majority			29,131	19.8
Turnout			149,419	39.2	-9.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.5

London Assembly election, 2008: West Central[3]
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 Democrat	Merlene Emerson	15,934	9.6	–5.5
	UKIP	Paul Wiffen	3,060	1.8	–4.4
	English Democrats	Alex Vaughan	1,858	1.1	N/A
	Left List	Explo Nani-Kofi	1,630	1.0	N/A
	Independent	Abby Dharamsey	962	0.6	N/A
Majority			51,381	30.9	+5.1
Turnout			166,379	48.5	+15.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.5

London Assembly election, 2004: West Central[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angie Bray	51,884	44.7	+0.5
	Labour	Ansuya Sodha	21,940	18.9	–8.1
	Liberal Democrat	Francesco Fruzza	17,478	15.1	+1.9
	Green	Julia Stephenson	10,762	9.3	–2.2
	UKIP	Damian Hockney	7,219	6.2	N/A
	Respect	Kevin Cobham	4,825	4.1	N/A
	Christian Peoples	Jillian McLachlan	1,993	1.7	N/A
Majority			29,944	25.8	+8.6
Turnout				32.9	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.3

London Assembly election, 2000: West Central[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angie Bray	47,117	44.2
	Labour	Kate Green	28,838	27.0
	Liberal Democrat	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 hold		Swing	N/A

References

3. BBC Election 2008: results
4. BBC Election 2004: results
5. London & Local Elections 2000: West Central, BBC News