London Borough of Wandsworth

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London Borough of Wandsworth

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Geography
Status	London borough
Area — Total	Ranked 331st 1 E7 m²}}} km²
ONS coding system>ONS code	00BJ
Demographics
Population — Total () — Density	/ km²
Ethnicity	78.0% White 9.6% Afro-Caribbean 6.9% South Asian
Politics
Local government in England#Councils and councillors>Leadership	Leader & Cabinet
Mayor	—
Executive
MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005>MPs	Justine Greening (Con) Sadiq Khan (Lab) Martin Linton (Lab)
London Assembly — Member	Merton and Wandsworth Elizabeth Howlett (Con)
Official website	http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/

The London Borough of Wandsworth is a London borough in South West London and forms part of Inner London.

History

The borough was formed in 1965 from the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and much of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, but excluding Clapham and most of Streatham, both of which were transferred to the London Borough of Lambeth.

Districts

It includes the areas:

• Balham
• Battersea
• Earlsfield
• Furzedown
• Nine Elms
• Putney
• Putney Heath
• Putney Vale
• Roehampton
• Southfields
• Streatham Park
• Tooting
• Wandsworth

Demographics

According to the 2001 census Wandsworth has a population of 260,380. 78% of the population is White, 5% Black Caribbean, 4% Black African and 3% Indian. 52% of households are owner-occupiers.

Wandsworth also has a conflicting political makeup. Whilst the borough council is solidly Conservative, the borough elected three Labour MPs in 1997 and 2001 and two Labour and one Conservative in 2005.

Politics

Arms of Wandsworth London Borough Council

Wandsworth is administered by 60 councillors. Since the London local elections 2006, 51 of these councillors are Conservative and 9 are Labour. The Conservatives have had an overall majority on the council since 1978. The council has 20 electoral wards, each of which elect three councillors apiece.

Wandsworth, like Westminster, has one of the lowest council tax rates in the country. The London Borough of Wandsworth includes the parliamentary constituencies of Tooting, Battersea and Putney.

See also

• De Morgan Centre
• The Borough of Wandsworth Rifle Club

External links

• [London Borough of Wandsworth]
• [The Conservative Party's Wandsworth borough website]
• [The Labour Party's Wandsworth borough website]
• [The Wandsworth Society]
• [Martin Linton MP for Wandsworth, Battersea]
• [Sadiq Khan MP for Wandsworth, Tooting]
• [Stephanie Dearden - Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Tooting]

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