Live updates of the Wandsworth Local Elections

By Lexi Iles

5th May 2022 | Local News

The polls closed at 22:00 and results are due around 05:30 Friday May 6 (credit: Issy Millett)
The polls closed at 22:00 and results are due around 05:30 Friday May 6 (credit: Issy Millett)

04:19 - Confirmed victory for Labour in Wandsworth

A celebratory mood for Labour as they take over iconic Conservative council Wandsworth.

04:09 - Have Labour taken Wandsworth?

East Putney is called and Labour HQ are calling victory in Wandsworth

03:55 - Labour win Battersea Park ward

03:41 - Wandsworth results in % of votes

03:29 - St Mary's, Wandsworth Common and Thamesfield ward declared

Three more results in Wandsworth.

First up is is St Mary's ward where Labour win two seats (a gain of one) and Conservaties win 1.

Wandsworth Common is unchanged with all 3 seats Tory wins, and it's the same story in Thamesfield.

02:45 - Southfields stays blue

Cllr Kim Caddy and Cllr Guy Humphries retain their Southfields seats for the Conservatives in a flurry of wards declared in Wandsworth.

Labour wins in South Balham and Trinity have followed, electing Clare Fraser, Norman Marshall, Lizzy Dobres and Jack Mayorcas to the council.

While Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP and London Mayor Sadiq Khan are celebrating, Wandsworth's new Lavender ward is declared.

It's a Conservative win there, electing Jonathan Cook and Tom Pridham.

02:37 - Labour starting to celebrate in Wandsworth

London Mayor Sadiq Khan remains in Wandsworth as Southfields, South Balham, Trinity and Lavender are declared.

02:02 - Two Wandsworth results in

A win for the Conservatives in Northcote as both Cllr Aled Richards-Jones and Cllr Emmeline Owens retain their seats.

Announced immediately afterwards was Shaftesbury & Queenstown for Labour where Cllr Aydin Dikerdem has been a councillor since 2017. He will be joined by newly elected councillor Sara Linton.

01:34 - Tooting MP gives her views as Wandle ward results arrive

Rosena Allin-Khan MP tells Jon Craig that results in Wandsworth "bode very well"...

01:30 - Labour win Wandle ward by 527 votes

Denise Paul (Lab) takes 25% of votes up for grabs in Wandle and Sarmila Varatharaj (Lab) takes 24%.

In one of Wandsworth's central wards, their wins are set against the 21% of votes for Siôn Davies and 20% for Adrian Flook.

23:48 - 'Very likely' Conservatives have lost Wandsworth

A senior Wandsworth Conservative source has said it looks "very likely" they have lost control of Wandsworth Council.

Conservatives have run the council since 1978.

It has been considered a key Labour target in local elections since then and today it remains so. Labour were diverting their activists to the borough earlier with emails to members saying help was needed "to tip the balance in Wandsworth".

22:55 - Conservatives think iconic Wandsworth lost

"Tories seem pretty sure that they have lost iconic Wandsworth council in SW London, and Barnet in North London, and even Westminster council looking at risk," says BBC correspondent Laura Kuenssberg on Twitter.

The polls have now closed for the Local Elections 2022.

Wandsworth has been held by the Tory's for the last 44 years but recent scandals and the cost of living could change things.

With more than 4,000 councillors up for election across England, the outcome could indicate the country's mood towards the current government.

We will be bringing you the latest updates, reactions and details on anything and everything local.

     

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