Labour Hang On In Tooting and Battersea

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Marsha De Cordova and Rosena Allin-Khan re-elected as MPs

The four candidates for the Putney seat

The Labour Party have held on to the two seats in Wandsworth borough that they held at the last election bringing some consolation in what was an otherwise disappointing night for the party.

Marsha De Cordova successfully defended the Battersea constituency that she won from the Conservatives in 2017 increasing the size of her majority, a rare feat for a Labour MP on what was a miserable night generally for the party.

The Conservative candidate Kim Caddy saw her number of votes fall compared to the party's performance last time out whilst the Lib Dems and Greens saw their support increase.

One local party member observed, "With Battersea now looking more and more like a safe Labour seat when once it was the ultimate bell-weather constituency and seats in the north east falling to the Conservatives we have to accept that politics has changed utterly."

Battersea - General Election 2019 result

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	+/- %
Labour	Marsha De Cordova	27,290	-	-
Conservative	Kim Caddy	21,622	-	-
Liberal Democrat	Mark Gitsham	9,150	-	-
Green Party	Lois Davis	1,529	-	-
The Brexit Party	Jake Thomas	386	-	-

Battersea turnout was 75.8% compared to 71% in 2017. 60,118 people voted in the constituency.

Rosena Allin-Khan comfortably held on in Tooting as widely expect with over 30,000 votes. Although her majority was slightly reduced the Conservative candidate also saw a fall in her total vote with the Greens and the Liberal Democrats making ground.

Tooting - General Election 2019 result

Party		Votes	%	+/- %
Labour	Rosena Allin-Khan	30,811	-	-
Conservative	Kerry Briscoe	18,504	-	-
Liberal Democrat	Olly Glover	8,305	-	-
Green Party	Glyn Goodwin	2,314	-	-
The Brexit Party	Adam Shakir	452	-	-
Social Democratic Party	Roz Hubley	77	-	-

 

Rosena Allin-Khan

The turnout for the Tooting constituency also rose. 58,555 people voted - 76.1 per cent of the electorate. This compares with 74.6% in 2017.

Turnout in Putney was 77.4%, up from 72% in 2017.

Londoners normally turnout to vote in greater numbers than the national average. The capital saw a 70.1% of eligible voters turning out in 2017 compared to 68.8% across the UK.

 

December 13, 2019