Labour Makes Inroads into Tory Putney Strongholds


Historic night after Wandsworth turns red again


Getting ready to count the votes. Picture: Wandsworth Council

The loss of control of Wandsworth Council by the Conservatives in the 5 May election was partly a result of the loosening of the party's grip on seats in the Putney area.

Perhaps, the biggest surprise came in the East Putney ward where Labour's Finna Ayres took one of the seats with the council leader Ravi Govindia topping the poll. Tory candidate Michael Stevens lost out by 100 votes.

West Putney too saw Labour gains with Jeremy Ambache and Claire Gilbert winning two of the three seats with just cabinet member Steffi Sutters hanging on for the Conservatives.

Suggestions of a Lib Dem surge in Thamesfield ward proved ill-founded but the Conservative majority in one of its safest seats in the borough was reduced.

Labour had little difficulty holding on in the new Roehampton ward but will have been disappointed not to take at least one of the two available seats in Southfields ward falling short by just 60 votes.

West Hill as ever delivered an outlier result with Malcolm Grimston's personal vote ensuring he topped the poll with the highest number of votes not just in the ward but in the whole borough. However, it was here that the Conservatives made their one gain in the area with Daniel Ghossain taking back one of the two other seats from Labour.

East Putney Ward

Candidate Party Votes
Ravi Govindia Conservative 2,179
Finna Jane Ayres Labour 2,147
Luigi George Crivelli Conservative 2,144
All the above elected as Councillors
Michael Robert Stevens Conservative 2,047
Eileen Ann Flanagan Labour 1,907
Susan Olech Labour 1,727
Graham Cooper Green Party 702
Eleanor Doody Liberal Democrats 672
Clive Price Green Party 440
John Morris Williams Liberal Democrats 396
Mark Lejman Liberal Democrats 391


West Putney

Candidate Party Votes
Jeremy Noel Ambache Labour 2,676
Claire Gilbert Labour 2,605
Stephanie (Steffi) Jayne Sutters Conservative 2,534
All the above elected as Councillors
Paddy Reid Conservative 2,519
Ian Peter Lewer Conservative 2,409
Graham Michael Loveland Labour 2,239
Tahira Amini Green Party 524
Joanna Louise Chidgey Liberal Democrats 515
Julie Estelle Green Party 473
Cait Hart Dyke Liberal Democrats 342

Thamesfield Ward

Candidate Party Votes
James Jeffreys Conservative 2221
Ethan Kane Foster Brooks
Conservative 2292
John Locker Conservative 2212
All the above elected as Councillors
Stephen Gibbons Labour 1762
Chris Locke Labour 1768
Amanda Gwendolen Diana Robinson Labour 1763
Gabriel Byng Barton-Singer Liberal Democrats 701
Paul Benton Liberal Democrats 744
Becky Grubb Liberal Democrats 733
Emma Josephine Killick Green Party 556
Diana Mary McCann Green Party 526
Penny Bianca Staniaszek Green Party 377
Electorate: 15,655    

 

Roehampton

Candidate Party Votes
Graeme Paul Henderson Labour 1,909
Matthew George Tiller Labour 1,865
Jenny May Yates Labour 1,855
All the above elected as Councillors
Jane Cooper Conservative 1,247
Ray Chapman Conservative 1,183
Deen Ossman Conservative 1,154
Terry Brown Green Party 357
Henry John Compson Liberal Democrats 351
Ben Speedy Liberal Democrats 312
Matthew David Palmer Green Party 307
Deji Olayinka Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 98

 

West Putney

Candidate Party Votes
Jeremy Noel Ambache Labour 2,676
Claire Gilbert Labour 2,605
Stephanie (Steffi) Jayne SUTTERS Conservative 2,534
All the above elected as Councillors
Paddy Reid Conservative 2,519
Ian Peter LEWER Conservative 2,409
Graham Michael Loveland Labour 2,239
Tahira Amini Green Party 524
Joanna Louise Chidgey Liberal Democrats 515
Julie Estelle Green Party 473
Cait Hart Dyke Liberal Democrats 342

Southfields Ward

Name
Party Votes
Kim Caddy Conservative
1,853
Guy Humphries Conservative
1,763
All of the above elected as councillors
Lee Fennell Labour
1,702
Pablo John Labour
1,607
Ingrid Ellen Redcliffe Green
385
Pappathi Durai-Bates Liberal Democrats
375
Fergal McEntee Green
323
Fabio Chino Quaradeghini Liberal Democrats
261

 

West Hill Ward

Name
Party Votes
Malcolm Charles Grimston Independent
3,689
Angela Mary Ireland Labour
2,221
Daniel Ghossain Conservative
1,621
All the above elected as Councillors
Daniel Shearer Labour
1,557
Flavio Souza Ravara Labour
1,529
Salvatore Murtas Conservative
1,363
Terry Walsh Conservative
1,096
Jason Whiffin Green
644
Hugh Palmer Brown Liberal Democrats
305
Douglas Marshall Downie Liberal Democrats
296
Andrew Hinton Liberal Democrats
177

 

 

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May 6, 2022