West Central

London Assembly constituency
West Central shown within London
Created:	2000
Member:	Kit Malthouse
Party:	Conservative
Region:	London
Assembly:	London Assembly

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.

[edit] Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	2000	Angie Bray	Conservative
	2008	Kit Malthouse	Conservative

[edit] Election results

London Assembly election, 2008: West Central[1]
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[2]
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[3]
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
	Independent	Stephen Smith	1,600	1.5
Majority			18,279	17.2
Turnout			106,600	30.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] References

1. ^ BBC Election 2008: results
2. ^ BBC Election 2004: results
3. ^ London & Local Elections 2000: West Central, BBC News

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