General Election 2024 London seat results: Who is my MP in...Putney?
Millions of voters across London have been to the polls to elect the new Government.
Here we turn the spotlight on: PUTNEY
Labour’s Fleur Anderson has held her seat in Putney.
Ms Anderson received 20,952 votes, 49.03 per cent of the vote share.
Conservative candidate Lee Roberts won 10,011 votes and Liberal Democrat Kieren McCarthy finished third with 5,189 votes.
Here is the full breakdown:
PUTNEY
WINNER: FLEUR ANDERSON
Top five candidates (in alphabetical order):
Fleur Anderson - Labour Party (20,952 votes)
Peter Hunter - Reform UK (2,681 votes)
Kieren McCarthy - Liberal Democrats (5,189 votes)
Fergal Joseph McEntee - Green Party (3,182 votes)
Lee Jamie Roberts - Conservatives (10,011 votes)
Summary: Putney has been a type of bellwether seat, which appears to change hands before a change of Government. Tory Justine Greening won it in 2005, five years before Gordon Brown’s Labour was ousted.
Ms Greening, who served in Cabinet in several roles including education, transport and international development, lost the Tory whip in 2019 when she refused to back Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans.
Fleur Anderson won the seat at the December 2019 Brexit election with a majority of 4,774, the only Labour gain during the Corbyn disaster poll for their party, and seemingly before a change of Government in 2024, if the polls are right.
Previous MPs include David Mellor.
Area: Wards in the constituency include East Putney, Fairfield (part of), Roehampton and Putney Heath, Southfields, Thamesfield, West Hill, and West Putney.
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Boundary changes impact (Thrasher and Rallings analysis): Boundary changes have made this slightly less of a Labour seat. The party won it in 2019 with 45.1 per cent of the vote, with the Tories on 35.7 per cent and Lib Dems 16.9 per cent. Under the new boundaries it would have been 44.3 per cent Labour, 36.4 per cent Conservative and Lib Dems still on 16.9 per cent.