London Borough of Wandsworth

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**London Borough of Wandsworth**
Geography
Image:LondonWandsworth.png Shown within Greater London
Status	London borough
Area — Total	Ranked 331st 34.26 km²
ONS code	00BJ
Demographics
Population — Total (2003 est.) — Density	Ranked 26th 274,148 8,002 / km²
Ethnicity	78.0% White 9.6% Afro-Caribbean 6.9% South Asian
Politics
Leadership	Leader & Cabinet
Mayor	—
Executive	Conservative
MPs	Justine Greening Sadiq Khan Martin Linton
London Assembly — Member	Merton and Wandsworth Elizabeth Howlett
Official website	http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/

The London Borough of Wandsworth is a London borough in southwest London. It was formed in 1965 from the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and much of the former Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, but excluding Clapham and most of Streatham, both of which were transferred to the London Borough of Lambeth. It includes the areas:

The Borough of Wandsworth includes the parliamentary constituencies of Tooting, Battersea and Putney.

1 Demographics of Wandsworth
2 Wandsworth Council
3 See also
4 External links

Demographics of Wandsworth

According to the 2001 census Wandsworth has a population of 260,380. 78% of the population is White, 5% Black Caribbean, 4% Black African and 3% Indian. 52% of households are owner-occupiers.

Wandsworth also has a conflicting political makeup. Whilst the borough council is solidly Conservative, the borough elected three Labour MPs in 1997 and 2001 and two Labour and one Conservative in 2005.

Wandsworth Council

Wandsworth is administered by 60 councillors. At present, 50 of these councillors are Conservative and 10 are Labour. The Conservatives have had an overall majority on the council since 1978. The council has 20 electoral wards, each of which elect three councillors apiece.

Wandsworth, like Westminster, has one of the lowest council tax rates in the country.