McDonagh retains Merton seat for Labour
By Tara O’Connor BBC Local Government Correspondent
Mitcham and Morden has voted to re-elect Labour’s Siobhain McDonagh in the 2019 General Election.
She has represented the seat, which was created in 1974, since 1997
It covers the Merton Council wards of Colliers Wood, Figge’s Marsh, Graveney, Lavender, Longthornton, Lower Morden, Cricket Green, Pollards Hill, Ravensbury, and St Helier.
Siobhain lives in Colliers Wood and has lived in the constituency all her life. She became a councillor in Merton aged 22 in 1982 and was first elected to represent Mitcham and Morden in 1997.
Recently she has campaigned for more police on the streets, particularly in Mitcham, and to keep St Helier Hospital open.
The full results were:
Siobhain McDonagh, Labour – 27,978
Toby Williams, Conservative – 11,482
Luke Taylor, Liberal Democrat – 3,717
Jeremy Maddocks, The Brexit Party – 1,202
Pippa Maslin, Green Party – 1,160
Des Coke, Christian People’s Alliance – 216
There was a total of 45,845 votes with 104 spoilt ballot papers.
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