Wandsworth London Borough Council

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The London Borough of Wandsworth forms part of Inner London. The local authority is Wandsworth London Borough Council, one of 32 London borough councils. Wandsworth is divided into 20 wards, each electing 3 councillors. After the May.2018 election, 33 of these councillors were Conservatives and 26 were Labour, with 1 independent. Since 1978, the Conservatives have had an overall majority on the council.


Articles

  • Sept.13.2018: Homebuilders' lobbyist pushed council leader to 'sort' and speed planning. Peter Bingle, lobbyist for some of the UK’s biggest property developers, used his friendship with former flatmate Ravi Govindia to circumvent officials in London borough of Wandsworth. Bingle is a former Conservative councillor in Wandsworth and was chairman of Bell Pottinger Public Affairs, once one of the country’s biggest lobbying firms. He set up Terrapin Communications, whose clients have included Ballymore and Bellway plc, the housebuilders, and Royal Mail when it was selling off its land for housing. Robert Booth, Andy Jones, The Guardian.