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When the metropolitan boroughs were replaced with larger London boroughs in 1965, this borough was split. The core area of Wandsworth (about 11 km 2 or 4.2 sq mi) became part of the London Borough of Wandsworth , along with the former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea , but the areas of Streatham and Clapham (totalling 4 km 2 or 1.5 sq mi ...
It went on to become the headquarters of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth as "Wandsworth Town Hall" in 1900. [ 5 ] A modest two-storey structure faced in red-brick over channeled stone, designed by Ernest Elford in the Classical style , and now known as the "civic suite", was erected in the High Street to the east of the vestry hall in 1927.
A map showing the Southfield ward of Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916. Southfields is one of the 20 wards that make up the London Borough of Wandsworth, and it supplies three of the Borough Council's 60 councillors – the Conservative Party's Kim Caddy, Guy Humphries & Terry Walsh.
Tooting has a large British Asian community and has gained the nickname "land of the curry mile" due to the concentration of South Asian restaurants. [15]In the 2011 census, Tooting was White or White British (47%), Asian or Asian British (28.8%), Black or Black British (15.5%), Mixed/multiple ethnic groups (5%), and Other ethnic group (2.9%).
The London Borough of Wandsworth and its council were created under the London Government Act 1963, with the first election held in 1964. [5] For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's outgoing authorities, being the councils of the two metropolitan boroughs of Battersea and Wandsworth. [6]
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Wandsworth Central in the County of London 1918-50 A map showing the wards of Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916. Wandsworth Central in the County of London 1950-74. When the constituency was created, in 1918, it was a division of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
Wandsworth was a local government district within the metropolitan area of London, England from 1855 to 1900. It was formed by the Metropolis Management Act 1855 and was governed by the Wandsworth District Board of Works , which consisted of elected vestrymen.