Candidates for the next London Assembly election have been announced for Merton and Wandsworth after the current member opted to stand down.

Richard Tracey, who has served two terms in the Greater London Assembly, after 14 years as MP for Surbiton, will not be a candidate in the 2016 election.

Wandsworth Times:

Councillor David Dean (centre, back) with Councillor Daniel Holden, Feyi Adegoke, and Lola Adegoke after Merton Council failed to clean up at Christmas.

David Dean, Merton councillor for Dundonald ward will stand for the Conservatives while Leonie Cooper, Wandsworth councillor for Furzedown ward, will stand for Labour.

Wandsworth Times:

Leonie Cooper, far right, judges the Christmas card competition with Sadiq Khan

Esther Obiri-Darko, a secondary school teacher from Tooting, will stand for the Green Party.

Wandsworth Times:

Esther Obiri-Darko​ who will stand for the Green Party. 

No candidate has been named for the Liberal Democrats, UKIP or the National Front.