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Merton London Borough Council

The May 2022 local government elections saw the Labour Partywin an overall majority. The current council has a Labour majority and its composition is: 1. Labour: 31 2. Liberal Democrats: 17 3. Conservatives: 7 4. Merton Park Residents: 2

Greater London representation

For elections to the Greater London Council, the borough formed the Merton electoral division, electing two members. In 1973 it was divided into the single-member Mitcham and Morden and Wimbledon electoral divisions.The Greater London Council was abolished in 1986. Since 2000, for elections to the London Assembly, the borough forms part of the Merton and Wandsworthconstituency.

At the Annual Council Meeting, a ceremonial mayor is elected to serve for a year. At the same time, it elects a deputy mayor to serve alongside the mayor. The first female Mayor of Merton, Vera Maud Bonner, served from 1973 to 1974.Since 1978, each Mayor must also be an elected councillor. Gill Manley who is a councillor for Cricket Green ward is c...

A lot of filming for former ITV police drama The Bill took place in Merton, particularly in the districts of Mitcham and Colliers Wood. The set of Sun Hill police station was also located in the Borough. Ray Austin, born at 9 Abbey Rd Merton on the 5 December 1932, is an English television and film director, television writer, novelist and former s...

Notable businesses with their headquarters in Merton including: 1. Eidos Interactive, a subsidiary of Square Enix, located in Wimbledon Bridge House in Wimbledon. 2. Lenstore, an online optical retailer, located in Wimbledon Park 3. Square Enix Europe: located in Wimbledon Bridge House in Wimbledon. 4. Lidl head offices, located in Wimbledon, altho...

London's Poverty Profile (a 2017 report by Trust for London and the New Policy Institute) found that 40% of Merton's 19-year-olds lack level 3 qualifications. This is the 5th worst figure out of 32 London boroughs.

Merton is served by a wide range of National Rail stations across the borough, as well as the southern tip of London Underground's Northern line and the District line on the Wimbledon branch. The borough is also served by several Tramlink stops from Wimbledon, that goes to Croydon, New Addington, Elmers End and Beckenham. It is the only London Boro...

In 2001, the census recorded that 25% of the population of the borough was from an ethnic minority. The highest ethnic populations were recorded in wards in the east of the borough in Mitcham, Eastfields and Pollards Hill. The percentage of population from ethnic minorities is predicted to rise across the borough within the next decade. A 2017 repo...

Wimbledon tennis tournament

Each year The Championships, Wimbledon, better known as simply Wimbledon, one of the four tennis Grand Slam tournaments (along with the US, French and Australian Opens) is held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Church Road Wimbledon. The event takes place over a fortnight at the end of June and beginning of July and is the largest annual sporting event to take place in the United Kingdomwith over 200,000 visitors during the Wimbledon fortnight.

Football

The borough gained a football team in 1889 when Wimbledon Old Centrals were founded, and were soon a member of the local football leagues. The club later adopted the title Wimbledon FC and moved into a new stadium at Plough Lane in 1912, where it would spend the next 79 years. As the 20th century wore on, the club enjoyed considerable success in non-league football. The club was elected to the Football League in 1977 and enjoyed a great run of success when began in 1983 with the Fourth Divisi...

The Talkback Thames television studio on Deer Park Road was used as Sun Hill Police Station in the ITV police drama The Billfrom its inception in 1984 until it was axed in 2010.