Editing Tooting (section)

==Politics==
The Member of Parliament for Tooting is [[Rosena Allin-Khan|Dr Rosena Allin-Khan]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], who was first elected in a [[2016 Tooting by-election|2016 by-election]] to represent the [[Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)|parliamentary constituency of Tooting]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/dr-rosena-allin-khan/4573|title=Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP|work=UK Parliament|access-date=21 August 2016}}</ref> This followed the election of her predecessor [[Sadiq Khan]] to the role of [[Mayor of London]] in May 2016.

Since the creation of the Tooting seat, it has been held by Labour, often with a [[Marginal seat|marginal]] result against a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] challenge. Although the constituency boundaries include wards represented by both Labour and the Conservatives, the Tooting ward itself can be regarded as a Labour stronghold, electing a full slate of councillors from the party.