Oxford University Women's Boat Club they would be sponsoring both the men's and women's boat races from the 2013 race. This sponsorship was key in enabling the Women's Boat Race to move to the Tideway in 2015. Since the 2012 race, Newton Investment Management has provided equal funding to OUWBC and CUWBC to enable the clubs to employ full time professional coaches and a support team to transition ‘from a student-run club to a pre-elite team’ on their road to the Tideway. In 2015, the Women's Boat Race took place on the Championship Course between the University stones at Putney and Mortlake on the 11th
Putney East Putney ward in second place. Excluding the "Putney Exchange" in a survey by the New Economics Foundation of 27 London high streets in 2005, Putney's ranked fifth most "cloned...[meaning] offering identikit shopping with little local character". The Thamesfield ward in Putney has London's highest Australian and New Zealand communities. The Member of Parliament for Putney is Justine Greening of the Conservative Party, who has served as the MP for the constituency since the 2005 general election; and was subsequently re-elected at the 2010, 2015 and 2017 general elections. Greening has held five Cabinet-level positions under the premierships of both