Mortlake Mortlake. The Waterloo to Reading railway line runs through Mortlake, which has a pedestrianised riverside, two riverside pubs and a village green. The Boat Race finishes at Mortlake every March/April. The Mortlake and Barnes Common ward of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames has proved highly marginal. In the 2010 local elections local Liberal Democrats lost all three seats to local Conservatives, the latter forming an administration on Richmond Council. This remained the case until the 2018 local elections when the Liberal Democrats regained one of the three seats by a single vote. The Liberal Democrats also regained control
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