Tributes have been paid to a former Mayor of Wandsworth, and a former councillor, who both died last week.

Jimmy Golding, a Labour councillor for Shaftesbury from 1971-78 and Mayor in 1971, died on Friday, April, 23, aged 86 after a battle with cancer.

Tracey Tilley, a Labour councillor from 1971-82, died on Monday, April 19, aged 67.

Tony Belton, leader of the Labour Party in the council, said Mr Golding was an opponent of the then council leader, Sid Sporle, who was later to be convicted and imprisoned for six years on a charge of corruption.

Mr Belton said as mayor: “Jimmy eschewed the Mayoral gown, and made do with a Ford saloon rather than the previous Rolls Royce.

"He was an atheist and so true to his word he did not have a Mayoral chaplain and council meetings did not start with prayers.”

Mrs Tilley’s house in Inworth Street became a meeting place for local labour members, after she moved to Battersea with husband John, Mr Belton said, adding her role as the council’s social services chairman was her best.

He said it saw: “The expansion of childcare for under-fives based on play clubs and nurseries, a rapid growth in senior citizen facilities and a considerable increase in social work support for families under stress.”

Wandsworth Mayor, Brian Pritchard, died earlier this month.

A Wandsworth Council spokesman said: “We were very sad to hear of the passing of these two former councillors and our deep condolences go out to their families and friends.”