Simon Hogg discussing childcare costs with Gloria de Piero MP, Tristram Hunt MP, Will Martindale and Sally-Ann Ephson at Queenstown’s Learning Ladders Nursery

February: Latchmere Ward colleague Councillor Wendy Speck chats with Alcinda at our Battersea Fields drop-in advice session

March: Shadow Housing Minister Emma Reynolds MP visits Battersea to listen to local people about renting and trying to buy a home

April: 3-year-old son does his bit during the local election campaign

May: Simon Hogg encourages pupils at Chesterton School to engage in politics

May 22: An iPhone app tracks Simon’s election day

May 23, 3am: Four more years for Latchmere Ward councillors Simon Hogg, Wendy Speck and Tony Belton

June: Adam Hogg born in St George’s Hospital, Tooting

July: In the Town Hall with new councillors Fleur Anderson, Sue McKinney, Candida Jones, Sally-Ann Ephson and Rosena Allin-Khan. Wandsworth’s Labour Group grew from 13 councillors to 19, with women in the majority for the first time

August: The Winstanley Estate seen from the top of Sporle Court. The demolition and regeneration of the estate remains a major issue

September: Simon Hogg with Battersea Labour Party volunteers

October: Simon Hogg prepares to preside over his first citizenship ceremony in Wandsworth Town Hall. He welcomed new British citizens from America, Russia, Ethiopia, Libya, Pakistan, South Africa and New Zealand

November: Discussion at Battersea Labour Party All-Member Meeting, 177 Lavender Hill

December: Joseph Afrane, of Shepard House, as Santa