Disconnecting wall lights

[Beeg]

Hi everyone,

Hoping for some advice on removing and disconnecting two wall lights.

I have 2 wall lights in my living room; one with 2 T&E, and one with a single T&E.

They are operated from a 2 gang switch, with a strapper inside the switch from other switch for the ceiling light to provide the live supply to the wall lights.

I would prefer not to have blanking plates on the wall, so ideally I would like to disconnect the cable from the supply.

The light with single cable I’m assuming is fairly straightforward and is piggy-backed from the other light.
For the other fitting which has 2 T&E cables, I know that one will be the feed and the other one will be to the 2nd light.

The bits I’m struggling with is where the neutral connection is - could it go back to the ceiling light or into a JB above the ceiling?
Also struggling to fully understand what’s going on at the switch; there’s a strapper to provide the live feed, so why are both cores used on the T&E? Surely if the strapper provided the live, it would only need one core on the other terminal of the switch to put power onto the lights.
Could it be that the blue core in the switch is actually the neutral, so operating the switch completes the circuit on the neutral rather than the live?

Edit: just realised what I asked about the switch can’t be correct as this would short live and neutral?

I’ve uploaded a simple drawing - apologies for mixing new and old wiring colours but I didn’t have a brown pen

 

[littlespark]

Terminology a bit wrong there.

Your “strapper” is merely a link feeding the second switch.
A “strapper” at a switch is the wires between 2 x 2 way switches, and are usually in pairs.

If there’s no neutral joint in the back of the switch box, then there could be a joint box somewhere.
What is above this room? Another floor, or attic? You may have to lift carpets and floorboards to find it and disconnect the neutral completely.

 

[Beeg]

Terminology a bit wrong there.

Your “strapper” is merely a link feeding the second switch.
A “strapper” at a switch is the wires between 2 x 2 way switches, and are usually in pairs.

If there’s no neutral joint in the back of the switch box, then there could be a joint box somewhere.
What is above this room? Another floor, or attic? You may have to lift carpets and floorboards to find it and disconnect the neutral completely.

Thanks littlespark. Would you be able to explain the switch configuration please? I can’t figure out why it needs both cores of the T&E connected, when the live into the switch is provided from the link across from the other switch.

 

[brianmoooore]

I can’t figure out why it needs both cores of the T&E connected, when the live into the switch is provided from the link across from the other switch.

That is a legitimate question. The short answer is that I would expect that there would be only one 'live' wire, not two (both reds), coming into the switch OR there would be what you've incorrectly labeled as a strapper. Not both.
As littlespark has said, there's more to this, hidden away somewhere.