Southwark London Borough Council elections

A map showing the wards of Southwark since 2002

Southwark (Br [ˈsʌðɨk])[1] London Borough Council in London, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 63 councillors have been elected from 21 wards.[2]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[3]

Party in control Years
Labour 1964 - 2002
No overall control 2002 - 2010
Labour 2010–present

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1964-1968

There were no by-elections.[4]

1968-1971

Consort by-election, 25 July 1968[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative D. M. Lang 808
Labour W. F. Jones 725
Turnout 14.6%

1971-1974

There were no by-elections.[9]

1974-1978

Cathedral by-election, 24 April 1975[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Stephen J. Kippin 633
Conservative Alfred R. Nuttall 136
National Front Kevin McDonagh 80
Liberal Thomas J. Taylor 58
Turnout 12.7
Brunswick by-election, 25 March 1976[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jeremy Gordon 885
Conservative Tobias W. H. Eckersley 446
National Party Ronald A. Jackson 252
Liberal Veronica Hunt 220
Turnout 22.6
Burgess by-election, 20 January 1977[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Michael Geater 530
Conservative Tobias W. H. Eckersley 478
National Party Ronald A. Jackson 390
Turnout 16.0
Ruskin by-election, 29 September 1977[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Tobias W. H. Eckersley 1,580
Labour Carol Turner 622
Liberal Brian K. Seeley 243
National Front James S. Sneath 228
Turnout 38.7

1990-1994

Brunswick by-election, 25 July 1991[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Vivien D. Maurice 1,076 50.8
Labour Bernard White 775 36.6
Conservative Michael P. P. Bungy 135 6.4
BNP Stephen J. Tyler 132 6.2
Turnout 27.8
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. John E. Maurice.

1994-1998

Browning by-election, 27 April 1995[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Sarah M. Gurling 1,378
Labour Charles Cherrill 855
Independent Liberal Democrat Ronald A. Mcl. North 112
Conservative Brooks Newmark 45
Turnout
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. James R. Munday.

Bellenden by-election, 4 May 1995[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Janet F. Heatley 1,790
Conservative Sharon F. Spiers 260
Liberal Democrat Alexander J. Baker 257
Independent Liberal Democrat David Osborne 133
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Mike Lee.

Dockyard by-election, 27 July 1995[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Sandra R. Dunk 1,236
Labour Robert J. Gasson 642
Conservative Percy Gray 167
Turnout
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Elizabeth Denton.

Friary by-election, 3 August 1995[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Barrie J. Hargrove 909 56.6
Liberal Democrat Caroline V. Pidgeon 650 40.5
Independent Liberal Democrat Jacqueline E. Tomkins 46 2.9
Turnout 1,605
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sonya J. H. Murison.

Barset by-election, 26 October 1995[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Stephanie E. Elsy 734
Liberal Democrat David C. Buxton 118
Conservative Robert A. Hayward 90
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Svetlana Kirov.

Chaucer by-election, 7 December 1995[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Richard J. Livingstone 1,125
Liberal Democrat Robert J. S. Skelly 1,025
Independent Green Doreen M. Robinson 97
Turnout
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Robert A. Bayne.

Browning by-election, 20 March 1996[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Joyce L. Hales 1,191
Labour Eudora Dixon-Fyle 668
Turnout
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paul Cheesman.

Waverley by-election, 23 October 1997[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Michael S. Barnard 410 79.6 +26.0
Conservative Rebecca M. Humphreys 105 20.4 +12.2
Majority 305 59.2
Turnout 515 11.3
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Eyscene Sheilds.

1998-2002

Consort by-election, 15 October 1998[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Anne V. Worsley 919 58.5 +12.8
Liberal Democrat Colin A. Hunte 474 30.2 +4.5
Socialist Labour Angela M. Ruddock 70 4.5 -3.4
Conservative Oliver H. Wooller 54 3.4 -7.6
Liberal Geoffrey M. A. Goldie 53 3.4 +3.4
Majority 450 28.3
Turnout 1,570 34.0
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Nicola A. Kutapan.

Rotherhithe by-election, 3 December 1998[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Jeffrey Hook 1,143 55.7 -2.5
Labour Peter C. John 813 39.6 +3.7
National Democrats Gary Cartwright 56 2.7 +2.7
Conservative Steven P. Bolton 28 1.4 -4.5
Green Storm S. Podrun 11 0.5 +0.5
Majority 330 16.1
Turnout 2,051 32.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Victor D. Jones.

Cathedral by-election, 22 July 1999[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Stephen Bosch 750 59.6 -7.3
Labour Bernard M. Dainton 451 35.9 +10.6
Conservative Ewan G. Wallace 57 4.5 +1.1
Majority 299 23.7
Turnout 1,258 27
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Clifford J. Hodson.

2002-2006

East Walworth by-election, 12 February 2004[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Jane Salmon 1,477 56.1 +2.9
Labour Rhodri Thomas 978 37.1 +5.4
Conservative Philip G. H. Riches 86 3.3 -1.8
Green Ruth Jenkins 82 3.1 -0.9
Independent Julie D. Crawford 11 0.4 -2.0
Majority 499 19.0
Turnout 2,634 32.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Margaret Ambrose.

2006-2010

Riverside by-election, 13 December 2007[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Anood Al-Samerai 1,114 49.8 +8.6
Labour Cormac Hollingsworth 691 30.9 +6.0
Conservative Rahoul Bhansali 260 11.6 -7.0
Green Amanda Penfold 122 5.5 -9.7
UKIP Fernando Grace 49 2.2 +2.2
Majority 423 18.9
Turnout 2,236 24.7
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paul D. L. Baichoo.

Rotherhithe by-election, 9 October 2008[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Wilma Nelson 1,149 56.8 +9.2
Labour Kath Whittam 618 30.6 +5.3
Conservative Loanna Morrison 255 12.6 -4.3
Majority 531 26.2
Turnout 2,022 23.8
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Anne Yates.

2010-2014

Brunswick Park by-election, 10 March 2011[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Mark Williams 1981
Liberal Democrat Ms. Kate E. Heywood 630
Green Ms. Jenny Bentall 231
Conservative Simon J. Kitchen 129
TUSC Brian J. Kelly 70
Turnout 34.2%
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John J. Friary.

The Lane by-election, 5 May 2011[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Rowenna Davis 2,670
Green Anna Margaret Plodowski 472
Liberal Democrat Alex Berhanu 471
Conservative Simon Joseph Fox 423
TUSC Brian John Kelly 107
Majority 2,198
Turnout 39.6
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ms. Keadean M. Rhoden.

Peckham by-election, 7 July 2011[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Chris Brown 1,754
Liberal Democrat Jennifer Blake 554
Conservative Diana Atuona 86
TUSC Brian J. Kelly 63
Green Jason Harvey-Evers 46
Turnout 25.5%
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Tayo A. Situ.

East Walworth by-election, 29 November 2012[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Rebecca Lury 1,259 53.1
Liberal Democrat Ben Johnson 1,003 42.3
Conservative Stuart Millson 94 4.0
Turnout 2,371 25.4%
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ms. Helen Morrissey.

2014-2018

Chaucer by-election, 7 May 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Helen Dennis 2,951 46.1
Liberal Democrat William Houngbo 1,532 23.9
Conservative Michael Dowsett 994 15.5
Green Gareth Rees 564 8.8
UKIP Dean Conway 240 3.8
Independent Piers Corbyn 67 1.0
All People's Party Ade Lasaki 25 0.4
Majority 1,419 22.2
Turnout 6,399 60.9
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ms. Claire Maugham.

College by-election, 6 May 2016[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Catherine Anne Rose 2,258 50.2 -4.3
Conservative Kate Bramson 1,024 22.8 -7.9
Liberal Democrat Brigid Gardner 699 15.6 +10.1
Green Dale Lesley Rapley 371 8.3 -1.0
UKIP Toby Prescott 118 2.6 N/A
All People's Party Michael Dowsett 25 0.6 N/A
Majority 1,234 27.4
Turnout 4,544 51.69%
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Helen Hayes, the Member of Parliament for Dulwich and West Norwood.


Newington by-election, 6 May 2016[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour James Coldwell 2,829 59.3 +9.8
Liberal Democrat Martin Shapland 694 14.5 -7.7
Green Nick Hooper 464 9.7 -2.8
Conservative Siobhan Gige Aarons 458 9.6 +2.0
UKIP Gawain Howard Wilkinson Towler 237 5.0 N/A
All People's Party Terry Adewale 45 0.9 N/A
Independent Michelle Deborah Baharier 45 0.9 -4.5
Majority 2,135 44.8
Turnout 4,830 46.01%
Labour hold Swing

The by election was called following the resignation of Councillor Neil Coyle, the Member of Parliament for Bermondsey and Old Southwark. [19]

References

  1. The Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
  2. The Croydon, Lambeth and Southwark (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
  3. The Lewisham and Southwark (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
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