Southwark London Borough Council elections

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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]

Election Overall Control Labour Lib Dem Conservative Green Ind.
1964 style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:yellow" | Labour 64 - 6 - -
1968 style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:yellow" | Labour 43 - 27 - -
1971 style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:yellow" | Labour 68 - 2 - -
1974 style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:yellow" | Labour 66 - 4 - -
1978 style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:yellow" | Labour 56 - 8 - -
1982 style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:yellow" | Labour 53 - 8 - 1
1986 style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:yellow" | Labour 43 15 6 - -
1990 style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:yellow" | Labour 37 21 6 - -
1994 style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:yellow" | Labour 34 27 3 - -
1998 style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:yellow" | Labour 33 27 4 - -
2002 style="background:Template:No overall control/meta/color; color:white" | No overall control 28 30 5 - -
2006 style="background:Template:No overall control/meta/color; color:white" | No overall control 28 28 6 1 -
2010 style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:yellow" | Labour 35 25 3 - -
2014 style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:yellow" | Labour 48 13 2 - -
2018 style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:yellow" | Labour 49 14 - - -

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 52.7 -0.8
Labour W. F. Jones 725 47.3 +0.2
Turnout 1,533 14.6 -2.9
Conservative hold Swing

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 69.8 -2.0
Conservative Alfred R. Nuttall 136 15.0 +2.2
National Front Kevin McDonagh 80 8.8 N/A
Liberal Thomas J. Taylor 58 6.4 N/A
Turnout 12.7 -6.5
Labour hold Swing
Brunswick by-election, 25 March 1976[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Gordon 885 49.1 -21.5
Conservative Tobias W. H. Eckersley 446 24.7 +12.7
National Party Ronald A. Jackson 252 14.0 N/A
Liberal Veronica Hunt 220 12.2 ±0.0
Turnout 22.6 -0.8
Labour hold Swing
Burgess by-election, 20 January 1977[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Geater 530 37.9 -32.8
Conservative Tobias W. H. Eckersley 478 34.2 +23.6
National Party Ronald A. Jackson 390 27.9 N/A
Turnout 16.0 -4.1
Labour hold Swing
Ruskin by-election, 29 September 1977[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tobias W. H. Eckersley 1,580 59.1 +7.1
Labour Carol Turner 622 23.3 -5.2
Liberal Brian K. Seeley 243 9.1 -8.4
National Front James S. Sneath 228 8.5 N/A
Turnout 38.7 -9.4
Conservative hold Swing

1978-1982

Newington by-election, 21 September 1978
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Solomon Parry 781 45.0 -15.7
Conservative Gerard Fergus 698 40.2 +7.7
National Front David Teanby 168 9.7 N/A
Liberal Veronica Hunt 90 5.2 N/A
Turnout 21.2 -6.7
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Siah Cox

Riverside by-election, 30 November 1978
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret White 775 68.2 -1.1
Conservative Alexander Padmore 274 24.1 +3.7
National Front Leonard Richard 87 7.7 N/A
Turnout 17.2 -18.9
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Peter Flower

Rye by-election, 20 March 1980
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pauline Moore 1,331 47.8 +10.1
Conservative Richard Clough 1,222 43.9 -5.3
Liberal Marian Atkinson 230 8.3 +2.2
Turnout 40.4 -3.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Enid Boxall

The Lane by-election, 5 November 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (SDP) John Lewis 916 47.1 +41.7
Labour Susan Goss 711 36.6 -21.0
Conservative Ian Twinn 245 12.6 -12.6
National Front David Teanby 71 3.7 -5.6
Turnout 33.4 +0.8
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Frank Brean

1982-1986

Riverside by-election, 10 March 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) Ronald Tindall 1,584 56.6 +34.0
Independent Labour Edward Hart 780 27.8 -6.3
Labour Michael Idun 233 8.3 -14.0
New Britain Kevin Mason 118 4.2 N/A
Conservative Michael Pike 77 2.7 -6.7
Communist Robert Gordon 9 0.3 N/A
Turnout 43.6 -1.4
Alliance gain from Independent Labour Swing

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

Consort by-election, 8 March 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Troy 691 44.7 -9.6
Alliance (Liberal) Richard Shearman 438 28.3 +11.4
Conservative Anthony Patterson 339 21.9 +3.7
National Front Mary Bailey 77 5.0 N/A
Turnout 31.1 ±0.0
Labour hold Swing

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

Burgess by-election, 23 February 1984
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) Rose Colley 840 53.7 +34.5
Labour Kevin Joiner 596 38.1 -9.9
Conservative Beatrice North 81 5.2 -15.6
National Front Peter Core 47 3.0 N/A
Turnout 34.5 -7.9
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ronald Slater

Ruskin by-election, 23 February 1984
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Forder 1,714 50.1 -0.4
Labour Peter Russell 832 24.3 +9.6
Alliance (SDP) Jonathan Mitchell 791 23.1 -5.5
National Front Raymond Barker 83 2.4 N/A
Turnout 42.9 -9.6
Conservative hold Swing

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

Lyndhurst by-election, 12 July 1984
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Crane 1,423 53.4 +15.4
Conservative Barry Hallett 656 24.6 -6.5
Alliance (SDP) Robert Skelly 519 19.5 -4.4
National Front Raymond Barker 65 2.4 N/A
Turnout 28.9 -10.5
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paula Moore

Rotherhithe by-election, 13 September 1984
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) Frank Pemberton 1,381 60.9 +34.2
Labour Trevor Lawrence 780 34.4 -12.2
Conservative Percy Gray 55 2.4 -14.8
National Front Peter Core 50 2.2 N/A
Turnout 35.2 +4.9
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Harold Young

Riverside by-election, 15 August 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) Michael Hannon 1,656 65.2 +42.5
Labour John Thomas 801 31.6 +9.3
Conservative Beatrice North 81 3.2 -6.2
Turnout 38.6 -6.4
Alliance gain from Independent Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Barbara Burgess

Liddle by-election, 19 December 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Ellery 1,032 81.7 +23.3
Alliance (SDP) Doreen Payne 164 13.0 -0.6
Conservative Trevor Pitman 67 5.3 -8.3
Turnout 15.5 -4.7
Labour hold Swing

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

1986-1990

Dockyard by-election, 24 July 1986
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Sullivan 1,168 50.1 +6.4
Alliance (Liberal) Hyman Silverston 1,041 44.7 +0.4
Conservative Andrew Clayton 72 3.1 -3.3
National Front John Norris 50 2.1 N/A
Turnout 35.84 -5.5
Labour gain from Alliance Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. George Walker

Liddle by-election, 9 April 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Deborah Welch 951 69.8 +0.3
Alliance (SDP) Ann Harris 292 21.4 +11.2
Conservative Trevor Atman 120 8.8 +1.4
Turnout 17.19 +7.4
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ali Balli

Rye by-election, 24 September 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Trevor Pitman 1,495 54.8 +17.6
Labour Christopher Hughes 811 29.8 -9.1
Alliance (SDP) Robert Skelly 261 9.6 -3.9
Green Alex Goldie 145 5.3 +0.7
Communist Linda Osborn 14 0.5 N/A
Turnout 39.45 -7.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Elsie Headley

Chaucer by-election, 25 February 1988
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (SDP) Anna McGettigan 1,365 48.3 +7.1
Labour Alexander Moore 1,146 40.5 -4.8
Conservative Nicholas Eriksen 266 9.4 +3.1
Communist Peter Power 51 1.8 N/A
Turnout 35.47 -1.7
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Linda Oram

Riverside by-election, 21 April 1988
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Coral Newell 1,348 47.0 +10.8
Alliance (Liberal) George Dunk 1,345 46.8 -3.9
Conservative Andrew Clayton 129 4.5 -1.9
National Front Stephen Evans 49 1.7 N/A
Turnout 43.73 +1.1
Labour gain from Alliance Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joan Price

Abbey by-election, 27 October 1988
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) Alan Blake 1,240 65.6 +26.5
Labour John Johnson 514 27.2 -14.7
Conservative Thomas Pheby 137 7.2 N/A
Turnout 39.79 +0.1
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kenneth Carlisle

Lyndhurst by-election, 17 November 1988
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kate Hoey 1,778 57.7 +5.4
Conservative Heather Kirby 880 28.5 -0.9
Liberal Democrats Alex Goldie 327 10.6 -2.2
SDP Doreen Payne 98 3.2 N/A
Turnout 34.24 -10.8
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alan Crane

Friary by-election, 12 October 1989
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Wingfield 810 48.0 -22.3
Independent Labour Gregory Staunton 567 33.6 N/A
Conservative Michael Lawson 202 12.0 -1.8
Liberal Democrats Leroy Arscott 110 6.5 -6.4
Turnout 27.05 -5.8
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David Main

1990-1994

Brunswick by-election, 25 July 1991[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Vivien D. Maurice 1,076 50.8 N/A
Labour Bernard White 775 36.6 -31.5
Conservative Michael P. P. Bungy 135 6.4 -16.8
BNP Stephen J. Tyler 132 6.2 N/A
Turnout 27.8 -4.2
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Sarah M. Gurling 1,378 56.5 -4.0
Labour Charles Cherrill 855 35.0 -0.7
Ind. Lib Dem Ronald A. Mcl. North 112 4.6 N/A
Conservative Brooks Newmark 95 3.9 -1.4
Turnout
Liberal Democrats 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 73.4 +10.9
Conservative Sharon F. Spiers 260 10.7 -1.2
Liberal Democrats Alexander J. Baker 257 10.5 -8.8
Ind. Lib Dem David Osborne 133 5.5 N/A
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 Democrats Sandra R. Dunk 1,236 60.4 -3.4
Labour Robert J. Gasson 642 31.4 +7.1
Conservative Percy Gray 167 8.2 +1.6
Turnout
Liberal Democrats 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 +10.5
Liberal Democrats Caroline V. Pidgeon 650 40.5 +1.1
Ind. Lib Dem Jacqueline E. Tomkins 46 2.9 N/A
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 77.9 +11.0
Liberal Democrats David C. Buxton 118 12.5 -6.3
Conservative Robert Hayward 90 9.6 -0.9
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 50.1 +7.3
Liberal Democrats Robert J. S. Skelly 1,025 45.6 +0.2
Independent Green Doreen M. Robinson 97 4.3 N/A
Turnout
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Joyce L. Hales 1,191 64.1 +3.3
Labour Eudora Dixon-Fyle 668 35.9 +0.2
Turnout
Liberal Democrats 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 +35.2
Conservative Rebecca M. Humphreys 105 20.4 +12.3
Majority 305 59.2
Turnout 515 11.3 -32.0
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 +10.2
Liberal Democrats Colin A. Hunte 474 30.2 +3.3
Socialist Labour Angela M. Ruddock 70 4.5 -3.8
Conservative Oliver H. Wooller 54 3.4 -7.1
Liberal Geoffrey M. A. Goldie 53 3.4 N/A
Majority 450 28.3
Turnout 1,570 34.0 +10.6
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 Democrats Jeffrey Hook 1,143 55.7 +2.4
Labour Peter C. John 813 39.6 +5.9
National Democrats Gary Cartwright 56 2.7 N/A
Conservative Steven P. Bolton 28 1.4 -4.2
Green Storm S. Poorun 11 0.5 N/A
Majority 330 16.1
Turnout 2,051 32.0 +1.7
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Stephen Bosch 750 59.6 +10.4
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 27.0 -6.1
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Jane Salmon 1,477 56.1 +2.8
Labour Rhodri Thomas 978 37.1 +5.3
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 Democrats 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 Democrats Anood Al-Samerai 1,114 49.8 +8.4
Labour Cormac Hollingsworth 691 30.9 +3.6
Conservative Rahoul Bhansali 260 11.6 -8.9
Green Amanda Penfold 122 5.5 -11.2
UKIP Fernando Grace 49 2.2 N/A
Majority 423 18.9 +4.8
Turnout 2,236 24.7
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Wilma Nelson 1,149 56.8 +8.8
Labour Kath Whittam 618 30.6 +5.1
Conservative Loanna Morrison 255 12.6 -4.5
Majority 531 26.2 +7.8
Turnout 2,022 23.8
Liberal Democrats 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 1,981 65.1 +10.6
Liberal Democrats Kate E. Heywood 630 20.7 -3.2
Green Jenny Bentall 231 7.6 -6.7
Conservative Simon J. Kitchen 129 4.2 -7.3
TUSC Brian J. Kelly 70 2.3 N/A
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 64.4 +23.1
Green Anna Margaret Plodowski 472 11.4 -3.2
Liberal Democrats Alex Berhanu 471 11.4 -14.7
Conservative Simon Joseph Fox 423 10.2 -2.1
TUSC Brian John Kelly 107 2.6 N/A
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 70.1 +7.4
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Blake 554 22.1 +3.2
Conservative Diana Atuona 86 3.4 -5.7
TUSC Brian J. Kelly 63 2.5 N/A
Green Jason Harvey-Evers 46 1.8 -4.7
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 53.4 +10.4
Liberal Democrats Ben Johnson 1,003 42.6 +2.5
Conservative Stuart Millson 94 4.0 -8.0
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 43.5 -0.8
Liberal Democrats William Houngbo 1,532 22.6 -9.6
Conservative Michael Dowsett 1,178 17.3 +6.8
Green Gareth Rees 564 8.3 -9.7
UKIP Dean Conway 474 7.0 N/A
Independent Professor Piers Corbyn 67 1.0 N/A
All People's Party Ade Lasaki 25 0.4 N/A
Majority 1,419 20.9 +16.6
Turnout 63.9
Labour hold Swing

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

College by-election, 7 May 2016[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Catherine Rose 2,258 45.7 -10.6
Conservative Kate Bramson 1,269 25.7 -6.0
Liberal Democrats Brigid Gardner 699 14.1 +8.7
Green Dale Lesley Rapley 371 7.5 -2.1
UKIP Toby Prescott 318 6.4 N/A
All People's Party Michael Dowsett 25 0.5 N/A
Majority 989 20.0 +2.8
Turnout 58.4
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, 13 May 2016[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Coldwell 2,829 59.3 +6.5
Liberal Democrats Martin Shapland 694 14.5 -9.5
Green Nick Hooper 464 9.7 -3.8
Conservative Gige Aarons 458 9.6 +1.5
UKIP Gawain Towler 237 5.0 -0.9
All People's Party Terry Adewale 45 0.9 N/A
Independent Michelle Baharier 45 0.9 N/A
Majority 2,135 44.8 +19.7
Turnout 46.1
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]

Surrey Docks by-election, 9 June 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dan Whitehead 1,523 51.7 +24.4
Labour Will Holmes 619 21.3 -1.9
Conservative Craig Cox 380 12.9 -8.5
Green Colin James Boyle 218 7.4 -8.5
UKIP Toby Prescott 187 6.3 -10.1
Independent John Hellings 10 0.3 -15.2
Majority 904 30.4 +28.1
Turnout 29.9
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Lisa Rajan.

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