Southwark local elections

Southwark 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.^[1]

Contents 1 Political control 2 Council elections 3 By-election results 3.1 1994-1998 3.2 1998-2002 3.3 2002-2006 3.4 2006-2010 4 References 5 External links

Political control

Since the foundation of the council, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

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

Council elections

Southwark Council election, 1964

Southwark Council election, 1968

Southwark Council election, 1971

Southwark Council election, 1974

Southwark Council election, 1978

Southwark Council election, 1982

Southwark Council election, 1986

Southwark Council election, 1990

Southwark Council election, 1994

Southwark Council election, 1998

Southwark Council election, 2002 (boundary changes reduced the number of councillors by 1)^[3]

Southwark Council election, 2006

Southwark Council election, 2010

By-election results

1994-1998

Waverley By-Election 23 October 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		410	79.6	+26.0
	Conservative		105	20.4	+12.2
Majority			305	59.2
Turnout			515	11.3
	Labour hold		Swing

1998-2002

Consort By-Election 15 October 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		919	58.5	+12.8
	Liberal Democrat		474	30.2	+4.5
	Socialist Labour		70	4.5	-3.4
	Conservative		54	3.4	-7.6
	Liberal		53	3.4	+3.4
Majority			450	28.3
Turnout			1,570	34.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Rotherhithe By-Election 3 December 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,143	55.7	-2.5
	Labour		813	39.6	+3.7
	National Democrats		56	2.7	+2.7
	Conservative		28	1.4	-4.5
	Green		11	0.5	+0.5
Majority			330	16.1
Turnout			2,051	32.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cathedral By-Election 22 July 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		750	59.6	-7.3
	Labour		451	35.9	+10.6
	Conservative		57	4.5	+1.1
Majority			299	23.7
Turnout			1,258	27
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2002-2006

East Walworth By-Election 12 February 2004[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,477	56.1	+2.9
	Labour		978	37.1	+5.4
	Conservative		86	3.3	-1.8
	Green		82	3.1	-0.9
	Independent		11	0.4	-2.0
Majority			499	19.0
Turnout			2,634	32.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2006-2010

Riverside By-Election 13 December 2007[5]
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

Rotherhithe By-Election 9 October 2008[6]
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

References

• By-election results

External links

• Southwark Council

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