Southwark London Borough Council elections

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

• Southwark London Borough Council election, 1964
• Southwark London Borough Council election, 1968 (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
• Southwark London Borough Council election, 1971 (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
• Southwark London Borough Council election, 1974
• Southwark London Borough Council election, 1978 (boundary changes increased the number of seats by four)^[6]
• Southwark London Borough Council election, 1982
• Southwark London Borough Council election, 1986
• Southwark London Borough Council election, 1990
• Southwark London Borough Council election, 1994 (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[n 1][n 2][n 3]}
• Southwark London Borough Council election, 1998
• Southwark London Borough Council election, 2002 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by one)^[7][8]
• Southwark London Borough Council election, 2006
• Southwark London Borough Council election, 2010
• Southwark London Borough Council election, 2014

Borough result maps

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  2002 results map

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  2006 results map

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  2010 results map

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  2014 results map

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	%	±%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	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
	Lib Dem Focus Team 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
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline V. Pidgeon	650
	Independent Liberal Democrat	Jacqueline E. Tomkins	46
Turnout
	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	1754
	Liberal Democrat	Ms. Jennifer Blake	554
	Conservative	Ms. 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	Ms. Rebecca Lury	1259
	Liberal Democrat	Ben Johnson	1003
	Conservative	Stuart Millson	94
Turnout				25.4%
	Labour hold		Swing

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

2014-2018

There have been no by-elections so far.

References

• By-election results

External links

• Southwark Council

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