2022 Southwark London Borough Council election

The 2022 Southwark London Borough Council election is due to take place on 5 May 2022. All 63 members of Southwark London Borough Council will be elected. The elections will take place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

2022 Southwark Council election
5 May 2022

All 63 council seats
 
Leader Keiron Williams Hamish McCallum
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 49 seats, 55.3% 14 seats, 23.9%

Incumbent council control


Labour



In the previous election in 2018, the Labour Party maintained its control of the council, winning 49 out of the 63 seats with the Liberal Democrats forming the council opposition with the remaining fourteen seats.

Background

History

The thirty-two London boroughs were established in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. They are the principal authorities in Greater London and have responsibilities including education, housing, planning, highways, social services, libraries, recreation, waste, environmental health and revenue collection. Some powers are shared with the Greater London Authority, which also manages passenger transport, police, and fire.[1]

Since its formation, Southwark has been continuously under Labour control, apart from a period of no overall control from 2002 to 2010. Apart from an independent in 1982 and a Green Party councillor in 2006, all councillors have been from the Labour Party, Liberal Democrats or the Conservative Party. Labour regained its majority in the 2010 election, winning 35 seats with the Liberal Democrats on 25 and the Conservatives on three. Labour extended its majority by winning 48 seats in the 2014 election with the Liberal Democrats on 13 seats and the Conservatives on two. The Conservatives lost all their representation in the most recent election in 2018, with Labour winning 49 seats with 55.3% of the vote across the borough and the Liberal Democrats winning the remaining 14 seats with 23.9% of the vote. The Green Party received 10.5% of the vote and the Conservatives received 10.4% of the vote but neither party won any seats.[2] The incumbent council leader, Peter John, was reappointed following the election.[3]

Council term

The Labour councillor Keiron Williams was elected as the leader of the council in September 2020, succeeding Peter John.[4]

Electoral process

Southwark, like other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years. The previous election took place in 2018. The election will take place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by two or three councillors. Electors will have as many votes as there are councillors to be elected in their ward, with the top two or three being elected.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in London aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities.[5] Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 7:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.[5]


Previous council composition

After 2018 election Before 2022 election
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 49 Labour 48
Liberal Democrats 14 Liberal Democrats 14
Independent 1

Ward Results

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Borough & Bankside

Borough & Bankside (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Callaghan
Liberal Democrats Victor Chamberlain*
Labour Ronald Harley
TUSC Curtis Kennedy
Conservative Vignesh Murthy
Conservative Jason Richards
Labour Theophilus Toweh
Liberal Democrats Irina Von Wiese
Liberal Democrats David Watson
Labour Maren White
Turnout

Camberwell Green

Camberwell Green (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Suzanne Abachor
Liberal Democrats Harold Board
Conservative David Bradbury
Labour Dora Dixon-Fyle*
TUSC Thea Everett
Conservative Robert Hayward
Liberal Democrats Christopher Hudson
Liberal Democrats Jason Leech
Green Valerie Remy
Conservative Clara Vacondio
Labour Kieron Williams*
Turnout

Champion Hill

Champion Hill (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Columba Blango
Conservative Graham Davison
Labour Esme Hicks
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Hunt
Labour Sarah King*
Green Michael Millar
Conservative Francis Truss
Turnout

Chaucer

Chaucer (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Monsur Ahmed
Liberal Democrats Poddy Clark
Labour Helen Dennis*
Conservative Andrew Dowsett
Green Robert Hutchinson
Labour Laura Johnson
Conservative Richard Packer
Conservative Tom Packer
Liberal Democrats Mackie Sheik
Labour Joseph Vambe
Turnout

Dulwich Hill

Dulwich Hill (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maggie Browning*
Green Myrtle Bruce-Mitford
Liberal Democrats Tara Copeland
Labour Jon Hartley*
Conservative Edith Okparaocha
Liberal Democrats Tom Rogers
Conservative Rupert Watson
Turnout

Dulwich Village

Dulwich Village (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Piers Holden
Conservative Tristan Honeyborne
Green Christopher Langdon
Labour Richard Leeming*
Labour Margy Newens*
Liberal Democrats Raghav Parkash
Reform UK Paul Randolfi
Conservative Clive Rates
Liberal Democrats Richard Wingfield
Turnout

Dulwich Wood

Dulwich Wood (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lindsay Chathli
Green Guy Fairbairn
Liberal Democrats Aiken Furlong
Conservative Peter Heaton-Jones
Liberal Democrats Iain Johncock
Green Vincent Matley
Labour Catherine Rose*
Labour Andy Simmons*
Turnout

Faraday

Faraday (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Let London Live Piers Corbyn
Conservative Novelette Ellis
Labour Sam Foster
Labour Ketzia Harper
Green Emma He
Green Liba Hoskin
Liberal Democrats Cheikh Jalloh
Labour Kimberly McIntosh
Conservative Andrew Neville
Liberal Democrats David Noakes**
Conservative Tarsilo Onuluk
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Zuleta
Turnout

David Noakes was a sitting councillor for Borough & Bankside.

Goose Green

Goose Green (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Philip Collins
Liberal Democrats Clare Donachie
Liberal Democrats Michael Green
Conservative Qin Hong
Green David Jennings
Labour James McAsh*
Labour Portia Mwangangye
Conservative Michael Poole-Wilson
Liberal Democrats Sophie Roach
Labour Charlie Smith*
Conservative Adam van den Broek
Women's Equality Claire Webb
Turnout

London Bridge & West Bermondsey

London Bridge & West Bermondsey (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sunil Chopra**
Labour Sam Dalton
Labour Emily Hickson
Liberal Democrats William Houngbo*
Green Susan Hunter
Liberal Democrats Martina Moh
Liberal Democrats Damian O'Brien*
Conservative Mohammed Okrekson
Green Dauphine Rolin Hymans
Green Chris Terrill
Conservative Ralph Tiffin
Conservative Oliver Ward
Turnout

Sunil Chopra was a sitting councillor for Nunhead & Queen's Road.

Newington

Newington (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Batteson
Conservative Suzie Bridgen-Didier-Garnham
Conservative Charles Dempsey
Labour Natasha Ennin
Liberal Democrats Abdul Gbla
Green Suzy Gillett
Liberal Democrats James Gurling
Labour Alice Macdonald*
Green Lina Ospina Usma
Conservative Erda Prenci
Liberal Democrats Josh Sharman
Green Clare Wood
Turnout

North Bermondsey

North Bermondsey (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rachel Bentley
Labour Kaied Ghiyatha
Conservative Ravi Gidwani
Green Nicola Hearn
Labour Sirajul Islam**
Conservative Kono Kono-Ugen
Conservative Ian Leonard
Liberal Democrats Hamish McCallum*
Labour Claudia Reid
Liberal Democrats Emily Tester
Turnout

Sirajul Islam was a sitting councillor for Chaucer.

North Walworth

North Walworth (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Naima Ali
Green Peter Baffoe
No Description Lucy Carrington
Conservative Craig Cox
Liberal Democrats Tom James
Liberal Democrats Ryan Kingsbury
Green Steven Lehmann
Liberal Democrats Faisal Maramazi
Labour Darren Merrill*
Labour Martin Seaton*
Conservative Diako Tanou
Conservative Christine Wallace
Green Tom Wedell
Turnout

Nunhead & Queen's Road

Nunhead & Queen's Road (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Fergie Anderson
Conservative Harry Chathli
Green Catherine Dawkins
Labour Gavin Edwards*
Conservative Domonic Garriques
Liberal Democrats Claire Mayne-Constantinou
Labour Reginald Popoola
Labour Sandra Rhule*
Green Claire Sheppard
Liberal Democrats Chris Taras
Green Richard Joseph Taylor
Conservative Ian Twinn
Turnout

Old Kent Road

Old Kent Road (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Evelyn Akoto*
Conservative Roman Alexander
Liberal Democrats Moulka Beddar
Reform UK John Cronin
Conservative Derek Fordham
Liberal Democrats Keira Kyriacou
Liberal Democrats Paul Kyriacou
Green Sandra Lane
Labour Richard Livingstone*
Conservative Abel Png
Labour Michael Situ*
Turnout

Peckham

Peckham (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dudley Cowan
Conservative Alfred Daramola
Labour Leona Emmanuel
Labour Barrie Hargrove*
Liberal Democrats Philomena Ofodu
Liberal Democrats James Okosun
Labour Cleo Soanes*
Liberal Democrats Oliver Stanton
Conservative Martina Ward
Turnout

Peckham Rye

Peckham Rye (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Gerard Bennett
Liberal Democrats Christian Blango
Conservative Nathan Gamester
Labour Renata Hamvas*
Labour Victoria Mills*
Liberal Democrats Eduardo Reyes
Green Steven Sheppard
Conservative Oliver Wooller
Turnout

Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Bowers
Green Colin Boyle
Conservative Laura Collins
Green Susan Cooke
Labour Stephanie Cryan*
Conservative Robert Ferguson
SDP Andy Kekwick
TUSC Bob Law
Liberal Democrats Jit Joon Lim
Green Roger Manser
Liberal Democrats Mark Platt
Labour Bethan Roberts
Conservative Michael Tobin
Labour Kath Whittam*
Turnout

Rye Lane

Rye Lane (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jasmine Ali*
Conservative Alys Denby
Labour Esme Dobson
Conservative Peter Felix
Liberal Democrats Amy Glover
Conservative Barry Joseph
Liberal Democrats Andras Juhasz
Liberal Democrats Jim Kean
TUSC Beth Powell
Green Peter Reder
Labour Chloe Tomlinson
Green Alexander van Vliet
Turnout

South Bermondsey

South Bermondsey (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jordan Abdi
Labour Cassandra Brown
Conservative Lewis Jones
Labour Sunny Lambe*
Liberal Democrats Patrickson Obanya
Labour Leo Pollak*
Liberal Democrats Alice Thomas
Liberal Democrats Michael Tipler
Conservative Luke Warren
Turnout

St George's

St George's (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Mary Clegg
Conservative Alex Deane
Liberal Democrats Maria Linforth-Hall *
Labour Alex Marullo
Liberal Democrats Graham Neale *
Labour Samantha Vacciana
Conservative Sasha Zaroubin
Turnout

St Giles

St Giles (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Annous
Liberal Democrats Thomas Chesterman
Labour Ellie Cumbo
Conservative Edward Heckels
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Kadritzke
Conservative Sarah Leivers
Green Eleanor Margolies
Conservative Christopher Mottau
Labour Jason Ochere*
Green Bryan Symons
Labour Robert Wingfield*
Turnout

Surrey Docks

Surrey Docks (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Jason Conway
Conservative Andrew Cusack
Conservative Mark Findell
Conservative Hannah Ginnett
Liberal Democrats Adam Hood
Liberal Democrats Nick Johnson*
Labour Amandeep Kellay
Labour Callum Parrish
Liberal Democrats Nicola Salmon*
Labour Jen Thornton
Turnout

References

  1. "The essential guide to London local government | London Councils". www.londoncouncils.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  2. "Local election 2018: Labour holds on to council - Conservatives wiped off electoral map". Southwark News. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  3. "Peter John: A true champion for Southwark". Southwark News. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  4. "Kieron Williams elected new Southwark Labour leader". Southwark News. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  5. "How the elections work | London Councils". www.londoncouncils.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  6. "Southwark Council Elections 5 May 2022 - Information for Voters".
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