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.
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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
- Council composition after the 2018 election
- Council composition before the 2022 election
After 2018 election | Before 2022 election | ||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
Labour | 49 | Labour | 48 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 14 | Liberal Democrats | 14 | ||
Independent | 1 |
Ward Results
Borough & Bankside
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
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
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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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- "Kieron Williams elected new Southwark Labour leader". Southwark News. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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- "Southwark Council Elections 5 May 2022 - Information for Voters".