2002 Southwark London Borough Council election

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2002 Southwark Council election
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All council seats
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative
Seats won30285
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg5Increase2.svg1
Popular vote17,06816,7675,809
Percentage38.05%37.38%12.95%
SwingIncrease2.svg3.89Decrease2.svg6.12Increase2.svg0.21
 Fourth party
 
Party Green
Seats won0
Seat changeSteady2.svg
Popular vote3,231
Percentage7.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.37
Largest Party before election

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Labour

Subsequent Largest Party


Liberal Democrats

Map of the results of the 2002 Southwark council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Southwark London UK local election 2002 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2002 Southwark council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

The 2002 elections to Southwark Council were held in the London Borough of Southwark, England, on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election, with boundary changes since the last election in 1998, reducing the number of seats by one. There were 63 seats in 21 wards. The Council moved from Labour controlled to no overall control, with a minority Liberal Democrat executive. Turnout was 26.2%. [1]

Contents

Southwark local elections are held every four years, with the next held in 2006.

Election result

2002 Southwark London Borough Council election seat result.svg
Southwark Local Election Result 2002 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 30Increase2.svg247.638.0517,068Increase2.svg3.89
  Labour 28Decrease2.svg544.437.3816,767Decrease2.svg6.12
  Conservative 5Increase2.svg17.912.955,809Increase2.svg0.21
  Green 000Steady2.svg07.23,231Increase2.svg0.37
  Independent 000Steady2.svg02.731,224Increase2.svg1
  Socialist Alternative 000Steady2.svg00.88397New
  National Front 000Steady2.svg00.39176New
  CPA 000Steady2.svg00.31138New
  Communist 000Steady2.svg00.1149New
Southwark Council voting history 2002 Southwark Council voting history slope chart.png
Southwark Council voting history

Ward Results

[3]

Brunswick Park

Brunswick Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lilian Naish* 999 56.6
Labour Alison Moise 970 55.0
Labour Ian Wingfield* 899 51.0
Liberal Democrats Diccon Bright36920.9
Liberal Democrats Henry Hardy33218.8
Liberal Democrats Mackie Sheik30917.5
Green Isabelle Mazzitelli22612.8
Conservative Tania Brisby20611.7
Green Cindy Morgan19411.0
Conservative Doris Pearce19411.0
Green Paul Holloway19310.9
Conservative Oliver Wooller17910.1
Independent Thomas Maguire412.3
Turnout 1,76923.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Camberwell Green

Camberwell Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dora Dixon-Fyle* 1,276 49.9
Labour John Friary* 1,189 46.5
Labour Anthony Ritchie* 1,120 43.8
Liberal Democrats Keith Miller1,07041.9
Liberal Democrats Beatrice Adeosun1,05941.4
Liberal Democrats Poddy Clark1,04841.0
Green Claire Armitage1556.1
Green Jack Woodford1134.4
Conservative Jeremy Hart983.8
Conservative Robert Hayward 963.8
Green Lee Veitch943.7
Conservative Julian Popov 682.7
Turnout 2,56529.3
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Cathedrals

Cathedrals
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Pursey 1,219 62.3
Liberal Democrats Daniel McCarthy 1,215 62.1
Liberal Democrats Catriona Moore 1,211 61.9
Labour Linda Bailey41221.1
Labour Merilyn Brown40620.7
Labour Preeti Farooki37119.0
Conservative Martin Cullingford1578.0
Conservative Robin Field1497.6
Green Jayne Forbes1366.9
Conservative Fabian Richter1336.8
Green Maija Korpak1246.3
Green David Turner1206.1
Turnout 1,95922.2
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chaucer

Chaucer
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Thomas* 1,576 56.9
Liberal Democrats Abdur-Rahman Olayiwola 1,534 55.4
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Zuleta 1,483 53.6
Labour Sarab Ali96034.7
Labour Al-Issa Munu89632.4
Labour Angela Molloy83530.2
Green Jonathon Farmer1505.4
Conservative Mark Parsons993.6
Green Colleen Schroeder883.2
Conservative Miriam Jones873.1
Green Anna Leikkari823.0
Conservative Vikrant Bhansali772.8
Turnout 2,77531.7
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

College

College
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Humphreys* 1,347 52.2
Conservative Lewis Robinson 1,232 47.7
Conservative William Rowe* 1,226 47.5
Labour Carol Britton84532.7
Labour Reuben Smith73228.4
Labour Gordon Nardell72828.2
Liberal Democrats Theresa Connolly34013.2
Liberal Democrats Patricia Mynott30912.0
Liberal Democrats Patricia Richens28611.1
Green Harriet Einsiedel1867.2
Green Angela Lowe1736.7
Green Tamra Poorun1445.6
Turnout 2,58432.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

East Dulwich

East Dulwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Welfare 841 43.3
Labour Charlie Smith 825 42.5
Labour Norma Gibbes* 804 41.4
Liberal Democrats Joanna French35518.3
Liberal Democrats Albert Bosworth34117.6
Conservative Percy Ansong33617.3
Conservative Mark Graves32616.8
Liberal Democrats Ron Halden32516.7
Conservative Edwin Webster31516.2
Green Anna Dalton28214.5
Green Sharon Hogan24012.4
Green Swadesh Poorun22211.4
Socialist Alternative Tanwir Anwer1377.1
Socialist Alternative Margaret Leman1145.9
Socialist Alternative Garth Robertson904.6
Turnout 1,94224.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

East Walworth

East Walworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Ambrose 1,200 53.3
Liberal Democrats Catherine Bowman* 1,189 52.8
Liberal Democrats Neil Watson* 1,064 47.3
Labour Bernard Dainton71631.8
Labour Roselyn Musa68030.2
Labour Murray Rowland66029.3
Conservative Robert Morton1155.1
Conservative John Rose1014.5
Conservative James Wong974.3
Green Brenda Ferron914.0
Green Orlando Einsiedel883.9
Socialist Alternative Andrew Dark803.6
Socialist Alternative Peter North803.6
Green Phil Poole783.5
Independent Julie Crawford552.4
Turnout 2,25526.5
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Faraday

Faraday
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abdul Mohamed 1,301 45.1
Labour Lorraine Lauder 1,220 42.3
Labour Paul Bates 1,198 41.6
Liberal Democrats Alfred Langley*1,12839.1
Liberal Democrats David Noakes*1,11438.6
Liberal Democrats Nzingha Shukura1,07937.4
Independent Piers Corbyn 34912.1
Independent Margot Lindsay31310.9
Conservative Samantha Graves963.3
Green Sarah Howard943.3
Green Heather O'Reilly923.2
Conservative Joseph McKenna802.8
Green Shane Becker742.6
Conservative Douglas Mitchell712.5
Turnout 2,89434.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Grange

Grange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Denise Capstick* 1,153 60.9
Liberal Democrats Linda Manchester* 1,099 58.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Skelly 1,032 54.5
Labour Graham Nash*59231.3
Labour Richard Livingstone55229.2
Labour Vivienne Todd*46724.7
Conservative Stephen Crabb1327.0
Conservative Susan Hardy1226.4
Conservative Sally Wright1226.4
Green John English1105.8
Green Lisa Peru904.8
Green Mignon Madden824.3
Turnout 1,89622.9
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Graham Nash was previously elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor

Livesey

Livesey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Hunt 1,373 47.3
Liberal Democrats Graham Neale 1,347 46.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Porter 1,336 46.1
Labour Frank Pemberton*1,27243.8
Labour Anne Sacks1,22442.2
Labour Anne Worsley*1,19941.3
Green Caroline Jones1414.9
Conservative John Davenport923.2
Conservative Hussain Malik852.9
Conservative Russell Woodrow692.4
CPA Simisola Lawanson551.9
Socialist Alternative Stephen Norreys511.8
Turnout 2,90833.3
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Newington

Newington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Caroline Pidgeon* 1,329 56.4
Liberal Democrats James Gurling* 1,310 55.6
Liberal Democrats Jelil Ladipo* 1,252 53.2
Labour James Gillespie74531.6
Labour Joseph Edem-Hotah74131.5
Labour Surjit Kaur62226.4
Green Leah Godwin1426.0
Conservative Andrew Briant1365.8
Green Mark Mason1275.4
Conservative Clive Jones1215.1
Conservative Kenneth Norris1195.1
Green Graham Parton1104.7
Turnout 2,36527.6
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Nunhead

Nunhead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fiona Colley 872 49.8
Labour Dominic Thorncroft* 845 48.3
Labour Alun Hayes 792 45.2
Independent Christine Claridge*46626.6
Liberal Democrats Tessa Dunlop27415.6
Liberal Democrats Zita Mohamad24814.2
Green Lee Roach19411.1
Green Paul Barker18910.8
Conservative Barbara Ellams18310.5
Liberal Democrats Kumungu Mwambazi18110.3
Green Steve Barbe17910.2
Conservative Edith Callam17510.0
Conservative Michelle Lowe1468.3
Turnout 1,75521.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Christine Claridge was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Peckham

Peckham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barrie Hargrove* 981 57.5
Labour William Kayada* 946 55.4
Labour Tayo Situ 934 54.7
Independent Mike Rahman37822.1
Independent Natalie Ajeon33519.6
Independent Annette Pallas28016.4
Liberal Democrats Maria Williams1689.8
Liberal Democrats Ewart Rose1609.4
Liberal Democrats Oswald Smith1609.4
Conservative Jane MacLaren1297.6
Conservative Stephen Phillips995.8
Conservative Rebecca Humphreys955.6
CPA Lucinda Atobatele834.9
Green Marie Thiel694.0
Green Jonathon Vickery593.5
Green Lucy Woodford492.9
Turnout 1,71822.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Peckham Rye

Peckham Rye
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Barnard* 911 48.7
Labour Alfred Banya 805 43.0
Labour Robert Smeath 722 38.6
Liberal Democrats Adrian Atherton-Fields43923.5
Liberal Democrats Julie Glover38520.6
Liberal Democrats Victor Stewart37119.8
Conservative Daniel Crawshaw32317.3
Conservative Jill Kirby32317.3
Conservative Jennifer Epworth32017.1
Green Eva Taylor28315.1
Green Robbie Kelly24713.2
Green Adam Shahin20611.0
Turnout 1,87822.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Riverside

Riverside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Flannery 1,136 63.4
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Stanton* 1,122 62.6
Liberal Democrats Eliza Mann 1,096 61.1
Labour Stephen Boyer37420.9
Labour Anne Smith35019.5
Labour Joan Khachik*34719.4
Conservative Peter Randall-Johnson1749.7
Conservative John Liddiard1669.3
Conservative James Talbot1669.3
Green Caroline Behr1528.5
Turnout 1,80222.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Hook* 1,130 60.1
Liberal Democrats Anne Yates* 1,128 60.0
Liberal Democrats Columba Blango* 1,063 56.5
Labour John Hellings42822.8
Labour Olufemi Abe42622.6
Labour Gordon Jones38420.4
Conservative Simon Ainsworth1648.7
Conservative Michael Ramsey1638.7
Green Gillian Addison1548.2
Conservative Jasmine Cullingford1417.5
Green Tyron Evelyn1105.8
Green June Veitch1025.4
Turnout 1,88923.2
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

South Bermondsey

South Bermondsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Beverley Bassom* 1,219 67.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Kyriacou 1,086 59.9
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Mizzi* 1,081 59.6
Labour Reginald Gyasi36220.0
Labour Shirley Oldhamstead34018.7
Labour Abayomi Solaymon31417.3
National Front Richard White1769.7
Conservative Beatrice Crabb1116.1
Conservative Huw David1086.0
Conservative John Pemberton955.2
Green Anthony Hannigan874.8
Green Ruvini De Alwis804.4
Green Caspar Krabo693.8
Turnout 1,81622.9
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

South Camberwell

South Camberwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Veronica Ward 896 48.1
Labour Peter John 839 45.1
Labour Dermot McInerney* 836 44.9
Green Jenny Jones 41722.4
Green Storm Poorun31617.0
Liberal Democrats Stephen Cleary31416.9
Liberal Democrats Eileen Hodgson30816.6
Conservative Christopher Owen27915.0
Green Leslie Smith27014.5
Conservative Irene Manning26114.0
Liberal Democrats Oliver Maloney25913.9
Conservative Olga Grant25813.9
Socialist Alternative Nicola Field955.1
Turnout 1,86623.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Surrey Docks

Surrey Docks
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Hubber 1,034 59.4
Liberal Democrats Gavin O'Brien 1,012 58.1
Liberal Democrats Lisa Rajan 966 55.5
Conservative Laura Collins35120.1
Conservative John Meakin33919.5
Conservative Julian Pratt31117.9
Labour Orville Foulkes26815.4
Labour Pearse Odunlami21012.1
Labour Samuel Ugbade18910.8
Green Katharine Dessau1247.1
Green John Spencer844.8
Green Belen Bermudez764.4
Turnout 1,74920.5
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

The Lane

The Lane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Aubyn Graham* 1,111 54.8
Labour Andrew Simmons 1,097 54.1
Labour Mark Glover 1,090 53.8
Liberal Democrats Colin Hunt46823.1
Liberal Democrats Donnachadh McCarthy39219.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Wundah32716.1
Green Victoria Langdon20510.1
Conservative Stewart Holmes20410.1
Green Erik Brunulf2009.9
Conservative Roger Gough1949.6
Green Bill Keenan1909.4
Conservative Nicholas Vineall1889.3
Socialist Alternative Gillian Lee603.0
Socialist Alternative Colin Lane592.9
Socialist Alternative Dennis Martin522.6
Communist Nicholas Wright492.4
Turnout 2,03623.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Village

Village
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michelle Pearce* 1,755 51.1
Conservative Tobias Eckersley* 1,430 41.7
Conservative David Bradbury* 1,358 39.6
Labour Hugh Dawes1,31338.3
Conservative Ewan Wallace1,29237.6
Labour Simon Taylor1,26736.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Brooks46013.4
Liberal Democrats Jean Halden42012.2
Liberal Democrats John Weedy40811.9
Green Ruth Jenkins3048.9
Green Freddy Easey2376.9
Green Lee Woodford2126.2
Turnout 3,43541.6
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

By-Elections 2002-06

East Walworth by-election, 12 February 2004 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jane Salmon 1,477 56.1 +2.8
Labour Rhodri Thomas97837.1+5.3
Conservative Philip G. H. Riches863.3-1.8
Green Ruth Jenkins823.1-0.9
Independent Julie D. Crawford110.4-2.0
Majority49919.0+3.5
Turnout 2,63432.4+5.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Margaret Ambrose.

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