Goose Green (ward)

Goose Green
Electoral ward for the Southwark London Borough Council
Goose Green ward boundaries since 2018
Borough	Southwark
County	Greater London
Population	13,612 (2021)
Electorate	10,501 (2022)
Major settlements	East Dulwich
Area	1.107 square kilometres (0.427 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2018
Number of members	3
Councillors	James McAsh   Charlie Smith   Portia Mwangangye
Created from	The Lane, East Dulwich, Newington, Peckham Rye, South Camberwell
GSS code	E05011103

Goose Green is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Southwark. The ward was first used in the 2018 elections. It returns three councillors to Southwark London Borough Council.

List of councillors

Seat	Councillor	Took office	Left office	Party		Election
1	Victoria Olisa	2018 (2018)	2022 (2022)		Labour	2018
2	James McAsh	2018 (2018)	Incumbent		Labour	2018, 2022
3	Charlie Smith	2018 (2018)	Incumbent		Labour	2018, 2022
1	Portia Mwangangye	2022 (2022)	Incumbent		Labour	2022

Southwark council elections

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022. The turnout of 60.7% was the highest of any electoral ward in Greater London. ^[1]

2022 Southwark London Borough Council election: Goose Green (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Portia Mwangangye	2,495	59.6	9.9
	Labour	James McAsh	2,323	55.5	12.7
	Labour	Charlie Smith	2,108	50.4	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Donachie	955	22.8	2.4
	Green	Philip Collins	932	22.3	8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Green	736	17.6	2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sophie Roach	684	16.3	19.7
	Green	David Jennings	636	15.2	7.0
	Women's Equality	Claire Webb	414	9.9	12.6
	Conservative	Michael Poole-Wilson	311	7.4	0.4
	Conservative	Qin Hong	294	7.0	1.5
	Conservative	Adam van den Broek	275	6.6	0.8
Turnout			4,186	39.86	−4.37
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018. ^[2]

2018 Southwark London Borough Council election: Goose Green (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victoria Olisa	2,372	49.7
	Labour	James McAsh	2,042	42.8
	Labour	Charlie Smith	2,039	42.7
	Liberal Democrats	James Barber	1,719	36.0
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Donachie	1,202	25.2
	Women's Equality	Claire Empson	1,075	22.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Green	974	20.4
	Green	Rosemary Ades	679	14.2
	Conservative	David Bradbury	408	8.5
	Green	David Jennings	394	8.2
	Conservative	Robert Broomhead	354	7.4
	Conservative	Michael Poole-Wilson	334	7.0
	Green	Dale Latchford	311	6.5
Turnout			4,776	44.23
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
2. Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.