Lambeth and Southwark (London Assembly constituency)

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Lambeth and Southwark
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
Lambeth and Southwark shown within London.PNG
Lambeth and Southwark shown within London
Created2000 (2000)
Number of membersOne
Member Marina Ahmad
Party Labour
Last election 2024
Next election2028

Lambeth and Southwark is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.

Contents

It consists of the London Borough of Lambeth and London Borough of Southwark.

Since the first assembly elections in 2000 it has been represented by the Labour Party, firstly by Val Shawcross, then by Florence Eshalomi (subsequently MP for Vauxhall, which falls under this constituency), and by Marina Ahmad since 2021.

Assembly members

YearMemberParty
2000 Val Shawcross Labour
2016 Florence Eshalomi Labour
2021 Marina Ahmad Labour

Mayoral election results

Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the constituency at each mayoral election.

YearMemberParty
2000 Ken Livingstone Independent
2004 Ken Livingstone Labour
2008 Ken Livingstone Labour
2012 Ken Livingstone Labour
2016 Sadiq Khan Labour
2021 Sadiq Khan Labour
2024 Sadiq Khan Labour

Assembly election results

2024 London Assembly election: Lambeth and Southwark [1] [2]
PartyCandidateConstituencyList
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Marina Ahmad 84,76848.7Decrease2.svg0.387,16150.0
Green Claire Sheppard35,14420.2Increase2.svg0.530,04317.2
Liberal Democrats Chris French22,03012.7Increase2.svg1.516,1169.2
Conservative Christine Wallace21,12112.1Decrease2.svg4.419,82311.4
Reform UK Tony Sharp8,9425.1Increase2.svg3.06,2653.6
Socialist (GB) Adam Buick2,0821.2New
Rejoin EU 4,9592.8
Animal Welfare 2,5011.4
CPA 1,8281.0
SDP 1,4610.8
Britain First 1,3510.8
Independent Laurence Fox 1,1090.6
Communist 9450.5
Independent Farah London3980.2
Heritage 2860.2
Independent Gabe Romualdo830.0
Majority49,62428.5
Valid Votes174,087174,329
Invalid Votes1,341
Turnout 175,42839.11%1,11139.11%
Labour hold Swing
2021 London Assembly election: Lambeth and Southwark [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marina Ahmad 91,949 49.0 Decrease2.svg2.6
Green Claire Sheppard36,93319.7Increase2.svg5.9
Conservative Hannah Ginnett30,85516.5Decrease2.svg2.0
Liberal Democrats Florence Cyrot20,92011.2Decrease2.svg0.2
Reform UK John Cronin3,9172.1New
TUSC April Ashley2,9191.6New
Majority55,01629.3Decrease2.svg3.8
Total formal votes187,493
Informal votes2,976
Turnout 190,469
Labour hold Swing
2016 London Assembly election: Lambeth and Southwark [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Florence Eshalomi 96,946 51.6 Decrease2.svg1.2
Conservative Robert Flint34,70318.5Decrease2.svg0.9
Green Rashid Nix25,79313.8Increase2.svg2.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Bukola21,48911.4Decrease2.svg0.3
UKIP Idham Ramadi6,5913.5Increase2.svg0.7
Socialist (GB) Kevin Parkin1,3330.7Decrease2.svg1.2
All People's Party Amadu Kanumansa9060.5New
Majority62,24233.1Decrease2.svg0.3
Total formal votes187,76198.8Increase2.svg0.3
Informal votes2,2291.2Increase2.svg0.3
Turnout 189,99044.0Increase2.svg6.7
Labour hold Swing
2012 London Assembly election: Lambeth and Southwark [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Val Shawcross 83,239 52.8 +16.4
Conservative Michael Mitchell30,53719.4−0.3
Liberal Democrats Rob Blackie 18,35911.7−10.5
Green Jonathan Bartley 18,14411.5+0.7
UKIP James Fluss4,3952.8+1.0
Socialist (GB) Daniel Lambert2,9381.9+0.9
Majority52,70233.4+19.2
Total formal votes157,61298.5
Informal votes2,4461.5
Turnout 160,05837.3−4.8
Labour hold Swing
2008 London Assembly election: Lambeth and Southwark [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Shawcross 60,601 36.4 +7.3
Liberal Democrats Caroline Pidgeon 36,95322.2–2.5
Conservative Shirley Houghton32,83519.7+5.8
Green Shane Collins18,01110.8+1.3
Christian (CPA)Geoff Macharia4,4322.7−0.2
UKIP Jens Wilton3,0121.8–5.2
Left List Katt Young1,9561.2New
English Democrat Janus Polencues1,8671.1New
Animal Welfare Jasmijn de Boo 1,8281.1New
Socialist (GB) Daniel Lambert1,5881.0New
Majority23,64814.2+9.8
Turnout 166,32842.1+8.7
Labour hold Swing
2004 London Assembly election: Lambeth and Southwark [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Shawcross 36,280 29.1 –4.9
Liberal Democrats Caroline Pidgeon 30,80524.7+4.6
Conservative Bernard Gentry17,37913.9–3.3
Green Shane Collins11,9009.5–2.3
UKIP Frank Maloney 8,7767.0New
Respect Janet Noble4,9304.0New
CPA Simisola Lawanson3,6552.9New
Majority5,4754.4–9.5
Turnout 124,62233.38+1.4
Labour hold Swing
2000 London Assembly election: Lambeth and Southwark [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Shawcross 37,985 37.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Facey22,49222.3N/A
Conservative Irene Kimm19,23819.0N/A
Green Storm Poorun13,2429.5N/A
London Socialist Theresa Bennett6,2316.2N/A
Humanist Tony Robinson1,2611.3N/A
Communist League Jonathan Silberman5360.5N/A
Majority15,49315.3N/A
Turnout 100,98529.0N/A
Labour win (new seat)

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  8. ↑ London & Local Elections 2000: Lambeth and Southwark, BBC News
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