Rotherhithe (ward)

Rotherhithe
Electoral ward for the Southwark London Borough Council
Rotherhithe ward boundaries since 2018
Borough	Southwark
County	Greater London
Population	15,626 (2021)
Electorate	10,771 (2022)
Area	1.286 square kilometres (0.497 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
GSS code	E05011112 (2018–present)

Rotherhithe is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Southwark. The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections.

Southwark council elections since 2002

Rotherhithe ward was re-established in 2002 separately from Surrey Docks ward when Dockyard ward was divided. There was a revision of ward boundaries in Southwark in 2018.

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022. ^[1]

2022 Southwark London Borough Council election: Rotherhithe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephanie Cryan	1,782	53.0	+2.8
	Labour	Bethan Roberts	1,653	49.2	+5.5
	Labour	Kathleen Whittam	1,558	46.3	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Bowers	788	23.4	−9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jit Lim	695	20.7	−8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Platt	600	17.8	−11.1
	Green	Colin Boyle	498	14.8	+3.4
	Green	Susan Cooke	485	14.4	N/A
	Green	Roger Manser	421	12.5	+0.8
	Conservative	Laura Collins	381	11.3	+0.2
	Conservative	Michael Tobin	322	9.6	−0.4
	Conservative	Robert Ferguson	318	9.5	−0.2
	TUSC	Robert Law	102	3.0	N/A
	SDP	Andy Kekwick	57	1.7	N/A
Turnout			3,363	31.22	−0.77
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2018 election

Rotherhithe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Stephanie Cryan*	1,726	50.2
	Labour Co-op	Kath Whittam*	1,558	45.3
	Labour Co-op	Bill Williams*	1,504	43.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Holder	1,142	33.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mel Gordon	1,013	29.4
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Nowak	994	28.9
	Green	Colin Boyle	517	15.0
	Green	Roger Manser	404	11.7
	Conservative	Kirsten Lindsay	381	11.1
	Conservative	Edward Burton	345	10.0
	Conservative	William Robinson	334	9.7
Majority
Turnout			3,440	31.99
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

2014 election

Rotherhithe ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephanie Cryan	1,370	40.0	+10.4
	Labour	Kath Whittam	1,348	39.4	+10.8
	Labour	Bill Williams	1,244	36.4	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	James Fearnley	934	27.3	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Wilma Nelson*	921	26.9	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Hook*	860	25.1	−11.5
	UKIP	Ian Pheby	761	22.2	N/A
	UKIP	Pat Lago	660	19.3	N/A
	Green	Emily Haves	497	14.5	+4.4
	Conservative	Eren Ezel	377	11.0	−7.3
	Conservative	Pauline Boyle	357	10.4	−7.2
	Conservative	Sam Packer	302	8.8	−8.6
	TUSC	Mark Chaffey	88	2.6	N/A
Turnout			3,488	34.4	−19.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2010 election

Rotherhithe ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Hook*	1,719	36.6	−10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Wilma Nelson*	1,695	36.1	−11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Columba Blango*	1,590	33.9	−10.0
	Labour	Christopher Brown	1,389	29.6	+4.1
	Labour	Kath Whittam	1,343	28.6	+3.4
	Labour	Anthony Squires	1,180	25.1	+3.3
	Conservative	Simon Hodge	861	18.3	+1.2
	Conservative	Percy Gray	825	17.6	+2.1
	Conservative	Matt Hinxman	815	17.4	+2.2
	Green	Zoe Young	504	10.1	−0.1
	Independent	Kathy Hennessy	467	9.9	N/A
	Independent	Jerry Hewitt	414	8.8	N/A
	Independent	Patrick Horan	299	6.4	N/A
Turnout			4,695	53.4	+25.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

By-election 2008

Rotherhithe by-election, 9 October 2008 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wilma Nelson	1,149	56.8	+8.8
	Labour	Kath Whittam	618	30.6	+5.1
	Conservative	Loanna Morrison	255	12.6	−4.5
Majority			531	26.2	+7.8
Turnout			2,022	23.8	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Anne Yates.

2006 election

Rotherhithe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Yates*	1,134	48.0	−12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Hook*	1,102	46.7	−13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Columba Blango*	1,036	43.9	−12.6
	Labour	Edward Colley	601	25.5	+2.7
	Labour	Victoria Fewkes	596	25.2	+2.6
	Labour	Frank Pemberton	514	21.8	+1.4
	Conservative	Melissa Bean	403	17.1	+8.4
	Conservative	Frances Gray	367	15.5	+7.8
	Conservative	Matthew Kirk	359	15.2	+7.7
	Green	Brendan Connolly	242	10.2	+2.0
	Green	Ruvini De Alwis	233	9.9	+4.1
	Green	Stephanie Ferron	222	9.4	+4.0
Turnout			2,394	28.2	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2002 election

Rotherhithe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Hellings	428	22.8
	Labour	Olufemi Abe	426	22.6
	Labour	Gordon Jones	384	20.4
	Conservative	Simon Ainsworth	164	8.7
	Conservative	Michael Ramsey	163	8.7
	Green	Gillian Addison	154	8.2
	Conservative	Jasmine Cullingford	141	7.5
	Green	Tyron Evelyn	110	5.8
	Green	June Veitch	102	5.4
Turnout			1,889	23.2
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

1. Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
2. "Election results for Rotherhithe Ward". Southwark Council. 22 May 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
3. "Election results for Rotherhithe Ward". Southwark Council. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
4. "Rotherhithe By-Election". Southwark Council. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2009.