2022 Southwark London Borough Council election

2022 Southwark Council election

5 May 2022
All 63 council seats
First party Second party   Leader Kieron Williams Hamish McCallum Party Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 49 seats, 55.3% 14 seats, 23.9% Seats won 52 11 Seat change 3 3 Percentage 56.0% 21.0% Swing 0.7% 2.9%
council control before election Labour Subsequent council control Labour

The 2022 Southwark London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 63 members of Southwark London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

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 14 seats.

Labour kept control in 2022, taking 3 seats from the Liberal Democrats in London Bridge and West Bermondsey and increasing their majority to 52.

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.

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. The incumbent council leader, Peter John, was reappointed following the election.

Council term

The Labour councillor Kieron Williams was elected as the leader of the council in September 2020, succeeding Peter John.

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. 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.

Previous council composition

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  Council composition after the 2018 election
• 
  Council composition before the 2022 election

After 2018 election			Before 2022 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	49		Labour	48
	Liberal Democrats	14		Liberal Democrats	14
				Independent	1

Ward Results

Borough & Bankside

Borough & Bankside (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Chamberlain*	1,236	56.1	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Irina Von Wiese	1,187	53.9	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Watson	1,136	51.6	−0.6
	Labour	Ronald Harley	725	32.9	+1.9
	Labour	Maren White	699	31.7	+1.0
	Labour	Theophilus Toweh	698	31.7	+2.9
	Conservative	Daniel Callaghan	223	10.1	+1.5
	Conservative	Jason Richards	212	9.6	+1.2
	Conservative	Vignesh Murthy	195	8.9	+1.4
	TUSC	Charlie Kennedy	85	3.9	N/A
Turnout			2,202	34.50	−1.52
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Camberwell Green

Camberwell Green (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Suzanne Abachor	2,282	69.2	+3.1
	Labour	Dora Dixon-Fyle*	2,281	69.1	−1.9
	Labour	Kieron Williams*	2,090	63.3	−1.6
	Green	Valerie Remy	798	24.2	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Board	353	10.7	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hudson	350	10.7	+5.2
	Conservative	David Bradbury	273	8.3	−1.5
	Conservative	Robert Hayward	254	7.7	−1.4
	Conservative	Clara Vacondio	219	6.6	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Leech	200	6.1	−0.8
	TUSC	Thea Everett	126	3.8	N/A
Turnout			3,300	30.21	−0.53
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Champion Hill

Champion Hill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah King*	1,629	65.7	+1.0
	Labour	Esme Hicks	1,610	64.9	+6.6
	Green	Michael Millar	535	21.6	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Columba Blango	311	12.5	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Hunt	293	11.8	−0.3
	Conservative	Graham Davison	202	8.1	+0.3
	Conservative	Francis Truss	187	7.5	−0.3
Turnout			2,481	36.69	+3.90
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Chaucer

Chaucer (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Dennis*	1,916	66.9	+9.2
	Labour	Laura Johnson	1,761	61.5	+9.4
	Labour	Joseph Vambe	1,470	51.3	+2.0
	Green	Robert Hutchinson	637	22.2	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Poddy Clark	609	21.3	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Monsur Ahmed	539	18.8	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mackie Sheik	403	14.1	−6.7
	Conservative	Andrew Dowsett	280	9.8	−1.2
	Conservative	Richard Packer	257	9.0	−1.5
	Conservative	Tom Packer	251	8.8	−1.2
Turnout			2,865	28.69	−0.04
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Dulwich Hill

Dulwich Hill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maggie Browning*	1,846	68.0	+3.4
	Labour	Jon Hartley*	1,298	47.8	−9.5
	Green	Myrtle Bruce-Mitford	698	25.7	+9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Tara Copeland	489	18.0	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Rogers	341	12.6	+0.8
	Conservative	Rupert Watson	289	10.7	−0.8
	Conservative	Edith Okparaocha	277	10.2	−0.5
Turnout			2,713	38.97	+0.06
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Dulwich Village

Dulwich Village (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margy Newens*	2,111	45.4	+6.3
	Labour	Richard Leeming*	1,922	41.4	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Wingfield	1,133	24.4	−3.6
	Conservative	Tristan Honeyborne	1,063	22.9	−6.2
	Conservative	Clive Rates	1,053	22.7	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Raghav Parkash	1,037	22.3	−2.7
	Green	Christopher Langdon	387	8.3	+1.4
	Green	Piers Holden	370	8.0	+1.6
	Reform UK	Paul Randolfi	50	1.1	N/A
Turnout			4,645	60.66	+3.44
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Dulwich Wood

Dulwich Wood (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Rose*	1,783	58.1	−1.0
	Labour	Andy Simmons*	1,621	52.8	−5.7
	Conservative	Lindsay Chathli	706	23.0	+0.8
	Conservative	Peter Heaton-Jones	675	22.0	+1.5
	Green	Guy Fairbairn	449	14.6	+5.6
	Green	Vincent Matley	303	9.9	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Johncock	300	9.8	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Aiken Furlong	299	9.7	+0.4
Turnout			3,120	42.40	+1.85
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Faraday

Faraday (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Foster	1,475	63.4	−4.8
	Labour	Kezia Harper	1,450	62.4	−5.0
	Labour	Kimberly McIntosh	1,445	62.2	−3.4
	Green	Emma He	390	16.8	+3.6
	Green	Liba Hoskin	369	15.9	+3.9
	Conservative	Novelette Ellis	250	10.8	+2.4
	Conservative	Andrew Neville	226	9.7	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Noakes**	216	9.3	+0.4
	Let London Live	Piers Corbyn	200	8.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Cheikh Jalloh	197	8.5	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Zuleta	189	8.1	+0.4
	Conservative	Tarsilo Onuluk	174	7.5	−0.5
Turnout			2,325	29.87	+0.16
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

David Noakes was a sitting councillor for Borough & Bankside.

Goose Green

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

London Bridge & West Bermondsey

London Bridge & West Bermondsey (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emily Hickson	1,716	48.3	+6.1
	Labour	Sunil Chopra**	1,586	44.7	+3.4
	Labour	Sam Dalton	1,562	44.0	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	William Houngbo*	1,205	33.9	−9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martina Moh	1,193	33.6	−12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Damian O'Brien*	1,119	31.5	−11.7
	Green	Susan Hunter	495	13.9	+6.6
	Green	Dauphine Hymans	343	9.7	+3.2
	Green	Christopher Terrill	280	7.9	N/A
	Conservative	Ralph Tiffin	262	7.4	−2.5
	Conservative	Oliver Ward	261	7.3	−0.2
	Conservative	Mohammed Okrekson	237	6.7	−0.3
Turnout			3,552	33.53	+4.96
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Sunil Chopra was a sitting councillor for Nunhead & Queen's Road.

Newington

Newington (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Macdonald*	2,051	63.4	+2.0
	Labour	Natasha Ennin	2,011	62.1	−3.6
	Labour	John Batteson	1,955	60.4	−3.6
	Green	Suzy Gillett	494	15.3	+2.1
	Green	Clare Wood	453	14.0	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Gurling	408	12.6	−1.4
	Green	Lina Usma	371	11.5	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Gbla	368	11.4	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Joshua Sharman	350	10.8	−1.7
	Conservative	Charles Dempsey	311	9.6	+1.1
	Conservative	Suzie Bridgen-Didier-Garnham	297	9.2	+1.3
	Conservative	Erda Prenci	233	7.2	−0.3
Turnout			3,236	31.62	+0.03
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

North Bermondsey

North Bermondsey (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Bentley	1,909	51.5	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hamish McCallum*	1,732	46.8	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Tester	1,724	46.5	+2.1
	Labour	Kaied Ghiyatha	1,227	33.1	+0.4
	Labour	Claudia Reid	1,194	32.2	+0.8
	Labour	Sirajul Islam**	1,036	28.0	−1.7
	Green	Nicola Hearn	641	17.3	+7.9
	Conservative	Ian Leonard	415	11.2	−1.6
	Conservative	Ravi Gidwani	370	10.0	−1.1
	Conservative	Kono Kono-Ugen	301	8.1	−2.3
Turnout			3,705	32.85
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sirajul Islam was a sitting councillor for Chaucer.

North Walworth

North Walworth (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Naima Ali	1,906	60.5	−1.7
	Labour	Darren Merrill*	1,771	56.2	+1.7
	Labour	Martin Seaton*	1,672	53.1	−2.8
	Green	Peter Baffoe	652	20.7	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas James	453	14.4	−0.9
	Green	Steven Lehmann	424	13.5	+2.6
	Green	Thomas Wedell	413	13.1	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Kingsbury	396	12.6	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Faisal Maramazi	337	10.7	−1.9
	Conservative	Craig Cox	324	10.3	−0.1
	Conservative	Christine Wallace	295	9.4	−0.7
	Conservative	Diako Tanou	237	7.5	−1.6
	Independent	Lucy Carrington	78	2.5	−2.0
Turnout			3,149	29.56	−0.10
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Nunhead & Queen's Road

Nunhead & Queen's Road (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gavin Edwards*	2,072	52.5	−15.9
	Labour	Reginald Popoola	2,040	51.7	−17.6
	Labour	Sandra Rhule*	2,025	51.3	−15.4
	Green	Claire Sheppard	1,551	39.3	+23.4
	Green	Catherine Dawkins	1,516	38.3	+23.9
	Green	Richard Taylor	1,270	32.2	+18.8
	Conservative	Harry Chathli	216	5.5	−2.0
	Conservative	Domonic Garriques	191	4.8	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Fergus Anderson	193	4.9	−1.6
	Conservative	Ian Twinn	188	4.7	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Mayne-Constantinou	142	3.6	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Taras	134	3.4	−2.5
Turnout			3,949	34.10	+4.65
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Kent Road

Old Kent Road (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Evelyn Akoto*	2,283	70.5	+0.4
	Labour	Richard Livingstone*	2,046	63.1	−4.7
	Labour	Michael Situ*	1,959	60.5	−3.8
	Green	Sandra Lane	599	18.5	+6.7
	Conservative	Roman Alexander	400	12.3	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Keira Kyriacou	375	11.6	−3.9
	Conservative	Derek Fordham	351	10.8	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Moulka Beddar	350	10.8	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kyriacou	314	9.7	−3.5
	Conservative	Abel Png	278	8.6	+0.3
	Reform UK	John Cronin	121	3.7	N/A
Turnout			3,240	27.23	−0.73
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Peckham

Peckham (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leona Sabina Emmanuel	2,148	79.5	+4.7
	Labour	Barrie Hargrove*	2,080	77.0	−0.3
	Labour	Cleo Soanes*	1,987	73.6	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philomena Ofodu	290	10.7	+5.3
	Conservative	Dudley Cowan	269	10.0	+2.8
	Conservative	Alfred Daramola	259	9.6	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Stanton	232	8.6	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Okosun	208	7.7	+2.4
	Conservative	Martina Ward	198	7.3	+0.8
Turnout			2,701	25.80	−2.22
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Peckham Rye

Peckham Rye (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Renata Hamvas*	1,802	62.6	−0.1
	Labour	Victoria Mills*	1,751	60.9	−2.5
	Green	Gerard Bennett	650	22.6	+2.1
	Green	Steven Sheppard	581	20.2	N/A
	Conservative	Nathan Gamester	247	8.6	+1.3
	Conservative	Oliver Wooller	213	7.4	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Eduardo Reyes	185	6.4	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christian Blango	181	6.3	−0.1
Turnout			2,877	39.41	−0.33
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Rotherhithe

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

Rye Lane

Rye Lane (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jasmine Ali*	2,343	68.0	−3.5
	Labour	Esme Dobson	2,123	61.6	−2.7
	Labour	Chloe Tomlinson	2,008	58.3	+0.4
	Green	Peter Reder	943	27.4	+10.8
	Green	Alexander van Vliet	653	18.9	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Amy Glover	451	13.1	+2.6
	Conservative	Peter Felix	268	7.8	−0.5
	Conservative	Alys Denby	259	7.5	−0.5
	Conservative	Barry Joseph	243	7.1	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Andras Juhasz	243	7.1	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	James Kean	238	6.9	−0.5
	TUSC	Beth Powell	114	3.3	N/A
Turnout			3,446	31.93	−1.19
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

South Bermondsey

South Bermondsey (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cassandra Brown	2,025	54.0	+6.6
	Labour	Sunny Lambe*	1,900	50.7	+2.4
	Labour	Leo Pollak*	1,759	46.9	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alice Thomas	1,407	37.5	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Tipler	1,295	34.6	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Patrickson Obanya	1,277	34.1	+3.5
	Conservative	Lewis Jones	367	9.8	+2.7
	Conservative	Jordan Abdi	359	9.6	+3.2
	Conservative	Luke Warren	328	8.8	+2.5
Turnout			3,748	33.58	+1.13
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St George's

St George's (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Linforth-Hall *	1,034	48.8	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Neale *	929	43.8	+0.2
	Labour	Alex Marullo	836	39.4	−0.8
	Labour	Samantha Vacciana	821	38.7	−1.2
	Green	Mary Clegg	227	10.7	+1.9
	Conservative	Alex Deane	140	6.6	−1.0
	Conservative	Sasha Zaroubin	114	5.4	−1.7
Turnout			2,121	38.07	+0.29
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Giles

St Giles (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eleanor Cumbo	2,606	68.2	+6.1
	Labour	Jason Ochere*	2,360	61.8	+9.3
	Labour	Robert Wingfield*	2,217	58.1	+5.1
	Green	Eleanor Margolies	1,186	31.1	−4.1
	Green	Bryan Symons	712	18.6	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Kadritzke	408	10.7	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Annous	316	8.3	+1.2
	Conservative	Sarah Leivers	306	8.0	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Chesterman	300	7.9	+2.0
	Conservative	Edward Heckels	270	7.1	+0.9
	Conservative	Christopher Mottau	230	6.0	+0.2
Turnout			3,819	33.75	−0.73
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Surrey Docks

Surrey Docks (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Salmon*	1,475	46.1	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Johnson*	1,329	41.5	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Hood	1,298	40.5	−9.7
	Labour	Jen Thornton	1,095	34.2	+3.2
	Labour	Amandeep Kellay	1,056	33.0	+6.7
	Labour	Callum Parrish	920	28.7	+2.5
	Green	Jason Conway	825	25.8	+10.9
	Conservative	Hannah Ginnett	399	12.5	−2.5
	Conservative	Andrew Cusack	371	11.6	−2.1
	Conservative	Mark Findell	346	10.8	−5.1
Turnout			3,202	32.07	+0.60
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing