2002 Southwark Council election
2 May 2002
All council seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative
Seats won 30 28 5
Seat change Increase3 Decrease5 Increase1
Popular vote 17,068 16,767 5,809
Percentage 38.05% 37.38% 12.95%
Swing Increase3.89 Decrease6.12 Increase0.21
  Fourth party
 
Party Green
Seats won 0
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 3,231
Percentage 7.2%
Swing Increase0.37
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.

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]

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

Election result

Southwark Local Election Result 2002[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 30 Increase2 47.6 38.05 17,068 Increase3.89
  Labour 28 Decrease5 44.4 37.38 16,767 Decrease6.12
  Conservative 5 Increase1 7.9 12.95 5,809 Increase0.21
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0 7.2 3,231 Increase0.37
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0 2.73 1,224 Increase1
  Socialist Alternative 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.88 397 New
  National Front 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.39 176 New
  CPA 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.31 138 New
  Communist 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.11 49 New
Southwark Council voting history

Ward Results

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Brunswick Park

Brunswick Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lilian Naish* 999 56.6
Labour Alison Moise 970 55.0
Labour Ian Wingfield* 899 51.0
Liberal Democrats Diccon Bright 369 20.9
Liberal Democrats Henry Hardy 332 18.8
Liberal Democrats Mackie Sheik 309 17.5
Green Isabelle Mazzitelli 226 12.8
Conservative Tania Brisby 206 11.7
Green Cindy Morgan 194 11.0
Conservative Doris Pearce 194 11.0
Green Paul Holloway 193 10.9
Conservative Oliver Wooller 179 10.1
Independent Thomas Maguire 41 2.3
Turnout 1,769 23.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Camberwell Green

Camberwell Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Miller 1,070 41.9
Liberal Democrats Beatrice Adeosun 1,059 41.4
Liberal Democrats Poddy Clark 1,048 41.0
Green Claire Armitage 155 6.1
Green Jack Woodford 113 4.4
Conservative Jeremy Hart 98 3.8
Conservative Robert Hayward 96 3.8
Green Lee Veitch 94 3.7
Conservative Julian Popov 68 2.7
Turnout 2,565 29.3
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Cathedrals

Cathedrals
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Bailey 412 21.1
Labour Merilyn Brown 406 20.7
Labour Preeti Farooki 371 19.0
Conservative Martin Cullingford 157 8.0
Conservative Robin Field 149 7.6
Green Jayne Forbes 136 6.9
Conservative Fabian Richter 133 6.8
Green Maija Korpak 124 6.3
Green David Turner 120 6.1
Turnout 1,959 22.2
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chaucer

Chaucer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Ali 960 34.7
Labour Al-Issa Munu 896 32.4
Labour Angela Molloy 835 30.2
Green Jonathon Farmer 150 5.4
Conservative Mark Parsons 99 3.6
Green Colleen Schroeder 88 3.2
Conservative Miriam Jones 87 3.1
Green Anna Leikkari 82 3.0
Conservative Vikrant Bhansali 77 2.8
Turnout 2,775 31.7
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

College

College
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Humphreys* 1,347 52.2
Conservative Lewis Robinson 1,232 47.7
Conservative William Rowe* 1,226 47.5
Labour Carol Britton 845 32.7
Labour Reuben Smith 732 28.4
Labour Gordon Nardell 728 28.2
Liberal Democrats Theresa Connolly 340 13.2
Liberal Democrats Patricia Mynott 309 12.0
Liberal Democrats Patricia Richens 286 11.1
Green Harriet Einsiedel 186 7.2
Green Angela Lowe 173 6.7
Green Tamra Poorun 144 5.6
Turnout 2,584 32.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

East Dulwich

East Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Welfare 841 43.3
Labour Charlie Smith 825 42.5
Labour Norma Gibbes* 804 41.4
Liberal Democrats Joanna French 355 18.3
Liberal Democrats Albert Bosworth 341 17.6
Conservative Percy Ansong 336 17.3
Conservative Mark Graves 326 16.8
Liberal Democrats Ron Halden 325 16.7
Conservative Edwin Webster 315 16.2
Green Anna Dalton 282 14.5
Green Sharon Hogan 240 12.4
Green Swadesh Poorun 222 11.4
Socialist Alternative Tanwir Anwer 137 7.1
Socialist Alternative Margaret Leman 114 5.9
Socialist Alternative Garth Robertson 90 4.6
Turnout 1,942 24.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

East Walworth

East Walworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Dainton 716 31.8
Labour Roselyn Musa 680 30.2
Labour Murray Rowland 660 29.3
Conservative Robert Morton 115 5.1
Conservative John Rose 101 4.5
Conservative James Wong 97 4.3
Green Brenda Ferron 91 4.0
Green Orlando Einsiedel 88 3.9
Socialist Alternative Andrew Dark 80 3.6
Socialist Alternative Peter North 80 3.6
Green Phil Poole 78 3.5
Independent Julie Crawford 55 2.4
Turnout 2,255 26.5
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Faraday

Faraday
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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* 1,128 39.1
Liberal Democrats David Noakes* 1,114 38.6
Liberal Democrats Nzingha Shukura 1,079 37.4
Independent Piers Corbyn 349 12.1
Independent Margot Lindsay 313 10.9
Conservative Samantha Graves 96 3.3
Green Sarah Howard 94 3.3
Green Heather O'Reilly 92 3.2
Conservative Joseph McKenna 80 2.8
Green Shane Becker 74 2.6
Conservative Douglas Mitchell 71 2.5
Turnout 2,894 34.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Grange

Grange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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* 592 31.3
Labour Richard Livingstone 552 29.2
Labour Vivienne Todd* 467 24.7
Conservative Stephen Crabb 132 7.0
Conservative Susan Hardy 122 6.4
Conservative Sally Wright 122 6.4
Green John English 110 5.8
Green Lisa Peru 90 4.8
Green Mignon Madden 82 4.3
Turnout 1,896 22.9
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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* 1,272 43.8
Labour Anne Sacks 1,224 42.2
Labour Anne Worsley* 1,199 41.3
Green Caroline Jones 141 4.9
Conservative John Davenport 92 3.2
Conservative Hussain Malik 85 2.9
Conservative Russell Woodrow 69 2.4
CPA Simisola Lawanson 55 1.9
Socialist Alternative Stephen Norreys 51 1.8
Turnout 2,908 33.3
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Newington

Newington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Gillespie 745 31.6
Labour Joseph Edem-Hotah 741 31.5
Labour Surjit Kaur 622 26.4
Green Leah Godwin 142 6.0
Conservative Andrew Briant 136 5.8
Green Mark Mason 127 5.4
Conservative Clive Jones 121 5.1
Conservative Kenneth Norris 119 5.1
Green Graham Parton 110 4.7
Turnout 2,365 27.6
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Nunhead

Nunhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fiona Colley 872 49.8
Labour Dominic Thorncroft* 845 48.3
Labour Alun Hayes 792 45.2
Independent Christine Claridge* 466 26.6
Liberal Democrats Tessa Dunlop 274 15.6
Liberal Democrats Zita Mohamad 248 14.2
Green Lee Roach 194 11.1
Green Paul Barker 189 10.8
Conservative Barbara Ellams 183 10.5
Liberal Democrats Kumungu Mwambazi 181 10.3
Green Steve Barbe 179 10.2
Conservative Edith Callam 175 10.0
Conservative Michelle Lowe 146 8.3
Turnout 1,755 21.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Christine Claridge was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Peckham

Peckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barrie Hargrove* 981 57.5
Labour William Kayada* 946 55.4
Labour Tayo Situ 934 54.7
Independent Mike Rahman 378 22.1
Independent Natalie Ajeon 335 19.6
Independent Annette Pallas 280 16.4
Liberal Democrats Maria Williams 168 9.8
Liberal Democrats Ewart Rose 160 9.4
Liberal Democrats Oswald Smith 160 9.4
Conservative Jane MacLaren 129 7.6
Conservative Stephen Phillips 99 5.8
Conservative Rebecca Humphreys 95 5.6
CPA Lucinda Atobatele 83 4.9
Green Marie Thiel 69 4.0
Green Jonathon Vickery 59 3.5
Green Lucy Woodford 49 2.9
Turnout 1,718 22.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Peckham Rye

Peckham Rye
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Barnard* 911 48.7
Labour Alfred Banya 805 43.0
Labour Robert Smeath 722 38.6
Liberal Democrats Adrian Atherton-Fields 439 23.5
Liberal Democrats Julie Glover 385 20.6
Liberal Democrats Victor Stewart 371 19.8
Conservative Daniel Crawshaw 323 17.3
Conservative Jill Kirby 323 17.3
Conservative Jennifer Epworth 320 17.1
Green Eva Taylor 283 15.1
Green Robbie Kelly 247 13.2
Green Adam Shahin 206 11.0
Turnout 1,878 22.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Riverside

Riverside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Boyer 374 20.9
Labour Anne Smith 350 19.5
Labour Joan Khachik* 347 19.4
Conservative Peter Randall-Johnson 174 9.7
Conservative John Liddiard 166 9.3
Conservative James Talbot 166 9.3
Green Caroline Behr 152 8.5
Turnout 1,802 22.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Rotherhithe

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)

South Bermondsey

South Bermondsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Gyasi 362 20.0
Labour Shirley Oldhamstead 340 18.7
Labour Abayomi Solaymon 314 17.3
National Front Richard White 176 9.7
Conservative Beatrice Crabb 111 6.1
Conservative Huw David 108 6.0
Conservative John Pemberton 95 5.2
Green Anthony Hannigan 87 4.8
Green Ruvini De Alwis 80 4.4
Green Caspar Krabo 69 3.8
Turnout 1,816 22.9
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

South Camberwell

South Camberwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Veronica Ward 896 48.1
Labour Peter John 839 45.1
Labour Dermot McInerney* 836 44.9
Green Jenny Jones 417 22.4
Green Storm Poorun 316 17.0
Liberal Democrats Stephen Cleary 314 16.9
Liberal Democrats Eileen Hodgson 308 16.6
Conservative Christopher Owen 279 15.0
Green Leslie Smith 270 14.5
Conservative Irene Manning 261 14.0
Liberal Democrats Oliver Maloney 259 13.9
Conservative Olga Grant 258 13.9
Socialist Alternative Nicola Field 95 5.1
Turnout 1,866 23.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Surrey Docks

Surrey Docks
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Collins 351 20.1
Conservative John Meakin 339 19.5
Conservative Julian Pratt 311 17.9
Labour Orville Foulkes 268 15.4
Labour Pearse Odunlami 210 12.1
Labour Samuel Ugbade 189 10.8
Green Katharine Dessau 124 7.1
Green John Spencer 84 4.8
Green Belen Bermudez 76 4.4
Turnout 1,749 20.5
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

The Lane

The Lane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Aubyn Graham* 1,111 54.8
Labour Andrew Simmons 1,097 54.1
Labour Mark Glover 1,090 53.8
Liberal Democrats Colin Hunt 468 23.1
Liberal Democrats Donnachadh McCarthy 392 19.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Wundah 327 16.1
Green Victoria Langdon 205 10.1
Conservative Stewart Holmes 204 10.1
Green Erik Brunulf 200 9.9
Conservative Roger Gough 194 9.6
Green Bill Keenan 190 9.4
Conservative Nicholas Vineall 188 9.3
Socialist Alternative Gillian Lee 60 3.0
Socialist Alternative Colin Lane 59 2.9
Socialist Alternative Dennis Martin 52 2.6
Communist Nicholas Wright 49 2.4
Turnout 2,036 23.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Village

Village
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michelle Pearce* 1,755 51.1
Conservative Tobias Eckersley* 1,430 41.7
Conservative David Bradbury* 1,358 39.6
Labour Hugh Dawes 1,313 38.3
Conservative Ewan Wallace 1,292 37.6
Labour Simon Taylor 1,267 36.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Brooks 460 13.4
Liberal Democrats Jean Halden 420 12.2
Liberal Democrats John Weedy 408 11.9
Green Ruth Jenkins 304 8.9
Green Freddy Easey 237 6.9
Green Lee Woodford 212 6.2
Turnout 3,435 41.6
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

By-Elections 2002-06

East Walworth by-election, 12 February 2004[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jane Salmon 1,477 56.1 +2.8
Labour Rhodri Thomas 978 37.1 +5.3
Conservative Philip G. H. Riches 86 3.3 -1.8
Green Ruth Jenkins 82 3.1 -0.9
Independent Julie D. Crawford 11 0.4 -2.0
Majority 499 19.0 +3.5
Turnout 2,634 32.4 +5.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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

References

  1. ↑ "Election results by Wards,2 May 2002". Southwark Council. 2 May 2002.
  2. ↑ "Election Results". London Councils. 8 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "Election Results". Southwark Council. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Tories make Newport gain". The Guardian. London. 13 February 2004. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
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