2002 Southwark London Borough Council election

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%.

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 3 5 1 Popular vote 17,068 16,767 5,809 Percentage 38.05% 37.38% 12.95% Swing 3.89 6.12 0.21   Fourth party   Party Green Seats won 0 Seat change Popular vote 3,231 Percentage 7.2% Swing 0.37
Largest Party before election . 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.

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

Election result

Southwark Local Election Result 2002

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	30			2	47.6	38.05	17,068	3.89
	Labour	28			5	44.4	37.38	16,767	6.12
	Conservative	5			1	7.9	12.95	5,809	0.21
	Green	0	0	0		0	7.2	3,231	0.37
	Independent	0	0	0		0	2.73	1,224	1
	Socialist Alternative	0	0	0		0	0.88	397	New
	National Front	0	0	0		0	0.39	176	New
	CPA	0	0	0		0	0.31	138	New
	Communist	0	0	0		0	0.11	49	New

Southwark Council voting history

Ward Results

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

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.