2002 Southwark London Borough Council election

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2002 Southwark Council election
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  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 Decrease6.09 Increase0.19
  Fourth party
 
Party Green
Seats won 0
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 3,231
Percentage 7.2%
Swing Increase0.36
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

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2002 Southwark London Borough Council local election results[2][3][4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 30 Increase2 47.6 38.05 17,068 Increase 3.89
  Labour 28 Decrease5 44.4 37.38 16,767 Decrease 6.09
  Conservative 5 Increase1 7.9 12.95 5,809 Increase 0.19
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0 7.2 3,231 Increase 0.36
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0 2.73 1,224 Increase 1.3
  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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(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward

Brunswick Park

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Brunswick Park (3)[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lilian V. Naish 999 55.23 New
Labour Alison Moise 970
Labour Robert I. Wingfield 899
Liberal Democrats Diccon D. Bright 369 19.45 New
Liberal Democrats Henry S. Hardy 332
Liberal Democrats Mackie Sheik 309
Green Isabelle Mazzitelli 226 11.80 New
Conservative Tania A.T.B. Brisby 206 11.15 New
Green Cindy Morgan 194
Conservative Doris J. Pearce 194
Green Paul Holloway 193
Conservative Oliver H. Wooller 179
Independent Thomas C. Maguire 41 2.37 New
Registered electors 7,706 New
Turnout 1,769 22.96 New
Rejected ballots 4 0.23 New
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Camberwell Green

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Camberwell Green (3)[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dora Dixon-Fyle 1,276 48.54 New
Labour John J. Friary 1,189
Labour Anthony G. Ritchie 1,120
Liberal Democrats Keith Miller 1,070 43.01 New
Liberal Democrats Beatrice Adeosun 1,059
Liberal Democrats Florence I.J. Clark 1,048
Green Claire Armitage 155 4.90 New
Green Jack Woodford 113
Conservative Jeremy J. Hart 98 3.55 New
Conservative Robert A. Hayward 96
Green Lee Veitch 94
Conservative Julian G. Popov 68
Registered electors 8,761 New
Turnout 2,565 29.28 New
Rejected ballots 4 0.16 New
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Cathedrals

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Cathedrals (3)[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark E. Pursey 1,219 64.48 New
Liberal Democrats Daniel McCarthy 1,215
Liberal Democrats Catriona Moore 1,211
Labour Linda Bailey 412 21.03 New
Labour Merilyn J. Brown 406
Labour Preeti H. Farooki 371
Conservative Martin J. Cullingford 157 7.77 New
Conservative Robin M. Field 149
Green Jayne Forbes 136 6.72 New
Conservative Fabian F. Richter 133
Green Maija K. Korpak 124
Green David Turner 120
Registered electors 8,822 New
Turnout 1,959 22.21 New
Rejected ballots 2 0.10 New
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chaucer

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Chaucer (3)[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Thomas 1,576 58.72 Increase 13.01
Liberal Democrats Abdur-Rahman O.A. Olayiwola 1,534
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Zuleta 1,483
Labour Sarab Ali 960 34.40 Decrease 14.60
Labour Al-Issa Munu 896
Labour Angela C. Molloy 835
Green Jonathon J. Farmer 150 3.52 New
Conservative Mark R. Parsons 99 3.36 Decrease 1.93
Green Colleen Schroeder 88
Conservative Miriam E. Jones 87
Green Anna Leikkari 82
Conservative Vikrant R. Bhansali 77
Registered electors 8,759 Increase 1,048
Turnout 2,775 31.68 Decrease 3.97
Rejected ballots 7 0.25 Increase 0.10
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

College

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College (3)[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark E.K. Humphreys* 1,347 50.41 Decrease 0.11
Conservative Lewis Robinson 1,232
Conservative William P. Rowe* 1,226
Labour Carol J.E. Britton 845 30.54 Decrease 4.14
Labour Reuben R. Smith 732
Labour Gordon L. Nardell 728
Liberal Democrats Theresa Connolly 340 12.39 Increase 1.40
Liberal Democrats Patricia M. Mynott 309
Liberal Democrats Patricia M. Richens 286
Green Harriet Einsiedel 186 6.66 Increase 2.85
Green Angela Lowe 173
Green Tamra Poorun 144
Registered electors 7,886 Increase 2,408
Turnout 2,584 32.77 Decrease 10.59
Rejected ballots 2 0.08 Decrease 0.34
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new seat)

East Dulwich

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East Dulwich (3)[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Welfare 841 42.16 New
Labour Charlie Smith 825
Labour Norma Gibbes* 804
Liberal Democrats Joanna French 355 17.43 New
Liberal Democrats Albert Bosworth 341
Conservative Percy Ansong 336 16.68 New
Conservative Mark Graves 326
Liberal Democrats Ron Halden 325
Conservative Edwin Webster 315
Green Anna Dalton 282 12.70 New
Green Sharon Hogan 240
Green Swadesh Poorun 222
London Socialist Tanwir Anwer 137 6.43 New
London Socialist Margaret Leman 114
Independent Garth Robertson 90 4.61 New
Registered electors 8,098 New
Turnout 1,942 23.98 New
Rejected ballots 1 0.05 New
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

East Walworth

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East Walworth (3)[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Ambrose 1,200 53.25 New
Liberal Democrats Catherine Bowman 1,189
Liberal Democrats Neil C. Watson 1,064
Labour Bernard M. Dainton 716 31.71 New
Labour Roselyn R. Musa 680
Labour Murray C. Rowlands 660
Conservative Robert Morton 115 4.83 New
Conservative John D. Rose 101
Conservative James Wong 97
Green Brenda Ferron 91 3.96 New
Green Orlando Einsiedel 88
Socialist Alternative Andrew Dark 80 3.70 New
Socialist Alternative Peter J. North 80
Green Phil Poole 78
Independent Julie D. Crawford 55 2.55 New
Registered electors 8,499 New
Turnout 2,255 26.53 New
Rejected ballots 4 0.18 New
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Faraday

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Faraday (3)[2][3][4]
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

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Grange (3)[2][3][4]
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

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Livesey (3)[2][3][4]
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

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Newington (3)[2][3][4]
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

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Nunhead (3)[2][3][4]
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

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Peckham (3)[2][3][4]
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

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Peckham Rye (3)[2][3][4]
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

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Riverside (3)[2][3][4]
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

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Rotherhithe (3)[2][3][4]
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

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South Bermondsey (3)[2][3][4]
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

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South Camberwell (3)[2][3][4]
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

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Surrey Docks (3)[2][3][4]
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

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The Lane (3)[2][3][4]
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

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Village (3)[2][3][4]
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)

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Election results by Wards,2 May 2002". Southwark Council. 2 May 2002.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Election Results". London Councils. 8 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. pp. 146–149, 204–205. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Southwark Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 24 November 2025.