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Archive: election

Southwark Council election results

Posted on News and Views by Southwark Green Party · May 04, 2018 8:42 AM · 1 reaction

In the Southwark Council elections on 3rd May 2018, Southwark Green Party's lead candidate Eleanor Margolies achieved 31% of the vote in St Giles ward. Her tally of 1,420 votes - a 13.8% swing to the Greens since the 2014 election in this ward - fell just under 700 votes short of the 2,118 votes which elected the third of the three Labour councillors in the ward. [Full St Giles result...]

Southwark Labour increased their majority on the council even further, winning 49 of the 60 seats declared so far (with the election for the final three seats delayed). Southwark Lib Dems have won 11 seats, while Southwark Conservatives have lost their only two seats on the council. 

The Green Party is now in second place in 10 out of the 23 wards in Southwark, taking 13.4% of the vote across the borough and cementing their place as Southwark's third party.

Borough-wide vote shares (with 22 of 23 wards declared):

Party

%

+/- since 2014

Seats won

Gains/losses

Labour 52.0% +8.0% 49 +2
Liberal Democrat 21.3% +2.0% 11  
Green 13.4% -1.5% 0  
Conservative 10.5% -2.1% 0 -2
Women's Equality Party 1.6% +1.6% 0  
Independent 0.8% +0.8% 0  
UKIP 0.2% -5.8% 0  
Christian People's Party 0.1% +0.1% 0  
TUSC 0.1% -0.8% 0  


Ward-by-ward Green vote share

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Key info for election day

Posted on News and Views by Southwark Green Party · May 03, 2018 8:50 AM

Today, Thursday 3rd May, there is a Southwark Council election. You will choose two or three councillors to serve you for four years.

Who to vote for is an important decision. Here is some useful information before voting.

When you vote, you will be given one ballot paper and told how many votes you have (three in most wards, two in a handful of smaller wards). Mark your preferred candidates. You can vote for all three (or two) candidates from one party or for a mixture of parties.

Southwark Council is currently run by Southwark Labour, with a huge majority of 48 out of 63 councillors. Labour will probably run Southwark Council again in 2018. 

This election is not for an MP, or about the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. This is to choose local councillors to work hard and speak up for you on Southwark Council.

Councils dominated by one party, no matter which party it is, provide worse value for money for taxpayers. If people here choose to elect Green Party councillors, it will ensure balance and scrutiny.

Council elections are also about choosing people who will work hard to make the area better. Green Party councillors will:

  • defend and improve council homes
  • work for more truly affordable, secure housing
  • protect local businesses, parks and trees
  • make streets safe for walking and cycling
  • clean up the air we breathe.

Last time around, in the 2014 council elections, the Green Party came second in one-third of Southwark wards: Camberwell Green, Champion Hill, Faraday, Nunhead & Queen's Road, Peckham, Peckham Rye, Rye Lane and St Giles. 

You can vote if you’re on the register (and over 18). In these council elections, qualifying Commonwealth citizens and EU citizens resident in the UK can vote.

Polling stations are open from 7am to 10pm.

Find your polling station: wheredoivote.co.uk

You don’t need your polling card to vote.

Live in St Giles ward, Camberwell? Extra local info

In Camberwell's St Giles ward you have three votes.

This is the Southwark ward where Green candidates have the best chance of getting elected. You can use your vote to add to Southwark Labour's majority on the council, or you can elect three independent, hard-working Green women: Eleanor Margolies, Paula Orr and Susie Wheeldon.

At the last election in 2014, St Giles elected Labour Party councillors. The Green Party was in second place. Votes for other parties are very unlikely to decide the winner.

People in St Giles have the power to put a Green voice on to Southwark Council for the first time since 2010. If you choose to give just one vote to the Green Party, it is the "lead Green Party candidate" Eleanor Margolies who has the best chance of being elected.

Walworth Green candidates appear on Latin American community podcast

Posted on Local news by Walworth Green Party · April 28, 2018 4:42 PM

Walworth Green candidates in the radio studio

Walworth Green Party candidates Liba Hoskin, Liam Hennessy and David Powell joined Lina Usma for a chat on her Latin American community podcast.

You can listen in at https://www.mixcloud.com/mujeresaldia/green-party-candidates-southwark/

The first minute is a Spanish-language introduction by Lina, before the other candidates are introduced in English.

Post-GE17 statement by Southwark Green Party

Posted on News and Views by Southwark Green Party · July 01, 2017 6:03 PM

It was great to see Labour adopting some Green Party policies in its manifesto for the General Election in June. Our anti-austerity policies on social justice and abolishing student debt are clearly popular with voters! But Labour continues to support disastrous projects such as Heathrow expansion, the Hinkley Point nuclear power station and the renewal of Trident – not to mention leaving the EU. We need decisive action on air pollution, with a new Clean Air Act, and a commitment to protect the environment in the Brexit negotiations. While the UK political scene is very much on our minds, Southwark Greens continue to take practical steps to support environmental and social justice.

Make your vote count on 8 June!

Posted on News and Views by Eleanor & Phil · June 01, 2017 6:09 PM

Every Green vote counts. With more support, we will influence the direction of British politics.

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In two Southwark constituencies, Camberwell & Peckham and Dulwich & West Norwood, the previous Labour MPs had huge majorities. They are not marginal seats.

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Candidates for General Election June 2017

Posted on News and Views by Eleanor & Phil · May 02, 2017 6:16 PM

We're delighted to announce our candidates for the 2017 General Election.

hustings2015_1008_ehust_0027.jpgFor Camberwell and Peckham, we have selected Eleanor Margolies. Eleanor is an outstanding campaigner, currently working on highlighting toxic air pollution levels throughout the constituency, and is also Co-Chair of Southwark Green Party.

John_Tyson.jpgBermondsey and Old Southwark will be contested by John Tyson, a Chartered Accountant and housing campaigner, highly active in his local community.

rsz_rashid_nix.jpgIn Dulwich and West Norwood, Rashid Nix will be looking to build on his excellent result in the London Assembly Elections, where he got the highest vote share of any Green constituency candidate.

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