Lambeth and Southwark (London Assembly constituency)

Lambeth and Southwark
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
	Lambeth and Southwark shown within London
Created	2000
Number of members	One
Member	Florence Eshalomi
Party	Labour
Last election	2016
Next election	2021

Lambeth and Southwark is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.

It consists of the London Borough of Lambeth and London Borough of Southwark.

Since the first assembly elections in 2000 it has been represented by the Labour Party, firstly by Val Shawcross, and by Florence Eshalomi since 2016.

Assembly members

Year		Member	Party
	2000	Val Shawcross	Labour
	2016	Florence Eshalomi	Labour

Election results

The elections originally scheduled for 7 May 2020 were delayed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. They will now be held at the same time as the elections previously scheduled for 2021.^[1]

2021 London Assembly election: Lambeth and Southwark
Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marina Ahmad
	TUSC	April Ashley
	Reform UK	John Cronin
	Liberal Democrats	Florence Cyrot
	Conservative	Hannah Ginnett
	Green	Claire Sheppard
	Animal Welfare
	CPA
	Communist
	Heritage
	Let London Live
	Londependence
	London Real
	National Liberal
	Rejoin EU
	SDP
	TUSC
	Women's Equality
	UKIP

2016 London Assembly election: Lambeth and Southwark^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Florence Eshalomi	96,946	51.6	-1.2
	Conservative	Robert Flint	34,703	18.5	-0.9
	Green	Rashid Nix	25,793	13.8	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bukola	21,489	11.4	-0.3
	UKIP	Idham Ramadi	6,591	3.5	+0.7
	Socialist (GB)	Kevin Parkin	1,333	0.7	-1.2
	All People's Party	Amadu Kanumansa	906	0.5	N/A
Majority			62,242	33.1	-0.3
Total formal votes			187,761	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			2,229	1.2	+0.3
Turnout			189,990	44	+6.7

2012 London Assembly election: Lambeth and Southwark^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Val Shawcross	83,239	52.8	+16.4
	Conservative	Michael Mitchell	30,537	19.4	-0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Blackie	18,359	11.7	-10.5
	Green	Jonathan Bartley	18,144	11.5	+0.7
	UKIP	James Fluss	4,395	2.8	+1.0
	Socialist (GB)	Daniel Lambert	2,938	1.9	+0.9
Majority			52,702	33.4	+19.2
Total formal votes			157,612	98.5
Informal votes			2,446	1.5
Turnout			160,058	37.3	-4.8
	Labour hold		Swing

2008 London Assembly election: Lambeth and Southwark^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Shawcross	60,601	36.4	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Pidgeon	36,953	22.2	–2.5
	Conservative	Shirley Houghton	32,835	19.7	+5.8
	Green	Shane Collins	18,011	10.8	+1.3
	Christian (CPA)	Geoff Macharia	4,432	2.7	-0.2
	UKIP	Jens Wilton	3,012	1.8	–5.2
	Left List	Katt Young	1,956	1.2	N/A
	English Democrat	Janus Polencues	1,867	1.1	N/A
	Animals Count	Jasmijn de Boo	1,828	1.1	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	Daniel Lambert	1,588	1.0	N/A
Majority			23,648	14.2	+9.8
Turnout			166,328	42.1	+8.7
	Labour hold		Swing

2004 London Assembly election: Lambeth and Southwark^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Shawcross	36,280	29.1	–4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Pidgeon	30,805	24.7	+4.6
	Conservative	Bernard Gentry	17,379	13.9	–3.3
	Green	Shane Collins	11,900	9.5	–2.3
	UKIP	Frank Maloney	8,776	7.0	N/A
	Respect	Janet Noble	4,930	4.0	N/A
	CPA	Simisola Lawanson	3,655	2.9	N/A
Majority			5,475	4.4	–9.5
Turnout			124,622	33.38	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing

2000 London Assembly election: Lambeth and Southwark^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Shawcross	37,985	37.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Facey	22,492	22.3	N/A
	Conservative	Irene Kimm	19,238	19.0	N/A
	Green	Storm Poorun	13,242	9.5	N/A
	London Socialist	Theresa Bennett	6,231	6.2	N/A
	Humanist	Tony Robinson	1,261	1.3	N/A
	Communist League	Jonathan Silberman	536	0.5	N/A
Majority			15,493	15.3	N/A
Turnout				29.0	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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^ "Election 2008 | London Elections: Lambeth & Southwark". BBC News. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2012. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
^ http://www.election.demon.co.uk/gla.html
^ London & Local Elections 2000: Lambeth and Southwark, BBC News

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[BBC-COVID19delay-1] "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[4] "Election 2008 | London Elections: Lambeth & Southwark". BBC News. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2012. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

[demon-5] ttp://www.election.demon.co.uk/gla.html

[bbc-6] London & Local Elections 2000: Lambeth and Southwark, BBC News

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