The Labour Party

News from Rotherhithe and Surrey Docks Labour Party

European Membership Referendum 23 June 2016

After David Cameron divided the country, the voting results were:

"Britain is better off in Europe. It is clear that being in the European Union brings us jobs, growth and investment. The EU has helped to secure workers’ rights and make consumers better off too. That’s why Labour is in for Britain." Alan Johnson - Chair of the Labour in for Britain Campaign

Promoted by Iain McNicol on behalf of the Labour Party both at Southside, 105 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QT

Surrey Docks by-election Thursday 9 June 2016:

While Labour's vote stayed around the 21-22% seen in the 2014 Surrey Docks election for Southwark Council, the Conservative, UKIP and Green vote shares collapsed. The results were:

Will Holmes is Labour's candidate to be your councillor

Will has lived in the area for several years and is a trustee of local charity Time & Talents

"I'll work hard for a safer Surrey Docks and make sure any plans for our area genuinely improve the lives of local residents"
"I'll fight for a better SE16"

Neil Coyle MP backs Will Holmes:

"Will will be an excellent councillor for Surrey Docks, who will use his experience and enthusiasm to help our community. It's only since we've had a Labour Council, Labour councillors in the neighbouring Rotherhithe ward and a Labour MP that we have seen a more frequent C10 bus service, real action to deliver better broadband and a strong voice at the Town Hall for SE16. Imagine what we could achieve with a Labour councillor in Surrey Docks."

Promoted by R Smeath on behalf of W Holmes all at 264 Rosendale Road SE24 9DL

London Elections 2016:

Sadiq Khan elected Mayor
Florence Eshalomi wins Southwark and Lambeth
and another swing to Labour

In the elections on 5 May 2016 , Sadiq Khan (Labour) had a spectacular victory in being elected Mayor of London, with a major swing to Labour compared with the Mayoral 2012 elections. At the same time Florence Eshalomi (Labour) was elected as Southwark and Lambeth representative on the Greater London Assembly and the Labour Party again won 12 seats in total out of 25.

The details from London Elects of how Rotherhithe and Surrey Docks voted are:

Some of our representatives:

Neil Coyle, MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Cllr Stephanie Cryan, Cllr Kath Whittam, Cllr Bill Williams, Southwark councillors for Rotherhithe
Florence Eshalomi Member of London Assembly for Lambeth & Southwark;
Claude Moraes MEP, Mary Honeyball MEP, Lucy Anderson MEP, Seb Dance MEP

Older pages:

The former Dockyard ward covered the Rotherhithe peninsula and former Surrey Commercial Docks and was the most northerly and easterly part of the London Borough of Southwark. The electoral ward was split in two for the elections in May 2002: Rotherhithe in the west and Surrey Docks in the east; the local Labour Party reorganised to reflect this.