News from Rotherhithe and Surrey Docks Labour Party
In the elections on 1 May 2008 (details below), Val Shawcross (Labour) was re-elected as Southwark and Lambeth representative on the Greater London Assembly; the Labour Party won eight seats in total, up one. Sadly Ken Livingstone (Labour) was not re-elected Mayor of London.
In the Assembly elections the number of Labour votes was up sharply on the 2004 election: Val Shawcross saw her votes rise from 36,280 in 2004 to 60,601 in 2008. Ken Livingstone's number of votes also increased with his London-wide first preferences going from 685,541 to 893,877, maintaining his vote share on the higher turnout though in the event this was not enough to win this time.
Our thanks to everybody who voted for the Labour Party candidates.
The Liberal Democrats saw their vote share fall in the GLA elections despite (or perhaps because of) running Southwark council with the Tories and being the main opposition in Lambeth. Val's majority over the LibDem candidate increased from 5,475 to 23,648 representing a 5% swing from LibDem to Labour in the Southwark and Lambeth constituency seat.
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Southwark and Lambeth |
London-wide |
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Assembly |
Assembly
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Mayor |
Mayor |
Mayor |
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Labour |
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60,601 |
58,554 |
80,172 |
893,877 |
1,028,966 |
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LibDem |
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36,953 |
28,071 |
20,530 |
236,685 |
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Con |
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32,835 |
33,466 |
47,754 |
1,043,761 |
1,168,738 |
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Green |
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18,011 |
20,711 |
7,190 |
77,374 |
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CPA/CP/CC |
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4,432 |
4,823 |
2,838 |
39,249 |
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UKIP |
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3,012 |
1,757 |
848 |
22,422 |
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LL |
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1,956 |
1,846 |
1,199 |
16,796 |
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ED |
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1,867 |
1,255 |
506 |
10,695 |
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AnC |
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1,828 |
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SP |
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1,588 |
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BNP |
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4,945 |
2,448 |
69,710 |
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AbCC |
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4,603 |
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|
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Respect (GG) |
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2,910 |
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UPS |
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|
499 |
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1L (DH) |
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|
254 |
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Ind |
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68 |
392 |
5,389 |
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See more details at the London Elects website.