Local Election result

[EDmummy]

When is Southwark going to call..... About the only thing left to excite me post election now.

[Karrie]

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[davidh]

lab hold all 3 peckham rye seats. I believe lab have regained control of southwark from lib-dem-tory coalition. now let us do the same natinally!

[????]

Oh great, Did you live in Southwark when Labour were last in control??

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Bugger. I may as well not have voted.

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[EDmummy]

@??? this is new politics now (so the BBC are telling us). I'm trying to be positive about what this means locally until I am proved otherwise.

[PeckhamRose]

LibDem hold ED

(so said Southwark News via Twitter on Facebook!)

[Bic Basher]

Only Lewis Robinson (CON) is still on College Ward, two new Labour Cllr's have been elected here.

[EDmummy]

Not sure how this works then. Looking at the results currently posted it looks like Lab slightly ahead but my ward has still not been counted. Holding breath.....

[Bic Basher]

It looks like Labour will regain Southwark from the LD/Con NOC after 8 years.

[bawdy-nan]

east dulwich in

http://www.southwark.gov.uk/site/custom_scripts/viewelection.php?pollid=19

no change other than the third (new) Lib Dem

[Loz]

Oh dear. A quick totting up looks like Southwark has indeed gone to Labour control. A bit of a disaster, really. Shows that the age-old tactic of buying votes from the middle classes still works.

I had hoped it would stay roughly the same. I'm a big fan of NOC councils. Keeps some of the more loony policies and ideas out. Still, one redeeming point is it seems that James Barber has kept his seat.

The thought on the Beeb is that council results will be particularly open to challenge due to the voting shambles. Anyone know if Southwark polling stations suffered?

[bil]

looking at the constituency maps it looks like the most desirable places to live in London (Fulham, Hampstead, barnet, beckenham, bromley, Richmond park-can only dream!) are conservative constituencies. Yes nice large houses and apartments but also great state schools, well kept green spaces, leisure facilities etc...I would be interested to know whether the unemployed and socially disadvantaged in these conservative constituencies fare better or worse (or the same) than equivalent people in labour (the socialists) constituencies in terms of equitable access to healthcare, benefits, decent housing, access to good schools. In this area the access isn't equitable and wealthier generally have access to better services.it may be the same in those constituencies but i was just wondering whether it was so.....

although i guess that there are a greater proportion of wealthy people in these conservative constituencies than in islington, dulwich, greenwich, camberwell etc how will we ever know what is possible in dulwich/w norwood if we stick with labour forever!

is it the people that make the area or the council ?

i hope ED stays under lib dem (please don't let labour take over and destroy us)

[dc]

Was at the count tonight. With one ward still to declare Labour had an overall majority of five on Southwark Council. Possible that this could increase to seven after a recount in Chaucer ward.

[ratty]

Find it hard to argue with the will of the people. Although some here are trying. Fucking typical of East Dulwich that!

[EDmummy]

@bil some of the things you mention are completely outside local authority capacity so perhaps keeping the focus on what can be influenced at local level is a better way to look at things. Create a relationship with your local councillor (whatever colour) and try influence from the grassroots things that are important on a local level.

[bawdy-nan]

According to their manifesto the southwark labour group are promising free school meals for all primary school children as well as guaranteeing a school place in a local school.

Seems extraordinary...

That would save me approx ?750 a year (current annual cost of school lunches for 2 kids at primary school)... I'm assuming that council tax will go up under labout but by that much...???

[Huguenot]

Full results for ED:

Electorate: 8948

Ballot Papers Issued: 6343

Turnout: 70.9 %

Candidate's Name Party Votes Elected?

Leslie Henry, commonly known as Les, Alden Labour Party [The] 2061 No

James Barber Liberal Democrats 2854 Yes

Louise Margaret Dalton Conservative Party 871 No

Christopher Michael Fish Conservative Party 920 No

Anna Charlotte Goodman Green Party [The] 718 No

Oliver James Kempton Labour Party [The] 1907 No

Derek Charles Kinrade Green Party [The] 436 No

Jonathan Stuart Mitchell Liberal Democrats 2720 Yes

Joan, commonly known as Joani, Reid Labour Party [The] 1952 No

Janet Sam-King Conservative Party 779 No

Rosamund Joy, commonly known as Rosie, Shimell Liberal Democrats 2435 Yes

Lucy Trinder Green Party [The] 572 No

Duly Elected

* James Barber (Liberal Democrats)

* Jonathan Stuart Mitchell (Liberal Democrats)

* Rosamund Joy, commonly known as Rosie, Shimell (Liberal Democrats)

[Freddy1929]

Well done Labour, back in control of Southwark, sorry you didn't win in East Dulwich, you had my vote.

[Reg Smeeton]

..and in Village ward, Robin the tree lady (Lib Dem) pinches a seat from the Tories http://www.southwark.gov.uk/site/custom_scripts/viewelection.php?pollid=14

[Townleygreen]

It seems that the recount in the Chaucer ward has produced two libdem and one labour councillors.

If dc's figures are right (see above) then that means Labour has a majority of 4 in the council.

Bad news.

[dc]

Townleygreen Wrote:

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> If dc's figures are right (see above) then that means Labour has a majority of 4 in the council.

Sorry Townleygreen, I am afraid you misunderstood. The extra Labour Councillor in Chaucer takes Labour to 35, LD to 25 and T to 3 - an overall majority of 7 for Labour.

Good news.

[dc]

bil Wrote:

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> i hope ED stays under lib dem (please don't let labour take over and destroy us)

Quick question. How old are you?

[Pugwash]

Great to have the LD back for East Dulwich.

Robin C.H. was a pretty good councillor for a Tory, hopefully equally affective as a LD.

[Bic Basher]

Now that College is split between two Labour and the one Tory Cllr, do all three of them share the caseload between them or will both parties provide separate ward surgeries?