Lambeth and Southwark (London Assembly constituency)
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Lambeth and Southwark is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.
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| Territorial constituency for the London Assembly | |
Lambeth and Southwark shown within London | |
| Created | 2000 |
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| Number of members | One |
| Member | Marina Ahmad |
| Party | Labour |
| Last election | 2024 |
| Next election | 2028 |
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, then by Florence Eshalomi (subsequently MP for Vauxhall, which falls under this constituency), and by Marina Ahmad since 2021.
Assembly members
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Val Shawcross | Labour | |
| 2016 | Florence Eshalomi | Labour | |
| 2021 | Marina Ahmad | Labour | |
| 2024 | Marina Ahmad | Labour | |
Assembly election results
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | List | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Marina Ahmad | 84,768 | 48.7 |  0.3 |
87,161 | 50.0 | ||
| Green | Claire Sheppard | 35,144 | 20.2 |  0.5 |
30,043 | 17.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris French | 22,030 | 12.7 | 1.5 |
16,116 | 9.2 | ||
| Conservative | Christine Wallace | 21,121 | 12.1 | 4.4 |
19,823 | 11.4 | ||
| Reform | Tony Sharp | 8,942 | 5.1 | 3.0 |
6,265 | 3.6 | ||
| Socialist (GB) | Adam Buick | 2,082 | 1.2 | New | ||||
| Rejoin EU | 4,959 | 2.8 | ||||||
| Animal Welfare | 2,501 | 1.4 | ||||||
| CPA | 1,828 | 1.0 | ||||||
| SDP | 1,461 | 0.8 | ||||||
| Britain First | 1,351 | 0.8 | ||||||
| Independent | Laurence Fox | 1,109 | 0.6 | |||||
| Communist | 945 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Independent | Farah London | 398 | 0.2 | |||||
| Heritage | 286 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Independent | Gabe Romualdo | 83 | 0.0 | |||||
| Majority | 49,624 | 28.5 | 0.8 |
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| Valid votes | 174,087 | 174,329 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 1,341 | |||||||
| Turnout | 175,428 | 39.11 | 1,111 | 39.11 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Marina Ahmad | 91,949 | 49.0 | 2.6 | |
| Green | Claire Sheppard | 36,933 | 19.7 | 5.9 | |
| Conservative | Hannah Ginnett | 30,855 | 16.5 | 2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Florence Cyrot | 20,920 | 11.2 | 0.2 | |
| Reform | John Cronin | 3,917 | 2.1 | New | |
| TUSC | April Ashley | 2,919 | 1.6 | New | |
| Majority | 55,016 | 29.3 | 3.8 | ||
| Total formal votes | 187,493 | ||||
| Informal votes | 2,976 | ||||
| Turnout | 190,469 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | New | |
| 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 | 44.0 | 6.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | New | |
| English Democrat | Janus Polencues | 1,867 | 1.1 | New | |
| Animal Welfare | Jasmijn de Boo | 1,828 | 1.1 | New | |
| Socialist (GB) | Daniel Lambert | 1,588 | 1.0 | New | |
| Majority | 23,648 | 14.2 | +9.8 | ||
| Turnout | 166,328 | 42.1 | +8.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | New | |
| Respect | Janet Noble | 4,930 | 4.0 | New | |
| CPA | Simisola Lawanson | 3,655 | 2.9 | New | |
| Majority | 5,475 | 4.4 | –9.5 | ||
| Turnout | 124,622 | 33.38 | +1.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | 100,985 | 29.0 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Mayoral election results
Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the constituency at each mayoral election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sadiq Khan | 106,861 | 61.2 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Susan Hall | 26,347 | 15.1 | N/A | |
| Green | Zoë Garbett | 12,446 | 7.12 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rob Blackie | 11,463 | 6.56 | N/A | |
| Independent | Natalie Campbell | 4,005 | 2.29 | N/A | |
| Reform | Howard Cox | 3,990 | 2.28 | N/A | |
| SDP | Amy Gallagher | 2,167 | 1.24 | N/A | |
| Count Binface for Mayor of London | Count Binface | 1,838 | 1.05 | N/A | |
| Animal Welfare | Femy Amin | 1,675 | 0.959 | N/A | |
| Independent | Andreas Michli | 1,528 | 0.874 | N/A | |
| Britain First | Nick Scanlon | 1043 | 0.597 | N/A | |
| Independent | Tarun Ghulati | 954 | 0.546 | N/A | |
| London Real | Brian Rose | 427 | 0.244 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 175,532 | 39.1% | −2.24% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 788 | ||||
| Registered electors | 448,552 | +2.71% | |||
| 2021 London mayoral election (Lambeth and Southwark)[10] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour | Sadiq Khan | 93,437 | 50.9% |
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| Conservative | Shaun Bailey | 36,471 | 19.9% |
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| Green | Siân Berry | 21,149 | 11.5% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Luisa Porritt | 9,773 | 5.33% |
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| Reclaim | Laurence Fox | 2,911 | 1.59% |
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| Independent | Niko Omilana | 2,779 | 1.51% |
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| Women's Equality | Mandu Reid | 2,346 | 1.28% |
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| Count Binface for Mayor of London | Count Binface | 2,240 | 1.22% |
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| London Real | Brian Rose | 2,202 | 1.2% |
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| Rejoin EU | Richard Hewison | 1,915 | 1.04% |
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| Let London Live | Piers Corbyn | 1,581 | 0.862% |
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| Animal Welfare | Vanessa Hudson | 1,100 | 0.6% |
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| Independent | Farah London | 934 | 0.509% |
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| Independent | Nims Obunge | 840 | 0.458% |
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| UKIP | Peter John Gammons | 770 | 0.42% |
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| SDP | Steve Kelleher | 741 | 0.404% |
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| Heritage | David Kurten | 679 | 0.37% |
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| Burning Pink | Valerie Brown | 570 | 0.311% |
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| Independent | Max Fosh | 544 | 0.297% |
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| Renew | Kam Balayev | 461 | 0.251% |
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| Turnout | 190,772 | 41.4% | ||||||
| Registered electors | 461,056 | |||||||
| 2016 London mayoral election (Lambeth and Southwark)[11] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour | Sadiq Khan | 103,829 | 55.6% |
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| Conservative | Zac Goldsmith | 38,216 | 20.5% |
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| Green | Siân Berry | 16,377 | 8.76% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Pidgeon | 12,752 | 6.82% |
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| Women's Equality | Sophie Walker | 5,571 | 2.98% |
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| UKIP | Peter Whittle | 3,670 | 1.96% |
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| Respect | George Galloway | 1,927 | 1.03% |
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| Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol | Lee Eli Harris | 1,543 | 0.826% |
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| Britain First | Paul Golding | 1,412 | 0.756% |
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| BNP | David Furness | 686 | 0.367% |
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| Independent | Prince Zylinski | 572 | 0.306% |
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| One Love | Ankit Love | 296 | 0.158% |
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| Turnout | 190,132 | 44.5% | ||||||
| Registered electors | 427,176 | |||||||
| 2012 London mayoral election (Lambeth and Southwark)[12] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour | Ken Livingstone | 78,333 | 49.7% |
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| Conservative | Boris Johnson | 47,856 | 30.3% |
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| Green | Jenny Jones | 10,754 | 6.82% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Brian Paddick | 9,946 | 6.3% |
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| Independent | Siobhan Benita | 7,688 | 4.87% |
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| UKIP | Lawrence Webb | 1,855 | 1.18% |
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| BNP | Carlos Cortiglia | 1,325 | 0.84% |
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| Turnout | 160,397 | 37.9% | ||||||
| Registered electors | 422,981 | |||||||
| 2008 London mayoral election (Lambeth and Southwark)[13] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour | Ken Livingstone | 80,172 | 48.9% |
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| Conservative | Boris Johnson | 47,754 | 29.1% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Brian Paddick | 20,530 | 12.5% |
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| Green | Siân Berry | 7,190 | 4.39% |
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| Christian Choice | Alan Craig | 2,838 | 1.73% |
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| BNP | Richard Barnbrook | 2,448 | 1.49% |
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| Left List | Lindsey German | 1,199 | 0.732% |
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| UKIP | Gerard Batten | 848 | 0.517% |
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| English Democrat | Matt O'Connor | 506 | 0.309% |
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| Independent | Winston McKenzie | 392 | 0.239% |
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| Turnout | 166,693 | 42.2% | ||||||
| Registered electors | 395,202 | |||||||
| 2004 London mayoral election (Lambeth and Southwark)[14] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour | Ken Livingstone | 55,547 | 46% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Simon Hughes | 27,158 | 22.5% |
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| Conservative | Steve Norris | 20,230 | 16.8% |
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| UKIP | Frank Maloney | 4,648 | 3.85% |
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| Green | Darren Johnson | 4,483 | 3.71% |
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| CPA | Ram Gidoomal | 3,014 | 2.5% |
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| Respect | Lindsey German | 2,930 | 2.43% |
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| BNP | Julian Leppert | 1,840 | 1.52% |
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| Independent Working Class Action | Lorna Reid | 583 | 0.483% |
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| Independent | Tammy Nagalingam | 265 | 0.22% |
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| Turnout | 124,492 | 33.3% | ||||||
| Registered electors | 373,294 | |||||||
| 2000 London mayoral election (Lambeth and Southwark)[15] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Independent | Ken Livingstone | 52,028 | 47.6% |
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| Conservative | Steve Norris | 18,437 | 16.9% |
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| Labour | Frank Dobson | 15,863 | 14.5% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Susan Kramer | 13,139 | 12% |
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| Green | Darren Johnson | 3,061 | 2.8% |
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| CPA | Ram Gidoomal | 2,917 | 2.67% |
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| BNP | Michael Newland | 1,572 | 1.44% |
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| Independent | Ashwin Kumar | 815 | 0.746% |
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| UKIP | Damian Hockney | 616 | 0.564% |
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| Pro-Motorist Small Shop | Geoffrey Ben-Nathan | 469 | 0.429% |
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| Natural Law | Geoffrey Clements | 323 | 0.296% |
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| Turnout | 111,697 | 32% | ||||||
| Registered electors | 348,518 | |||||||