Lambeth and Southwark (London Assembly constituency)

Lambeth and Southwark

Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
Lambeth and Southwark shown within London
Created	2000 (2000)
Number of members	One
Member	Marina Ahmad
Party	Labour
Last election	2024
Next election	2028

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, 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

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.

Year		Member	Party
	2000	Ken Livingstone	Independent
	2004	Ken Livingstone	Labour
	2008	Ken Livingstone	Labour
	2012	Ken Livingstone	Labour
	2016	Sadiq Khan	Labour
	2021	Sadiq Khan	Labour
	2024	Sadiq Khan	Labour

Assembly election results

2024 London Assembly election: Lambeth and Southwark

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 UK	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
Valid Votes			174,087			174,329
Invalid Votes			1,341
Turnout			175,428	39.11%		1,111	39.11%
	Labour hold		Swing

2021 London Assembly election: Lambeth and Southwark

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 UK	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

2016 London Assembly election: Lambeth and Southwark

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

2012 London Assembly election: Lambeth and Southwark

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

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

2004 London Assembly election: Lambeth and Southwark

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

2000 London Assembly election: Lambeth and Southwark

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)