We won all three seats in the deferred election for London Bridge & West Bermondsey!
Congrats to all three top candidates!
That means that, nationwide, the @Libdems gained more seats in the 2018 local elections than Labour did! pic.twitter.com/yt2Q3ndWxs— Southwark Lib-Dems (@swklibdems) June 15, 2018
By my calculations (and according to Wikipedia) this means we made a net gain overall in the national council elections of 2018 of 78 seats, which was just one seat short of Labour’s net gain of 79 seats.
Here’s a full breakdown of the result from the Southwark Council website:
London Bridge & West Bermondsey
Election date: 14 June 2018
Electorate: 10,282
Ballot papers issued: 2,939
Turnout: 28.57%
Rejected ballot papers
Want of an official mark: 0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to: 0
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 4
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty: 14
Total: 18
Number of ballot papers rejected in part for uncertainty: 0
This was a new seat, hence why there are no comparative figures for the last election.
Hard-working, committed and passionate – three words that perfectly describe Humaira, Damian and William. Southwark Council needs proper scrutiny, so if you live in London Bridge and West Bermondsey, vote for the Liberal Democrats on June 14. #LiberalLondon pic.twitter.com/0aKoIP0hzl
— Dominic Buxton (@MrDominicBuxton) June 7, 2018
* Paul Walter is a Liberal Democrat activist. He is currently taking a break from his role as one of the Liberal Democrat Voice team. He blogs at Liberal Burblings.
3 Comments
Congratulations to all 3. Perhaps a stepping stone on the way to winming the parliamentary seat back in a future GE?
So glad you mentioned that the by-election was caused by the very sad death of Conservative candidate Toby Eckersley, an exceptional public servant who held Labour to account for the Social Services’ scandals in Southwark in the 80s and 90s.
As one of the people who failed to get him elected in 2014 I will be honoured to call William Houngbo “Councillor”!
Thanks for the help everyone! Real team effort.