European Election 2009:

Labour wins in Southwark

Claude Moraes and Mary Honeyball re-elected as London MEPs

In the elections on 4 June 2009 (details below), Labour's London MEPs Claude Moraes and Mary Honeyball were re-elected. Labour came first in the count in Southwark.

Our thanks to everybody who voted for the Labour Party candidates.

In what was generally a bad result for Labour, both in the European Elections and in the County Council elections in some other parts of England, there are a few silver linings:

• In Southwark, the ruling LibDems did disastrously in the European elections, with just 23.1% of the vote, even worse than in the 2004 vote

• This time London has eight MEPs; in 2004 it had nine, and Labour would have won the ninth in 2009, so this result amounts to no change.

• The BBC estimates that in the 2009 local elections Labour won the equivalent of 23% of the national vote compared with 38% for the Tories. In 2004, the year before Labour's historic third general election win in a row, the BBC estimated the Labour share at 26% and the Tories 38%, so winning the next general election will be harder, but not impossible.

• Ballot papers were longer this year across the country. In the election for mayor of Hartlepool, Labour came third as the former monkey mascot won again. The Tory candidate was a pathetic 7^th, and the LibDem a humiliating 11^th.

Some of our representatives:

Val Shawcross Member of London Assembly;
Claude Moraes MEP, Mary Honeyball MEP

Older pages:

What we stand for
Chase the logo
May 1999 Boat Trip
Labour wins in North Southwark and Bermondsey! June 1999 Euro elections
Guy Fawkes Dinner 1999
Policy Forum on the future of Southwark
New Labour, New Millennium, New Dockyard
Labour wins Lambeth and Southwark! May 2000:Valerie Shawcross elected
Cllr Steve Lancashire comes to Rotherhithe
Guy Fawkes Lunch 2000
Rotherhithe Rose Autumn 2000: Don't fill in Canada Water
NSB Christmas Social and Quiz
AGM 2001
The Labour Government in North Southwark and Bermondsey
Focus on the local NHS
Regeneration Forum
Party party 4 March 2001
Cllr Stephanie Elsy visits Rotherhithe
Budget 2001 good for Rotherhithe and Bermondsey
MPs rally for Kingsley Abrams 20 March 2001
100 Club
Newington Social 5 April 2001
Rotherhithe Rose Spring 2001: Saved! Canada Water here to stay!
Labour Landslide! General Election 2001
Cllr Steve Lancashire and more
Southwark Primary Health Care, plus Rotherhithe's parks with Cllr John Friary
Putting our money where our mouths are
Selection of prospective candidates for Southwark Council elections
Southwark votes for Leader and Cabinet in Mayoral referendum
Labour's Action Teams for Rotherhithe and Surrey Docks
Southwark Labour Rose Spring 2002
Southwark Council Elections May 2002: No overall control - no change
AGM 2002
Valerie Shawcross CBE MLA in Rotherhithe; Millwall FC; and a prize draw
Summer Soirée 2003
London elections June 2004: Val Shawcross, Ken Livingstone, Claude Moraes, Mary Honeyball and Robert Evans re-elected!
Labour wins historic third term in government! 6% swing to Labour locally! General Election 2005
Southwark Council Elections May 2006: Still no overall control; Labour vote up 38% and 75% locally
London elections May 2008: Val Shawcross re-elected to GLA with 5% swing to Labour
Rotherhithe by-election October 2008: Labour vote increases, again
European Elections June 2009: Labour wins in Southwark. Claude Moraes and Mary Honeyball re-elected

The former Dockyard ward covered the Rotherhithe peninsula and former Surrey Commercial Docks and was the most northerly and easterly part of the London Borough of Southwark. The electoral ward was split in two for the elections in May 2002: Rotherhithe in the west and Surrey Docks in the east; the local Labour Party reorganised to reflect this.