2022 Southwark London Borough Council election

2022 Southwark Council election
← 2018 5 May 2022 2026 →

All 63 council seats
  First party Second party
 
Leader Kieron Williams Hamish McCallum
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 49 seats, 53.09% 14 seats, 21.36%
Seats won 52 11
Seat change Increase3 Decrease3
Popular vote 39,835 14,778
Percentage 52.64% 19.53%
Swing Decrease0.45% Decrease1.83%

council control before election


Labour

Subsequent council control


Labour

The 2022 Southwark London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 63 members of Southwark London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

In the previous election in 2018, the Labour Party maintained its control of the council, winning 49 out of the 63 seats with the Liberal Democrats forming the council opposition with the remaining 14 seats.

Labour kept control in 2022, taking 3 seats from the Liberal Democrats in London Bridge and West Bermondsey and increasing their majority to 52.


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