2006 Southwark London Borough Council election

2006 Southwark Council election
4 May 2006

All council seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Peter John Nick Stanton Lewis Robinson
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader since 2004 2000
Leader's seat South Camberwell Riverside College
Last election 28 seats, % 30 seats, % 5 seats, %
Seats won 28 28 6
Seat change 2 1
Popular vote 24,136 20,333 9,760
Percentage 38.45% 32.39% 15.55%
Swing 1.07 5.66 2.6

  Fourth party
 
Leader Jenny Jones
Party Green
Leader since May 2006
Leader's seat South Camberwell
Last election 0 seat, %
Seats won 1
Seat change 1
Popular vote 6,259
Percentage 9.97
Swing 2.77

Map of the results of the 2006 Southwark council election. Conservatives in blue, Greens in green, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Leader of Largest Party before election

Nick Stanton
Liberal Democrats

Subsequent Leader of Largest Party

Nick Stanton
Liberal Democrats

Elections to Southwark Council were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election.

Southwark local elections are held every four years, with the next due in 2010. The council remained in no overall control.