Newington (ward)

Newington is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Southwark. The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections.

Newington
Electoral ward for the Southwark London Borough Council
Newington ward boundaries since 2018
Borough	Southwark
County	Greater London
Population	13,443 (2021)
Electorate	10,233 (2022)
Area	0.7296 square kilometres (0.2817 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
GSS code	E05011105 (2018–present)

Southwark council elections since 2018

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Southwark in 2018.

2023 by-election

The by-election was held on 29 June 2023, following the resignation of Alice Macdonald.

2023 Newington by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Youcef Hassaine	1,524	57.6	-7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Vikas Aggarwal	738	27.9	+14.0
	Green	Ruben Buendia	237	9.0	-4.0
	Conservative	Lewis Jones	149	5.6	-2.7
Majority			786	29.7
Turnout			2,648
	Labour hold		Swing

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.

2022 Southwark London Borough Council election: Newington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Macdonald	2,051	63.4	+2.0
	Labour	Natasha Ennin	2,011	62.1	-3.6
	Labour	John Batteson	1,955	60.4	-3.6
	Green	Suzy Gillett	494	15.3	+2.1
	Green	Clare Wood	453	14.0	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Gurling	408	12.6	-1.4
	Green	Lina Usma	371	11.5	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Gbla	368	11.4	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Joshua Sharman	350	10.8	-1.7
	Conservative	Charles Dempsey	311	9.6	+1.1
	Conservative	Suzie Bridgen-Didier-Garnham	297	9.2	+1.3
	Conservative	Erda Prenci	233	7.2	-0.3
Turnout			3,236	31.62	+0.03
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.

2018 Southwark London Borough Council election: Newington (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eleanor Kerslake	2,137	65.7
	Labour	James Coldwell	2,082	64.0
	Labour	Alice MacDonald	1,997	61.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Doran	457	14.0
	Green	Kate Belcheva	429	13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Harriet Shone	420	12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Bigos	406	12.5
	Green	David Powell	354	10.9
	Green	Betiel Mehari	337	10.4
	Conservative	Sue Badman	275	8.5
	Conservative	Will Amor	257	7.9
	Conservative	Joseph Lyons	243	7.5
Majority
Turnout			3,254	31.59
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2018 Southwark council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Southwark in 2002.

1978–2002 Southwark council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Southwark in 1978.

1968–1978 Southwark council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Southwark in 1968.

1964–1968 Southwark council elections

1964 election

The election took place on 7 May 1964.