Bermondsey and Old Southwark

A name change and loss of two seats to Camberwell and Peckham is the main boundary changes to this seat.

Current list of candidates.

BNP Stephen Tyler
Liberal Democrat Simon Hughes
Labour Co-op Val Shawcross
Conservative Loanna Morrison
Green Amanda Penfold

General Election 2005: Southwark North & Bermondsey

Liberal Democrat Simon Hughes 17,874 47.1 −9.8
Labour Kirsty McNeill 12,468 32.8 +2.0
Conservative David Branch 4,752 12.5 +4.9
Green Storm Poorun 1,137 3.0 +1.0
UKIP Linda Robson 791 2.1 +1.4
National Front Paul Winnett 704 1.9 +0.2
Christian Peoples Simisola Lawanson 233 0.6 N/A
Majority 5,406 14.2
Turnout 37,959 48.2 −1.9

General Election 1997: North Southwark and Bermondsey

Liberal Democrat Simon Hughes 19,831 48.6 N/A
Labour Jeremy Fraser 16,444 40.3 N/A
Conservative Grant Shapps 2,835 6.9 N/A
BNP Michael Davidson 713 1.7 N/A
Referendum Party B. Newton 545 1.3 N/A
Communist League I. Grant 175 0.4 N/A
Liberal J. Munday 157 0.4 N/A
National Democrats I. Ingvison 95 0.2 N/A
Majority 3,387 N/A
Turnout 62.2

The seat created in 1997 and this was the last time that the BNP fought this seat.

RESULTS FROM THE 2009 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL AREA OF SOUTHWARK
British National Party 2174
Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ`s Lordship" 2047
Conservative Party 7951
English Democrats Party 564
Jury Team 140
Liberal Democrats 12348
No2EU: Yes To Democracy 526
Pro Democracy: Libertas.eu 255
Socialist Labour Party 480
The Green Party 7606
The Labour Party 14958
The Socialist Party of Great Britain 138
United Kingdom Independence Party 3645
Yes 2 Europe 109
Gene Alcantara 57
Steven Cheung 221
Jan Jananayagam 163
Sohale Rahman 43
Haroon Saad 42

AND FROM THE 2008 GLA ASSEMBLY RESULTS FOR LAMBETH AND SOUTHWARK THE BNP GAINED

Richard Barnbrook British National Party
1ST CHOICE = 2,448 1.49%
2ND CHOICE = 4,636 3.34%

You can see the growth of the BNP in this area, in 2006 there was no candidates for the elections, then in 2008 over 2,000 votes which stood firm in 2009, it is what the new elite would say a very multicultural area. So only the BNP will be standing up for the indigenous people who are left.