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NATIONAL ELECTIONS 2010
29 April 2010
Southwark's three long-standing MPs are confident they can all retake their seats at the general elections on Thursday.
Together they have spent more than seventy years in parliament, sitting in what have become some of the safest seats in London.
But despite the lack of prospects for change, surprises do happen. After the general election in 2005, Labour deputy 
leader Harriet Harman, in Camberwell and Peckham, had a majority of more than 13,000 - one of the biggest in the country.
This year Ms Harman faces another new candidate in former Mayor of Southwark Columba Blango, from the only serious contenders to the throne, the Lib Dems.
Mr Blango claims to be the first black candidate for the constituency, but even with this and a bounce in the polls following Nick Clegg's performance at the first leaders' debate, he faces an uphill challenge.
Simon Hughes, in the newly named and slightly smaller Bermondsey and Old Southwark, is aiming to build on his 5,000 seat majority and reap the rewards of a massive spike in the support for the Lib Dems nationally.
The latest national poll of polls puts the Lib Dems second on 30 per cent behind the Tories - leaving Labour last.
Mr Hughes has been the MP for the north of the borough since taking a landslide win at a by-election in 1983. Previously it had been a Labour stronghold.
Back in 2010, Mr Hughes faces a fight from Labour's London Assembly member Val Shawcross, who could make inroads into Mr Hughes' lead after he suffered a 9 per cent drop in support at the last elections.
Venturing further south, Olympics minister Tessa Jowell in Dulwich and West Norwood has held her seat since 1992, when she ousted the Conservatives and built herself a safe Labour seat.
Up against Ms Jowell in the 2005 election, Lib Dem candidate and Southwark councillor Jonathan Mitchell increased his party's vote by around 9 per cent, and could build on that this time around.
BERMONDSEY & OLD SOUTHWARK CANDIDATES
BERMONDSEY & OLD SOUTHWARK - SIMON HUGHES
Simon Hughes
BERMONDSEY & OLD SOUTHWARK - LOANNA MORRISON
Loanna Morrison
BERMONDSEY & OLD SOUTHWARK - VAL SHAWCROSS
Val Shawcross
BERMONDSEY & OLD SOUTHWARK - TOM CHANCE
Tom Chance
BERMONDSEY & OLD SOUTHWARK - STEVE FREEMAN
- INDEPENDENT
Steve Freeman
BERMONDSEY & OLD SOUTHWARK STEPHEN TYLER
Stephen Tyler
BERMONDSEY & OLD SOUTHWARK - ALAN KIRBY
- INDEPENDENT
Alan Kirby
PECKHAM & CAMBERWELL CANDIDATES
PECKHAM & CAMBERWELL - COLUMBA BLANGO
Columba Blango
PECKHAM & CAMBERWELL - HARRIET HARMAN
Harriet Harman
PECKHAM & CAMBERWELL - ANDY STRANACK
Andy Stranack
PECKHAM & CAMBERWELL - JENNY JONES
Jenny Jones
PECKHAM & CAMBERWELL - DECIMA FRANCIS
INDEPENDENTDecima Francis
PECKHAM & CAMBERWELL - PATRICIA KNOX
INDEPENDENTPatricia Knox
PECKHAM & CAMBERWELL - JILL MOUNTFORD
Jill Mountford
PECKHAM & CAMBERWELL - JOSHUA OGUNLEYE
Joshua Ogunleye
PECKHAM & CAMBERWELL - MARGARET SHARKEY
Margaret Sharkey
PECKHAM & CAMBERWELL - YOHARA ROBBEY
Yohara Robbey
DULWICH & WEST NORWOOD CANDIDATES
DULWICH & WEST NORWOOD - TESSA JOWELL
Tessa Jowell
DULWICH & WEST NORWOOD - JONATHAN MITCHELL
Jonathan Mitchell
SHANE COLLINS - DULWICH & WEST NORWOOD
Shane Collins
DULWICH & WEST NORWOOD - ELIZABETH JONES
Elizabeth Jones
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Comments (3)
1. At 11:57 AM on 30 Apr 2010, Joe wrote:
I think we should vote for Independent as they will not be under pressure by the party leaders. Decima Francis has been working for the community for long time, we should give her chance to represent us in Parliament.
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2. At 12:11 PM on 30 Apr 2010, Kwabena wrote:
I'm voting Decima, she has been a pilar to our community for decades and she is exactly what the area needs
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3. At 01:56 PM on 30 Apr 2010, George Robertson wrote:
I agree we should vote Independent and forget the lackeys put up by the parties.
The bookies have shortened the odds on Patricia Knox in Camberwell and Peckham from 125/1 to 25/1 and Labrokes won't let you bet more than £25 on her.
It's easy to see why they're nervous if you read what she stands for on her website.
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