Cllr Nick Stanton

Representing Riverside ward in the London Borough of Southwark

Nick Stanton has been a councillor since 1998 and the leader of Southwark Council since 2002.

Before becoming council leader he was a barrister.

In 2009 he took on additional responsibility for education in the borough.

Cycle lockers installed on SE1 housing estates (17 Mar 2010)
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg at Elephant & Castle for education launch (1 Mar 2010)
Councillors send "ugly" Tesco Old Kent Road wind turbine back to drawing board (23 Feb 2010)
BBC's Justin Webb delivers Southwark's John Harvard lecture (29 Jan 2010)
David Cameron visits "impressive" Walworth Academy (18 Jan 2010)
Bells ring out at funeral of Southwark town crier Peter Moore (18 Jan 2010)
Boris: private developers must pay for new Elephant & Castle tube station (4 Jan 2010)
Elephant & Castle: Lend Lease deal under scrutiny (9 Dec 2009)
New gateways to Bermondsey's Paterson Park unveiled (6 Dec 2009)
Calls for greater transparency over Elephant & Castle regeneration deal (1 Dec 2009)
Elephant & Castle Lend Lease deal 'excellent value for money' says Southwark leader (30 Nov 2009)
Bermondsey Street railway tunnel gets £500,000 facelift (19 Nov 2009)