History

The thirty-two London boroughs were established in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. They are the principal authorities in Greater London and have responsibilities including education, housing, planning, highways, social services, libraries, recreation, waste, environmental health and revenue collection. Some of the powers are shared with the Greater London Authority, which also manages passenger transport, police and fire.^[1]

Since its formation, Lambeth has generally been under Labour control apart from one period from 1968 to 1971 of Conservative control and several periods of no overall control. The council was controlled by a Liberal Democrat-Conservative coalition from 2002 to 2006, and since 2006 has continuously had a Labour majority. The Green Party won their first seat in the 2006 election, which they lost in the 2010 election. The Green Party regained their seat in the 2014 election, while the Liberal Democrats lost all their representation. In the most recent election in 2018, Labour won 57 seats with 51.7% of the vote across the borough, the Greens won five seats with 19.3% of the vote, and the Conservatives won a single seat with 12.6% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats received 12.3% of the vote but didn't win any seats.^[2][3]

Council term

A Labour councillor for Coldharbour, Matt Parr, died in July 2018.^[4] A by-election to fill his seat was held on 13 September 2018, which was won by the Labour candidate Scarlett O'Hara.^[5] A Labour councillor for Thornton, Jane Edbrooke, resigned in early 2019 to take up a politically restricted job.^[6] The by-election was won by the Labour candidate Stephen Donnelly while the Liberal Democrats gained vote share to come in a strong second place.^[7] Another councillor for Thornton, Lib Peck, resigned shortly after to take up a role working for the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. Labour held the resulting by-election in April 2019 with candidate Nanda Manley-Browne, with the Liberal Democrats making further gains, reducing the Labour majority to nineteen votes.^[8] Labour councillor for Oval, Philip Normal, resigned in January 2022 after historic racist and sexist tweets were uncovered on his Twitter account.^[9] In February 2022, Labour councillor for Clapham Town, Christopher Wellbelove resigned due to his new job as Deputy-Lieutenant for Greater London.^[10]

As with most London boroughs, Lambeth was electing its councillors under new boundaries decided by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, which it produced after a period of consultation. The number of councillors remained at 63, under new boundaries with thirteen three-councillor wards and twelve two-councillor wards.^[11]

Brixton Acre Lane

Maria Kay was a sitting councillor for Brixton Hill ward.

Brixton North

Nanda Manley-Browne was a sitting councillor for Thornton ward.

Brixton Rush Common

Marcia Cameron and Ben Kind were sitting councillors for Tulse Hill ward.

Adrian Garden was a sitting councillor for Brixton Hill ward.

Brixton Windrush

Donatus Anyanwu and Scarlett O'Hara were sitting councillors for Coldharbour ward.

Becca Thackray was a sitting councillor for Herne Hill ward.

Clapham Common & Abbeville

Tim Briggs and Joanna Reynolds were sitting councillors for Clapham Common ward.

Clapham East

Jess Leigh was a sitting councillor for Ferndale ward.

Clapham Park

Mohammed Irfan was a sitting councillor for Ferndale ward.

Martin Tiedemann was a sitting councillor for Brixton Hill ward.

Clapham Town

Tim Windle was a sitting councillor for Larkhall ward.

Gipsy Hill

Pete Elliott an incumbent councillor of the ward was defeated.

Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction

Jim Dickson and Pauline George were sitting councillors for Herne Hill ward.

Kennington

David Amos was a sitting councillor for Prince's ward.

Jacqueline Dyer was a sitting councillor for Vassall ward.

Knight's Hill

Myatt's Fields

Paul Gadsby and Anne-Marie Gallop were sitting councillors for Vassall ward.

Oval

Claire Holland is a sitting councillor for Oval ward since 2014 and Council Leader since May 2021.

St Martin's

Saleha Jaffer was previously a councillor for St Leonards ward between 2014 and 2018.

Stockwell East

Mahamed Hashi was a sitting councillor for Stockwell ward.

Tina Valcarcel was a sitting councillor for Larkhall ward.

Stockwell West & Larkhall

Joanne Simpson was a sitting councillor for Prince's ward.

Streatham Common & Vale

Danny Adilypour was a sitting councillor for Streatham South ward.

Streatham Hill East

Liz Atkins and Rezina Chowdhury were sitting councillors for Streatham Hill ward.

Streatham Hill West & Thornton

Ed Davie was a sitting councillor for Thornton ward.

Streatham St Leonard's

Scott Ainslie and Nicole Griffiths were sitting councillors for St Leonards ward.

Streatham Wells

Vauxhall

Waterloo & South Bank

Ibrahim Dogus was a sitting councillor for Bishop's ward.

West Dulwich

Fred Cowell was a sitting councillor for Thurlow Park ward.

Vauxhall

The by-election was caused by the death of Liam Jarnecki.^[14][15][16]

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Vauxhall by-election, 5 October 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Swaine-Jameson	595	42.0	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Fareed Alderechi	395	27.9	16.8
	Green	Jacqueline Bond	256	18.1	2.1
	Conservative	Lee Rotherham	160	11.3	4.3
	Socialist (GB)	Daniel Lambert	9	0.6	N/A
Majority			200	14.1
Turnout			1,415	22.5	4.1
	Labour hold		Swing

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Streatham Common & Vale

This by-election was caused by the resignation of Tom Rutland in order to focus on his selection as the Labour candidate for East Worthing and Shoreham.^[17]

Knight’s Hill

This by-election was caused by the resignation of Sonia Winifred after losing confidence in the Leadership of Lambeth Council.^[18]