The 2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 alongside other local elections in London, to elect members of Lambeth London Borough Council in England. The election saw Labour remain in control of Lambeth Council with a slightly reduced majority, winning over 90% of the seats. The Green Party achieved its best-ever result in the borough, winning five seats and becoming the official opposition and the largest Green group in London.
The election saw Labour remain in control of Lambeth Council with a majority reduced by two seats. The party were wiped out in the St Leonard's ward, and they also lost a councillor in both Gipsy Hill and Herne Hill wards.
For the first time since the creation of the council, the Greens became the official opposition with five councillors, including Jonathan Bartley, who is the co-leader of the Green Party.
The Conservatives were reduced down to a single seat in Clapham Common, after Labour gained two of the seats they had previously held, despite the Conservative vote share in the ward increasing. The Conservatives failed to gain their target wards of Thurlow Park, Clapham Town and Larkhall.
The Liberal Democrats failed to make any gains at the election. However, they did comes second to Labour in their target wards.
Rachel Heywood, a former Labour councillor in Coldharbour sought re-election as an independent candidate. Heywood failed to win the seat and finished in 6th place, behind both Green Party candidates but ahead of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.
The Women's Equality Party received 8% of the vote in the Brixton Hill ward, finishing in 5th place, ahead of two of the Green Party candidates, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. The party also stood candidates in the wards of Prince's and Ferndale.
UKIP saw their vote share largely decrease in the wards they stood in.
The Federalist Party polled 0.2% of the vote in the Prince's ward with the Pirate Party polling 0.2% in the ward of Vassall.
Council composition following the election in May 2018:
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Proportionalityedit
The disproportionality of the 2018 election was 31.00 using the Gallagher Index.
The by-election was caused by Lib Peck who resigned as Leader of Lambeth Council and as a councillor.
Notesedit
Referencesedit
^@BritainElects (22 May 2018). "Ward-by-ward results for the 2018..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^"Election results for Vassall, 3 May 2018". beta.lambeth.gov.uk. 3 May 2018.
October 28, 2023
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The 2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 alongside other local elections in London to elect members of Lambeth London Borough Council in England The election saw Labour remain in control of Lambeth Council with a slightly reduced majority winning over 90 of the seats The Green Party achieved its best ever result in the borough winning five seats and becoming the official opposition and the largest Green group in London 2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election 2014 3 May 2018 2022 All 63 seats to Lambeth London Borough Council32 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Leader Lib Peck Jonathan Bartley Tim BriggsParty Labour Green ConservativeLeader since 29 November 2012 15 May 2018 May 2014Leader s seat Thornton St Leonard s Clapham CommonLast election 59 seats 49 7 1 seat 15 5 3 seats 14 5 Seats won 57 5 1Seat change 2 4 2Popular vote 43 526 16 232 10 572Percentage 51 7 19 3 12 6 Swing 2 0 3 8 1 9 Map of the results of the 2018 Lambeth council election Conservatives in blue Greens in green and Labour in red Council control before electionLabour Council control after election LabourThe Green Party finished the runner up in nine of the wards the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats in five wards and Labour in two Contents 1 Overall Results 2 Council composition 2 1 Proportionality 3 Results by ward 3 1 Bishop s 3 2 Brixton Hill 3 3 Clapham Common 3 4 Clapham Town 3 5 Coldharbour 3 6 Ferndale 3 7 Gipsy Hill 3 8 Herne Hill 3 9 Knight s Hill 3 10 Larkhall 3 11 Oval 3 12 Prince s 3 13 St Leonard s 3 14 Stockwell 3 15 Streatham Hill 3 16 Streatham South 3 17 Streatham Wells 3 18 Thornton 3 19 Thurlow Park 3 20 Tulse Hill 3 21 Vassall 4 By elections 2018 2022 5 Notes 6 ReferencesOverall Results editLambeth London Borough Council election 2018 1 Party Candidates VotesStood Elected Gained Unseated Net of total No Net Labour 63 57 2 4 nbsp 2 90 5 51 7 43 526 nbsp 2 0 Green 61 5 4 0 nbsp 4 7 3 19 0 16 232 nbsp 3 8 Conservative 63 1 0 2 nbsp 2 1 6 12 6 10 572 nbsp 1 9 Liberal Democrats 63 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 12 3 10 355 nbsp 0 5 Independent 1 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 0 8 660 nbsp 0 4 UKIP 12 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 0 4 305 nbsp 5 0 Others 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 2 9 2 475 nbsp 1 2Council composition editThe election saw Labour remain in control of Lambeth Council with a majority reduced by two seats The party were wiped out in the St Leonard s ward and they also lost a councillor in both Gipsy Hill and Herne Hill wards For the first time since the creation of the council the Greens became the official opposition with five councillors including Jonathan Bartley who is the co leader of the Green Party The Conservatives were reduced down to a single seat in Clapham Common after Labour gained two of the seats they had previously held despite the Conservative vote share in the ward increasing The Conservatives failed to gain their target wards of Thurlow Park Clapham Town and Larkhall The Liberal Democrats failed to make any gains at the election However they did comes second to Labour in their target wards Rachel Heywood a former Labour councillor in Coldharbour sought re election as an independent candidate Heywood failed to win the seat and finished in 6th place behind both Green Party candidates but ahead of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats The Women s Equality Party received 8 of the vote in the Brixton Hill ward finishing in 5th place ahead of two of the Green Party candidates the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats The party also stood candidates in the wards of Prince s and Ferndale UKIP saw their vote share largely decrease in the wards they stood in The Federalist Party polled 0 2 of the vote in the Prince s ward with the Pirate Party polling 0 2 in the ward of Vassall Council composition following the election in May 2018 57 5 1Labour Green CProportionality edit The disproportionality of the 2018 election was 31 00 using the Gallagher Index Political Party Vote Share Seat Share Difference Difference Labour 51 7 90 5 38 8 1505 4Green 19 0 7 9 11 1 123 2Conservative 12 6 1 59 11 0 121 2Liberal Democrat 12 3 0 00 12 3 151 3Other 4 1 0 00 4 1 16 8TOTAL 1917 8TOTAL 2 958 9 TOTAL 2 31 0Results by ward editCandidates shown below are confirmed candidates An asterisk indicates an incumbent Councillor seeking re election Bishop s edit gt Bishop s 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jen Moseley 1 126 46 1Labour Kevin Craig 1 094 44 8Labour Ibrahim Dogus 1 090 44 7Liberal Democrats Audrey Eager 713 29 2Liberal Democrats Adrian Hyyrylainen Trett 691 28 3Liberal Democrats Charley Hasted 606 24 8Conservative James Bellis 311 12 7Green Michael Armstrong 292 12 0Conservative Glyn Chambers 286 11 7Green James Wallace 253 10 4Conservative Peter Wilde 243 10 0Green Gay Lee 189 7 7UKIP Elizabeth Jones 86 3 5UKIP Gavin Gibbs 72 3 0UKIP David Poulden 69 2 8Turnout 2 444 33 4Labour hold SwingLabour hold SwingLabour hold SwingBrixton Hill edit Brixton Hill 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Co op Maria Kay 2 142 59 3Labour Co op Adrian Garden 2 015 55 8Labour Co op Martin Tiedemann 1 796 49 8Green Gwen Buck 856 23 7Women s Equality Janet Baker 842 23 3Green Richard Bultitude 517 14 3Green Will Eaves 478 13 2Liberal Democrats Sarah Lewis 420 11 6Conservative Tamara Bailey 389 10 8Conservative Lavinia Cartwright 349 9 7Conservative Savill Young 319 8 8Liberal Democrats Peter Portelli 222 6 1Liberal Democrats Jonathan Price 192 5 3Turnout 3 619 31 2Labour hold SwingLabour hold SwingLabour hold SwingClapham Common edit Clapham Common 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Joe Corry Roake 1 455 43 3Labour Joanna Reynolds 1 432 42 6Conservative Tim Briggs 1 325 39 4Labour Tim Goodwin 1 293 38 5Conservative David Frost 1 289 38 3Conservative Leslie Maruziva 1 164 34 6Green Joanna Eaves 441 13 1Liberal Democrats Charles Jenkins 439 13 1Liberal Democrats Carita Ogden 320 9 5Liberal Democrats Richard Newby 317 9 4Green Nick Humberstone 292 8 7Green Kerstin Selander 269 8 0Turnout 3 372 33 1Labour gain from Conservative SwingLabour gain from Conservative SwingConservative hold SwingClapham Town edit Clapham Town 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Linda Bray 1 901 53 1Labour Nigel Haselden 1 840 51 4Labour Christopher Wellbelove 1 813 50 7Conservative Tim Bennett 978 27 3Conservative John Sunderland 908 25 4Conservative Charley Jarrett 871 24 3Green Kat Beach 474 13 2Liberal Democrats Julie Fox 398 11 1Green Marion Prideaux 395 11 0Liberal Democrats Marietta Stuart 389 10 9Liberal Democrats Rodney Ovenden 276 7 7Green Shahzada Saeed 266 7 4Turnout 3 589 32 7Labour hold SwingLabour hold SwingLabour hold SwingColdharbour edit Coldharbour 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Co op Emma Nye 2 325 66 8Labour Co op Donatus Anyanwu 2 257 64 8Labour Co op Matthew Parr 1 975 56 7Green Michael Groce 761 21 9Green Rashid Nix 683 19 6Independent Rachel Heywood 660 19 0Conservative Michael Johnson 228 6 5Conservative Amy Hennessy 217 6 2Conservative Yvonne Stewart Williams 189 5 4Liberal Democrats Olivier Bertin 182 5 2Liberal Democrats Henry McMorrow 180 5 2Liberal Democrats Clive Lewis 173 5 0Turnout 3 487 28 7Labour hold SwingLabour hold SwingLabour hold SwingOn 29 July 2018 Cllr Parr died this subsequently triggered a by election on 13 September 2018 Ferndale edit Ferndale 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Co op Jess Leigh 1 853 59 9Labour Co op Joshua Lindsey 1 685 54 4Labour Co op Irfan Mohammed 1 649 53 3Green Rachel Alexander 715 23 1Green Indar Picton Howell 459 14 8Liberal Democrats Benjammin Austin 455 14 7Conservative Katy Slack 384 12 4Conservative Craig Barrett 373 12 1Women s Equality Leila Fazal 366 11 8Conservative David Macbeth Richardson 359 11 6Liberal Democrats Aedan Pope 328 10 6Liberal Democrats John Siraut 263 8 5Turnout 3 113 25 7Labour Co op hold SwingLabour Co op hold SwingLabour Co op hold SwingGipsy Hill edit Gipsy Hill 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jennifer Braithwaite 2 063 40 7Labour Matthew Bennett 2 054 40 6Green Pete Elliott 1 922 37 9Green Becki Newell 1 903 37 6Labour Luke Murphy 1 778 35 1Green Paul Rocks 1 647 32 5Conservative James Davis 271 5 4Conservative Irene Kimm 229 4 5Conservative Simon Hooberman 208 4 1Liberal Democrats Alexander Davies 132 2 6Liberal Democrats Samar Riaz 124 2 4Liberal Democrats Alexander Haylett 101 2 0UKIP John Dodds 42 0 8UKIP David Kennett 36 0 7UKIP Dafydd Morris 31 0 6Turnout 5 076 48 6Labour hold SwingLabour hold SwingGreen gain from Labour SwingHerne Hill edit Herne Hill 3 Party Candidate Votes Green Becca Thackray 2 365 45 2Labour Jim Dickson 2 335 44 7Labour Pauline George 2 246 43 0Labour Jack Holborn 2 114 40 4Green Nick Christian 2 060 39 4Green Matt Reynolds 2 049 39 2Herne Hill Community amp Libraries Campaign Nick Edwards 705 13 5Conservative Claire Baker 308 5 9Liberal Democrats Poppy Hasted 274 5 2Liberal Democrats Rachel Lester 266 5 1Conservative Dick Tooze 263 5 0Conservative Anton Richards 228 4 4Liberal Democrats Luke Sandford 171 3 3Turnout 5 236 44 6Green gain from Labour SwingLabour hold SwingLabour hold SwingKnight s Hill edit Knight s Hill 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jane Pickard 2 378 66 4Labour Jackie Meldrum 2 326 64 9Labour Sonia Winifred 2 033 56 8Green Torla Evans 637 17 8Green Robert Threadgold 504 14 1Green Duncan Eastoe 441 12 3Conservative Shirley Cosgrave 425 11 9Conservative Raymond Walker 414 11 6Conservative Edward Watkins 362 9 4Liberal Democrats Jeremy Baker 345 9 6Liberal Democrats Shiraz Engineer 247 6 9Liberal Democrats Liz Maffei 230 6 4Turnout 3 589 34 6Labour hold SwingLabour hold SwingLabour hold SwingLarkhall edit Larkhall 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Tina Valcarcel 2 063 62 0Labour Andy Wilson 1 893 56 9Labour Tim Windle 1 751 52 6Green Colleen Campbell 513 15 4Conservative Thomas Mytton 501 15 1Liberal Democrats Vivienne Baines 458 13 8Conservative Abiola Kingsley Osaiga 455 13 7Green Jo Parkes 415 12 5Conservative Leila Abdi Yaasen 411 12 3Liberal Democrats Malcolm Baines 392 11 8Green Nick Hattersley 386 11 6Liberal Democrats John Medway 354 10 6Turnout 3 343 25 8Labour hold SwingLabour hold SwingLabour hold SwingOval edit Oval 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Claire Holland 1 983 49 3Labour Jack Hopkins 1 836 45 7Labour Phillip Normal 1 719 42 8Liberal Democrats Kathryn Grant 1 236 30 7Liberal Democrats Stephane Croce 1 210 30 1Liberal Democrats Mike Hillier 1 076 26 8Green Party First Choice Candidate Michael Keane 596 14 8Conservative Joshua Gething 461 11 5Green Cath Potter 458 11 4Conservative Peter Goves 455 11 3Conservative James Hallett 408 10 1Green Pat Price Tomes 311 7 7Turnout 4 042 34 6Labour hold SwingLabour hold SwingLabour hold SwingPrince s edit Prince s 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour David Amos 2 395 58 3Labour Jon Davies 2 325 56 6Labour Joanne Simpson 2 256 55 0Liberal Democrats Richard Hardman 644 15 7Green Helen Gardiner 591 14 4Conservative Claire Barker 570 13 9Liberal Democrats Colette Thomas 542 13 2Conservative Michael Jefferson 482 11 7Conservative Jon Harrison 471 11 5Liberal Democrats Christopher Keating 461 11 2Green Fern Lindsay 422 10 3Women s Equality Eleanor Hemmens 326 7 9Green Nick Hemus 318 7 7UKIP Alan Bowles 101 2 5UKIP Robert Stephenson 75 1 8UKIP Mattias Tornstrand 67 1 6Federalist Party Stuart Clark 26 0 6Turnout 4 128 35 0Labour hold SwingLabour hold SwingLabour hold SwingSt Leonard s edit St Leonard s 3 Party Candidate Votes Green Scott Ainslie 2 141 48 2Green Jonathan Bartley 2 080 46 8Green Nicole Griffiths 2 006 45 1Labour Saleha Jaffer 1 677 37 7Labour Rob Hill 1 676 37 7Labour Stephen Donnelly 1 673 37 6Conservative Wendy Newall 439 9 9Conservative Scott Simmonds 383 8 6Conservative Neil Salt 337 7 6Liberal Democrats Jennifer Keen 188 4 2Liberal Democrats Fiona MacKenzie 159 3 6Liberal Democrats Richard Malins 108 2 4Turnout 4 453 39 6Green hold SwingGreen gain from Labour SwingGreen gain from Labour SwingStockwell edit Stockwell 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Lucy Caldicott 2 107 59 8Labour Dr Mahamed Hashi 1 828 51 9Labour Mohammed Jaser 1 778 50 5Liberal Democrats Susanna Flood 598 17 0Green Catherine Dawkins 592 16 8Conservative Keith Best 521 14 8Conservative Sarah Barr 505 14 3Conservative Paul Mawdsley 469 13 3Green Tom Wood 433 12 3Liberal Democrats Andrew Horsler 405 11 5Liberal Democrats Andrew Thurburn 373 10 6Green Martin Dore 352 10 0TUSC Lisa Bainbridge 72 2 0TUSC Steven Nally 40 1 1Duma Polska Tadeusz Slaski 37 1 1Turnout 3 537 31 8Labour hold SwingLabour hold SwingLabour hold SwingStreatham Hill edit Streatham Hill 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Liz Atkins 2 253 60 3Labour Rezina Chowdhury 2 121 56 8Labour Iain Simpson 1 912 51 2Green Will Aspinall 656 17 6Green Chris Holt 608 16 3Conservative Alexa Bailey 558 14 9Green Leon Maurice Jones 517 13 8Conservative Simon Hemsley 505 13 5Conservative Kushal Patel 469 12 6Liberal Democrats Ashley Lumsden 404 10 8Liberal Democrats Ishbel Brown 379 10 1Liberal Democrats Roger Giess 360 9 6Turnout 3 751 33 7Labour hold SwingLabour hold SwingLabour hold SwingStreatham South edit Streatham South 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Danial Adilypour 2 217 64 5Labour Clair Wilcox 2 207 64 3Labour John Kazantzis 2 187 63 7Conservative Russell Newall 570 16 6Conservative Helen Smith 539 15 7Conservative Chris Paling 440 12 8Green David Robinson 365 10 6Green Pete Johnson 312 9 1Liberal Democrats Simon Drage 277 8 1Green Charmian Kenner 269 7 8Liberal Democrats Matthew Bryant 241 7 0Liberal Democrats David Hare 215 6 3UKIP John Plume 76 2 2UKIP Simon Harman 66 1 9UKIP Johan Ward 44 1 3Turnout 3 446 34 0Labour hold SwingLabour hold SwingLabour hold SwingStreatham Wells edit Streatham Wells 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Malcolm Clark 2 151 50 6Labour Marianna Masters 2 065 48 6Labour Mohammed Seedat 1 975 46 5Liberal Democrats Dominic Leigh 1 281 30 1Liberal Democrats Helen Thompson 1 261 29 7Liberal Democrats Eloka Ikegbunam 1 216 28 6Green Sheila Freeman 544 12 8Green Becca Deegan 532 12 5Green Clifford Fleming 351 8 3Conservative Lisabeth Liell 350 8 2Conservative Russell Henman 340 8 0Conservative Teresa Tunstall 325 7 6Turnout 4 263 37 9Labour hold SwingLabour hold SwingLabour hold SwingThornton edit Thornton 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Lib Peck 2 140 64 6Labour Jane Edbrooke 1 999 60 3Labour Ed Davie 1 990 60 0Conservative Martin Reid 545 16 4Conservative Michael Spencer 511 15 4Conservative Vernon de Maynard 489 14 8Green Katherine Curran 388 11 7Green Adrian Audsley 364 11 0Liberal Democrats Duncan Brack 329 9 9Liberal Democrats Rebecca MacNair 328 9 9Green Anja Thies 292 8 8Liberal Democrats Conor Doherty 235 7 1Turnout 3 320 34 7Labour hold SwingLabour hold SwingLabour hold SwingJane Edbrooke was previously an Oval ward councillor 2010 2018 Thurlow Park edit Thurlow Park 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Co op Anna Birley 2 377 55 9Labour Co op Fred Cowell 2 308 54 3Labour Co op Peter Ely 2 076 48 8Conservative Kelly Ben Maimon 820 19 3Conservative Elia Carvalho 820 19 3Conservative Jack Kelly 761 17 9Liberal Democrats Kathy Erasmus 691 16 3Liberal Democrats Doug Buist 649 15 3Liberal Democrats Bryan Mahon Ball 576 13 6Green Alice Playle 512 12 0Green Danielle Montrose Francis 461 10 8Green Dale Mathers 458 10 8Independent Robin Lambert 89 2 1Turnout 4 258 41 0Labour hold SwingLabour hold SwingLabour hold SwingTulse Hill edit Tulse Hill 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Mary Atkins 2 289 61 3Labour Marcia Cameron 2 271 60 8Labour Ben Kind 2 102 56 3Green Gerlinde Gniewosz 947 25 3Green Kate Whitehead 838 22 4Green Andy Plant 795 21 3Liberal Democrats Matthew Coldrick 318 8 5Liberal Democrats Terry Curtis 289 7 7Conservative Claire Gardener 280 7 5Conservative Ed Gormley 255 6 8Conservative Roger Green 235 6 3Liberal Democrats Scott Liddle 213 5 7Turnout 3 750 32 6Labour hold SwingLabour hold SwingLabour hold SwingBen Kind was previously a Bishop s ward councillor 2014 2018 Vassall edit Vassall 3 2 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jacqui Dyer 2 296 62 3Labour Annie Gallop 2 165 58 7Labour Paul Gadsby 2 120 57 5Green Sarah Mynott 594 16 1Green Florence Pollock 505 13 7Liberal Democrats Kate Noble 476 12 9Liberal Democrats Juliet Hodges 474 12 9Green Bruno Combelles 471 12 8Liberal Democrats John Lubbock 433 11 7Conservative Glen Promnitz 338 9 2Conservative Gareth Wallace 318 8 6Conservative Stuart Barr 257 7 0Pirate Mark Chapman 127 3 4Turnout 3 702 30 9Labour hold SwingLabour hold SwingLabour hold SwingBy elections 2018 2022 editColdharbour by election 13 September 2018 Party Candidate Votes Labour Scarlett O Hara 1 739 58 2 nbsp 7 8Green Michael Groce 912 30 5 nbsp 15 0Liberal Democrats Doug Buist 148 5 0 nbsp 0 4Conservative Yvonne Stewart Williams 119 4 0 nbsp 2 4Women s Equality Sian Fogden 47 1 6 N AUKIP Robert Stephenson 21 0 7 N AMajority 827 27 7 nbsp 22 8Turnout 2 994 24 8Labour hold SwingThe by election was caused by the death of Matthew Parr Thornton by election 7 February 2019 Party Candidate Votes Labour Stephen Donnelly 1 154 44 7 nbsp 18 2Liberal Democrats Rebecca MacNair 845 32 8 nbsp 23 1Green Adrian Audsley 251 9 7 nbsp 1 7Conservative Martin Reid 247 9 6 nbsp 6 4Women s Equality Leila Fazal 46 1 8 N AUKIP John Plume 36 1 4 N AMajority 309 11 9 nbsp 52 0Turnout 27 5Labour hold SwingThe by election was caused by the resignation of Jane Edbrooke Thornton by election 11 April 2019 Party Candidate Votes Labour Nanda Manley Browne 998 41 5 nbsp 21 4Liberal Democrats Matthew Bryant 979 40 7 nbsp 30 1Green Adrian Audsley 171 7 1 nbsp 4 3Conservative Martin Reid 166 6 9 nbsp 9 1Women s Equality Leila Fazal 53 2 2 N AUKIP John Plume 39 1 6 N AMajority 19 0 7 nbsp 63 2Turnout 25 5Labour hold SwingThe by election was caused by Lib Peck who resigned as Leader of Lambeth Council and as a councillor Notes editReferences edit BritainElects 22 May 2018 Ward by ward results for the 2018 Tweet via Twitter Election results for Vassall 3 May 2018 beta lambeth gov uk 3 May 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election amp oldid 1166847385, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,