Clapham Common (ward)

Clapham Common was an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom from 2002 to 2022.

Clapham Common
Former electoral ward for the Lambeth London Borough Council
Borough	Lambeth
County	Greater London
Former electoral ward
Created	2002
Abolished	2022
Member(s)	3
Replaced by	Clapham East Clapham Common and Abbeville Clapham Park

Demography

The ward stretched south from Clapham Park Road to the boundary with Wandsworth at Balham Hill. It contained roads such as the A24 Clapham Common Southside and Abbeville Road, along with Lambeth College and Lambeth Academy. Approximately one quarter of the area of ward was taken up with Clapham Common. At the 2011 Census the population of the ward was 12,852.^[1]

The ward was located in the Streatham parliamentary constituency.

Lambeth Council elections

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[2]

2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Clapham Common (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Corry-Roake	1,455
	Labour	Joanna Reynolds	1,432
	Conservative	Timothy Briggs *	1,325
	Labour	Tim Goodwin	1,293
	Conservative	David Frost	1,189
	Conservative	Leslie Maruziva	1,164
	Green	Joanna Eaves	441
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Jenkins	439
	Liberal Democrats	Carita Ogden	320
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Newby	317
	Green	Kerstin Elaine Selander	269
	Green	Nick Humberstone	252
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2014 election

2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Clapham Common (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Briggs	1,205
	Conservative	Louise Nathanson	1,154
	Conservative	Bernard Gentry	1,102
	Labour	Tim Goodwin	1,028
	Labour	Nichola Hartwell	955
	Labour	Jack Pascoe	870
	Green	Hannah Cutler	433
	Green	Peter Kelly	372
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Bryant	328
	Green	Shash Selander	268
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Drage	247
	Liberal Democrats	Ruhi Hayat-Khan	229
	UKIP	Anne Marie Waters	219
Total votes			9,896
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2010 election

The election took place on 6 May 2010.^[3]

2010 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Clapham Common (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Barratt	2,176
	Conservative	Shirley Cosgrave	2,084
	Conservative	Julia Memery	2,040
	Conservative	Lloyd Milton	2,009
	Labour	Ruth Ling *	1,715
	Labour	Linda Bray	1,637
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Cordon	1,606
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Heather	1,579
	Labour	Iain Simpson	1,408
	Green	Anne Base	502
	Green	Jamie Hamilton	445
	Green	Anne Kenner	270
Total votes			17,211
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[4]

2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Clapham Common (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Ling *	990
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Sanders *	964
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Meander *	914
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Sherratt	900
	Conservative	Steven Jones	886
	Conservative	Lloyd Milton	866
	Conservative	Alistair Hamilton	830
	Labour	David Walker	826
	Labour	Brian Witington	800
	Green	Timothy Beaumont	438
	Green	Zana Dean	370
Total votes			8,740
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[5]

2002 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Clapham Common (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Ling	972
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Meander	964
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Sanders	917
	Labour	Andy Harrop	863
	Labour	Roland Doven	856
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Bryant	839
	Conservative	Joanna Barker	748
	Conservative	Anthony Bays	744
	Conservative	Gareth Williams	739
	Green	Timothy Beaumont	274
Turnout			7,916	30.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)