Clapham Town (ward)

Clapham Town is an electoral division of the London Borough of Lambeth, England.

Clapham Town
Electoral ward for the Lambeth London Borough Council
Clapham Town ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Lambeth
County	Greater London
Population	15,522 (2021)[a]
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Member(s)	3

The ward contains much of Clapham including part of Clapham Common and Clapham Common Underground station. At the 2011 census the population was 13,795.^[1]

The ward is located in the Vauxhall parliamentary constituency.

Lambeth Council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Lambeth in 2022.

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.^[2]

2022 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Clapham Town (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Bray *	1,779	51.5
	Labour	David Robson	1,603	46.4
	Labour	Tim Windle *	1,441	41.7
	Conservative	Tim Bennett	1,029	29.8
	Conservative	Lee Roberts	980	28.4
	Conservative	Marcia Irma De Costa	960	27.8
	Green	Marion Prideaux	729	21.1
	Green	John James	540	15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Fox	485	14.0
	Green	Kerstin Selander	474	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Ovenden	341	9.9
Turnout			3,562	30.7
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Lambeth council elections

Clapham Town ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Lambeth in 2002.

2018 election

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Bray *	1,901
	Labour	Nigel Haselden *	1,840
	Labour	Christopher Wellbelove *	1,813
	Conservative	Tim Bennett	978
	Conservative	John Sunderland	968
	Conservative	Charley Jarrett	871
	Green	Kat Beach	474
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Fox	398
	Liberal Democrats	Marietta Stuart	389
	Green	Marion Prideaux	395
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Ovenden	276
	Green	Shahzada Saeed	266
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[4]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Bray	1,930
	Labour	Christopher Wellbelove *	1,853
	Labour	Nigel Haselden *	1,842
	Conservative	Hannah Ginnett	973
	Conservative	Seb Lowe	944
	Conservative	Gareth Wallace	848
	Green	Marion Prideaux	427
	Green	Julian Hall	423
	Green	Gerard Keenan	355
	Liberal Democrats	Baroness Rosalind Grender	253
	UKIP	Cameron Murdoch	191
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Penning	142
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Williams	122
	Socialist (GB)	Oliver Bond	46
Total votes
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.^[5]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen O'Malley *	2,670
	Labour	Nigel Haselden *	2,654
	Labour	Christopher Wellbelove *	2,405
	Conservative	Bernard Gentry	2,028
	Conservative	Matthew Jupp	1,972
	Conservative	Nicholas Maund	1,803
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Baines	1,092
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Parry	1,052
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Baines	974
	Green	Marion Prideaux	497
	Green	Roger Baker	406
	Green	Darren Raven	225
Total votes			17,778
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[6]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen O'Malley *	1,535
	Labour	Nigel Haselden	1,417
	Labour	Christopher Wellbelove	1,293
	Conservative	Bernard Gentry	1,230
	Conservative	Glyn Chambers	1,121
	Conservative	Kelly Ben-Maimon	1,121
	Green	Albere Hanna	534
	Liberal Democrats	Gloria Gomez	484
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Stewart	379
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Snagge	308
	Socialist (GB)	Daniel Lambert	62
	Socialist (GB)	James Martin	39
	Socialist (GB)	John Lee	38
Total votes			9,561
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[7]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen O'Malley	1,179
	Labour	Jonathan Myerson	1,160
	Conservative	Bernard Gentry	1,074
	Conservative	Andrew Hollingsworth	983
	Labour	Koysor Syed	968
	Conservative	Edward Heckels	958
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Belcher	397
	Green	Albere Hanna	382
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Banks	332
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Blackie	259
	Independent	James Martin	13
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1978–2002 Lambeth council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Lambeth in 1978.

1998 election

1994 election

1990 election

1986 election

1982 election

1978 election

1964–1978 Lambeth council elections

1974 election

1971 election

1968 election

1964 election

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries