Coldharbour (Lambeth ward)

Coldharbour was an electoral ward in the London Borough of Lambeth from 2002 to 2022. It covered parts of Brixton and Loughborough Junction. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections and last used at the 2018 elections. It returned three councillors to Lambeth London Borough Council. The ward was replaced in 2022 by Brixton Acre Lane, Brixton North, Brixton Rush Common, Brixton Windrush and Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction.

Coldharbour
Former electoral ward for the Lambeth London Borough Council
Coldharbour ward boundaries
Borough	Lambeth
County	Greater London
Population	16,784 (2011)
Electorate	12,165 (2018)
Major settlements	Brixton
Area	1.2081 square kilometres (0.4665 sq mi)
Former electoral ward
Created	2002
Abolished	2022
Member(s)	3
Replaced by	Brixton Acre Lane Brixton North Brixton Rush Common Brixton Windrush Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction
ONS code	00AYGD
GSS code	E05000420

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
2002–2022	Donatus Anyanwu		Labour
2002–2006	Sharon Erdman		Labour
2002–2006	Sharon Ward		Labour
2006–2018	Rachel Heywood[a]		Labour
			Independent
2006–2010	Sharon Malley		Labour
2010–2018	Matt Parr		Labour
2018–2022	Emma Nye[b]		Labour
2018–2022	Scarlett O'Hara		Labour

Lambeth council elections

2018 by-election

The by-election took place on 13 September 2018, following the death of Matthew Parr.

2018 Coldharbour by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Scarlett O'Hara	1,739	58.2
	Green	Michael Groce	912	30.5
	Liberal Democrats	Doug Buist	148	5.0
	Conservative	Yvonne Stewart-Williams	119	4.0
	Women's Equality	Sian Fogden	47	1.6
	UKIP	Robert Stephenson	21	0.7
Majority			827
Turnout			2,994	24.8
	Labour hold		Swing

2018 election

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

2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Coldharbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Emma Nye	2,325	66.0
	Labour Co-op	Donatus Anyanwu	2,257
	Labour Co-op	Matt Parr	1,975
	Green	Michael Groce	761	15.5
	Green	Rashid Nix	683
	Independent	Rachel Heywood	660	6.6
	Conservative	Michael Johnson	228	6.4
	Conservative	Amy Hennessy	217
	Conservative	Yvonne Stewart-Williams	189
	Liberal Democrats	Olivier Bertin	182	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Henry McMorrow	180
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Lewis	173
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[3]

2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Coldharbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachel Heywood	2,232	63.5
	Labour	Matt Parr	2,037
	Labour	Donatus Anyanwu	2,014
	Green	Solomon Smith	742	20.8
	Green	Thomas Wood	680
	Green	Rashid Nix	638
	Conservative	Yvonne Stewart-Williams	231	6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Lester	225	4.8
	Conservative	Carl Belgrove	224
	Conservative	Edward Watkins	221
	UKIP	Johan Ward	127	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Morfey	126
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Waddington	126
	Independent	David Warner	100	1.0
	Independent	Boniface Awogta	76	0.8
Total votes
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2010 election

The election took place on 6 May 2010.^[4]

2010 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Coldharbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachel Heywood	3,983	64.5
	Labour	Donatus Anyanwu	3,819
	Labour	Matt Parr	3,681
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Lester	1,091	16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Lavender	1,081
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Meader	808
	Green	Geoffrey Burgess	611	9.5
	Conservative	Thomas Baker	581	8.3
	Green	Olivier Bertin	573
	Green	Alexander James	511
	Conservative	Yvonne Stewart-Williams	458
	Conservative	Graham Pycock	430
	CPA	David Williams	169
Total votes
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[5]

2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Coldharbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donatus Anyanwu	1,299	54.2
	Labour	Rachel Heywood	1,272
	Labour	Sharon Malley	1,187
	Green	Elkin Atwell	742	24.0
	Green	Rachel Braverman	471
	Green	Timothy Summers	450
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Blackie	304	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Lawman	279
	Conservative	Simon Barrie	250	10.4
	Conservative	Smarajit Roy	242
	Conservative	Marcus Booth	227
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Bowring	216
Total votes			6,628
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[6]

2002 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Coldharbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donatus Anyanwu	989
	Labour	Sharon Erdman	949
	Labour	Sharon Ward	899
	Socialist Alliance	Theresa Bennett	252
	Green	William Collins	241
	Green	Paul Martin	219
	Green	Mohammed Sajid	217
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsay Avebury	215
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Baines	203
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Baines	181
	Conservative	Nicholas Brown	122
	Conservative	Glyn Chambers	108
	Conservative	John Lamont	105
	Independent	Robin Gibson	47
	Independent	Gary Bruton	43
	Independent	Darren Iliffe	40
Turnout			4,680	17.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

1. Rachel Heywood changed parties in 2016.^[1]
2. Emma Nye has been a councillor for Knight's Hill ward since 2024.