Ferndale (Lambeth ward)

Ferndale was an electoral ward in the London Borough of Lambeth from 1965 to 2022. The ward was first used in the 1964 elections and last used for the 2018 elections. It returned three councillors to Lambeth London Borough Council. The boundaries were redrawn in 1978 and 2002. The ward was replaced in 2022 by Brixton Acre Lane, Brixton North and Clapham East. Notable councillors to represent the ward are John Major who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, civil rights activist Rudy Narayan and Ted Knight who was leader of Lambeth Council during the 1985 rate-capping rebellion.

Ferndale
Former electoral ward for the Lambeth London Borough Council
Ferndale ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022
Borough	Lambeth
County	Greater London
Population	15,032 (2011)
Electorate	12,100 (2018)
Major settlements	Brixton
Area	0.8507 square kilometres (0.3285 sq mi)
Former electoral ward
Created	1965
Abolished	2022
Member(s)	3
Replaced by	Brixton Acre Lane Brixton North Clapham East
ONS code	00AYGE
GSS code	E05000421

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
1964–1968 1971–197?	Donald Packer		Labour
1964–1968	D. Colls		Labour
1964–1968	W. Privett		Labour
1968–1971	J. Langley		Conservative
1968–1971	G. Allnut		Conservative
1968–1971	John Major		Conservative
1971–1974	L. Davis		Labour
1971–197?	Moses Kempadoo		Labour
1974–1978	Rudy Narayan		Labour
1976–1978	Angela Painter		Labour
1978–1984	Peter Lansley		Labour
1978–1982	John Boyle		Labour
1978–1986	Ted Knight[a]		Labour
1982–1986	Josephine Sinclair		Labour
1984–1986	Irma Critchlow		Labour
1986–1994	Julian Lewis		Labour
1986–1990	Joshua Anim		Labour
1986–1990	Rachael Webb		Labour
1990–1995	Denis Cooper-King		Labour
1990–1994	Abayomi Buraimoh-lgbo		Labour
1994–1995	John Harrison		Labour
1994–1998	Timothy Murnaghan		Labour
1995–1998	Simon Adams		Labour
1995–2002	Mohammed Abu-Bakr		Labour
1998–2002	Richard Jarman		Labour
1998–2018	Paul McGlone		Labour
2002–2006	Imran Hussain		Labour
2002–2018	Sally Prentice		Labour
2006–2018	Neil Sabharwal		Labour
2018–2022	Jess Leigh		Labour
2018–2022	Joshua Lindsey		Labour
2018–2022	Irfan Mohammed		Labour

2002–2022 Lambeth council elections

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

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[1]

2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Ferndale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jess Leigh	1,853
	Labour Co-op	Joshua Lindsey	1,685
	Labour Co-op	Irfan Mohammed	1,649
	Green	Rachel Alexander	715
	Green	Indar Picton-Howell	459
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Austin	455
	Liberal Democrats	Aedan Pope	428
	Conservative	Craig Barrett	373
	Conservative	Katy Slack	384
	Women's Equality	Leila Fazal	366
	Conservative	David Macbeth	359
	Liberal Democrats	John Siraut	263
Majority			934
Turnout
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[2]

2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Ferndale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sally Prentice	1,762	50.0
	Labour	Paul McGlone	1,696
	Labour	Neil Sabharwal	1,499
	Green	Edward Gillespie	625	17.7
	Green	Philip Woolley	619
	Conservative	Thomas Hatton	493	14.0
	Conservative	Paul Mawdsley	444
	Conservative	Michael Timmins	431
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Vaus	256	7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Tuffrey	221
	Liberal Democrats	John Medway	211
	UKIP	Elizabeth Erwin Jones	196	5.6
	TUSC	James Ivens	113	3.2
	Socialist (GB)	Daniel Lambert	81	2.3
Total votes			8,647
	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.^[3]

2010 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Ferndale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul McGlone	2,761
	Labour	Sally Prentice	2,703
	Labour	Neil Sabharwal	2,377
	Liberal Democrats	Ernest Baidoo-Mitchell	1,383
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Jenkins	1,367
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Bowring	1,313
	Conservative	Isabella Ginnett	1,199
	Conservative	Lee Roberts	1,053
	Conservative	Richard Moore	1,052
	Green	Tamsyn East	632
	Green	Daniel Bracken	613
	Green	James Montgomery	525
	Socialist (GB)	Daniel Lambert	82
	Socialist (GB)	John Lee	48
	Socialist (GB)	Jacqueline Shodeke	45
Total votes			17,153
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2006 election

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

2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Ferndale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul McGlone	1,332	47.9
	Labour	Sally Prentice	1,282
	Labour	Neil Sabharwal	1,205
	Liberal Democrats	Lena Smith	572	20.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mirza Basic	559
	Liberal Democrats	Marcus Mayers	535
	Green	Philip Georgiou	507	18.2
	Conservative	Helen Gentry	371	13.3
	Conservative	David Farley	343
	Conservative	Rosemary Morales	331
Total votes			7,037
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2002 election

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

2002 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Ferndale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Imran Hussain	1,031	21.5
	Labour	Paul McGlone	1,021	21.3
	Labour	Sally Prentice	977	20.4
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Cumberbatch-Barnett	340	7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Mitchell	314	6.6
	Green	Jeffrey Dalton	300	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Rhodes	300	6.3
	Conservative	Helen Gentry	171	3.6
	Conservative	Richard Forsdyke	170	3.5
	Conservative	Verity Forsdyke	167	3.5
Turnout			4,791	17.6
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Lambeth council elections

Ferndale ward boundaries from 1978 to 2002

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

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998.^[6]

1995 by-election

The by-election took place on 2 March 1995, following the resignations of Denis Cooper-King and John Harrison.^[6]

1995 Ferndale by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Adams	982
	Labour	Mohammed Abu-Bakr	963
	Liberal Democrats	Euan Bayliss	846
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Morris	824
	Independent	Catherine Valentine	155
	Conservative	Alison Davis	129
	Independent	Raymond Woolford	129
	Conservative	Simon Nayyar	100
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.^[7]

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.^[8]

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986.^[9]

1986 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Ferndale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julian Lewis	2,149
	Labour	Joshua Anim	1,973
	Labour	Rachael Webb	1,910
	Conservative	Peter Donovan	563
	Conservative	David Jones	548
	Conservative	Nicholas de Salis	504
	Alliance	Brian Seymour	406
	Alliance	Alastair Sturgis	392
	Alliance	Herrnia Esezobor	391
	Green	Janice Owens	212
	Communist	Brenda Kirsch	61
	Revolutionary Communist	Kunle Oluremi	51
Total votes
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1984 by-election

The by-election took place on 17 May 1984, following the resignation of Peter Lansley.^[9]

1984 Ferndale by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irma Critchlow	1,563
	Alliance	Paul Harris	1,012
	Conservative	Clive Mark	246
	Communist	Paul Olive	65
	Ecology	Janice Owens	48
Total votes
	Labour hold		Swing

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982.^[10]

1982 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Ferndale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ted Knight	1,504
	Labour	Peter Lansley	1,391
	Labour	Josephine Sinclair	1,366
	Alliance	Gabriel Solomon	978
	Alliance	Nicholas Couldroey	961
	Alliance	David Warner	933
	Conservative	Margaret Chambers	528
	Conservative	Dilip Vadgama	488
	Conservative	Irene Bird	461
	Communist	Jean Styles	132
Total votes
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.^[11]

1978 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Ferndale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Lansley	1,640
	Labour	John Boyle	1,444
	Labour	Ted Knight	1,444
	Conservative	Gillian Turner	722
	Conservative	Peter Warburton-Jones	708
	Conservative	Mark Robinson	673
Turnout
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

1964–1978 Lambeth council elections

External image
Ferndale ward boundaries from 1965 to 1978

Ferndale ward existed since the creation of the London Borough of Lambeth on 1 April 1965. For elections to the Greater London Council, the ward was part of the Lambeth electoral division from 1965 and then the Vauxhall division from 1973.

1976 by-election

The by-election took place on 1 April 1976.^[11][12]

1976 Ferndale by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Painter	1,026
	Conservative	Charles Williams	513
	Liberal	Catherine Williams	196
Turnout				21.6
	Labour hold		Swing

1974 election

The election took place on 2 May 1974.^[13]

1974 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Ferndale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donald Packer	888
	Labour	Moses Kempadoo	853
	Labour	Rudy Narayan	822
	Conservative	M. Lingwood	443
	Conservative	I. McLean Young	420
	Conservative	V. Cox	406
	Communist	J. Stewart	105
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1971 election

The election took place on 13 May 1971.^[14]

1971 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Ferndale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Davis	1,574
	Labour	Donald Packer	1,498
	Labour	Moses Kempadoo	1,468
	Conservative	G. Allnutt	498
	Conservative	J. Tosh	497
	Conservative	R. Wheelhouse	480
	Communist	J. Harman	122
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1968 election

The election took place on 9 May 1968.^[15]

1968 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Ferndale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Langley	1,025
	Conservative	G. Allnut	1,002
	Conservative	John Major	991
	Labour	L. Davis	921
	Labour	J. Dodson	892
	Labour	Donald Packer	863
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1964 election

The election took place on 7 May 1964.^[16]

1964 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Ferndale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donald Packer	1,219
	Labour	D. Colls	1,202
	Labour	W. Privett	1,195
	Conservative	D. Hodgson	532
	Conservative	M. Bartholomew	524
	Conservative	A. Baker	518
	Communist	R. Dearing	91
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

1. Ted Knight was a councillor for Knight's Hill ward from 1974 to 1978.