Gipsy Hill (ward)

Gipsy Hill is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Lambeth, England. The ward has existed since 1978 and was first used in the 1978 elections. Since 2022 it has returned two councillors to Lambeth London Borough Council and from 1978 to 2022 returned three councillors.

Gipsy Hill
Electoral ward for the Lambeth London Borough Council
Gipsy Hill ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Lambeth
County	Greater London
Population	10,730 (2021)[a]
Electorate	7,830 (2022)
Area	0.9654 square kilometres (0.3727 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1978
Member(s)	2 (2022-present) 3 (1978–2022)
GSS code	E05014103 (2022–present)

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
1978–1982	Leonard Hammond		Labour
1978–1982	Michael Jeram		Labour
1978–1982	Yvonne Phipp		Labour
1982–1990	Anthony Green		Conservative
1982–1986	Stewart Cowell		Conservative
1982–1986	Richard Timmis		Conservative
1986–1994	Stewart Hunter		Labour
1986–1994	George Huish		Labour
1990–1994	Rachael Webb		Labour
1994–2006	Janet Grigg		Conservative
1994–1998	David Green		Conservative
1994–1998	Charlie Elphicke		Conservative
1998–2006	Russell A'Court		Conservative
1998–2006	Gareth Compton		Conservative
2006–2010	Suzanne Poole		Conservative
2006–2010	Andrew Gibson		Conservative
2006–2010	Graham Pycock		Conservative
2010–2016	Niranjan Francis		Labour
2010–2022	Matthew Bennett		Labour
2010–2022	Jennifer Brathwaite		Labour
2016–2018	Luke Murphy		Labour
2018–2022	Pete Elliott		Green
2022–present	Christine Banton		Labour
2022–present	Rebecca Spencer		Labour

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.^[1]

2022 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Gipsy Hill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Banton	1,457	51.0
	Labour	Rebecca Spencer	1,326	46.4
	Green	Pete Elliott	1,271	44.5
	Green	Shamin Nakalembe	1,170	40.9
	Conservative	James Davis	198	6.9
	Conservative	Adrian Stones	144	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Dobson	101	3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Tuffrey	50	1.7
Turnout			2,919	37.3
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Lambeth council elections

Gipsy Hill 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.^[2]

2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Gipsy Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Braithwaite	2,063	16.5
	Labour	Matthew Bennett	2,054	16.4
	Green	Pete Elliott	1,922	15.3
	Green	Becki Newell	1,903	15.2
	Labour	Luke Murphy	1,778	14.2
	Green	Paul Rocks	1,647	13.1
	Conservative	James Davis	271	2.2
	Conservative	Irene Kimm	229	1.8
	Conservative	Simon Hooberman	208	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Davies	132	1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Samar Riaz	124	1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Haylett	101	0.8
	UKIP	John Dodds	42	0.3
	UKIP	David Kennett	36	0.3
	UKIP	Dafydd Morris	31	0.2
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

2016 by-election

A by-election took place on 9 June 2016.^[2]

2016 Gipsy Hill by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Luke Murphy	1,220
	Green	Peter Elliott	1,184
	Conservative	Leslie Maruziva	210
	Liberal Democrats	Rosa Jesse	84
	UKIP	Elizabeth Jones	73
	Independent	Robin Lambert	24
	TUSC	Steven Nally	19
Majority			36	1.3
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

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

2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Gipsy Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Bennett	2,242
	Labour	Niranjan Francis	2,202
	Labour	Jennifer Braithwaite	2,183
	Conservative	Tom Martin	436
	Conservative	Ali Kayikkiran	434
	Conservative	Said Gutin	423
	Green	Ben McKeown	364
	Green	Cath Potter	317
	Green	Paul Wynter	257
	Liberal Democrats	David Hare	164
	Liberal Democrats	Marietta Crichton Stuart	161
	UKIP	Eddie Otoyo	142
	Liberal Democrats	Marcus van Breugel	133
Total votes			9,458
	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.^[4]

2010 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Gipsy Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Bennett	2,670
	Labour	Niranjan Francis	2,597
	Labour	Jennifer Brathwaite	2,588
	Conservative	Andrew Gibson	1,954
	Conservative	Suzanne Poole	1,611
	Conservative	Carl Belgrove	1,585
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne aan de Wiel	1,055
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Horler	1,016
	Liberal Democrats	Danielle Lowson	852
	Green	David Sinclair	462
	Green	Geoff Dennis	347
	Green	Anthony Shuster	332
Total votes			16,769
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2006 election

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

2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Gipsy Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suzanne Poole	1,402
	Conservative	Andrew Gibson	1,352
	Conservative	Graham Pycock	1,283
	Labour	Carol Boucher	915
	Labour	Daniel Lawuyi	838
	Labour	Bill Watling	790
	Green	Graham Jones	631
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Baines	521
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Shoesmith	408
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Parry	368
Total votes			8,508
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002 election

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

2002 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Gipsy Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Grigg	1,579
	Conservative	Russell A'Court	1,571
	Conservative	Gareth Compton	1,509
	Labour	David Green	1,034
	Labour	Marcia Cameron	1,001
	Labour	John Muir	899
	Green	Jessica Cahill	251
	Liberal Democrats	David Boyle	237
	Green	David Goodman	182
	Liberal Democrats	Peta Cubberley	180
	Green	Kathleen Manuell	178
	Liberal Democrats	Joel Robinson	165
Turnout			8,786	32.3
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Lambeth council elections

Gipsy Hill ward boundaries from 1978 to 2002

1998 election

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

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.^[8]

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.^[9]

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986.^[10]

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982.^[11]

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.^[12]

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries