Lambeth London Borough Council elections

Lambeth London Borough Council is elected every four years.

A map showing the wards of Lambeth since 2022

Summary results of elections

Summary of council election results:

	Overall control		Labour	Lib Dem	Conservative	Green
2022		Labour	58	3	0	2
2018		Labour	57	–	1	5
2014		Labour	59	–	3	1
2010		Labour	44	15	4	–
2006		Labour	39	17	6	1
2002		Lib Dem/Conservative Coalition	28	28	7	–
1998		Labour	41	18	5	–
1994		No overall control	24	24	16	–
1990		Labour	40	4	20	–
1986		Labour	40	3	21	–
1982		No overall control	32	5	27	–
1978		Labour	42	–	22	–
1974		Labour	46	–	14	–
1971		Labour	51	–	9	–
1968		Conservative	3	–	57	–
1964		Labour	42	–	18	–

Council elections

• 1964 Lambeth London Borough Council election
• 1968 Lambeth London Borough Council election
• 1971 Lambeth London Borough Council election
• 1974 Lambeth London Borough Council election
• 1978 Lambeth London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by four)^[1]
• 1982 Lambeth London Borough Council election
• 1986 Lambeth London Borough Council election
• 1990 Lambeth London Borough Council election
• 1994 Lambeth London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[n 1][n 2][n 3]}
• 1998 Lambeth London Borough Council election
• 2002 Lambeth London Borough Council election (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by one)^[2]
• 2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election
• 2010 Lambeth London Borough Council election
• 2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election
• 2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election
• 2022 Lambeth London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)

Borough result maps

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  2002 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2014 results map
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  2018 results map
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  2022 results map

Wards

Since the last boundary changes in 2022 the council has comprised 63 councillors representing 25 wards, with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.^[3] The wards are:^[4]

• Brixton Acre Lane (3)
• Brixton North (3)
• Brixton Rush Common (3)
• Brixton Windrush (2)
• Clapham Common and Abbeville (2)
• Clapham East (2)
• Clapham Park (3)
• Clapham Town (3)
• Gipsy Hill (2)
• Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction (3)
• Kennington (3)
• Knight's Hill (3)
• Myatt's Fields (2)
• Oval (3)
• St Martin's (2)
• Stockwell East (2)
• Stockwell West and Larkhall (3)
• Streatham Common and Vale (3)
• Streatham Hill East (2)
• Streatham Hill West and Thornton (2)
• Streatham St Leonard's (3)
• Streatham Wells (2)
• Vauxhall (3)
• Waterloo and South Bank (2)
• West Dulwich (2)

2002–2022

The wards between 2002 and 2022 (each electing three councillors) were:

• Bishop's
• Brixton Hill
• Clapham Common
• Clapham Town
• Coldharbour
• Ferndale
• Gipsy Hill
• Herne Hill
• Knight's Hill
• Larkhall
• Oval
• Prince's
• St Leonard's
• Stockwell
• Streatham Hill
• Streatham South
• Streatham Wells
• Thornton
• Thurlow Park
• Tulse Hill
• Vassall

1978–2002

The wards between 1978 and 2002 (each electing three councillors) were:

• Angell
• Bishop's
• Clapham Park
• Clapham Town
• Ferndale
• Gipsy Hill
• Herne Hill
• Knight's Hill
• Larkhall
• Oval
• Prince's
• St Leonard's
• St Martin's
• Stockwell
• Streatham Hill
• Streatham South
• Streatham Wells
• Thornton
• Thurlow Park
• Town Hall
• Tulse Hill
• Vassall

1965–1978

The wards between 1965 and 1978 (each electing three councillors) were:

• Angell
• Bishop's
• Clapham Park
• Clapham Town
• Ferndale
• Herne Hill
• Knight's Hill
• Larkhall
• Leigham
• Oval
• Prince's
• St Leonard's
• Stockwell
• Streatham South
• Streatham Wells
• Thornton
• Thurlow Park
• Town Hall
• Tulse Hill
• Vassall

By-election results

1964–1968

There were no by-elections.^[5]

1968–1971

Clapham Park by-election, 27 June 1968^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs M. F. Brown	1341
	Labour	Mrs M. A. Kelly	470
	Liberal	S. J. Beaven	165
Turnout				17.6%

St Leonard's by-election, 27 June 1968^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. Bogazzi	1837
	Conservative	R. Turtill	1824
	Liberal	D. E. Delaney	172
	Labour	Mrs S. Gittins	167
	Liberal	K. L. Phelps	152
	Labour	Mrs B. P. Hargreaves	150
	Independent	W. G. Boaks	27
Turnout				19.0%

Thurlow Park by-election, 21 November 1968^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. F. How	1455
	Labour	G. F. Culbard	844
	National Front	D. H. Garrad	318
	Liberal	E. Hawthorne	146
Turnout				22.6%

Town Hall by-election, 2 October 1969^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. S. Steele	1214
	Labour	D. S. Speakman	833
	National Front	W. C. Cheeseman	74
Turnout				20.1%

Vassall by-election, 20 November 1969^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. W. QuenauIt	808
	Conservative	D. G. Llewellyn	803
	National Front	Mrs J. Archer	34
Turnout				16.1%

1971–1974

There were no by-elections.^[7]

1974–1978

Clapham Park by-election, 16 October 1975^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr. S. J. Beaven	1,578
	Labour	Ms. J. D. Parine	1,050
	Liberal	Timothy F. Clement-Jones	403
Turnout				27.6

Ferndale by-election, 1 April 1976^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. A. R. Painter	1,026
	Conservative	Mr. C. A. Williams	513
	Liberal	Ma. C. M. Williams	196
Turnout				21.6

Angell by-election, 18 November 1976^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. C. K. Montaut	701
	Conservative	Mrs. S. Kane	481
	Housewife	Ms. K. Mott	224
	National Party	Ms. F. Sandland	165
	Socialist Workers	Mr. K. Singh	34
	Anti-National Front	Mr. A. Whereat	28
	United Anti-Fascist	Ms. E. E. A. Sparks	17
Turnout				20.8

Clapham Park by-election, 17 March 1977^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr. A. Williams	1,580
	Labour	Mr. P. Dean	916
	Liberal	Timothy F. Clement-Jones	390
	National Front	Mr. C. P. K. Skeats	215
Turnout				29.3

Streatham Wells by-election, 17 March 1977^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr. M. P. R. Malynn	1,936
	Labour	Mr. F. Henry	640
	National Front	Mrs. V. F. Lillington	213
Turnout				26.3

1978–1982

1982–1986

1986–1990

1990–1994

Town Hall by-election, 18 July 1991^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher N. Cattermole	1,226	37.5
	Conservative	Gianfranco J. Letizia	994	31.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Woolton	736	23.3
	Green	Roger C. L. Baker	207	6.5
Turnout				37.5
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Dick J. F. Sorabji.

St Martin's by-election, 12 December 1991^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony R. Green	1,221	61.8
	Labour	Michele S. J. Singh	452	22.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rajnikant R. Patel	229	11.6
	Green	Maureen J. Owens	74	3.7
Turnout				26.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Susan T. B. Smith.

Streatham Hill by-election, 13 February 1992^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Euan J. Bayliss	1,475	38.9
	Conservative	Gilbert E. W. S. Evemy	1,416	37.3
	Labour	Daniel J. Hughes	860	22.7
	Green	Susan A. Whall	44	1.2
Turnout				43.8
	Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Colin Mason.

Stockwell by-election, 10 December 1992^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon H. Adams	797	38.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Woolton	690	32.9
	Conservative	Keith L. Best	566	27.0
	Independent	Stephen D. Bradshaw	22	1.0
	Green	Jason H. Evers	21	1.0
Turnout				29.8
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ian R. Mallett.

Streatham Hill by-election, 10 December 1992^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Jeremy F. Coninx	1,586	52.3
	Conservative	Bernard A. R. Gentry	930	30.7
	Labour	Daniel J. Hughes	402	13.3
	Independent	Roderick J. Pearson	114	3.8
Turnout				33.8
	Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kenneth J. Sharvill.

Angell by-election, 4 March 1993^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond D. Woolford	841	40.3
	Labour	Stephen A. Cooley	778	37.3
	Conservative	Peter A. Cannon	350	16.8
	Green	William S. B. Collins	74	3.5
	Independent	Stephen D. Bradshaw	42	2.0
Turnout				28.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John Tuite.

Bishop's by-election, 25 March 1993^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Sally Prentice	1,503	52.0
	Labour	Matthew J. Swindells	749	25.9
	Militant Labour	Steven P. Nally	336	11.6
	Conservative	Peter K. Wilde	300	10.4
Turnout				41.6
	Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Graham P. Nicholas.

Streatham Hill by-election, 10 June 1993^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	John R. Bradescu	1,974	64.2
	Conservative	John B. Bloomfield	645	21.0
	Labour	Daniel J. Hughes	425	13.8
	Green	Roger C. L. Baker	33	1.1
Turnout				33.7
	Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Gloria Hutchens.

Oval by-election, 22 July 1993^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marietta F. Crichton Stuart	1,506	52.0
	Labour	Peter G. O'Connell	858	29.6
	Militant Labour	Steven P. Nally	246	8.5
	Conservative	Andrew A. R. Selous	231	7.9
	Green	Jason H. Evers	56	1.9
Turnout				37.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joseph Singh.

1994–1998

Ferndale by-election, 2 March 1995^[9]

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

The by-election was called following the resignations of Cllrs. Denis E. Cooper-King and John E. Harrison.

Princes by-election, 1 June 1995^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra J. Lawman	1,222
	Labour	Michael A. J. Leyland	1,026
	Conservative	Richard J. Patient	131
	Green	Sheila Freeman	55
	Independent	Anne Boyle	21
	SDP	Stephen R. Chamberlain	17
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Roger J. Liddle.

Knight's Hill by-election, 21 March 1996^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert S. McConnell	1,287
	Labour	Ian J. Darby	1,246
	Conservative	Natalie C. Ross-Pears	808
	Green	William S. B. Collins	44
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Peter J. Evans.

Clapham Town by-election, 14 November 1996^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eileen M. Hogan	1,247	41.9
	Conservative	John Swannick	906	30.4
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Gardner-Brown	758	25.5
	Green	Tean J. Mitchell	46	1.5
	Socialist (GB)	Christopher I. McColl	20	0.7
Majority			341	11.5
Turnout			2,977	34.7
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joseph Callinan.

Larkhall by-election, 1 May 1997^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin D. Craig	2,552	55.3	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan A. Simpson	1,338	29.0	−12.4
	Conservative	Caroline King	524	11.4	+1.8
	Green	Roger C. L. Baker	200	4.3	+4.3
Majority			1,214	26.3
Turnout			4,614	56.9
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Margaret E. Jones.

1998–2002

Streatham South by-election, 6 May 1999^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jonathan Malley	1,515	45.7	−11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Ella Ward	996	30.1	+22.3
	Conservative	Joanna Mary Barker	753	22.7	−12.8
	Independent	Andrew Roy Morris	48	1.5	+1.5
Majority			519	15.6
Turnout			3,312	38.5
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alan M. White.

Vassall by-election, 19 August 1999^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Oren Sabbagh	840	48.5	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Adeline Aina	618	35.7	−0.3
	Conservative	Anthony John Shakespeare	194	11.2	+4.9
	Green	Peter Crush	55	3.2	−6.0
	Independent	Keith Langton	25	1.4	−1.8
Majority			222	12.8
Turnout			1,732	18.0
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Michael D. Cruickshanks.

Knight's Hill by-election, 7 June 2001^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Antony Grayling	2,293	49.2	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Joel Edmond Robinson	1,300	27.9	−6.7
	Conservative	Jessica Katherine Lee	788	16.9	+0.1
	Independent	Romano Giuseppe Barca	278	6.0	+6.0
Majority			993	21.3
Turnout			4,659	53.6
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paul Connolly.

Thornton by-election, 7 June 2001^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth "Lib" Peck	1,497	45.0	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Pindar	1,379	41.5	−0.9
	Conservative	Peter Richard Younghusband	448	13.5	+6.8
Majority			118	3.5
Turnout			3,324	53.6
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Anthony P. Hewitt.

2002–2006

Stockwell by-election, 7 August 2003^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Colin Bowyer	1,065	46.4	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rosario "Ros" Munday	1,001	43.6	−8.6
	Conservative	Alistair Stewart Fletcher	133	5.8	+0.2
	Green	Graham Ronald Geoffrey Jones	95	4.1	−4.7
Majority			64	2.8
Turnout			2,294	24.4
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Gabriel Fernandes.

Streatham South by-election, 20 October 2005^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark E. Bennett	1,466	49.2	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ahmad Ali	1,211	40.7	+6.0
	Conservative	Lisabeth Liell	301	10.1	−8.1
Majority			255	8.5
Turnout			2,978	31.7	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Tim Sargeant.

2006–2010

Vassall by-election, 20 March 2008^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Bradley	1,209	50.4	+14.9
	Labour	Andy Flannagan	859	35.8	−8.4
	Conservative	Stuart Barr	206	8.6	−2.8
	Green	George Graham	109	4.5	+4.5
	English Democrat	Janus Polenceus	8	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Leo Syron	7	0.3	+0.3
Majority			350	14.6
Turnout			2,398	25.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Liz Atkinson.

Prince's by-election, 4 June 2009^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Harrison	1,726	40.7	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Roberts	1,396	32.9	7.4
	Conservative	Michael C. Poole-Wilson	707	16.7	2.2
	Green	Joseph Healy	320	7.5	0.4
	English Democrat	Janus Polenceus	93	2.2	2.2
Majority			330	7.8	−16.6
Turnout			4,242
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sam J. Townend.

2010–2014

Tulse Hill by-election, 1 July 2010^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Ling	1,235	52.2	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Curtis	745	31.5	+1.2
	Green	George Graham	256	10.8	+4.5
	Conservative	Alan Blackburn	94	4.0	−2.6
	UKIP	Robin Lambert	36	1.5	N/A
Majority			490
Turnout			2,366	21.18
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Toren Smith.

Brixton Hill by-election, 17 January 2013^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Tiedemann	1,593	62.6	+21.9
	Green	Andrew Child	344	13.5	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Maffei	274	10.8	−29.7
	Conservative	Timothy Briggs	165	6.4	−6.0
	TUSC	Steve Nally	72	2.8	N/A
	UKIP	Elizabeth Jones	63	2.5	N/A
Majority			1,249	49.1	%
Turnout			2,544	22.7
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Steve Reed.

Tulse Hill by-election, 25 July 2013^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Atkins	1,575	69.3
	Liberal Democrats	Amna Ahmad	277	12.2
	Green	Bernard Atwell	177	7.8
	TUSC	Steve Nally	76	3.3
	Conservative	Timothy Briggs	74	3.3
	UKIP	Elizabeth Jones	64	3.0
	Independent	Valentine Walker	20	0.9
	Socialist (GB)	Adam Buick	11	0.5
Majority			1,298	57.1
Turnout			2,274	20.0
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ms. Ruth Ling.

Vassall by-election, 28 November 2013^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Gadsby	1,119	48.1
	Liberal Democrats	Colette Thomas	468	28.7
	Conservative	Kelly Ben-Maimon	153	10.8
	Green	Rachel Laurence	113	4.8
	UKIP	Elizabeth Jones	87	4.6
	TUSC	Steven Nally	44	1.8
	Socialist (GB)	Danny Lambert	22	0.9
Turnout			2,326	28.4
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kingsley J. Abrams.

2014–2018

Knight's Hill by-election, 14 August 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sonia Winifred	1,265	63.7	−7.3
	Conservative	Heidi Nicholson	248	12.5	+0.4
	Green	Christopher Hocknell	230	11.6	+7.1
	UKIP	Robin Lambert	99	5.0	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hardware	94	4.7	−2.4
	Independent	Nelly Amos	51	2.6	N/A
Majority			1,017	51.2
Turnout			1,987
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Sonia Winifred.

Prince's by-election, 7 May 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valia McClure	3,452	44.5
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett	1,748	22.5
	Conservative	Gareth Wallace	1,518	16.6
	Green	Marie James	901	11.6
	TUSC	Kingsley Abrahams	99	0.1
	Socialist (GB)	Danny Lambert	42	0.1
Majority			1,704
Turnout			7,760
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Chris Marsh.

Gipsy Hill by-election, 9 June 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Luke Murphy	1,220	43.4
	Green	Peter Elliott	1,184	42.1	+
	Conservative	Leslie Maruziva	210	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rosa Jesse	84	3.0
	UKIP	Elizabeth Jones	73	2.6
	Independent	Robin Lambert	24	0.9	N/A
	TUSC	Steven Nally	19	0.7	N/A
Majority			36	1.3
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Niranjan Francis.

2018-2022

Coldharbour by-election, 13 September 2018^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Scarlett O'Hara	1,739	58.2	7.8
	Green	Michael Groce	912	30.5	15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Doug Buist	148	5.0	0.4
	Conservative	Yvonne Stewart-Williams	119	4.0	2.4
	Women's Equality	Sian Fogden	47	1.6	N/A
	UKIP	Robert Stephenson	21	0.7	N/A
Majority			827	27.7	22.8
Turnout			2,994	24.8
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was caused by the death of Matthew Parr.

Thornton by-election, 7 February 2019^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Donnelly	1,154	44.7	18.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca MacNair	845	32.8	23.1
	Green	Adrian Audsley	251	9.7	1.7
	Conservative	Martin Reid	247	9.6	6.4
	Women's Equality	Leila Fazal	46	1.8	N/A
	UKIP	John Plume	36	1.4	N/A
Majority			309	11.9	52.0
Turnout				27.5
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Jane Edbrooke.

Thornton by-election, 11 April 2019^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nanda Manley-Browne	998	41.5	21.4
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Bryant	979	40.7	30.1
	Green	Adrian Audsley	171	7.1	4.3
	Conservative	Martin Reid	166	6.9	9.1
	Women's Equality	Leila Fazal	53	2.2	N/A
	UKIP	John Plume	39	1.6	N/A
Majority			19	0.7	63.2
Turnout				25.5
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was caused by Lib Peck who resigned as Leader of Lambeth Council and as a councillor in order to take the role as the Director of the Mayor of London’s newly established Violence Reduction Unit.^[17][18][19]

2022-2026

Vauxhall by-election, 5 October 2023^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Swaine-Jameson	595	42.0	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Fareed Alderechi	395	27.9	16.8
	Green	Jacqueline Bond	256	18.1	2.1
	Conservative	Lee Rotherham	160	11.3	4.3
	Socialist (GB)	Daniel Lambert	9	0.6	N/A
Majority			200	14.1
Turnout			1,415	22.5	4.1
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was caused by the death of Liam Jarnecki.^[21][22][23]

Knight's Hill by-election, 2 May 2024^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emma Nye	2,677	55.5	6.8
	Green	Victoria Evans	983	20.4	0.7
	Conservative	Leila Yassen	530	11.0	1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Sanders	378	7.8	1.7
	Independent	Janet Gayle	210	4.4	N/A
Majority			1,694
Turnout			4,826	40.8	9.2
	Labour hold		Swing

This by-election was caused by the resignation of Sonia Winifred.^[25]

Streatham Common and Vale by-election, 2 May 2024^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Cole	2,269	49.3	9.1
	Conservative	Promise Phillips	884	19.2	3.3
	Green	Duncan Eastoe	784	17.1	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Davidson	596	13.0	1.4
Majority			1,793
Turnout			4,594	39.0	10.4
	Labour hold		Swing

This by-election was caused by the resignation of Tom Rutland, Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate for East Worthing and Shoreham at the 2024 general election.^[27][28]

Streatham Common and Vale by-election, 4 July 2024^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dominic Armstrong	2,796	46.8
	Green	Duncan Eastoe	1,354	22.7
	Conservative	Lachlan Rurlander	918	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Davidson	906	15.2
Majority			1,442	24.1
Turnout			5,974
	Labour hold		Swing

This by-election was caused by the resignation of Henna Shah.^[30]

Lambeth's recent political history

In 1979, the administration of Edward "Red Ted" Knight organised the borough's first public demonstration against the Thatcher government.^[31]

In 1985, the left-wing Labour administration of Knight was subjected to 'rate-capping', with its budget restricted by the Government. Knight and most of the Labour councillors protested by refusing to set any budget. This protest resulted in 32 councillors being ordered to repay to the council the interest the council had lost as a result of budgeting delays, and also being disqualified from office.

In 1991, Joan Twelves's administration both failed to collect the poll tax and openly opposed the war in the Persian Gulf.^[31] Twelves, and 12 other councillors were subsequently suspended from the labour party's local group by regional officials for advocating non-payment of the poll tax and other radical policies in 1992.^[32]

Twelves's equally militant deputy leader in this era was John Harrison.^[33]