Streatham St Leonard's (ward)

Streatham St Leonard's is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom. The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections. It returns three councillors to Lambeth London Borough Council.

Streatham St Leonard's
Electoral ward for the Lambeth London Borough Council
Streatham St Leonard's ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Lambeth
County	Greater London
Population	15,814 (2021)[a]
Electorate	10,805 (2022)
Area	1.449 square kilometres (0.559 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	3
Member(s)	Scott Ainslie   Nicole Griffiths   Martin Abrams
GSS code	E05014115

It is located in the south west of the borough and shares a border with Wandsworth. The ward comprises the western part of the Streatham town centre and is mostly to the west of the A23 Streatham High Road, with the exception of the Stanthorpe Triangle area immediately east of St Leonard's church in the historic village centre. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 14,550.^[1]

St Leonard's ward is located in the Streatham Parliamentary constituency. The local Member of Parliament since 2019 is Bell Ribeiro-Addy of the Labour Party.

Future Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow served as a councillor here from 1986 to 1990.

The ward was renamed from St Leonard's to Streatham St Leonard's in 2022 with very minor boundary adjustment.

List of councillors

Term		Councillor	Party
	1964–1968	L. Knowles	Conservative
	1964–1968	F. Steere	Conservative
	1964–1968	Jack Westbury	Conservative
	1968–1974	R. Turtill	Conservative
	1968–1974	H. Jellie	Conservative
	1968–1982	Valerio Bogazzi	Conservative
	1974–1982	Peter Cary	Conservative
	1974–1982	Andrew Beadle	Conservative
	1982–1986	Iain Picton	Conservative
	1986–1990	John Bercow	Conservative
	1982–1994	Mary Leigh	Conservative
	1982–1998	Hugh Jones	Conservative
	1990–1998	David Griffiths	Conservative
	1994–1998	Nicholas McKay	Conservative
	1998–2014	Roger Giess	Liberal Democrat
	1998–2014	Brian Palmer	Liberal Democrat
	1998–2014	Clive Bennett	Liberal Democrat
	2014–2018	Saleha-Begum Jaffer	Labour
	2014–2018	Robert Hill	Labour
	2018–2022	Jonathan Bartley	Green
	2014–present	Scott Ainslie	Green
	2018–present	Nicole Griffiths	Green
	2022–present	Martin Abrams	Labour

Summary

Councillors elected by party at each general borough election.

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

1964

1968

1971

1974

1978

1982

1986

1990

1994

1998

2002

2006

2010

2014

2018

2022

•   Conservative
•   Liberal Democrats
•   Labour
•   Green

Lambeth council elections since 2022

Streatham St Leonard's ward boundaries 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: Streatham St Leonard's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Scott Ainslie	1,727
	Green	Nicole Griffiths	1,683	–	–
	Labour	Martin Abrams	1,525	–	–
	Green	Jonny Dobbs-Grove	1,428
	Labour	Denean Rowe	1,353	–	–
	Labour	Umar Qureshi	1,336	–	–
	Conservative	Elaine Bailey	337
	Conservative	Claire Collins	312	–	–
	Conservative	Russell Newall	290	–	–
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Davidsom	237
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Lunnon	227	–	–
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Drage	198	–	–
Majority			299	17.3	N/A
Registered electors			10,804
Turnout			3,551	32.9	6.8
Rejected ballots			28	0.26	0.06
	Green win (new boundaries)
	Green win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Lambeth council elections

St Leonard's 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: St Leonard's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Scott Ainslie	2,141	48.2	18.8
	Green	Jonathan Bartley	2,080	–	–
	Green	Nicole Griffiths	2,006	–	–
	Labour	Saleha Jaffer	1,677	37.7	7.6
	Labour	Rob Hill	1,676	–	–
	Labour	Stephen Donnelly	1,673	–	–
	Conservative	Wendy Newall	439	9.9	0.8
	Conservative	Scott Simmonds	383	–	–
	Conservative	Neil Salt	337	–	–
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Keen	188	4.2	18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona MacKenzie	159	–	–
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Malins	108	–	–
Majority			464	10.5	N/A
Registered electors			11,250
Turnout			4,461	39.7	5.6
Rejected ballots			8	0.2	0.7
	Green hold		Swing	6.1
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	–
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	–

2014 election

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

2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election: St Leonard's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Hill	1,218	30.1	1.2
	Green	Scott Ainslie	1,191	29.4	19.7
	Labour	Saleha-Begum Jaffer	1,158	–	–
	Labour	Michael Burke	1,125	–	–
	Green	Jonathan Bartley	1,124	–	–
	Green	Rachel Laurence	921	–	–
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Palmer	913	22.5	18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Giess	738	–	–
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Stanmer	695	–	–
	Conservative	Felicity Newall	432	10.7	6.9
	Conservative	Charley Jarrett	415	–	–
	Conservative	Wendy Newall	395	–	–
	UKIP	Mark Trasenster	296	7.3	New
Majority			27	0.7	N/A
Registered electors			10,733
Turnout			3,754	35.0
Rejected ballots			32	0.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	5.4
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	–
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	–

2010 election

The election took place on 6 May 2010.^[5]

2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election: St Leonard's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Bennett	2,582
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Palmer	2,197
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Giess	2,031
	Labour	Catherine Harvey	1,948
	Labour	Henry Fergusson	1,904
	Labour	Richard Payne	1,689
	Conservative	Ben Everitt	1,099
	Conservative	Wendy Newall	977
	Conservative	Alastair Hamilton	948
	Green	Rebecca Findlay	603
	Green	Ahmed Ibrahim	328
	Green	Michael Mullins	288
Majority			83
Turnout				55.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2006 election

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

2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election: St Leonard's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Bennett	1,454
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Palmer	1,373
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Giess	1,187
	Labour	Robert Hill	615
	Labour	Catherine Harvey	604
	Green	Rebecca Findlay	564
	Labour	Richard Payne	502
	Conservative	Wendy Newall	435
	Conservative	John Bellak	420
	LEAP	Michelle Singleton	409
	Conservative	Stephen McMenamin	398
Majority			572
Turnout				28.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2002 election

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

2002 Lambeth London Borough Council election: St Leonard's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Bennett	1,517
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Giess	1,422
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Palmer	1,419
	Labour	Denese Clarke	841
	Labour	Matthew Salter	813
	Labour	Brian Whitington	706
	Green	Anne C Kenner	290
	Conservative	Alastair S Hamilton	284
	Conservative	Nicholas W Walles	280
	Conservative	Philip Murley	250
Majority			578
Turnout				28
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Lambeth council elections

St Leonard's 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.^[8]

1998 Lambeth London Borough Council election: St Leonard's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Bennett	1,162
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Palmer	1,103
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Giess	1,092
	Labour	Sally Bowdery	727
	Labour	Roger Bowdery	703
	Labour	Brycchan Carey	630
	Conservative	Joanna Barker	618
	Conservative	Andrew Burkinshaw	580
	Conservative	Glyn Kyle	580
	Green	Hugh Fraser	213
Majority			365
Turnout				32.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.^[9]

1994 Lambeth London Borough Council election: St Leonard's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Griffiths	1,448
	Conservative	Hugh Jones	1,378
	Conservative	Nicholas McKay	1,339
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Doyle	1,142
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Halley	1,079
	Liberal Democrats	Rajnikant Patel	1,022
	Labour	Nicola Billington	741
	Labour	Peter Simpson	741
	Labour	Mohammed Abu-Bakr	663
Majority			197
Turnout				44.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.^[10]

1990 Lambeth London Borough Council election: St Leonard's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Griffiths	1,740
	Conservative	Mary Leigh	1,726
	Conservative	Hugh Jones	1,670
	Labour	Robert Ballard	1,208
	Labour	Barbara Cawdron	1,163
	Labour	Roger Marshall	1,103
	Green	Thomas Bewley	339
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Clarke	318
	Liberal Democrats	Pearl Balachandran	277
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Brack	269
Majority			462
Turnout				45.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986.^[11]

1986 Lambeth London Borough Council election: St Leonard's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Leigh	1,803
	Conservative	John Bercow	1,753
	Conservative	Hugh Jones	1,714
	Labour	Amanda Caulfield	995
	Labour	Raymond Chant	948
	Labour	Elizabeth White	924
	Liberal	Helen Bailey	886
	Liberal	Sheila Clarke	843
	Liberal	Alan Leaman	824
Majority			719
Turnout				47.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982.^[12]

1982 Lambeth London Borough Council election: St Leonard's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Leigh	2,066
	Conservative	Hugh Jones	2,014
	Conservative	Iain Picton	2,009
	SDP	Lee Hughes	804
	Liberal	Keren Lewin	797
	Liberal	Michael Watson	770
	Labour	Roger Bowdery	521
	Labour	Winston Taylor	517
	Labour	Sally Bowdery	513
	Providers Who Care	Alf Hollender	22
Majority			1,205
Turnout				44.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.^[13]

1978 Lambeth London Borough Council election: St Leonard's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Beadle	2,106
	Conservative	Peter Cary	2,058
	Conservative	Valerio Bogazzi	2,039
	Labour	Daniel Black	874
	Labour	Andrew Morton	735
	Labour	Bernard Lynn	717
	Liberal	Sheila Clarke	202
	Liberal	Ian D Mason	169
	Liberal	Jeffrey Taylor	144
	Save London Alliance	Martin Gower	40
Majority			1,165
Turnout				36.4
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

1964–1978 Lambeth council elections

External images
St Leonard's ward boundaries from 1965 to 1978 (west)
St Leonard's ward boundaries from 1965 to 1978 (east)

1974 election

The election took place on 2 May 1974.^[14]

1974 Lambeth London Borough Council election: St Leonard's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Cary	2,293
	Conservative	Andrew Beadle	2,279
	Conservative	Valerio Bogazzi	2,274
	Labour	P. Daley	1,031
	Labour	S. Dimmick	980
	Labour	S. Parry	933
	Liberal	A. Miller	282
	Liberal	E. Kininmonth	267
	Liberal	A. Mitchell	251
Majority			1,243
Turnout				31.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1971 election

The election took place on 13 May 1971.^[15]

1971 Lambeth London Borough Council election: St Leonard's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Jellie	2,563
	Conservative	R. Turtill	2,517
	Conservative	Valerio Bogazzi	2,515
	Labour	M. Justice	1,316
	Labour	D. Easto	1,298
	Labour	N. Patel	1,215
Majority			1,199
Turnout				32.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1968 by-election

A by-election took place on 27 June 1968.^[15]

1968 St Leonard's by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Valerio Bogazzi	1,837
	Conservative	R. Turtill	1,824
	Liberal	D. Delaney	172
	Labour	S. Gittins	167
	Liberal	K. Phelps	152
	Labour	B. Hargreaves	150
	Independent	Bill Boaks	27
Turnout				19.0%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1968 election

The election took place on 9 May 1968.^[16]

1968 Lambeth London Borough Council election: St Leonard's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Westbury	3,258
	Conservative	H. Jellie	3,254
	Conservative	M. Steere	3,226
	Labour	B. Hargreaves	619
	Labour	G. Gold	600
	Labour	R. Eadie	597
Majority			2,607
Turnout				34.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1964 election

The election took place on 7 May 1964.^[17]

1964 Lambeth London Borough Council election: St Leonard's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Steere	2,330
	Conservative	L. Knowles	2,319
	Conservative	Jack Westbury	2,301
	Labour	J. Roberts	943
	Labour	W. O’Shaughnessy	922
	Labour	S. Gittins	912
	Liberal	D. Mann	297
	Liberal	W. Charles	270
	Liberal	E. Punchard	267
Majority
Turnout
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries