Vassall (ward)

Vassall was an electoral ward in the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom, from 1965 to 2022. The ward was named after Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland who was responsible for the first building development in the area in the 1820s. It was first used for the 1964 elections and last used for the 2018 elections. The boundaries of the ward were adjusted in 1978 and 2002. It returned three members to Lambeth London Borough Council. The ward was replaced by Myatt's Fields and Stockwell East in 2022.

Vassall
Former electoral ward for the Lambeth London Borough Council
Vassal ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022
Borough	Lambeth
County	Greater London
Population	14,143 (2011)
Electorate	11,995 (2018)
Former electoral ward
Created	1965
Abolished	2022
Member(s)	3
Replaced by	Myatt's Fields and Stockwell East
GSS code	E05000436

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: Vassall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqui Dyer	2,296	62.1	12.1
	Labour	Annie Gallop	2,165
	Labour	Paul Gadsby	2,120
	Green	Sarah Mynott	594	15.0	2.1
	Green	Florence Pollock	505
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Noble	476	13.1	0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Juliet Hodges	474
	Green	Bruno Combelles	471
	Liberal Democrats	John Lubbock	433
	Conservative	Glen Promnitz	338	8.6	4.6
	Conservative	Gareth Wallace	318
	Conservative	Stuart Barr	257
	Pirate	Mark Chapman	127	1.2	0.1
Total votes
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

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

2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Vassall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqui Dyer	1,751	50.0
	Labour	Paul Gadsby	1,723
	Labour	Annie Gallop	1,671
	Green	Celia Cole	598	17.1
	Conservative	Paul Abbott	463	13.2
	Conservative	Stuart Barr	451
	Green	Owen Everett	451
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsay Avebury	445	12.7
	Green	John Walton	419
	Liberal Democrats	Collette Thomas	388
	Conservative	Joshua Gething	382
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Wyard	254
	Pirate	Mark Chapman	129	3.7
	TUSC	Dalton Montague	113	3.2
Total votes
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		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: Vassall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kingsley Abrams	2,533
	Labour	Adrian Garden	2,308
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Bradley	2,193
	Labour	Tracy Ritson	2,146
	Liberal Democrats	Faye Gray	1,793
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Hanney	1,617
	Conservative	Stuart Barr	706
	Conservative	Andrew Hayes	593
	Green	Alexandra Olive	542
	Conservative	Carolena Ludwig	525
	Green	Stephen Hall	477
	Green	Peter Cutler	476
Total votes			15,909
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2006 election

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

2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Vassall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kingsley Abrams	1,426	44.2
	Labour	Liz Atkinson	1,421
	Labour	Alex McKenna	1,305
	Liberal Democrats	Adeline Aina	1,146	35.5
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Bradley	1,092
	Liberal Democrats	Ernest Baidoo-Mitchell	1,044
	Conservative	Stuart Barr	369	11.4
	Conservative	Deborah Thomas	360
	Conservative	Judith Collier	341
	Respect	Stephen Hack	287	8.9
	Respect	Abdul Chowdhury	257
	Respect	Aboubakar Sako	234
Total votes			9,282
	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: Vassall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Atkinson	1,056	16.9
	Labour	Alex McKenna	943	15.1
	Labour	Daniel Sabbagh	895	14.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Cornwall	851	13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Antonia Ewetuga	846	13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rene Kinzett	744	11.9
	Green	Keith Sperry	257	4.1
	Conservative	Nicholas Gibbon	188	3.0
	Conservative	Antony Shakespeare	181	2.9
	Conservative	Laurence King	165	2.6
	Socialist Alliance	Brenda Downes	127	2.0
Turnout			6,253	23.3
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Lambeth council elections

Vassal ward boundaries from 1978 to 2002

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

1998 election

1994 election

1990 election

1986 election

1982 election

1978 election

1964–1978 Lambeth council elections

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Map showing Vassal ward boundaries from 1965 to 1978

1974 election

The election took place on 2 May 1974.^[6]

1974 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Vassall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Quenault	1,050
	Labour	J. Quinn	1,037
	Labour	A. Thompson	998
	Conservative	S. De Laszlo	550
	Conservative	A. Swing	546
	Conservative	D. De Laszlo	543
	Communist	R. Mace	138
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1971 election

The election took place on 13 May 1971.^[7]

1971 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Vassall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. England	2,055	24.8%
	Labour	N. Mudie	1,989	24.0%
	Labour	Frank Quenault	1,959	23.6%
	Conservative	B. Manley	791	9.5%
	Conservative	R. Silver	751	9.1%
	Conservative	J. Boyle	747	9.0%
Turnout			8,292
	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.^[8]

1968 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Vassall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Boyle	1,215
	Conservative	L. Roux	1,194
	Conservative	B. Manley	1,188
	Labour	I. England	1,092
	Labour	F. Rigger	1,035
	Labour	Frank Quenault	1,026
	Communist	J. Harman	236
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.^[9]

1964 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Vassall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. England	1,729	69.9
	Labour	Frank Quenault	1,715
	Labour	F. Rigger	1,697
	Conservative	B. Manley	746	30.1
	Conservative	W. Randle	734
	Conservative	N. Wallace	734
Turnout			2,492	20.3
Registered electors			12,287
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)