2010 Lambeth London Borough Council election

Elections to Lambeth London Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010.^[1] All 63 seats were up for election. Turnout was 58%.^[2] The Labour Party retained control of the council, increasing its majority. The elections took place on the same day as other local elections and the United Kingdom general election.

2010 Lambeth Council election

← 2006 6 May 2010 2014 →
All council seats
First party Second party   Lib Leader Steve Reed Ashley Lumsden Party Labour Liberal Democrats Leader since September 2002 May 2006 Leader's seat Brixton Hill Streatham Hill Last election 39 seats, 39.7% 17 seats, 29.1% Seats won 44 15 Seat change 5 2 Popular vote 53,925 36,458 Percentage 41.8% 28.3% Swing 2.1% 0.8%   Third party Fourth party   Con Leader John Whelan Becca Thackray Party Conservative Green Leader since 1998 4 May 2006 Leader's seat Thurlow Park Herne Hill (Retiring) Last election 6 seats, 19.2% 1 seats, 9.7% Seats won 4 0 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 24,487 17,560 Percentage 19.0% 10.1% Swing 0.2% 0.4%
Map of the results of the 2010 Lambeth council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Leader of Largest Party before election Steve Reed Labour Subsequent Leader of Largest Party Steve Reed Labour

Summary of results

Lambeth Council election result 2010^[3]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	44	6	1	+5	69.8	41.8	53,925	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	15	0	2	−2	23.8	28.3	36,458	+1.2
	Conservative	4	2	4	−2	6.3	19.0	24,487	+1.7
	Green	0	0	1	−1	0.0	10.1	13,036	-5.9
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	393	−0.5
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	272	±0.0
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	178	-0.1
	CPA	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	169	New
	Socialist (GB)	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	130	±0.0

Ward results

* - Existing Councillor seeking re-election.

Bishop's

Bishop's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Braithwaite *	1,676
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Truesdale *	1,641
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Dodsworth *	1,483
	Labour	Jennifer Moseley	1,307
	Labour	Kevin Craig	1,256
	Labour	Jack Sutcliffe	1,067
	Conservative	Edward Blain	751
	Conservative	Edward Jones	667
	Conservative	Rickard Jonsson	649
	Green	Colin Kavanagh	339
	Green	James Wallace	288
	Green	Jonathan Stone-Fewings	197
Total votes			11,321
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brixton Hill

Brixton Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Holland	2,805
	Labour	Steve Reed *	2,699
	Labour	Florence Nosegbe *	2,648
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Horstead	2,100
	Liberal Democrats	Krystal Johnson	1,873
	Liberal Democrats	John Mead	1,560
	Green	Thomas Law	1,108
	Green	Elkin Atwell	1,023
	Conservative	Timothy Briggs	873
	Green	Phillipa Marlowe-Hunt	850
	Conservative	Victoria Edwards *	768
	Conservative	Diana Thompson	688
Total votes			18,995
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Clapham Common

Clapham Common (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Barratt	2,176
	Conservative	Shirley Cosgrave	2,084
	Conservative	Julia Memery	1,940
	Conservative	Lloyd Milton	1,849
	Labour	Ruth Ling *	1,715
	Labour	Linda Bray	1,637
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Cordon	1,606
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Heather	1,579
	Labour	Iain Simpson	1,408
	Green	Anne Base	502
	Green	Jamie Hamilton	445
	Green	Anne Kenner	270
Total votes			17,211
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Clapham Town

Clapham Town (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen O'Malley *	2,670
	Labour	Nigel Haselden *	2,654
	Labour	Christopher Wellbelove *	2,405
	Conservative	Bernard Gentry	2,028
	Conservative	Matthew Jupp	1,972
	Conservative	Nicholas Maund	1,803
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Baines	1,092
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Parry	1,052
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Baines	974
	Green	Marion Prideaux	497
	Green	Roger Baker	406
	Green	Darren Raven	225
Total votes			17,778
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Coldharbour

Coldharbour (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachel Heywood *	3,983
	Labour	Donatus Anyanwu *	3,819
	Labour	Matthew Parr	3,681
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Lester	1,091
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Lavender	1,081
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Meader	808
	Green	Geoffrey Burgess	611
	Conservative	Thomas Baker	581
	Green	Olivier Bertin	573
	Green	Alexander James	511
	Conservative	Yvonne Stewart-Williams	458
	Conservative	Graham Pycock	430
	CPA	David Williams	169
Total votes
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ferndale

Ferndale (3)

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

Gipsy Hill

Gipsy Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Bennett	2,670
	Labour	Niranjan Francis	2,597
	Labour	Jennifer Brathwaite	2,588
	Conservative	Andrew Gibson *	1,654
	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

Herne Hill

Herne Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Dickson *	3,170
	Labour	Carol Boucher	3,057
	Labour	Leanne Targett-Parker	2,685
	Green	Louise Jordan	1,651
	Green	George Graham	1,599
	Green	William Hare	1,478
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Hoenle	1,147
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Price	1,127
	Conservative	Hamish Badenoch	1,047
	Conservative	Anna Box	1,021
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Price	904
	Conservative	Bettie Morton	862
Total votes			19,748
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Green		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Knight's Hill

Knight's Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Meldrum *	3,039
	Labour	Jane Pickard	2,900
	Labour	Michael Smith	2,768
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Barnsley	1,480
	Liberal Democrats	Malgorzata Baker	1,430
	Liberal Democrats	James Fitzgerald	1,415
	Conservative	Betty Evans-Jacas	942
	Conservative	Nicholas Rogers	926
	Conservative	Luke Tryl	809
	Green	Kirsty Neal	420
	Green	Alexis Fidgett	378
	Green	Nicholas Giannissis	357
Total votes			16,864
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Larkhall

Larkhall (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Robbins *	2,674
	Labour	Neeraj Patil *	2,464
	Labour	Christiana Valcarcel *	2,344
	Liberal Democrats	Jessica David	1,538
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Mills	1,330
	Conservative	Robert Harris	1,294
	Conservative	Sebastian Lowe	1,292
	Conservative	Alison Trelawny	1,206
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Parry	1,158
	Green	Jeffrey Dalton	674
	Green	William Webb	673
	Green	Sam Trice	409
	Socialist (GB)	Oliver Bond	48
	Socialist (GB)	Stanley Parker	46
	Socialist (GB)	Adam Buick	45
Total votes			17,195
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Oval

Oval (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Edbrooke	2,274
	Labour	Jack Hopkins	2,246
	Liberal Democrats	Ishbel Brown	2,175
	Liberal Democrats	Claudette Hewitt	2,068
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Sawdon *	2,020
	Labour	Karim Palant	1,987
	Conservative	Oliver Campbell	1,080
	Conservative	Nick Timothy	951
	Conservative	Michele Imperi	857
	Green	Charles Boxer	668
	Green	Samuel Low	422
	Green	James Staunton	332
	English Democrat	Michael Perry	77
	English Democrat	Jose Navarro	64
	English Democrat	Issam Ebarek-Rmiki	56
Total votes			17,277
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Prince's

Prince's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Harrison	2,847
	Labour	Lorna Campbell *	2,804
	Labour	Stephen Morgan *	2,653
	Liberal Democrats	Gloria Gomez Canal	1,371
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Lawman	1,343
	Liberal Democrats	John Munro	1,246
	Conservative	James Bellis	1,161
	Conservative	Michael Poole-Wilson	1,083
	Conservative	Richard Rajgopaul-Hicklin	1,051
	Green	Emily Butterworth	644
	Green	Joseph Healy	381
	Green	Marcus Letts	337
	English Democrat	John Dodds	135
	English Democrat	Alfredo Cordal	106
Total votes			17,162
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Leonard's

St Leonard's (3)

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	Benjamin Everitt	1,099
	Conservative	Wendy Newall	977
	Conservative	Alastair Hamilton	948
	Green	Rebecca Findlay	603
	Green	Ahmed Ibrahim	328
	Green	Michael Mullins	288
Total votes			16,594
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stockwell

Stockwell (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Bowyer *	2,701
	Labour	Alex Bigham	2,551
	Labour	Imogen Walker *	2,470
	Liberal Democrats	Fernanda Correia-Sefzick	1,768
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Bottrall	1,765
	Liberal Democrats	Felix Greaves	1,407
	Conservative	Sarah Barr	944
	Conservative	Larissa Dudley	755
	Conservative	Robert McMillan	712
	Green	Teresa Delaney	432
	Green	Rebecca Gibbs	358
	Green	Robert Foxcroft	313
	English Democrat	Janus Polenceus	60
Total votes			16,236
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Streatham Hill

Streatham Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Clyne *	2,448
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Lumsden *	2,426
	Liberal Democrats	Carita Ogden	2,198
	Labour	Anne Marie Waters	2,001
	Labour	Clarence Thompson	1,957
	Labour	Jack Holborn	1,948
	Conservative	Elaine Bailey	1,001
	Conservative	Phillip Henwood	857
	Conservative	Peter Younghusband	796
	Green	Catherine Potter	566
	Green	Martin Wright	535
	Green	Shelagh Webb	458
	Independent	June Fewtrell *	393
Total votes			17,584
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Streatham South

Streatham South (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Bennett *	2,882
	Labour	Dave Malley *	2,882
	Labour	John Kazantzis *	2,733
	Liberal Democrats	Ahmad Ali	1,720
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Davies-Morfey	1,696
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Morfey	1,569
	Conservative	Helen Smith	942
	Conservative	David McInnes	849
	Conservative	Andrew Williams	817
	Green	Elizabeth Davidson	256
	Green	Yolanda Dolling	251
	Green	Emma Hinkson	245
Total votes			16,842
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Streatham Wells

Streatham Wells (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Best	2,478
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Davies	2,412
	Liberal Democrats	Daphne Marchant *	2,316
	Labour	Malcolm Clark	2,064
	Labour	Laura Webster	2,054
	Labour	Clair Wilcox	1,874
	Conservative	Stanley Davies	853
	Conservative	Lisabeth Liell	766
	Conservative	Teresa Tunstall	764
	Green	Matthew Carter	385
	Green	Rachel Braverman	371
	Green	Magda Devas	344
Total votes			16,681
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Thornton

Thornton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diana Morris *	2,614
	Labour	Lib Peck *	2,609
	Labour	Edward Davie	2,399
	Liberal Democrats	John Pindar	1,705
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Keating	1,670
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Waterman	1,383
	Conservative	Melanie Ball	1,188
	Conservative	Simon Hemsley	1,104
	Conservative	Vernon de Maynard	1,004
	Green	Adrian Audsley	504
	Green	Charles Gay	373
	Green	Helen Kersley	311
Total votes			16,861
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Thurlow Park

Thurlow Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Whelan *	2,452
	Labour	Ann Kingsbury	2,035
	Conservative	Clare Whelan *	2,023
	Labour	Robert Holden	1,945
	Conservative	Irene Kimm *	1,906
	Labour	Brian Cowie	1,888
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bramwell	1,516
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Carman	1,447
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Thurburn	1,447
	Green	William Collins	781
	Green	Samarajit Roy	609
	Green	Dale Mathers	595
	UKIP	Robin Lambert	178
Total votes			18,656
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tulse Hill

Tulse Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marcia Cameron *	3,232
	Labour	Adedamola Aminu *	3,186
	Labour	Toren Smith *	3,160
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Clifford-Mobley	1,764
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Wright	1,748
	Liberal Democrats	Lule Tekeste	1,668
	Green	Bernard Atwell	759
	Green	Kate Whitehead	698
	Green	Jane Hersey	656
	Conservative	Hugh Bennett	608
	Conservative	Joanna Hindley	556
	Conservative	Gail Thompson	503
Total votes			18,538
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Vassall

Vassall (3)

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

References

1. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2010 - Lambeth". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
2. "Local Elections - Thursday 6 May 2010". Lambeth Council. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
3. "Elections 2010". Lambeth Council. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 9 May 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2010.