Oval (ward)

Oval 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.

Oval
Electoral ward for the Lambeth London Borough Council
Oval ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Lambeth
County	Greater London
Population	12,563 (2021)[a]
Electorate	9,086 (2022)
Major settlements	Oval
Area	0.8403 square kilometres (0.3244 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	3
Councillors	Diogo Costa Claire Holland Issa Issa
Local council	Lambeth
GSS code	E05014108 (2022–present)

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
1964–1968	W. A. Brownett		Labour
1964–1968	G. Brownless		Labour
1964–1968	W. C. Burrett		Labour
1968–1971	M. Becker		Conservative
1964–1971	L. M. Burton		Conservative
1964–1971	J. M. Smith		Conservative
1971–1978	E. G. Carr		Labour
1971–1978	W. J. Juniper		Labour
1971–1978	T. Sparrow		Labour
1978–1982	David C. Stimpson		Labour
1978–1986	Elsie H. Horstead		Labour
1978–1986	John M. Quinn		Labour
1982–1986	Janet Boateng		Labour
1986–1990	Robert J. Colenutt		Labour
1986–1990	Marilyn Evers		Labour
1986–1994	Janet C. Crook		Labour
1990–1993	Joseph Singh		Labour
1990–1994	Alison J. Higgs		Labour
1993–2006	Marietta Crichton-Stuart		Liberal Democrats
1994–1998	Adrian D. Hamilton Mayer		Liberal Democrats
1994–2010	Andrew J. Sawdon		Liberal Democrats
2006–2010	Robert Banks		Liberal Democrats
2006–2010	Faye Gray		Liberal Democrats
2010–2014	Ishbel Brown		Liberal Democrats
2010–2018	Angela Jane Edbrooke		Labour
2010–2022	Jack Hopkins		Labour
2014–present	Claire Holland		Labour
2018–2022	Phillip Normal		Labour
2022–present	Diogo Costa		Labour
2022–present	Issa Issa		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

•   Labour
•   Conservative
•   Liberal Democrats

Lambeth council elections since 2022

Oval 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.^[1]

2022 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Oval

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Holland	1,601	59.8
	Labour	Diogo Costa	1,545	57.7
	Labour	Issa Issa	1,447	54.0
	Green	Pauline McAlpine	576	21.5
	Green	Denzil Everett	444	16.6
	Green	Linda Mills	411	15.3
	Liberal Democrats	Marietta Crichton-Stuart	397	14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Lewis	380	14.2
	Conservative	Keith Best	334	12.5
	Conservative	Elizabeth Gibson	323	12.1
	Conservative	Paul Mawdsley	291	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Siraut	286	10.7
Turnout			2,783	30.6
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Lambeth council elections

Oval 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: Oval

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Holland	1,983	47.1	4.9
	Labour	Jack Hopkins	1,836
	Labour	Phillip Normal	1,719
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Grant	1,236	30.0	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stéphane Croce	1,210
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Hillier	1,076
	Green	Michael Keane	596	11.6	1.0
	Conservative	Joshua Gething	461	11.3	2.6
	Green	Cath Potter	458
	Conservative	Peter Goves	455
	Conservative	James Hallett	408
	Green	Pat Price-Tomes	311
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

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

2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Oval

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Holland	2,105	46.4
	Labour	Jack Hopkins	2,081
	Labour	Angela Jane Edbrooke	2,013
	Liberal Democrats	Ishbel Brown	903	20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Monger	769
	Liberal Democrats	George Turner	579
	Green	Anna Geffert	570	12.6
	Conservative	Stephen Humphreys	538	11.9
	Conservative	Glencora Senior	512
	Green	Sandra Young	478
	Conservative	Pawan Sharma	444
	Green	Bernard O'Sullivan	432
	UKIP	Lucia Otoyo	322	7.1
	TUSC	Steve Nally	102	2.2
Total votes
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		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: Oval

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Jane 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
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2006 election

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

2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Oval

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Banks	1,193	37.1
	Liberal Democrats	Faye Gray	1,044
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Sawdon	1,027
	Labour	Andy Harrop	841	26.1
	Labour	Luke Herbert	792
	Labour	David Pritchard-Jones	697
	Green	Carlos Coke	471	14.6
	Conservative	Magnus Goodland	423	13.1
	Conservative	David Haigh	364
	Conservative	Sunil Tailor	340
	Green	Peter Krakowiak	323
	Local Education Action by Parents	Ruby Millington	183	5.7
	English Democrat	Janus Polenceus	108	3.4
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2002 election

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

2002 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Oval

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marietta Crichton-Stuart	1,297	20.3
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Bowring	1,178	18.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Sawdon	1,151	18.0
	Labour	Giacomo Benedetto	645	10.1
	Labour	Patrick Diamond	590	9.2
	Labour	Neil Goulbourne	576	9.0
	Green	Brian Heatley	255	4.0
	Conservative	Christopher Sinclair	201	3.1
	Conservative	Arthur Hardman	197	3.1
	Conservative	Penelope Sinclair	184	2.9
	Socialist Alliance	Andrew Jackson	116	1.8
Turnout			6,390	24.2
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Lambeth council elections

Oval 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.^[7]

1998 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Oval

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marietta Crichton-Stuart	1,412
	Liberal Democrats	John Feenan	1,267
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew J. Sawdon	1,261
	Labour	Elizabeth J. Atkinson	1,053
	Labour	Stephen T. Beer	925
	Labour	John P. Hayes	404
	Conservative	John B. Taylor	404
	Conservative	Christopher R. Sinclair	230
	Conservative	Robert H. Halfon	190
	Socialist (GB)	Anne E. Hollifield	166
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

1994 election

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

1994 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Oval

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marietta Crichton-Stuart	1,896
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian D. Hamilton Mayer	1,693
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew J. Sawdon	1,590
	Labour	Colin M. Adkins	1,064
	Labour	Rupert Bawden	1,054
	Labour	Ambrose D. Hogan	967
	Militant Labour	Steven P. Nally	310
	Conservative	Andrew E. A. Selous	279
	Conservative	Harriet V. Selous	260
	Conservative	Andrew P. Dunnett	254
	Green	Martin Wilks	236
	Independent	Ray Close	50
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

1993 by-election

A by-election took place on 22 July 1993, following the resignation of Joseph Singh.^[9]

1993 Oval by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marietta Crichton-Stuart	1,506
	Labour	Peter G. O'Connell	858
	Militant Labour	Steven P. Nally	246
	Conservative	Andrew E. A. Selous	229
	Green	Jason H. Evers	56
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

1990 election

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

1990 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Oval

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet C. Crook	1,790
	Labour	Alison J. Higgs	1,718
	Labour	Joseph Singh	1,564
	Conservative	John M. Pattman	873
	Conservative	Clifford M. Grantham	870
	Conservative	Renee M. Straker	807
	Green	Henry J. Bewley	420
	SDP	David Chamberlain	358
	SDP	Raymond D. Woolford	351
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Bussell	304
	Liberal Democrats	Richard F. P. Hardman	270
	Liberal Democrats	Suresh Patel	231
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1986 election

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

1986 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Oval

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet C. Crook	1,725
	Labour	Robert J. Colenutt	1,632
	Labour	Marilyn Evers	1,618
	Alliance	Michael William Tuffrey	1,492
	Alliance	Bruce E. Darrington	1,357
	Alliance	Suresh Patel	1,261
	Conservative	Richard J. Oses	568
	Conservative	Martin H. Taylor	562
	Conservative	Mary B. F. Starling	545
	National Front	Barry J. Freestone	69
	National Front	William G. Young	60
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1982 election

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

1982 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Oval

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Boateng	1,126
	Labour	John M. Quinn	1,085
	Labour	Elsie H. Horstead	1,026
	Alliance	Charles E. Burch	970
	Alliance	Wilfred J. Juniper	950
	Alliance	David C. Stimpson	929
	Conservative	Joseph R. S. Egerton	849
	Conservative	Edward S. Bickham	849
	Conservative	Lavender L. C. Taylor	818
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1978 election

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

1978 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Oval

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elsie H. Horstead	1,367
	Labour	John M. Quinn	1,363
	Labour	David C. Stimpson	1,348
	Conservative	Thomas S. Ashmore	986
	Conservative	Francis J. Vallis	975
	Conservative	David W. J. Price	965
	National Front	Mark Austin	258
	National Front	Richard T. O'Sullivan	212
	National Front	Vera F. Lillington	211
Turnout
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

1964–1978 Lambeth council elections

1974 election

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

1974 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Oval

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. G. Carr	1,572
	Labour	W. J. Juniper	1,560
	Labour	T. Sparrow	1,534
	Conservative	M. Bedford	602
	Conservative	F. J. Vallis	597
	Conservative	H. E. Flight	577
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1971 election

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

1971 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Oval

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. G. Carr	2409
	Labour	W. J Juniper	2405
	Labour	T. Sparrow	2381
	Conservative	J. R. Inglis	825
	Conservative	J. Smith	799
	Conservative	F. J. Vallis	764
Turnout
	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.^[16] W.A. Brownett an incumbent councillor of the ward was defeated and lost their seat.

1964 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Oval

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Becker	1,308	54.6	+32.0
	Conservative	L.M. Burton	1,270
	Conservative	J. Smith	1,240
	Labour	J.W. Boyle	1,089	45.4	−32.0
	Labour	W.A. Brownett	1,076
	Labour	F.J. Chesher	1,061
Turnout			2,427	22.4	+4.5
Registered electors			10,835		−9.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+32.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+32.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+32.0

1964 election

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

1964 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Oval

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.A. Brownett	1,645	77.4
	Labour	G. Brownless	1,641
	Labour	W.C. Burrett	1,640
	Conservative	E.M. Hart	479	22.6
	Conservative	T.A. Taylor	473
	Conservative	M.J. Straw	470
Turnout			2,137	17.9
Registered electors			11,966
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries

References

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External links

• Lambeth Council profile for the ward
• Lambeth Council map of the ward
• Lib Dem Councillor's blog
• Oval Labour blog
• census information