2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election

2006 Lambeth Council election

4 May 2006
All council seats
First party Second party   Lib Leader Steve Reed Peter Truesdale Party Labour Liberal Democrats Leader since September 2002 1998 Leader's seat Brixton Hill Bishop's Last election 28 seats, 36.6% 28 seats, 33.3% Seats won 39 17 Seat change 11 11 Popular vote 25,068 19,207 Percentage 35.4% 27.1% Swing 1.2% 6.2%   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 Last election 7 seats, 16.2% 0 seats, 11.5% Seats won 6 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 12,271 11,311 Percentage 17.3% 16.0% Swing 1.1% 4.5%
Map of the results of the 2006 Lambeth council election. Conservatives in blue, Greens in green, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Leader of Largest Party before election Peter Truesdale Liberal Democrats Subsequent Leader of Largest Party Steve Reed Labour

Elections to Lambeth London Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election with no boundary changes since the last election in 2002. The Labour party gained control of the council, replacing the Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition that had run the council since the previous election.

The election was notable for the Labour Party managing to win control of the borough despite a marginal fall in its overall percentage share of the vote. Labour taking Lambeth was also against the trend of the 2006 local election body elections which saw Labour lose control of 18 councils with a loss of 319 councillors.

Also significant was the election of Lambeth's first Green Party councillor, one of many gains for the Party across London. The Green Party took 16% of the vote across the borough.

Election result

Lambeth Local Election Result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	39	12	1	11	61.9	35.4	25,068	-1.2
	Liberal Democrats	17	0	11	-11	27.0	27.1	19,207	-6.2
	Conservative	6	0	1	-1	9.5	17.3	12,271	+1.1
	Green	1	1	0	1	1.6	16.0	11,311	+4.5
	Local Education Action by Parents	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.7	1,908	New
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	1,055	+0.7
	Respect	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	287	New
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	112	+0.1
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	108	New
	Socialist (GB)	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	62	New

Ward results

* - Existing Councillor seeking re-election.

Bishop's

Bishop's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Truesdale *	1,090	43.7
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Braithwaite	1,020
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Dodsworth	869
	Labour	Richard Bridge	485	19.4
	Labour	Rodney Reid	427
	Labour	Kevin Craig	399
	Green	James Wallace	381	15.3
	Conservative	Carl Gibson	289	11.6
	Conservative	Jeremy Fox	285
	Local Education Action by Parents	Christine Holt	249	10.0
	Conservative	Gareth Streeter	236
Total votes			5,730
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brixton Hill

Brixton Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Reed *	1,354	45.3
	Labour	Betty Evans-Jacas	1,213
	Labour	Florence Nosegbe	1,206
	Green	Roger Baker	714	23.9
	Green	Thomas Law	596
	Green	Amrit Chanion	559
	Liberal Democrats	Elsie Binder	534	17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Brack	469
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Davies	406
	Conservative	Penelope Sinclair	389	13.0
	Conservative	John Taylor	351
	Conservative	Barbara Windbourne	329
Total votes			8,120
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Clapham Common

Clapham Common (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Ling *	990	30.3
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Sanders *	964	29.5
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Meander *	914
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Sherratt	880
	Conservative	Steven Jones	872	26.7
	Conservative	Lloyd Milton	846
	Conservative	Alistair Hamilton	840
	Labour	David Walker	826
	Labour	Brian Witington	800
	Green	Timothy Beaumont	438	13.4
	Green	Zana Dean	370
Total votes			8,740
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Clapham Town

Clapham Town (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen O'Malley *	1,535	39.9
	Labour	Nigel Haselden	1,417
	Labour	Christopher Wellbelove	1,293
	Conservative	Bernard Gentry *	1,230	32.0
	Conservative	Glyn Chambers	1,121
	Conservative	Kelly Maimon	1,121
	Green	Albere Hanna	534	13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gloria Gomez	484	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Stewart	379
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Snagge	308
	Socialist (GB)	Daniel Lambert	62	1.6
	Socialist (GB)	James Martin	39
	Socialist (GB)	John Lee	38
Total votes			9,561
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Coldharbour

Coldharbour (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donatus Anyanwu *	1,299	55.5
	Labour	Rachel Heywood	1,272
	Labour	Sharon Malley	1,187
	Green	Elkin Atwell	486	20.8
	Green	Rachel Braverman	471
	Green	Timothy Summers	400
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Blackie	304	13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Lawman	279
	Conservative	Simon Barrie	250	10.7
	Conservative	Smarajit Roy	242
	Conservative	Marcus Booth	222
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Bowring	216
Total votes			6,628
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ferndale

Ferndale (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul McGlone *	1,332	47.9
	Labour	Sally Prentice *	1,282
	Labour	Neil Sabharwal	1,205
	Liberal Democrats	Lena Smith	572	20.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mirza Basic	559
	Liberal Democrats	Marcus Mayers	535
	Green	Philip Georgiou	507	18.2
	Conservative	Helen Gentry	371	13.3
	Conservative	David Farley	343
	Conservative	Rosemary Morales	331
Total votes			7,037
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Gipsy Hill

Gipsy Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suzanne Poole	1,402	40.4
	Conservative	Andrew Gibson	1,352
	Conservative	Graham Pycock	1,283
	Labour	Carol Boucher	915	26.4
	Labour	Daniel Lawuyi	838
	Labour	Bill Watling	790
	Green	Graham Jones	631	18.2
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Baines	521	15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Shoesmith	408
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Parry	368
Total votes			8,508
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Herne Hill

Herne Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Becca Thackray	1,359	37.3
	Labour	Kirsty McHugh *	1,343	36.9
	Labour	Jim Dickson *	1,314
	Green	Shane Collins	1,298
	Labour	Peter O'Connell *	1,205
	Green	George Graham	1,151
	Conservative	Timothy Ayres	571	15.7
	Conservative	Charles Holroyd	562
	Conservative	Jessica Lee	497
	Liberal Democrats	Malgorzata Baker	371	10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Baines	353
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Parry	341
Total votes			10,365
	Green gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Knight's Hill

Knight's Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Meldrum	1,358	37.9
	Labour	David Malone	1,352
	Labour	Daniel Fitzpatrick	1,349
	Liberal Democrats	Geraldine Evans *	1,273	35.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Baker *	1,218
	Liberal Democrats	Saleha Jaffer	1,116
	Green	Joseph Healy	514	14.4
	Conservative	Nicholas van der Borgh	435	12.2
	Conservative	Sheila Calder	426
	Conservative	Jane Hill	417
Total votes			9,458
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Larkhall

Larkhall (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Robbins	1,341	49.0
	Labour	Christiana Valcarcel	1,279
	Labour	Neeraj Patil	1,263
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Jenkins	476	17.4
	Conservative	Nicholas Maud	463	16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Morland	459
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Whitehouse	459
	Green	Helen Fensterheim	458	16.7
	Conservative	Charles Pender	440
	Conservative	William Trelawny	415
	Green	Noah Rutter	346
Total votes			7,399
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Oval

Oval (3)

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
Total votes			7,806
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Prince's

Prince's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lorna Campbell	1,586	43.0
	Labour	Samuel Townend	1,575
	Labour	Stephen Morgan	1,546
	Liberal Democrats	Rita Fitzgerald	901	24.4
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Fitchett *	827
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Anglin *	676
	Conservative	Liam Campbell	556	15.1
	Conservative	Richard Hyslop	505
	Green	Paul Steedman	495	13.4
	Conservative	Nicholas Gibbon	476
	Local Education Action by Parents	Eugenia Rattigan	153	4.1
	Local Education Action by Parents	Andrew Amos	137
Total votes			9,433
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St Leonard's

St Leonard's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Bennett *	1,454	41.8
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Palmer *	1,373
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Giess *	1,187
	Labour	Robert Hill	615	17.7
	Labour	Catherine Harvey	604
	Green	Rebecca Findlay	564	16.2
	Labour	Richard Payne	502
	Conservative	Wendy Newall	435	12.5
	Conservative	John Bellak	420
	Local Education Action by Parents	Michelle Singleton	409	11.8
	Conservative	Stephen McMenamin	398
Total votes			7,961
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stockwell

Stockwell (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Bowyer *	1,565	39.3
	Labour	Pav Akhtar	1,552
	Labour	Imogen Walker	1,513
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Bottrall *	1,321	33.1
	Liberal Democrats	Polly Mackenzie	1,012
	Liberal Democrats	David Hayes	1,010
	Green	Thomas Tibbits	443	11.1
	Conservative	Sarah Barr	416	10.4
	Conservative	Elizabeth Gibson	365
	Conservative	Robert McMillan	331
	Local Education Action by Parents	Tracey Fevrier	241	6.0
Total votes			9,769
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Streatham Hill

Streatham Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	June Fewtrell *	1,367	34.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Clyne *	1,248
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Lumsden *	1,183
	Labour	Brian Cowie	781	19.5
	Labour	Alex Ekumah	739
	Labour	Nancy Platts	717
	Green	David Ince	573	14.3
	Independent	Nazim Ali	540	13.5
	Independent	Christopher Baron	515
	Conservative	Peter Younghusband	411	10.3
	Conservative	Susan Smith	389
	Conservative	Titus Lucas	355
	Local Education Action by Parents	Dorcas Rogers	323	8.1
Total votes			9,141
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Streatham South

Streatham South (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Bennett *	1,725	43.1
	Labour	Dave Malley *	1,688
	Labour	John Kazantzis *	1,632
	Liberal Democrats	Ahmad Ali	1,483	37.0
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Davies	1,358
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Bryant	1,244
	Conservative	Stuart Goodey	453	11.3
	Conservative	Carolena Ludwig	376
	Conservative	Christopher Sinclair	369
	Green	Anne Kenner	343	8.6
Total votes			10,671
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Streatham Wells

Streatham Wells (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Heather *	1,484	48.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Clarke *	1,449
	Liberal Democrats	Daphne Marchant	1,360
	Labour	Andrew Fisher	732	23.7
	Labour	Maxine James	725
	Labour	Clair Wilcox	666
	Green	Hannah Rowlands	513	16.6
	Conservative	Lisabeth Liell	365	11.8
	Conservative	Richard Liell	342
	Conservative	Margaret Molloy	332
Total votes			7,968
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Thornton

Thornton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lib Peck *	1,494	42.2
	Labour	Diana Morris	1,445
	Labour	Michael Hipwell	1,354
	Liberal Democrats	John Pindar *	1,094	30.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Sparling	946
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Whitehead	925
	Conservative	Joy Jackson	480	13.6
	Green	Adrian Audsley	470	13.3
	Conservative	Vernon de Maynard	462
	Conservative	Philippa Stone	457
	Green	Charles Evans	372
	Green	Louise Wakefield	363
Total votes			9,862
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Thurlow Park

Thurlow Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clare Whelan *	1,738	40.9
	Conservative	John Whelan *	1,680
	Conservative	Irene Kimm *	1,460
	Labour	Sharon Erdman	762	17.9
	Green	Sheila Freeman	699	16.4
	Labour	Matthew Parr	667
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Beadnall	593	13.9
	Labour	Paul Teverson	558
	Liberal Democrats	Anton Baker	486
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Thurburn	420
	Local Education Action by Parents	Stela Gildea	350	8.2
	UKIP	Robin Lambert	112	2.6
Total votes			9,525
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tulse Hill

Tulse Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marcia Cameron	1,589	49.0
	Labour	Toren Smith *	1,528
	Labour	Adedamola Aminu	1,514
	Green	Bernard Atwell	718	22.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Lucas	582	18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert McConnell	432
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Perry	374
	Conservative	Josephine Lomax	353	10.9
	Conservative	Edna Richards	309
	Conservative	Roger Lomax	306
Total votes			7,705
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Vassall

Vassall (3)

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

External links

• Lambeth Council website - official results page