Lambeth London Borough Council elections

Lambeth London Borough Council is elected every four years.

Summary results of elections
Summary of council election results:

Council elections

 * 1964 Lambeth London Borough Council election
 * 1968 Lambeth London Borough Council election
 * 1971 Lambeth London Borough Council election
 * 1974 Lambeth London Borough Council election
 * 1978 Lambeth London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by four)
 * 1982 Lambeth London Borough Council election
 * 1986 Lambeth London Borough Council election
 * 1990 Lambeth London Borough Council election
 * 1994 Lambeth London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
 * 1998 Lambeth London Borough Council election
 * 2002 Lambeth London Borough Council election (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by one)
 * 2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election
 * 2010 Lambeth London Borough Council election
 * 2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election
 * 2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election
 * 2022 Lambeth London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)

Wards
Since the last boundary changes in 2022 the council has comprised 63 councillors representing 25 wards, with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. The wards are:


 * Brixton Acre Lane (3)
 * Brixton North (3)
 * Brixton Rush Common (3)
 * Brixton Windrush (2)
 * Clapham Common and Abbeville (2)
 * Clapham East (2)
 * Clapham Park (3)
 * Clapham Town (3)
 * Gipsy Hill (2)
 * Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction (3)
 * Kennington (3)
 * Knight's Hill (3)
 * Myatt's Fields (2)
 * Oval (3)
 * St Martin's (2)
 * Stockwell East (2)
 * Stockwell West and Larkhall (3)
 * Streatham Common and Vale (3)
 * Streatham Hill East (2)
 * Streatham Hill West and Thornton (2)
 * Streatham St Leonard's (3)
 * Streatham Wells (2)
 * Vauxhall (3)
 * Waterloo and South Bank (2)
 * West Dulwich (2)

2002–2022
The wards between 2002 and 2022 (each electing three councillors) were:


 * Bishop's
 * Brixton Hill
 * Clapham Common
 * Clapham Town
 * Coldharbour
 * Ferndale
 * Gipsy Hill
 * Herne Hill
 * Knight's Hill
 * Larkhall
 * Oval
 * Prince's
 * St Leonard's
 * Stockwell
 * Streatham Hill
 * Streatham South
 * Streatham Wells
 * Thornton
 * Thurlow Park
 * Tulse Hill
 * Vassall

1978–2002
The wards between 1978 and 2002 (each electing three councillors) were:


 * Angell
 * Bishop's
 * Clapham Park
 * Clapham Town
 * Ferndale
 * Gipsy Hill
 * Herne Hill
 * Knight's Hill
 * Larkhall
 * Oval
 * Prince's
 * St Leonard's
 * St Martin's
 * Stockwell
 * Streatham Hill
 * Streatham South
 * Streatham Wells
 * Thornton
 * Thurlow Park
 * Town Hall
 * Tulse Hill
 * Vassall

1965–1978
The wards between 1965 and 1978 (each electing three councillors) were:


 * Angell
 * Bishop's
 * Clapham Park
 * Clapham Town
 * Ferndale
 * Herne Hill
 * Knight's Hill
 * Larkhall
 * Leigham
 * Oval
 * Prince's
 * St Leonard's
 * Stockwell
 * Streatham South
 * Streatham Wells
 * Thornton
 * Thurlow Park
 * Town Hall
 * Tulse Hill
 * Vassall

1964–1968
There were no by-elections.

1971–1974
There were no by-elections.

1990–1994
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Dick J. F. Sorabji.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Susan T. B. Smith.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Colin Mason.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ian R. Mallett.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kenneth J. Sharvill.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John Tuite.

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Graham P. Nicholas.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Gloria Hutchens.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joseph Singh.

1994–1998
The by-election was called following the resignations of Cllrs. Denis E. Cooper-King and John E. Harrison.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Roger J. Liddle.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Peter J. Evans.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joseph Callinan.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Margaret E. Jones.

1998–2002
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alan M. White.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Michael D. Cruickshanks.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paul Connolly.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Anthony P. Hewitt.

2002–2006
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Gabriel Fernandes.

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Tim Sargeant.

2006–2010
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Liz Atkinson.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sam J. Townend.

2010–2014
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Toren Smith.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Steve Reed.

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ms. Ruth Ling.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kingsley J. Abrams.

2014–2018
The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Sonia Winifred.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Chris Marsh.

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Niranjan Francis.

Coldharbour
The by-election was caused by the death of Matthew Parr.

Thornton
The by-election was caused by the resignation of Jane Edbrooke.The by-election was caused by Lib Peck who resigned as Leader of Lambeth Council and as a councillor in order to take the role as the Director of the Mayor of London’s newly established Violence Reduction Unit.

Vauxhall
The by-election was caused by the death of Liam Jarnecki.

Fareed Alderechi stood previously for Clapham Common and Abbeville in 2022.

Knight’s Hill
This by-election was caused by the resignation of Sonia Winifred.

This election took place on the same day as the 2024 United Kingdom local elections.

Streatham Common and Vale
This by-election was caused by the resignation of Tom Rutland, Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate for East Worthing and Shoreham at the 2024 general election.

This election took place on the same day as the 2024 United Kingdom local elections.

Lambeth's recent political history
In 1979, the administration of Edward "Red Ted" Knight organised the borough's first public demonstration against the Thatcher government.

In 1985, the left-wing Labour administration of Knight was subjected to 'rate-capping', with its budget restricted by the Government. Knight and most of the Labour councillors protested by refusing to set any budget. This protest resulted in 32 councillors being ordered to repay to the council the interest the council had lost as a result of budgeting delays, and also being disqualified from office.

In 1991, Joan Twelves's administration both failed to collect the poll tax and openly opposed the war in the Persian Gulf. Twelves, and 12 other councillors were subsequently suspended from the labour party's local group by regional officials for advocating non-payment of the poll tax and other radical policies in 1992.

Twelves's equally militant deputy leader in this era was John Harrison.