2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election

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.

2006 Lambeth Council election
4 May 2006
All council seats
  First party Second party
 
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
 
Leader John Whelan Rebecca 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

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 2.7 1,908 N/A
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 1,055 +0.7
  Respect 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 287 N/A
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 112 +0.1
  English Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 108 N/A
  Socialist (GB) 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 62 N/A

Ward results

* - Existing Councillor seeking re-election.

Bishop's
Bishop's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Truesdale * 1,090
Liberal Democrats Diana Braithwaite 1,020
Liberal Democrats Gavin Dodsworth 869
Labour Richard Bridge 485
Labour Rodney Reid 427
Labour Kevin Craig 399
Green James Wallace 381
Conservative Carl Gibson 289
Conservative Jeremy Fox 285
Local Education Action by Parents Christine Holt 249
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
Labour Betty Evans-Jacas 1,213
Labour Florence Nosegbe 1,206
Green Roger Baker 714
Green Thomas Law 596
Green Amrit Chanion 559
Liberal Democrats Elsie Binder 534
Liberal Democrats Duncan Brack 469
Liberal Democrats Alexander Davies 406
Conservative Penelope Sinclair 389
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
Liberal Democrats Darren Sanders * 964
Liberal Democrats Angela Meander * 914
Liberal Democrats Heather Sherratt 880
Conservative Steven Jones 872
Conservative Lloyd Milton 846
Conservative Alistair Hamilton 840
Labour David Walker 826
Labour Brian Witington 800
Green Timothy Beaumont 438
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
Labour Nigel Haselden 1,417
Labour Christopher Wellbelove 1,293
Conservative Bernard Gentry * 1,230
Conservative Glyn Chambers 1,121
Conservative Kelly Maimon 1,121
Green Albere Hanna 534
Liberal Democrats Gloria Gomez 484
Liberal Democrats Roger Stewart 379
Liberal Democrats Thomas Snagge 308
Socialist (GB) Daniel Lambert 62
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
Labour Rachel Heywood 1,272
Labour Sharon Malley 1,187
Green Elkin Atwell 742
Green Rachel Braverman 471
Green Timothy Summers 400
Liberal Democrats Robert Blackie 304
Liberal Democrats Sandra Lawman 279
Conservative Simon Barrie 250
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
Labour Sally Prentice * 1,282
Labour Neil Sabharwal 1,205
Liberal Democrats Lena Smith 572
Liberal Democrats Mirza Basic 559
Liberal Democrats Marcus Mayers 535
Green Philip Georgiou 507
Conservative Helen Gentry 371
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
Conservative Andrew Gibson 1,352
Conservative Graham Pycock 1,283
Labour Carol Boucher 915
Labour Daniel Lawuyi 838
Labour Bill Watling 790
Green Graham Jones 631
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Baines 521
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 Rebecca Thackray 1,359
Labour Kirsty McHugh * 1,343
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
Conservative Charles Holroyd 562
Conservative Jessica Lee 497
Liberal Democrats Malgorzata Baker 371
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
Labour David Malone 1,352
Labour Daniel Fitzpatrick 1,349
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Evans * 1,273
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Baker * 1,218
Liberal Democrats Saleha Jaffer 1,116
Green Joseph Healy 514
Conservative Nicholas van der Borgh 435
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
Labour Christiana Valcarcel 1,279
Labour Neeraj Patil 1,263
Liberal Democrats Roy Jenkins 476
Conservative Nicholas Maud 463
Liberal Democrats Laura Morland 459
Liberal Democrats Christopher Whitehouse 459
Green Helen Fensterheim 458
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
Liberal Democrats Faye Gray 1,044
Liberal Democrats Andrew Sawdon * 1,027
Labour Andy Harrop 841
Labour Luke Herbert 792
Labour David Pritchard-Jones 697
Green Carlos Coke 471
Conservative Magnus Goodland 423
Conservative David Haigh 364
Conservative Sunil Tailor 340
Green Peter Krakowiak 323
Local Education Action by Parents Ruby Millington 183
English Democrat Janus Polenceus 108
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 1,486
Labour Samuel Townend 1,075
Labour Stephen Morgan 1,046
Liberal Democrats Rita Fitzgerald 991
Liberal Democrats Keith Fitchett * 867
Liberal Democrats Charles Anglin * 876
Conservative Liam Campbell 856
Conservative Richard Hyslop 505
Green Paul Steedman 495
Conservative Nicholas Gibbon 476
Local Education Action by Parents Eugenia Rattigan 153
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
Liberal Democrats Brian Palmer * 1,373
Liberal Democrats Roger Giess * 1,187
Labour Robert Hill 615
Labour Catherine Harvey 604
Green Rebecca Findlay 564
Labour Richard Payne 502
Conservative Wendy Newall 435
Conservative John Bellak 420
Local Education Action by Parents Michelle Singleton 409
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
Labour Pav Akhtar 1,552
Labour Imogen Walker 1,513
Liberal Democrats Anthony Bottrall * 1,321
Liberal Democrats Polly MacKenzie 1,012
Liberal Democrats David Hayes 1,010
Green Thomas Tibbits 443
Conservative Sarah Barr 416
Conservative Elizabeth Gibson 365
Conservative Robert McMillan 331
Local Education Action by Parents Tracey Fevrier 241
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
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Clyne * 1,248
Liberal Democrats Ashley Lumsden * 1,183
Labour Brian Cowie 781
Labour Alex Ekumah 739
Labour Nancy Platts 717
Green David Ince 573
Independent Nazim Ali 540
Independent Christopher Baron 515
Conservative Peter Younghusband 411
Conservative Susan Smith 389
Conservative Titus Lucas 355
Local Education Action by Parents Dorcas Rogers 323
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
Labour Dave Malley * 1,688
Labour John Kazantzis * 1,632
Liberal Democrats Ahmad Ali 1,483
Liberal Democrats Karen Davies 1,358
Liberal Democrats Matthew Bryant 1,244
Conservative Stuart Goodey 453
Conservative Carolena Ludwig 376
Conservative Christopher Sinclair 369
Green Anne Kenner 343
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
Liberal Democrats Sheila Clarke * 1,449
Liberal Democrats Daphne Marchant 1,360
Labour Andrew Fisher 732
Labour Maxine James 725
Labour Clair Wilcox 666
Green Hannah Rowlands 513
Conservative Lisabeth Liell 365
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
Labour Diana Morris 1,445
Labour Michael Hipwell 1,354
Liberal Democrats John Pindar * 1,094
Liberal Democrats James Sparling 946
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Whitehead 925
Conservative Joy Jackson 480
Green Adrian Audsley 470
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
Conservative John Whelan * 1,680
Conservative Irene Kimm * 1,460
Labour Sharon Erdman 762
Green Sheila Freeman 699
Labour Matthew Parr 667
Liberal Democrats Alan Beadnall 593
Labour Paul Teverson 558
Liberal Democrats Anton Baker 486
Liberal Democrats Andrew Thurburn 420
Local Education Action by Parents Stela Gildea 350
UKIP Robin Lambert 112
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
Labour Toren Smith * 1,528
Labour Adedamola Aminu 1,514
Green Bernard Atwell 718
Liberal Democrats James Lucas 582
Liberal Democrats Robert McConnell 432
Liberal Democrats Nick Perry 374
Conservative Josephine Lomax 353
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
Labour Liz Atkinson * 1,421
Labour Alex McKenna * 1,305
Liberal Democrats Adeline Aina 1,146
Liberal Democrats Steve Bradley 1,092
Liberal Democrats Ernest Baidoo-Mitchell 1,044
Conservative Stuart Barr 369
Conservative Deborah Thomas 360
Conservative Judith Collier 341
Respect Stephen Hack 287
Respect Abdul Chowdhury 257
Respect Aboubakar Sako 234
Total votes 9,282
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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