Bishop's (ward)

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Bishop's
electoral ward
Coordinates: 51°30′00″N0°06′50″W / 51.500°N 0.114°W / 51.500; -0.114
Country United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region London
County Greater London
London borough Lambeth

Bishop's ward was an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom, from 1965 to 2022

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It was located in the north of the borough, bounded by the river Thames, and contained many well known London sites including the Southbank Centre, the London Eye, the Old and New Vic theatres, County Hall and Lambeth Palace. It also contained Waterloo station and St Thomas Hospital.

Bishop's ward was located in the Vauxhall parliamentary constituency and is one of four wards in the borough's north Lambeth division.

The Lambeth Council State of the Borough 2014 report found that Bishop's was the least residential ward of the borough. [1] It had the lowest ward population (10,600), with a low proportion of children – over 80% of residents are working age, with many born outside UK. It has the highest number of jobs and the highest employment per head of resident working age population. Health outcomes, such as life expectancy and childhood obesity are typical of the borough. It had the highest proportion of Asian residents in the borough.

Although the riverside areas are affluent, household income in most of the rest of the ward was comparable with the borough as a whole. Housing tenure was similar to the borough as a whole – 21% home owners, 42% Social rented, 34% private rented. It had the highest proportion of flats, and house prices are high - 30% of dwellings are in the higher council tax (property tax) bands F, G or H. Bishop͛s had the highest ward crime rate figures as of 2013, especially violence against the person and theft and handling – this is associated with large numbers of people in the ward at Waterloo station and the South Bank.

Lambeth Council elections

Bishop's (ward)
Bishop's ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

2018 election

2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Bishop's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jen Moseley* 1,126 15.8 +9.2
Labour Kevin Craig* 1,094 15.4
Labour Ibrahim Dogus 1,090 15.3
Liberal Democrats Audrey Eager71310.0-3.8
Liberal Democrats Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett6919.7
Liberal Democrats Charley Hasted6068.5
Conservative James Bellis3114.4+1.9
Green Michael Armstrong2924.1+0.1
Conservative Glyn Chambers2864.0
Green James Wallace2533.6
Conservative Peter Wilde2433.4
Green Gay Lee1892.7
UKIP Elizabeth Jones861.2-5.2
UKIP Gavin Gibbs721.0
UKIP David Poulden691.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2014 election

2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Bishop's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennifer Moseley 1,106 37.3
Labour Kevin Craig 1,061
Labour Ben Kind 975
Liberal Democrats Diana Braithwaite*94932.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Truesdale*939
Liberal Democrats Mathew Hanney777
Green Sam Brightbart30410.3
Green Clive Croft295
Conservative David Frost2929.9
Conservative Edward Harrison291
Conservative Lee Rotherham284
Green Bart Gorissen272
UKIP Andrew Hayes2488.4
Trade_Unionist_and_Socialist_Coalition El Morris632.1
Total votes7,857 72.1
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2010 election

2010 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Bishop's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Diana Braithwaite * 1,676
Liberal Democrats Peter Truesdale * 1,641
Liberal Democrats Gavin Dodsworth * 1,483
Labour Jennifer Moseley1,307
Labour Kevin Craig1,256
Labour Rodney Reid1,067
Conservative Edward Blain751
Conservative Edward Jones667
Conservative Rickard Jonsson649
Green Colin Kavanagh339
Green James Wallace288
Green Jonathan Stone-Fewings197
Total votes11,321
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2006 election

2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Bishop's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Truesdale * 1,090
Liberal Democrats Diana Braithwaite 1,020
Liberal Democrats Gavin Dodsworth 869
Labour Richard Bridge485
Labour Rodney Reid427
Labour Kevin Craig399
Green James Wallace381
Conservative Carl Gibson289
Conservative Jeremy Fox285
Local Education Action by Parents Christine Holt249
Conservative Gareth Streeter236
Total votes5,730
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2002 election

2002 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Bishop's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Truesdale 1,123
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Parry 1,039
Liberal Democrats Clive Parry 994
Labour Lorna Campbell622
Labour Madge McGhie506
Labour Lee Seaman488
Green Simon Williams166
Conservative Audrey Blaine125
Conservative Caroline King121
Conservative Judith Pattman106
Socialist Alliance Veronica Planton80
Turnout 5,37027.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

1998 election

1994 election

1990 election

1986 election

1982 election

1978 election

1974 election

1971 election

1968 election

1964 election

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