Clapham Common (ward)

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Clapham Common
Former electoral ward
for the Lambeth London Borough Council
London borough Lambeth
County Greater London
Former electoral ward
Created2002
Abolished2022
Member(s)3
Replaced by
  • Clapham East
  • Clapham Common and Abbeville
  • Clapham Park

Clapham Common was an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom from 2002 to 2022.

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Demography

The ward stretched south from Clapham Park Road to the boundary with Wandsworth at Balham Hill. It contained roads such as the A24 Clapham Common Southside and Abbeville Road, along with Lambeth College and Lambeth Academy. Approximately one quarter of the area of ward was taken up with Clapham Common. At the 2011 Census the population of the ward was 12,852. [1]

The ward was located in the Streatham parliamentary constituency.

Lambeth Council elections

2018 election

2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Clapham Common (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joe Corry-Roake 1,455
Labour Joanna Reynolds 1,432
Conservative Timothy Briggs * 1,325
Labour Tim Goodwin1,293
Conservative David Frost1,189
Conservative Leslie Maruziva1,164
Green Joanna Eaves441
Liberal Democrats Charles Jenkins439
Liberal Democrats Carita Ogden320
Liberal Democrats Mark Newby317
Green Kerstin Elaine Selander269
Green Nick Humberstone252
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2014 election

2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Clapham Common (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Timothy Briggs 1,205
Conservative Louise Nathanson 1,154
Conservative Bernard Gentry 1,102
Labour Tim Goodwin1,028
Labour Nichola Hartwell955
Labour Jack Pascoe870
Green Hannah Cutler433
Green Peter Kelly372
Liberal Democrats Matthew Bryant328
Green Shash Selander268
Liberal Democrats Simon Drage247
Liberal Democrats Ruhi Hayat-Khan229
UKIP Anne Marie Waters 219
Total votes9,896
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

2010 election

2010 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Clapham Common (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Barratt 2,176
Conservative Shirley Cosgrave 2,084
Conservative Julia Memery 2,040
Conservative Lloyd Milton2,009
Labour Ruth Ling *1,715
Labour Linda Bray1,637
Liberal Democrats Simon Cordon1,606
Liberal Democrats Julian Heather1,579
Labour Iain Simpson1,408
Green Anne Base502
Green Jamie Hamilton445
Green Anne Kenner270
Total votes17,211
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2006 election

2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Clapham Common (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruth Ling * 990
Liberal Democrats Darren Sanders * 964
Liberal Democrats Angela Meander * 914
Liberal Democrats Heather Sherratt900
Conservative Steven Jones886
Conservative Lloyd Milton866
Conservative Alistair Hamilton830
Labour David Walker826
Labour Brian Witington800
Green Timothy Beaumont 438
Green Zana Dean370
Total votes8,740
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2002 election

2002 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Clapham Common (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruth Ling 972
Liberal Democrats Angela Meander 964
Liberal Democrats Darren Sanders 917
Labour Andy Harrop863
Labour Roland Doven856
Liberal Democrats Matthew Bryant839
Conservative Joanna Barker748
Conservative Anthony Bays744
Conservative Gareth Williams739
Green Timothy Beaumont 274
Turnout 7,91630.1
1998 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Clapham Common (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen O'Malley 1,179
Labour Jonathan Myerson 1,160
Conservative Bernard Gentry 1,074
Conservative Andrew Hollingsworth983
Labour Koysor Syed968
Conservative Edward Heckels958
Liberal Democrats Helen Belcher397
Green Albere Hanna382
Liberal Democrats Robert Banks332
Liberal Democrats Robert Blackie259
UKIP James Martin10
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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References

  1. "Lambeth Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

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