Knight's Hill | |
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Electoral ward for the Lambeth London Borough Council | |
![]() Knight's Hill ward boundaries since 2022 | |
Borough | Lambeth |
County | Greater London |
Population | 16,535 (2021) [lower-alpha 1] |
Major settlements | Knight's Hill (West Norwood) |
Area | 1.901 square kilometres (0.734 sq mi) |
Current electoral ward | |
Created | 1965 |
Number of members | 3 |
Councillors | Ibtisam Adem Jackie Meldrum Emma Nye |
GSS code | E05014106 (2022–present) |
Knight's Hill ward is an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom, roughly covering the West Norwood area.
The boundaries of Knights Hill are the A214 in the south and the A215 to the east.
The population of Knights Hill is 13,687 according to the 2001 census, this is an increase of around 2000. This is 5.1% of the Lambeth borough population. The population is predominantly over 65. The area of the ward is 146.8 hectares. At the 2011 Census the population of the ward had increased to 14,763. [1]
According to Lambeth Council, Knight's Hill has high numbers of people with long-term illnesses, as well as the highest number of people over the age of 65. Many pensioners in the area have low amenities.
West Norwood railway station is situated in the ward as are Norwood Girls School and St Luke's school.
Knight's Hill ward is located in the Dulwich and West Norwood Parliamentary constituency.
Term | Councillor | Party | |
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2006–present | Jackie Meldrum | Labour | |
2014–2024 | Sonia Winifred | Labour | |
2022–present | Ibtisam Adem | Labour | |
2024-present | Emma Nye | Labour |
This by-election was held on 2 May 2024, [2] following the resignation of Sonia Winifred. [3] It took place on the same day as the 2024 London mayoral election, the 2024 London Assembly election and 14 other borough council by-elections across London. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Emma Nye | 2,677 | 55.5 | ![]() | |
Green | Victoria Evans | 983 | 20.4 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Leila Yassen | 530 | 11.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Sanders | 378 | 7.8 | ![]() | |
Independent | Janet Gayle | 210 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,694 | ||||
Turnout | 4,826 | 40.8 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Emma Nye was previously a councillor for Coldharbour ward from 2018 to 2022.
The election took place on 5 May 2022. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ibtisam Adem | 2,317 | 64.4 | ||
Labour | Jackie Meldrum * | 2,314 | 64.3 | ||
Labour | Sonia Winifred * | 2,171 | 60.4 | ||
Green | Torla Evans | 977 | 27.2 | ||
Green | Lewis Heather | 701 | 19.5 | ||
Green | Paul Rocks | 538 | 15.0 | ||
Conservative | Joyce Chieke | 358 | 10.0 | ||
Conservative | Luke Hutson | 348 | 9.7 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Kimm | 329 | 9.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ishbel Brown | 286 | 8.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Claire Mathys | 251 | 7.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Oliver Moule | 201 | 5.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,707 | 31.6 | |||
Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Labour win (new boundaries) |
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Lambeth in 2002.
The 2018 Lambeth council elections took place on Thursday May 3, 2018 with three councillors elected.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Duncan Eastoe | ||||
Green | Torla Evans | ||||
Green | Robert Threadgold | ||||
Labour | Jane Pickard* | ||||
Labour | Jackie Meldrum* | ||||
Labour | Sonia Winifred* | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Baker | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Shiraz Engineer | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Maffei | ||||
Conservative | Shirley Cosgrave | ||||
Conservative | Raymond Walker | ||||
Conservative | Edward Watkins | ||||
gain from | Swing | ||||
gain from | Swing | ||||
gain from | Swing | ||||
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