Thornton (ward)

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Thornton
Former electoral ward
for the Lambeth London Borough Council
Borough Lambeth
County Greater London
Former electoral ward
Created1965
Abolished2022
Member(s)3

Thornton ward was an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom from 1965 to 2022.

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The ward comprised the communities of Clapham Park and the Hyde Farm Estate. The ward shared the borough's western boundary with Wandsworth along Cavendish Road and Emmanuel Road alongside Tooting Bec Common. The south eastern boundary then continued along Emmanuel Road and New Park Road to the A205 South Circular Road. The boundaries of northern part of the ward followed the boundaries of the Clapham Park estate east of Kings Avenue and then cross to run down Clarence Avenue and Poynders Road.

The ward was located in the Streatham parliamentary constituency.

2002–2022 Lambeth council elections

April 2019 by-election

The by-election took place on 11 April 2019.

April 2019 Thornton by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nanda Manley-Browne 998 41
Liberal Democrats Mathew Bryant97941
Green Adrian John Audsley1717
Conservative Martin Lester Read1667
Women's Equality Leila Fazal532
UKIP John Kenneth Plume392
Labour hold Swing

February 2019 by-election

The by-election took place on 7 February 2019, following the resignation of Lib Peck.

February 2019 Thornton by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Donnelly 1,154 44.7 Decrease2.svg18.2
Liberal Democrats Rebecca MacNair84532.8Increase2.svg23.1
Green Adrian Audsley2519.7Decrease2.svg1.7
Conservative Martin Reid2479.6Decrease2.svg6.4
Women's Equality Leila Fazal461.8N/A
UKIP John Plume361.4N/A
Majority30911.9Decrease2.svg52.0
Turnout 27.5
Labour hold Swing

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018. [1]

2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Thornton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lib Peck 2,140
Labour Jane Edbrooke 1,999
Labour Ed Davie 1,990
Conservative Martin Reid645
Conservative Michael Spencer511
Conservative Vernon de Maynard489
Green Katherine Curran388
Green Adrian Audsley364
Liberal Democrats Duncan Brack329
Liberal Democrats Rebecca MacNair328
Green Anja Thies292
Liberal Democrats Conor Doherty235
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Jane Edbrooke was previously an Oval ward councillor (2010-2018).

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014. [2]

2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Thornton 2014 (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lib Peck2,280
Labour Diana Morris2,220
Labour Ed Davie2,113
UKIP Bruce Machan764
Conservative Simon Hemsley664
Conservative Vernon de Maynard570
Conservative Savill Young481
Green Adrian Audsley360
Green Hannah Kershaw336
Green Charles Lankaster272
Liberal Democrats Rebecca MacNair271
Liberal Democrats Duncan Brack258
Liberal Democrats John Pindar227
Total votes10,816
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election. [3]

2010 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Thornton 2010 (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Diana Morris2,614
Labour Lib Peck2,609
Labour Edward Davie2,399
Liberal Democrats John Pindar1,705
Liberal Democrats Christopher Keating1,670
Liberal Democrats Andrew Waterman1,383
Conservative Melanie Ball1,188
Conservative Simon Hemsley1,104
Conservative Vernon de Maynard1,004
Green Adrian Audsley504
Green Charles Gay373
Green Helen Kersley311
Total votes16,861
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006. [4]

2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Thornton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lib Peck1,494
Labour Diana Morris1,445
Labour Michael Hipwell1,354
Liberal Democrats John Pindar1,094
Liberal Democrats James Sparling946
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Whitehead925
Conservative Joy Jackson480
Green Adrian Audsley470
Conservative Vernon de Maynard462
Conservative Philippa Stone457
Green Charles Evans372
Green Louise Wakefield363
Total votes9,862
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002. [5]

1978–2002 Lambeth council elections

2001 by-election

The by-election took place on 7 June 2001.

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998. [6]

1998 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Thornton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Hewitt 1,178
Labour Julie Minns 1,129
Liberal Democrats John Pindar1,080
Liberal Democrats Robert Doyle1,040
Conservative Claude Randall170
Conservative Mark Kotecha151
Green Lee Allane122
Turnout
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994. [7]

1994 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Thornton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Maltby J. Pindar 1,244 39.26 Increase2.svg33.40
Liberal Democrats David C. Warner 1,204
Labour Rudolph A. Daley1,06533.26Decrease2.svg 9.14
Labour Ty Goddard1,009
Conservative Roger M. Bennett71822.00Decrease2.svg21.62
Conservative Oliver A.W. Lodge653
Independent Ronald C. Bird1715.48New
Registered electors 5,886Increase2.svg 140
Turnout 3,20254.40Decrease2.svg 0.93
Rejected ballots80.25Increase2.svg 0.09
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990. [8]

1990 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Thornton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Ronald C. Bird 1,385 43.62
Labour Rudolp A. Daley 1,360 42.40
Conservative Roger M. Bennett1,341
Labour David G. Davis1,290
Green Susan P. Bradley2548.13
Liberal Democrats Celia M. Thomas1945.86
Liberal Democrats Arthur W.R. Capel171
Registered electors 5,746
Turnout 3,17955.33
Rejected ballots50.16
Conservative hold
Labour hold

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986. [9]

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982. [10]

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978. [11]

1964–1978 Lambeth council elections

1974 election

The election took place on 2 May 1974. [12]

1971 election

The election took place on 13 May 1971. [13]

1968 election

The election took place on 9 May 1968. [14]

1968 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Thornton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C. N. Brown2892
Conservative W. F. R. Fuller2874
Conservative G. M. Murray1214
Labour L. Drake1172
Labour M. M. Noble1159
Labour W. Seeley1159
Communist J. E. Styles143
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

1964 election

The election took place on 7 May 1964. [15]

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