Thornton (ward)

Last updated

Thornton
Former electoral ward
for the Lambeth London Borough Council
District London Borough of Lambeth
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.

Contents

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.

Lambeth Council elections

2019 by-election

Thornton by-election April 2019 (1)
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

2018 election

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

2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Thornton 2014 (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lib Peck *2,280
Labour Diana Morris *2,220
Labour Ed Davie *2,113
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

2010 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Thornton 2010 (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Diana Morris *2,614
Labour Lib Peck *2,609
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

2006 Lambeth London Borough Council election: Thornton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lib Peck *1,494
Labour Diana Morris1,445
Labour Michael Hipwell1,354
Liberal Democrats John Pindar *1,094
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

1998 election

1994 election

1990 election

1986 election

1982 election

1978 election

1974 election

1971 election

1968 election

[1]

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

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">London Borough of Lambeth</span> London borough in United Kingdom

Lambeth is a London borough in South London, England, which forms part of Inner London. Its name was recorded in 1062 as Lambehitha and in 1255 as Lambeth. The geographical centre of London is at Frazier Street near Lambeth North tube station, though nearby Charing Cross on the other side of the Thames in the City of Westminster is traditionally considered the centre of London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth</span>

The Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth was a Metropolitan borough under the London County Council, from 1900 to 1965.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth</span> Metropolitan borough of England

Lambeth was a civil parish and metropolitan borough in south London, England. It was an ancient parish in the county of Surrey. The parish was included in the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1855 and became part of the County of London in 1889. The parish of Lambeth became a metropolitan borough in 1900, following the London Government Act 1899, with the parish vestry replaced by a borough council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Metropolitan Borough of Battersea</span>

Battersea was a civil parish and metropolitan borough in the County of London, England. In 1965, the borough was abolished and its area combined with parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth to form the London Borough of Wandsworth. The borough was administered from Battersea Town Hall on Lavender Hill. That building is now Battersea Arts Centre.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Streatham (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918 onwards

Streatham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Bell Ribeiro-Addy of the Labour Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950 onwards

Vauxhall is a constituency represented in the House of Commons by Florence Eshalomi of Labour Co-op since her election in 2019.

Larkhall was a ward in the London Borough of Lambeth, from 1965 to 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lambeth London Borough Council</span> Local authority in Greater London, England

Lambeth London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Lambeth in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, and one of the 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. The council meets at Lambeth Town Hall in Brixton. Lambeth is divided into 25 wards: thirteen are represented by 3 councillors and twelve are represented by 2. The council was first elected in 1964.

There are various formal and informal subdivisions of London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and of parts of that borough.

West End is a ward of the London borough of the City of Westminster, in the United Kingdom. The ward has existed since elections to Westminster City Council that took place on 4 May 1978. It is named after the West End of London, which covers a wider area. While it has a resident population of about 7,000, its daytime population is around 250,000 due to the high number of businesses in the area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vassall (ward)</span>

Vassall ward was an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom, from 1965 to 2022. It was located in the north of borough bordering Southwark, in the SW9 and SE5 postcode area. The ward was named after Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland who was responsible for the first building development in the area in the 1820s.

Coldharbour ward was an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth from 2002 to 2022. It is located in Brixton.

Ferndale ward was an electoral ward in the London Borough of Lambeth, England from 1965 to 2022. It contained parts of Brixton and Clapham. It included the Brixton Academy.

Clapham Town is an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, England.

Tulse Hill ward was an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, England from 1965 to 2022.

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

Streatham St Leonard's is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom. The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections. It returns three councillors to Lambeth London Borough Council.

Streatham Hill ward was an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom from 1978 to 2022. It included the neighbourhoods in the northern part of Streatham either side of the road of the same name.

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Lambeth London Borough Council election</span>

The 2022 Lambeth London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 63 members of Lambeth London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

References

  1. "London Borough Council Elections: 9 May 1968" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. April 1969. Retrieved 13 October 2023.

51°26′42″N0°08′10″W / 51.445°N 0.136°W / 51.445; -0.136