Streatham South (ward)

Streatham South ward is an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom. It is the most southerly ward of the borough and has borders with Croydon, Merton, and Wandsworth. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 14,336.[1] The ward includes the neighbourhoods of:

  • Streatham Vale (south-west of Streatham Common railway station);
  • Lower Streatham (west of Streatham High Road and south of Greyhound Lane);
  • Streatham Lodge Estate conservation area (east of Streatham High Road and south of the Streatham Common open space).

Streatham South ward is located in the Streatham constituency of the UK House of Commons, the Lambeth and Southwark constituency of the London Assembly, and was in the London constituency of the European Parliament.

Lambeth Council elections

At the Lambeth Council elections, 2010 residents of Streatham South ward elected three Labour Party Councillors: Mark Bennett, David Malley, and John Kazantzis. Turnout was 59%. Bennett became Mayor of Lambeth in March 2013, but died in February 2014,[2] his seat remaining vacant.[3] All three seats are up for election at the next Lambeth Council elections, on 22 May 2014, the same day as other United Kingdom local elections and the European Parliament elections in the United Kingdom.

Lambeth Council elections 2018

The 2018 Lambeth council elections took place on Thursday May 3, 2018 to elect 3 councillors.

Streatham South (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Danial Adilypour* 2,217 64.5
Labour Clair Wilcox* 2,207 64.3
Labour John Kazantzis* 2,187 63.7
Conservative Russell Newall 570 16.6
Conservative Helen Smith 539 15.7
Conservative Chris Paling 440 12.8
Green David Robinson 365 10.6
Green Pete Johnson 312 9.1
Liberal Democrats Simon Drage 277 8.1
Green Charmian Kenner 269 7.8
Liberal Democrats Matthew Bryant 241 7.0
Liberal Democrats David Hare 215 6.3
UKIP John Plume 76 2.2
UKIP Simon Harman 66 1.9
UKIP Johan Ward 44 1.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References
  1. "Lambeth Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  2. De Peyer, Robin. "Tributes flood in for Lambeth Mayor Mark Bennett, who has died suddenly aged 44". London Evening Standard. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  3. "Councillors by Ward". Lambeth Council. Retrieved 4 April 2014.


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